Weekend...

Last weekend was a busy weekend for us, but fun none-the-less.  We started off the weekend with Kensley's 9 month appointment at the doctor (see previous post) and a low key Friday night as she was exhausted from the day.  Saturday, Nana and Papa Brauchler came down to join us for our annual trip to the State Fair.  This trip was different than years past as we spent much more time seeing the animals than eating fair food.  Kensley did really well; however she's still not too fond of animals and got pretty scared when we encouraged her to pet them.

Riding on Daddy's shoulders

First time "petting" a horse.

First taste of ice cream.  She wasn't as into it as I thought she'd be.

Picture time with Nana and Papa

Happy to be in the air conditioning.

Cutie enjoying the train ride around the fair.

Sunday was a busy day for us as well as we had Kensley's 9 month photo shoot and a cookout with friends.  Kensley's photo shoot went well and we are so excited to see the pictures.  This shoot was probably the toughest yet as Kensley didn't want to sit still and kept trying to crawl around.  We'll post the pictures when we get them back.

Kensley LOVED Nolan.  She kept following him around everywhere.

They were so cute playing together.

Me and my girl (sorry for the belly flash)

All the mommas...Jen and Grady to the left and Erin and Nolan on the right.

An attempt at a picture of the babies...this is a little blurry, but I thought it was cute as it looks like Nolan is comforting Kens while she cries.  And yes, this is the best picture I got of the three of them.

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Kensley has still been a little fussy this week and we're starting to see some signs of an upper tooth (actually looks like maybe where her eye tooth would be).  So we're anxious for that to pop through and for sleeping patterns to go back to normal.  Kensley has been a little clingy here lately and has still been snuggly before bed/naps.  We've had a few early (very early) Mommy/Kens cuddle times the past few days and she's actually been falling asleep on me (which is very unusual).  Not that I really mind too much (except it makes for a long work day), but we're hoping the pre-5 am wake up calls are just a phase. 

Per instruction from our pediatrician last week, we are "getting adventurous with new foods."  It's been fun to try some new things with Kens and kind of surprising how well she is doing with "real food."  She LOVES cheese flavored things right now...Gerber cheese puffs, pieces of cheddar cheese and her new fav, Macaroni and Cheese.

Kensley's latest trick (within the last few days) is that she is waving now!  It's so cute!  We've been working on it for quite a while now and she would always just look at us and smile.  Now when Jeremy is carrying her up to bed, she looks at me and starting flapping her arm.  Hopefully we can catch a video of it soon.