Tea Party for 1.5 People

Here is Ann Edwards attempting to have a tea party with Ginger, who you'll see hiding under the side table. It didn't really work out as she had planned. No worries, we still had our own tea party.

Lucky Me

Rainer has been working a lot lately, so Ann Edwards and I have been spending lots of wonderful time just the two of us. Lots of walks, dancing, parks and playing. I am loving it. Little Bit, you are such a joy to me. You are my sunshine, and I am so thankful that I get to spend my days with you!
Love,
Mama

Bye-Bye

Those are the words I hear no less than 100 times a day. Ann Edwards loves to say Bye-Bye to everything.... to daddy in the morning, to me every time I leave a room, to fed-ex to ginger, to scrambled eggs tossed from the high chair and so on. Lately she has been a bit rambunctious with her playroom chairs, standing up in them and trying to leap out. I see stitches in the future if we don't figure this out.. So if she wont sit down we say bye-bye to the chair and put it up for a little while until we can control our urges to stand and leap. Then it all came full circle. We were playing this afternoon and I was trying to get caught up on some important world issues on Access Hollywood the News. I was clearly not paying attention to her like she needed. So she got the remote pointed it at the tv, turned it off and said clear as day "Bye-Bye" to the tv. Touché Annie, Touché.

15 Months Young

Ann Edwards is getting so big. She is growing into a precious little girl right before our eyes. We love seeing her personality develop! This child loves life, and specifically loves to eat, give kisses and chase ginger. Those three things are pretty much on repeat at the Kendrick Estate mixed in with some napping, dancing and reading here and there. She is really such a joy to us, so affectionate and funny. At her 15 month check-up she weighed 18 pounds and the doctor said she was just perfect, but of course we already thought that.

Here she is getting her first pair of shoes, which she loves!!


We've also been reflecting on how much she has grown. If you don't remember just how itty bitty she was, just look here...

Who doesn't love streaking?

Yeah you heard me. Streaking. Well not quite, but as the pictures will show the highlight of our trip to St. Louis was letting the kiddos run wild and near-naked around in the center of downtown St. Louis. They have the best parks there and we feel like we definately made our mark!...We went for T's 60th Birthday and had a blast. It was a surprise for him and we loved being with everyone...It had been 9 months since all the Holcombes and Kendricks got together, and it is just never enough time together. We ate great food, raised our glasses multiple times to the Birthday Honoree, and soaked up lots of family time. Ann Edwards had so much fun playing with her cousins, aunts & uncles she rarely sees! Here are a few pictures that captured how much fun we had! (Surely you know by now, that a few always means a ton)

Here is AE in her preferred high chair style...laid back, feet up, munching on a french fry.


This picture perfectly captures Ava Belle's little personality! She knew what fun was coming once she saw the water spouts!












This is who we like to call T-Rex. She always holds her hands like this when she runs....


We miss you all!

Celebrity Alert!

After a cousin bath the other night, we were introduced to "Micha Pheps"

Reid reguarly demonstrates his mad swimming skills for Ann Edwards during bath time, so we thought some real swimming equipment might help him out.

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

Get Ready...

To be jealous that I get to go squeeze and love on this little boy today! (I mean little as in less than 2 months old, he is actually quite the whopper!)

This is our newest nephew Mitchell Kendrick Maedel. We are in love!

How precious is he?

Ann Edwards LOVES him..Pretty much everything about him, She kisses him and sometimes feels the need to literally lick his face....unfortunately for him, she also loves to "borrow" his pacy and his bouncy seat too...


Cousins are so much fun!