Busy, busy, busy...

The past couple of weeks have been very busy for us as we've constantly been on the go.  Unfortunately we don't have too many pictures to share to document all of our travels.  Last Thursday, we decided to tag along with daddy as he had to go to Cleveland for work.  Kens did so good for the long 5 hour car ride to Cleveland.  We made two short stops and she slept a good portion of the trip.  While daddy was in meetings on Friday, Kens and I went to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Brauchler and my college friend, Brey, who both live about an hour and a half from Cleveland.  We had a good time seeing everyone and are glad we had the opportunity to visit them all.

Kens and I with Brey and Annie

Saturday on our way home from Cleveland, we stopped in Columbus to visit with Cousin Elli (and of course Uncle Scott and Auntie Ashley).  Believe it or not, we managed to not get any pictures of the girls together.  It just so happened, that we were also able to see another one of my college friends, Courtney, and her husband and daughter.  They actually live in Ann Arbor and were in Columbus at the same time we were.  So we had quick visit with them before heading home.

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This past week was also very busy as I had worked an extra day and had an unusually long work week due to a special event.  We are definitely thankful that it's over and look forward to slowing down a little.

I came home with a balloon bouquet leftover
from my event.  Kens was very interested in
touching and squeezing them!

Such a sweet girl!

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This past weekend, Jeremy and I headed up north to visit my college roommate while Kens spent the weekend at Nana and Papa's.  Kens seemed to have a great time and even went to her first high school football game (to watch Papa coach).  We were a little concerned as Kens was pretty clingy as we were trying to leave and we eventually had to sneak out so she wouldn't see us.  We had such a good time with Dawn and her fiance, Bob.  Saturday, we spent all day relaxing (6.5 hours) on the lake on Bob's boat.  The weather was beautiful and it was great to be able to catch up and hang out together.  Dawn and Bob are getting married in May and we are already looking forward to the wedding festivities over the next 9 months!  Once again, we managed to get through the whole weekend without taking pictures.

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In more recent news, Kens got a big girl car seat!  After lots of research (by Jeremy), we decided to go ahead and purchase a new car seat for Kens.  We found the one we wanted on sale so we figured it was as good a time as any.  Jeremy put it in the car this evening and we took a short drive to test it out.  We're hoping that maybe our timing was off (long weekend, tired, hungry, etc.) as Kens wasn't too thrilled during our ride.  The rest test will be our next road trip.

She looks pleased, but the verdict is still out.

We got Kensley's 9 month pictures back and will hopefully be posting a few of our favorites soon (as soon as we get the CD).  We really like them and can't believe how grown up our little girl looks!