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Archive for October 2008

happy halloween

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 31, 2008

anna kate celebrated her first halloween dressing up as a penguin. she was fantastic! we went to a party with my lab and then we took our almost 8 month old daughter trick or treating. she won’t remember it, but, it is her first halloween and we had to do it up right!
 
 

 
    

99 balloons

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 30, 2008

don’t watch this movie without some kleenex handy. i am constantly reminded not to complain and to always find beauty and goodness where others may not. 
 

taking a 7 month old to the pumpkin patch!

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 28, 2008

anna kate and i went with a friend to a pumpkin patch in north georgia. the smells were amazing. in fact, we kept searching for the yummy apple pecan pie we could smell, but never found it. the sky was pure blue. and anna kate picked her first pumpkin. she sat among the pumpkins and [...]

kangaroos in north georgia

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 28, 2008

this weekend, anna kate and i went out to visit a friend i met in kenya. the three of us were on our way back from the pumpkin patch when we spotted a sign that said “kangaroos open today”. we were curious, so we turned. sure enough, there was the largest gathering of kangaroos outside [...]

babies and family dogs

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 24, 2008

about three years ago, we adopted a small puppy from the local humane society. one year later, she was huge! our english pointer/ who-knows-what mix that was not suppose to get bigger than 30 lbs suddenly weighed 50lbs! when we got pregnant, we were concerned about how the baby and the doggie would get along. [...]

three blondes

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 23, 2008

we are from sweden, yah. 
on the 11th, the cousins stopped by for play time with the smallest, but cutest member of the family. we all went out to dinner. princess here ordered the crackers! ;o)
 

how to eat a wagon wheel

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 23, 2008

gerber graduates has munchy cereals for infants. anna kate in particular likes the puffs and wagon wheels. the wagon wheels are easier for her to grab, but we haven’t yet learned the concept of “small bites”.

Church Party

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 23, 2008

The church we went to last Sunday had a 25th Anniversary celebration. There were lots of activties for the kids, including pony rides. Anna Kate sat on the pony but did not care to ride it. She also posed on the hay stacks for a picture!
 

Halloween Festival

Posted by: ilovekenya on: October 23, 2008

We took Anna Kate to a halloween festival in Little 5 Points in Atlanta on October 18th. She loved the balloons and the bright colors. She loved the marching bands in the parades!
 
Because it was warm outside, she didn’t wear her costume, but wore her tutu. Everyone thought she looked great!
 


 

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