The First Year In the Life of Kennedy

 
Little granddaughter Kennedy Amara Rose turned one year old today.  I have been keeping her for 3 days a week since she was 6 weeks old.  It is amazing to me that she is already a year old.  She is such a happy and sweet little girl.  She can be tough, likely, because she has 2 older brothers. Her mother and dad thought long and hard considering the pros and cons of having a third child.  Everyone has so enjoyed the 2 boys, Chase and Connor; but could the third one be a girl?  Well, 18 weeks into the pregnancy they got their answer--YES, indeed. The boys and I accompanied their mom to the sonogram appointments. They have come a long way since my days of having children.

Kennedy with her dad.

Her dad spent most of the pregnancy in Iraq. For her birth, he got to come home for 14 days. Then he went back until 2 days before Christmas.  I think the first 2 weeks he was home, he never put her down and didn't bring her to my house.



 I missed taking naps on the sofa with her lying on top of me.  But it was her dad's time to makeup for what he had missed.  After a few weeks her dad started his business back up and little Kennedy was my napping buddy again.

Her mother always insists that she has a bow on her head.
Of course, sometime during the day she will get tired of that bow and pull it off.  Then when her mother comes to get her, we have to spend 10 minutes hunting the bow.

Kennedy with her grampa

I believe "cat" was her 1st word, because she has chased Cloud all over the house. "Da Da" was her second. But her dad will likely argue with that order.  At 12 months she is also saying hi, bye, Moma, and Chase.  She will eventually say Grammy.  She was walking at 11 months.  She is in the bottom 3% on the size chart.  She weights about 16 lbs.  She is tiny with a big personality.