Kennedy Family: I Have Obviously Lost My Mind

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

I Have Obviously Lost My Mind

Well, it's official. The kids have done me in I guess. That's the only explanation for this. I was driving along running some errands the other day when I happened across this little guy. I hadn't yet decided on what to get Jeff for his birthday, and for some reason he struck me as a good choice. Don't get me wrong, I like him. He is a cute little guy. But with 3 kids age five and under I question my sanity in deciding to add an 8-week old puppy to the mix. So, meet Jack. He's a border collie and the kids love him. He likes to chew the carpet and people's toes. He really is pretty good though...he doesn't make a lot of noise and he sleeps great. Jeff is in love with him already. We are looking forward to teaching him all kinds of tricks. I want to teach him to pick up the kids' toys. I figure that if we are welcoming him into our home he can at least pull his own weight, right?

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Anonymous said...: Sit Jack, Sit.; June 11, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Jody said...: Too cute! We just got a dog, too. I figure it's practice for parenting, right? Hopefully it goes both ways and your little boy parenting skills will transfer over and make training a puppy seem all too easy. Have fun!; June 11, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Anonymous said...: I just can't wait for him to start catching frisbees out of midair like they say Border Collies are good at.; June 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Sarah said...: Crazy! Yep, you are. :) I love the name Jack. (that's what we were going to call Libby if she was a boy) Was Jeff surprised?; June 11, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, quite. Yes, we liked the name Jack for one of our boys, but with the last name of Kennedy....its just a little too presidential.; June 11, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Sarah said...: That is so funny. I agree, a little too presidental. :); June 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Corinne said...: How fun- hopefully! You are much braver than I- that is for sure :); June 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Lisa O said...: How fun! What a great wife/mom you are Jaimee. I'm thankful my boys are content with adoring our neighbor's dogs through the fence. :)

Oh, and we just made our blog private. Send me your email and I'll send you an invite to view it.
lisa.oneil4@gmail.com; June 13, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Just Only Me said...: What a sweet little face! I can see how you fell in love with him!; June 14, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Becca said...: He is so cute. I am sure the kids love him and he will be a great addition to the family. You are much braver than me though. We had fish a couple months after Jonathan was born and I had the hardest time taking care of 2 kids and FISH!!! I had to get rid of the fish. I know I couldn't do a dog right now if I couldn't even do fish. You are such a good mommy and wife.; June 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM

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Update on Us:

Jeff: He has been in fairly good health lately! That's a big deal for him during this time of year. He is extremely thankful that the inversion has left though - he has been finding it rather difficult to breathe for about a month so some good air is very appreciated! He still really loves his job - one of the higher ups actually hinted that he might want Jeff to be a manger over a different department but Jeff likes what he's doing so much that he didn't want to move. And my personal favorite thing - he decided a few weeks ago that he was going to do the dishes from now on. This is huge news. I am loving it!

Jaimee: I always have a hard time coming up with something to say about me.... it's just same old, same old. Anything I do think of to say really belongs more under one of the kids. Ooh, I am trying to do more crafty things lately. I miss having projects to work on. One biggy is trying to make these really complicated blankets for all of the kids. I had intended them to be Christmas presents but then I realized that it will probably take me a year to make them all, so I'm shooting for next year. I'm not exactly great at sewing so I am crossing my fingers that they will turn out.

Duncan: I am trying to find a good soccer team for him to join for the spring season. His coach from fall quit halfway through and the dad who took over for him isn't really into it. He really has had the worst luck with teams. It has been so nice having a kid who is old enough to really help out with the youngest one. There are a lot of times where I put him in charge of Charlie while I get something done and he is awesome at it. He took the test to try and get into the ALL program at school next year so we are waiting to hear on that. I think he will enjoy it if he gets in - but if not no big deal.

Dayton: He was SO excited to get to go to Scouts finally. He has such a hard time waiting for things that Duncan gets to do first. He absolutely loves Scouts and was super excited to get his Bobcat badge last week. He also really likes the choir he started - he moved up from the youngest group to the middle group in Jan. and I was a little worried that he wouldn't like it as well since the younger group does a lot of playing in their class but he still loves going. He is doing really well in school, especially in math. My mom got him Skylanders for Christmas and it's his favorite present ever I think. He spends almost all day on Sat. over at her house playing it.

Tucker: Apparently being good at math runs in the family because Tucker's teacher told me at the last parents teacher conference that he is super smart with numbers and did the best of all the kids at the 'what do you know' meeting before school started. He of course absolutely loves kindergarten. He got sick a couple of times at the beginning of the month and he was so so sad to have to miss school. I think he's a little sleep deprived since he goes to bed at the same time as the other boys but when they all share a room it's a little hard to do otherwise. At least he doesn't have to get up early in the morning.

Ellie: She is loving dance school so much! They had a little in-class recital in Dec. and I just had to laugh watching her. She did what she was supposed to every so often but the rest of the time she just was in her own little world and did whatever. At one point she just laid down on the floor and pretended to sleep. I asked her teacher if she was like that in class and she said pretty much. At least she doesn't disturb the other girls though. Hopefully she will catch on soon that she should follow along the whole time. She is turning into a major daddy's girl. I used to sing her a song at bedtime every night but for the past month or so she asks for Jeff every night. And on the weekend she is thrilled that he gets to 'stay home with her' instead of going to work. I am trying not to get my feelings hurt.

Charlie: I cannot believe that my sweet little boy is almost one!! It kind of makes me sad. Since he is our last one all of the milestones he hits are bittersweet for me. But I try to not dwell on that and just be happy about him. He is so dang cute! His hair is getting so long in the front and is short in back, just like Ellie's was - sort of a reverse mullet. He crawls super fast all over the place now and stand up for small bits of time. I think he tried to take one tiny step the other day, but nothing approaching walking yet. We thought for the longest time that he refused to eat any kind of baby food, but apparently it was just me trying to feed him that he objected to. Now that Jeff does it he eats like a champ. We decided to finally get serious about teaching him to sleep at night but it isn't going that well. With him still sleeping in our room it's a little more difficult than normal. I am hoping that someday soon I won't fall asleep at 9:30 every night watching TV.

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