Couldn't let the month of July get away without an update. Things are busy around here, but what's new? Travel schedules, promotions at work, kitchen remodel and a nearly 4 and 2 year old are taking up all our time.
We decided about a month ago to remodel our kitchen. We are excited to make some updates and will share pictures as the work gets going. They are installing our new countertops this coming Wednesday and the rest will come together from there. We made the crazy decision of taking the kids with us to go appliance shopping. It got ugly towards the end. Here is Cole (before his haircut!) posing with the new oven.
As the kids get older their sibling love gets stronger! That's not to say we don't have drama moments, but for the most part they are buddies and want to be together. We've started to do combined book reading at night instead of the divide and conquer approach we've used for almost 2 years. It's going okay...when Sis actually sits still and listens to the book. Most nights she just takes whatever book you are reading out of your hands...so we read about 2 pages from multiple books. Here are the kids snuggled up with Dad reading. Our special family friend Clifford also pictured. We are huge Clifford fans! 
It's hard to believe our baby girl Kenleigh is going to be 2 in just a few weeks. She has grown up so fast and the past few weeks make us feel like she is even more of a big girl. I have carried around a secret about her for almost a year now. Kenleigh obsessively loves her pacifier. Cole loved his too...until about 13 months and then he moved on. Not Sis. She turned 1 and I thought, oh we'll get rid of it in the next month or so. Then 15 months and I still thought, ah she's fine! 18 months passed and she still was so attached to it. With her 2nd birthday approaching we knew it was time to get serious. Thank the lord for Miss Emily, the kids nanny. Emily decided one day she was getting K off the binky and almost just like that it was gone. We've had a successful couple of weeks and Sis only asks for it now and then to which we say, "no more binky" and she says, "no more...Grammy took them!" Not sure how Grammy got the bad wrap for the no binky policy, but it's working! Additionally she is working on potty training. She is so cute in her pink princess pull ups...so different than with a boy! She had a great week of doing big girl things in the ladies room so we celebrated with a giant cookie! Cole got one as well when he had success in that area. Here is her "potty" "train" cookie. Picture below shows that I think she loved it!
Speaking of growing up, I almost cannot stand how grown up both Cole and Kenleigh look in this photo. They look equally as unphotogenic. Sheesh!
We decided about a month ago to remodel our kitchen. We are excited to make some updates and will share pictures as the work gets going. They are installing our new countertops this coming Wednesday and the rest will come together from there. We made the crazy decision of taking the kids with us to go appliance shopping. It got ugly towards the end. Here is Cole (before his haircut!) posing with the new oven.
As the kids get older their sibling love gets stronger! That's not to say we don't have drama moments, but for the most part they are buddies and want to be together. We've started to do combined book reading at night instead of the divide and conquer approach we've used for almost 2 years. It's going okay...when Sis actually sits still and listens to the book. Most nights she just takes whatever book you are reading out of your hands...so we read about 2 pages from multiple books. Here are the kids snuggled up with Dad reading. Our special family friend Clifford also pictured. We are huge Clifford fans! It's hard to believe our baby girl Kenleigh is going to be 2 in just a few weeks. She has grown up so fast and the past few weeks make us feel like she is even more of a big girl. I have carried around a secret about her for almost a year now. Kenleigh obsessively loves her pacifier. Cole loved his too...until about 13 months and then he moved on. Not Sis. She turned 1 and I thought, oh we'll get rid of it in the next month or so. Then 15 months and I still thought, ah she's fine! 18 months passed and she still was so attached to it. With her 2nd birthday approaching we knew it was time to get serious. Thank the lord for Miss Emily, the kids nanny. Emily decided one day she was getting K off the binky and almost just like that it was gone. We've had a successful couple of weeks and Sis only asks for it now and then to which we say, "no more binky" and she says, "no more...Grammy took them!" Not sure how Grammy got the bad wrap for the no binky policy, but it's working! Additionally she is working on potty training. She is so cute in her pink princess pull ups...so different than with a boy! She had a great week of doing big girl things in the ladies room so we celebrated with a giant cookie! Cole got one as well when he had success in that area. Here is her "potty" "train" cookie. Picture below shows that I think she loved it!Speaking of growing up, I almost cannot stand how grown up both Cole and Kenleigh look in this photo. They look equally as unphotogenic. Sheesh!
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Love the update! It's crazy how fast they grow up isn't it?
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