Julia Grace Kenney - October 3, 2014

Julia Grace Kenney is here!  Julia was born on October 3, 2014 at 11:30am.  She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 inches long.  She was 11 days(!) overdue and I ended up having to be induced, but she was worth the wait.  My labor was relatively short and she was here before we knew it.  She has already brought so much joy to our family and Caroline has been a sweet big sister to "Baby JuJu" and it has been fun watching the girls interact together.  It is our prayer that these early years will be the building blocks for a lifelong friendship.

 Caroline meeting Julia for the first time

Feeding her own baby...so serious!

Our new family of four!

Little mommy

Julia with her namesake

Catching up...

Both of my babies are asleep right now (hallelujah!), so I thought it was time to catch up on this little blog of mine.  Our family has been through A LOT of changes in the past few months so bear with me.  Some of those changes include:

- a big move from Boston to Virginia Beach
- a new job for Curt - he is the Pastor for Families and Youth at Virginia Beach Community Chapel
- and a new baby! - Julia Grace Kenney (born on October 3rd)

Since this has become like a family album/scrapbook for us, I want to take my time and give our recent events their own posts on the blog.  But in short - God has been so faithful to us to provide for our needs at exactly the right time and place.  We are very thankful!

Easter in Richmond

My Spring Break fell on Easter this year, so we were able to come home and spend time with family in Richmond.  Caroline had a blast playing with her cousins and Curt and I enjoyed relaxing a bit and hanging out with family.  We also had a few meetings with churches in the area that were very fruitful.
We are thankful for a fun week.  Here are some pictures from our time at home:

Easter Brunch at the Commonwealth Club with Julia and Bobby

Cousins!  (Caroline was especially excited!)

Easter Brunch with the family

Caroline's 1st Birthday!

Our sweet Caroline turned on on Monday, January 20th.  I realize it's cliche to say that this year went by fast, but it really did!  To say that this past year with this girl has been rich would be an understatement.  She is so happy, joyful, hilarious, and a good sleeper to boot!  What more could we ask for?

We celebrated her special day by going out to lunch with a few sweet friends.  Caroline had her first cupcake and loved it.  Thanks for all the birthday wishes, cards, and gifts.  She's a very well-loved little baby.   She's still a baby, right!?

Penny and Mason helped the birthday girl blow out her candles

First cupcake!

Birthday presents!

9, 10, and 11 months with Caroline!

I haven't taken down one single Christmas decoration.  Our tree is still standing and decorated in all it's glory.  But by golly, I'm going to get these monthly posts up before Caroline turns one (on MONDAY....how did that happen??).

Without further ado.....here you go!

Baby's First Halloween

Here's our little strawberry on her first Halloween!

 How many pictures are you gonna take, mom?

Eight Months with Caroline and a video!

Teeth!

 The next two are blurry...but I couldn't help but post them. So much happiness!

In case you're wondering...this is how I get her to laugh for pictures ;)

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Happy Eight Months sweet baby!

I love these pictures of you.  They capture your joy so perfectly.  You love to flash that sweet smile to strangers and you use it to make them fall completely in love with you...even if they are just checking us out at the grocery store.  There is something special about you, girl.  Your joy is contagious and I can't wait to see how you use this to make this world a brighter, happier place just by being you.