Very Busy Londyn

After Londyn woke up from her nap on Sunday, she was ALL over the place. Bradey and Carter were in the living room watching the game, (Vikings vs. Cardinals) which is SOOO boring. So Londyn and I went and played in the toy room. Watching her makes me realize how much she has grown in the past year. She speaks in sentences, knows most of her alphabet and numbers (and says them all by herself), can read some of her books all by herself, and LOVES to help with her little brother. Along with being so quick to learn, she has figured out how to climb EVERYTHING!! Couches, chairs, boxes, piano bench, you name it! So here are a few pictures of my sweet Londyn being her usual busy body!

Getting Ready to make her climb

Strike A Pose Gorgeous
Feeding Car-Car
"Hi Car-Car" is her favorite thing to say to her brother!
Thanks to her cousin Hunter hats are her new fetish
Oh how this girl LOVES the phone
But I think she loves her books even more!

I am thankful for.....

.....MANY THINGS. The Lord has blessed me tremendously this year. A beautiful new home, a very handsome and healthy baby boy. A VERY smart and sassy little girl. And a SUPERMAN husband (I always save the best for last!!).
Thanksgiving was wonderful. I got to spend the holidays up in Washington with my family (minus the Cook Clan). It was great to see my Grandpa Leonardson, and ALL the humor he brought to the table!! ;) And I love to see my Dad with all his grandkids. He is a VERY proud Papa, and all the kids just love him to death. It was also wonderful to spend time with Arthur before he leaves for 2 whole years. Tesha and I went shopping together, while the boys watched the kids, which was something that the both of us really needed. I LOVE SISTER TIME!! And I had a BLAST kicking Michael's and Lydia's butt in bowling! Bradey won by 2 POINTS!!
I am so grateful for everyone's help with my kids. Especially you Susan, you're the greatest!!
WE went snowmobiling on Saturday, and that's what most of my pictures are so here's some pics from that day.

We're Off to See the Wizard!

Halloween was awesome this year!! Londyn is old enough to kind of get the concept of the holiday. We carved our pumpkin that was from my mom's pumpkin patch a week before Halloween. Londyn really got into it. She helped pull all the insides out, along with a few seeds getting into her mouth!!

We had to divert Londyn's attention from her "helping" Bradey with carving the pumpkin
THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!!

Halloween day Bradey and I went to the temple. It was WONDERFUL to finally have a date with my husband!! He even took me to Olive Garden for lunch. When it was time to go do our rounds for Trick-o-Treating Londyn wasn't to excited to dress up, until she got her first piece of candy from her Ninny Kendall. Then she enjoyed the rest of the night!! Londyn was Dorthy, Carter was the Cowardly Lion, Bradey was the Tin Man, and I was the Scare Crow. Because our kids are little we cut the night short, and had our first trick-o-treaters this year!! So fun!!

The past few weeks!

We've been having fun with our little Car-Car!! He's a wonderful addition to this family. Londyn especially enjoys having him in the family. Like I've said I'm a picture happy mother. So I've been taking A LOT of pictures. So that's what this post is mostly of, our lives capture by photos these past few weeks.

Londyn loving on Carter in his new Bouncer

Carter was blessing on Oct. 11. It was wonderful having most of the boys in my family in the circle (Alex was the only one not in it).
Here's Carter in his blessing outfit. He's such a stud!!

I wanted to get a picture of Car-Car on the day that he was due. So this is our little man on
Oct. 16th
Londyn wanted to help me make dinner last Sunday. She bonked her teeth on the stove. So that's why she's crying in the first picture. But after that she was happy and kept call the chicken I was cutting up "cookies".

Then on Monday morning, Bradey put Londyn in bed with me and Car-Car just before he left for work. I woke up to do some chores before the kids woke up. This is how woke up to them.
I left the room for a little while and some how Londyn wiggled her way up on the pillow right next to her brother

And this is our Car-Car at 1 month old!! which is today!!

He Hopes they call him on a MISSION!!!

Yesterday my little brother Colby received the best news a 19 year old young man could receive in the mail, HIS MISSION CALL!! He is headed for the Ecuador Guayaquil South, South America Mission. He'll leave to the MTC on January 27th. I am going to miss him so much, but am SO proud of his decision to selflessly give his time to service the people in Ecuador. CONGRATS ELDER LEONARDSON!!!!

Londyn's First Hair Cut & Carter's Doc. Appt.

Londyn got her bangs cut on Monday!! She did awesome!! I'm so proud of her. She got a sucker afterward for doing so good!

Before we went to the beauty shop, Londyn fell on the driveway and scraped up her nose. So that's why she has scabs on her nose.
Carter had his 2 week check-up on Tuesday. He is looking awesome. Everything is normal and developing well. He has grown an inch and a whole pound!! So now he is 20 inches and is 6 lbs 12 oz. His cheeks are getting chubby!! ;)

The Arrival of Carter Todd Kendall!!!

Our little boy is here!!

Ladies and Gentleman Londyn would like to proudly announce the arrival of her new little brother Carter Todd Kendall a.k.a Car, Car!! He was born September 21st, 2009 at 9:28 pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long!!
Our day started out as one crazy Monday and ended with a blessing!! So lets start at the beginning. I woke up Monday and realized that I had leaked something out. I didn't think that my water had broke because it wasn't a huge leakage and I was not due for another 3 1/2 weeks. So I called waited for the doc's office to open to ask what was going on. The nurse said most likely my water broke and I needed to come right away. I waited for Bradey to rush home, so we could head to the doctor's together, just in case.
When we got to the doctor's I found out my water was still very much intact. Then we did an ultrasound to make sure I had enough fluid (which I had PLENTY), and we also did an NST to make sure the baby was still doing just fine. We got sent home because everything was normal, and the doctor said that we just have to wait until our little man decides to come on his own. We went all the way back home and picked up Londyn from Bradey's brother's home, by this time it was about 2 pm. After a very long and busy day I needed a nap. So Londyn and I hopped in to my bed for a good hardy nap, well at least Londyn did.
I started having contractions!! I've been having false labor every now and then so I thought that's what it was, until they got really intense, and once again it was back labor!! Yuck! I got up to use the bathroom, and that's when I had lost my mucus plug. My contractions went from being 8 minutes apart and 30 seconds long, to 5 minutes apart and 1 minute long with in an hour. So Bradey and I headed to the hospital once again.
We got to the hospital about 5:30, where they watched my contratctions to see how long apart they were, and they checked to see how dilated I was. The doctor said I had won a ticket to stay because I was 6+ dilated and my contratction were 4 minutes apart and 1-2 minutes long.
I was able to get an epidural which was nice, but wore off by the time Carter decided to come into this world. So I felt EVERYTHING!! Lucky everything went perfectly. He was taken to the NICU because he was having trouble breathing, but was back in my arms and announced as a well baby with in 2 hours.
We were in and out of the hospital within less than 24 hrs. It was a very quick processes compared to Londyn's birth. But we are so very grateful to have this handsome little boy in our lives. He looks just like his Daddy! And Londyn absolutely loves her little brother. She almost hoped into the basinet with hime when she first came to the hospital. She loves to hold and kiss him. I'm very proud of how well she is adjusting to sharing the spot light. He the perfect little boy. And I am so blessed to have him in my life!!

Londyn meeting her brother for the first time
The Kids and I watching Clifford
WELCOME HOME CAR,CAR!
His first night home!!