Sorry...but hope you enjoy anyways!

I'm so far behind in posting I'm feeling a bit stressed about it - and this should be fun, not stressful...so...my solution is to just have all the pictures in an album that you can peruse at your leisure and start from now with the posts. I'll try to add captions to a few, but I'm very sorry to the people whose events these are that you don't get your own post...

If you click on the slideshow it will take you to bigger pictures in the album.

A VERY important day for Will!

August 16, 2009 Andy and I stood with Will before God, our family and friends, and the congregation of Good Shepherd UMC and publicly promised that we will do everything we can to lead him to choose Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior when he is able to make the decision himself. While we prayed at home shortly after Will was born and thanked God for sending us His child that we get to love, teach, and guide, it was wonderful and very touching that so many people came to support us in our decision and celebrate this day with us. Thank you all! We really appreciate the lengths you went through to support us.


Family and friends

Will is wearing a gown from ~1885. It has been worn for dedications, baptisms, and christenings of the Kennedy side of the family for many, many years. We were glad to share in the traditions of a family with such strong roots.




Will with his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

We love you all! Thank you for helping us celebrate our public declaration for Will's future.

Look at me, I'm on TV!!!

Watch the video here. After the advertisement the news will start. 27 seconds into the news video you will see a shot of me. To get a better look at me maximize the video by clicking the bottom right corner of the video.

Happy Birthday, Grammy and Grandma Carol!

Happy Birthday to the best grandmothers in the world!!

In honor of my grandmothers' birthdays, Mommy let me wear my birthday suit!

I love opening and closing my window.

Do you think I'm too big for the door?

Yep, that's dog fur that I'm about to eat...Mommy took it away from me though...bummer.


I was just checking to make sure all Mommy's cheese was gone.

Mowing the grass...lots of chores to do around here.

I think it's fun though :-)

The lawnmower needed some repairs.

Taking a break to observe nature...and Lincoln.

I've had lots of great adventures lately. My parents dedicated me to God! I went to New Orleans to see Mommy's cousin get married. I swing in my swing on the swingset. All sorts of great stuff. Hopefully, I'll have time to tell you all about it soon!

Love, The Willster

My first baseball game

Daddy and I just got back from my first baseball game. We went to see the Charlotte Knights play the Norfolk Tides. Daddy got free tickets from work and we got to sit on the first row behind the dugout. It was so cool. I had tons of fun. I liked it when the people cheered for the guys who hit the ball over the fence. I learned a lot about the players. Daddy showed me which one was the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, right fielder, center fielder and left fielder. Wow there are a lot of players on the field. Sorry no pictures. We didn't take the camera. Well it was a long night at the ballpark and it is past my bedtime. Nighty, night.

Hmmm...Help!

Andy and I are doing our "summer of weddings" this fall! It'll be fun to get to see friends and family all together and celebrate with them. But...you all know my fashion sense and lack of decision making skills, so here's the dilemma - which dress do I wear to a 6:00 semi-formal (this is going to be a classy affair) wedding in New Orleans? Please comment with your vote or email me! Thanks so much for your help!

PS - Imagine beautiful hair and make up...that's a dilemma for another day :-)

(You all know how "frugal" I am too...The Zebra and the green cost about the same - reasonably priced on clearance and the blue is the bridesmaid dress from John and Mary's wedding - so the family has already seen this one.)

This one is flowy and would probably be the coolest (temperature wise.) It hides the post baby belly pretty well. But does it count as semi-formal?

This one has laces up the back, but it's a little bit big so the laces end up pulling the two sides almost all the way together - not really a big deal though. Is this formal or semi-formal?

This one is a little snug through the chest now. Grrr... I just had it altered to take it in in March! But I could probably find a shawl or jacket or something to make it less noticeable.

So give me your opinions! The Zebra, The Green, The Blue, or keep looking :-)

comment or stacyeskew@hotmail.com

Visiting!

Mommy, Grammy, and I went on a grand adventure yesterday and today...

We went to visit great Grandma and great Paw Paw and my great great aunts and uncle!

Here I am with my great great Aunt Jimmie - we got to eat lunch with them! Yummy!

Ben and I had a good time too! I showed him how to wear his Mardi Gras beads.

Here's a group picture (except for Grammy and great Paw Paw.) Afterwards, Mr. Ben showed me some of his fancy artwork. I hope I can do that one day!



We also visited my great great Aunt Kathleen. She has lots of elephants in her house and I got to look at them all. What fun to explore! No worries though great Paw Paw. I still wore my Auburn jammies to bed tonight!

Great Paw Paw and I had a good time making each other and everybody else laugh!

Here I am with the awesome stocking great great Aunt Kathleen made for me. It's just like Mommy's that Kathleen made for her when she was little. Pretty cool, huh?