WE MOVED

Hello everyone! Because there is another addition to our family, we've decided that we should have a family blog. Kenner's Universe will still be here, but the updates will be on The Bartlett Pears. thebartlettpears.blogspot.com

Easter

As Kameron's first Easter we thought it was only appropriate if he found his own Easter basket and eggs so with the help of Kenner, we dyed eggs and put them in our Easter baskets for the Easter bunny to hide over night. After attending church on Easter Sunday, the two boys and of course mommy and daddy found the Easter Baskets. Kenner did awesome finding his and Kameron found his surprisingly well.

Our first official family picture with the boys in their new clothes.

Big Brother Becomes Big Helper

With Kameron finally here Kenner looks for any way that he can help. Whether it's trying to rock him by moving his head back and forth (scary), or helping put his clothes on (nice), or singing him a song(very sweet), we have found that he truly enjoyed helping daddy feed Kameron a bottle. Mommy and Daddy decided that Kameron will get at least one bottle a day to allow flexibility for mommy, but also so daddy doesn't go crazy when he's left alone with Kameron and he needs to feed him (or any babysitter for that matter). With this very important reason, we've also decided that it's for Kenner's sake as well. To see him glow when he helps is priceless.

Big Brother Meets Baby Brother

Mommy and Daddy tried to prepare Kenner for his baby brother by talking to him about what will happen and when it will happen. Kenner was very excited to go to the hospital to get his new brother that just about every other day he would get his shoes on and go to the front door and wait for me. I would ask him where he was going and his response was that he was going to the hospital. After explaining to him that it's not time yet he would be ready to go the next day. Needless to say when the time came and Grandma Lund brought Kenner with his new Thomas the Train back pack to the hospital he was exstatic. Mommy was induced in the morning and baby brother took a little long to get here than we thought and since Kenner didn't get a nap, we decided that Grandma should take him home for bed with the sitter so Grandma could come back to the hospital. Right before she was putting him down for bed the Doctor said it was time to get this baby here so we called and they headed up to the hospital again. Baby brother had to go straight to the nursery due to complications so Kenner didn't get to hold him in the hospital, but the first time he saw his little brother from the window he beemed. He definitely loved holding him when he was home.

Christmas

I know it's not Christmas now, in fact, you're right, it was three months ago, but I have to share with you some of the memories.

I thought I had the perfect gift thought of for Kenner. A play kitchen. Kenner absolutely loves to pretend to cook. Pretending to cook keeps him busy for quite a while and then he wouldn't have to use my pots and pans. It was perfect. Well, no. Daddy refused to let his son have what he thought was a gift for a girl. He won and convinced Kenner to ask for a basketball hoop. Kenner was quite pleased with his "manly" toy.

Kenner couldn't wait to take a link off of the Christmas chain everyday all the way to the very last one.

Kenner prepared a plate of cookies for Santa Claus at Grandma Bartlett's house on Christmas Eve. He was pretty good about getting the frosting and sprinkles on the cookies, but I think he managed to get more of the candy in his mouth.

Playing in the Snow

As sad as it may sound, Kenner has never played in the snow before until that morning that we woke up to our first snowfall of the year. After eating breakfast we asked Kenner if he wanted to go outside and play in the snow. Without any hesitation he said yes. Once we pulled all the snow gear out for him I think he was unsure if this is what he really wanted to do. He saw daddy getting his snow gear on too, which eased him into his own. Once he was out there, him and daddy had a great time. Mommy stayed in of course while daddy showed Kenner how to make a snowangel, make a snowball, catch the snow with his tongue, and last, but not least, eat the snow.

When it was time to come in go figure Kenner didn't want to, but once we said he could have some hot chocolate (chocolate milk) he gave in. Needless to say, the first time playing in the snow was a good experience.

Boy or Girl?

Kenner came to the ultrasound with Mommy and Daddy. At the time we hadn't made up our minds if we were going to find out or not as to what we were going to have. When I was there in the moment and the technician asked if we wanted to find out I got suckered in and basically Brian lost the battle. We found out that we're having another boy. Kenner made phone calls later that night telling family that he's going to have a baby brother.

Carving Pumpkins

We purchased three pumpkins this year. One for daddy, one for mommy, and one for Kenner. About a week before Halloween daddy was on his way out the door for work when he noticed someone had stolen our two big pumpkins and left the Kenner's little one. We ended up buying another big one to replace the other two, but waited until it was closer to Halloween. Kenner really enjoyed carving the pumpkin this year. He wanted to help out as much as he could. He did a good job.

Sumo Nemo Championship

When Kenner's cousin, Connor, came out for Kenner's 2nd birthday we had Kenner try on his Halloween costume to show Connor. We have no idea how it all came about, but when Kenner had on the costume Connor would plow him over. Kenner thought it was the best game he'd ever played. As soon as he would get knocked down he was right back on his feet again waiting for the next hit. I've come to conclusion that the reasoning for this is that they're boys.

Kenner's 2nd Birthday

Kenner waited for his second birthday for a long time. Ever since he saw Aunt Tanya blow out her birthday candles when we visited in September he could not stop talking about birthdays. As soon as I told him he was having a birthday on October 7, he made sure everyone knew his birthday was coming.




As you could imagine the kid got presents galore. Oddly, the one gift he could not put down was his helmet that goes with his roller skates. He insisted on wearing it the entire evening.

Big News

Kenner is going to be a big brother! For the Fourth of July we did a family trip to Denver and we thought it would be appropriate to spread the news in person. We, Brian and I, didn't want to do it. We thought it would be perfect to let the soon to be big brother spread the news we just needed to figure out how. We had a T-shirt made for Kenner that said "I'm going to be a big brother." We weren't going to say anything. We decided to let the shirt work its magic. When we arrived to Grandma and Grandpa's house we knew they would go straight for Kenner (Kenner was wearing the shirt) and thought they would see the shirt and catch on. OH NO! That did not happen. About a half an hour after being there Brian ended up picking Kenner up and telling them to read the shirt. Soon after the room filled with joy.