Kennedy Rolling

After weeks of turning onto her side Kennedy finally figured out how to roll onto her tummy yesterday. Brett and I cheered when she finally did it, and she didn't know what to make of it at first, but then she gave us a huge smile and hasn't stopped rolling since. On a side note, like most people, I have always hated the sound of my voice when it's recorded. But I think that you will have to agree with me when I say that my baby talk sounds just like Snow White. So bear with my voice because Kennedy is awfully cute.

Fun with Facial Hair

I got on my computer just now to upload some pictures that I had taken of Lucy the other day.  I was very surprised when I found these pictures of Brett goofing around that he took this morning while I was still in bed.  He has been sporting a goatee for the last 2 weeks and randomly decided to shave it off this morning, but not without having a little bit of fun first.  He has no idea that I have seen these yet, and I was cracking up when I saw them.  First, here is the goatee fully intact.

I think that this is an attempt at a handlebar mustache.

Here is the plain mustache.

And here he is clean again.

This is not the first time that I have seen pictures of him having fun shaving his goatee off.  I love this goofy side of him so much!  And hopefully he won't be embarrassed that I've shared it with you.

Our Not-So-Mini Miracle

So, as I have mentioned in an earlier post, we have been trying to follow Dave Ramsey's advice for the last couple of months. So far so good. We have a poster in our room that has all of our debts on it and we have been consistently crossing them out as they have been getting paid. I was going through the bills and called to pay one that was for about $50. Not so big. When I called the doctor's office, they told me that I didn't owe anything. I was wondering why I hadn't recieved a bill (I only got a statement from our insurance company), and that was why. I was excited and I hung up the phone. So I started going through our other bills and I realized that there were several other statements that we hadn't received bills for, and I began making calls. All in all, it turns out that we don't owe over $700 dollars that we thought we did. We were ecstatic. Most definitely blessings for paying our tithing. We are so grateful that we will be able to get out of our debt that much faster!

Good Books and a Schedule

I mentioned in my Simple Pleasures post that I have really been enjoying some good books lately. I have seriously been reading so much more than I have been able to in the recent past. I am devouring books again, which feels good. I am currently about halfway through Breaking Dawn, just like everyone else in the world. I have successfully stayed away from any spoilers and am loving it.

I am also really excited for Philippa Gregory's new book, The Other Queen, to come out next month! It's about Mary, Queen of Scots which should be an interesting deviation from her other books about the English queens. I am really looking forward to having another great book on my list. But here is my dilemma. Kennedy sleeps really well at night, but she has no schedule whatsoever. Now that I am home with her more, but I still have to get some school and house work done during the day, how do I get her on a schedule? She sleeps anywhere from 10-12 hours a night (12 is rare, it's usually closer to 10), but I can't seem to get her to take consistent naps or have a consistent bedtime. Any suggestions? I would really love to hear some advice.

On a happier note, we bought Kennedy a little play gym and she is having a blast. She is finally learning how to bat at things and move her hands in a more coordinated manner. She's constantly rolling on her side now, so I bet she will be rolling over any day now. We went to the doctor on Monday and she told me that Kennedy has a little bit of a flat head in the back and that her neck muscles have been tightened on one side. We have to do neck stretches with her several times a day now. Every time we did it on Monday she freaked out, but she is doing great now! We love her so much!

Graduation

Thursday and Friday marked my graduation ceremonies at BYU.  I was thrilled to go through these, because even though I won't officially be graduated until December, I feel like the milestone has been reached.  It is all downhill from here.  My classes are now all online, which is fantastically convenient.  I was so excited when I woke up this morning and realized that I didn't have a class to go to!  I thought that I had some pictures with my parents on Friday, but I guess they were taken on my dad's camera.  So here's what I have.

Elder Richard G. Scott received an honorary doctorate and was the commencement speaker.  He is the first one on the front row to the right of President Samuelson at the podium.  One of my favorite pieces of advice that he gave was "Smile!  Everyone has problems, no one wants to hear about yours."

Here is our little family out on the lawn afterwards.  Kennedy is totally zonked.

Here I am on Friday at the convocation for the College of Humanities.  I am receiving my "diploma" from the dean of the college.

And here is just me after walking across the stage.

I loved the stats that they gave.  Every state but one was represented in the graduating class (of course they didn't say which one wasn't there) as well as 5 US territories and 16 different countries.  Over half of the students were married.  I was sitting in between two girls who were 9 months pregnant (one due in 2 days and one due in 4).  That's BYU for you!

I want to say thank you to Grandpa Emigh who has made college a possibility for me, mom and dad for supporting me and helping me pay for college as well, all of my teachers, Irene and Lori who babysat Kennedy during the summer semester, and Brett for being a great husband and helping me through.  Thanks to everyone!