Oh Hey Friday/5 on Friday

It's Friday and I am so excited to be linking up with the fabulous ladies of both of these awesome linkups!

Here's what's been going on with the Kaune's:

1. Last Friday night, the collegiate Phi Mu girls hosted a spaghetti dinner in conclusion to their "Miracle Week" in which they had various fundraisers around campus for our national philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. They raised 1,900 dollars for CMN, which is awesome! Kennedy and I went to the spaghetti dinner and both of us had a blast. Kennedy had salad for the first time and LOVED it which surprised me. I love salad now but when I was little I hated it so I just had never bothered to try it with her. She barely touched any of the spaghetti but ate up her salad. They had dessert on sale for an extra dollar and Kennedy had an absolute meltdown about wanting cake. I didn't have any extra cash but my sister Courtney was nice enough to buy her a piece of chocolate cake. Of course Kennedy ate two bites of it and then said "all done" leaving Mommy with the cake. The cake was delicious but I ended up getting sick later that night. I still can't handle sweet stuff in this pregnancy which makes me super sad. They had a DJ there but no one was really dancing except for Kennedy of course and my sister Helen, who was kind enough to keep her company on the dance floor.

2. Last week my friend Valerie took our family pictures and Kennedy's 2 year old pictures. Taking pictures with an almost 2 year old is stressful. It was really hard to get Kennedy to look at the camera and smile. Valerie posted a sneak peak on Facebook though and I am absolutely in love with this one. It may end up being our Christmas card picture!

3. I am super late on this but a few weeks ago, my friend Jessica and I went to see the new Nicholas Sparks movie, The Best of Me. I don't know if it was the pregnancy hormones or what, but I bawled through almost the entire movie. However, despite the cheesy ending, I thought it was a really good movie. The love story kind of reminded me of The Notebook and I liked how it was set in the 90's. :) The actors that played the couple when they were young had great chemistry too.

4. I am 13 weeks this week. Last week in the first trimester, woohoo! I have only thrown up twice this week, which is fabulous. So far my only craving is fresh fruit. Still can't eat chocolate or ice cream which sucks because I have always had a sweet tooth but it always makes me sooooo sick! I haven't gained any weight yet with this pregnancy. Every time I weigh myself I am usually right at my pre-pregnancy weight or a few pounds under. When I was pregnant with Kennedy, I had already gained 6 pounds by this time. My doctor told me he doesn't really worry about weight gain in the first trimester and that it's normal not to gain weight since I have been so sick. I am really looking forward to my next doctor's appointment on the 25th. My parents will be in town that week for Kennedy's birthday party and Thanksgiving so my mom gets to go with me to my appointment and hear the heartbeat. After that, our next appointment will be our gender sonogram on December 18th, so exciting! A lot of the Old Wives Tales are pointing to boy and the Chinese Gender Chart also says boy but I won't be completely convinced until that sonogram. My friend Becky was one of the few people who predicted that I was having a girl when I was pregnant with Kennedy and she thinks I am having another girl so we shall see!

5. Big milestone for Kennedy this week: we are done with the paci! After all that stressing about it, all we did was make her throw her pacis in the trash, sounds harsh I know, but it worked. She asked for her paci when we put her to sleep that night but sung herself to sleep. She hasn't been really taking very good naps at school this week and I am pretty sure that's due to not having the paci but her teachers say she sometimes asks for it and other times she doesn't. She still sleeps, it's just not her usual 2 hours. So, she is still adjusting, but I am excited that we have been a whole week without it and no major meltdowns!

This upcoming week is her last week in the Toddler II class and I am actually kind of sad about it. She has had some really great teachers in this class. She usually bonds with one particular teacher in each of her classes. In the nursery, it was Miss Michelle, in Toddler I, it was Miss Angie and this class, it has been Miss Stacy. Miss Stacy is the lead teacher and is always doing fabulous art projects with the kids. They sent home Kennedy's fall art and ohhh, the cuteness! She also did Kennedy's hair in French braids the other day, so cute! I can barely get Kennedy to sit still for me to put her hair in a ponytail!

 Kennedy continues to be "all girl." The first thing she does when she wakes up is asks for a bow. Her latest obsession now is having tea parties with Mommy and her dolls and stuffed animals. So much fun! Can't believe 2 weeks from today we will officially have a two year old!

Have a great weekend everyone!