Philadelphia Catch Up

This is what we've been up to since we were last in Arizona...

First of all, our last week in Arizona was spent packing up our little apartment and saying good bye to all our friends and family.
Kennedy was quite the helper taking things out of any open box so she could have something to play with.
I went to Texas for a week to hang out with my family while Nate packed up the truck and drove all the way to Philly. Before I left to TX, Nate had a surprise anniversary planned since we wouldn't be together to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. We told each other we weren't going to do anything big or spend any money since we needed every penny to move and get settled in Philly. So we decided to just go to Ned's and get a sandwich for dinner since it was my last chance to eat at Ned's before I left. So Nate drives me to Ned's and then pulls out a blind fold and says you need to put this on, I have a surprise for you. So after a very mysterious drive, we get out of the car and he guides me to the front door of the surprise location... His parents house... His parents came over to our house to babysit, and Nate had set up a little luau for us!
The whole car ride I was telling Nate I was a little sad I wasn't going to get to get Ned's but I was really excited for the surprise... But when I got inside and he sat me at the table, he pulled out two Ned's samich's for us to feast on! I was so excited. It was the best anniversary ever!


While Kennedy and I were in Texas, I hardly took any pictures! But we had a ton of fun with my family. My sister Cherry and her kids are living with my parents right now, and my sister Emily drove from Utah to come hang out for a few days and my aunt Steph and her family came to hang out for a few days too! We went swimming almost every day and did a few puzzles and ate lots of food.

Here are Kennedy and Addi playing on the air mattress.

The only picture I got of my mom with Kennedy.

After spending a week in Texas, Kennedy and I flew to Philadelphia to a nice new apartment that Nate and his brother Jason had mostly moved into. The second bedroom was missing a door so we haven't been able to set up the room yet, but having the mattress on the floor has been good to transition Kennedy into a big girl bed! This is her very first night not sleeping in the port a crib!

For the most part, she stays in bed, but one night we woke up to her screaming like someone had stabbed her. Nate and I run into her room and couldn't find her! She had wedged herself, face down, under the air conditioning unit! We have blankets and pillows stuffed all around the bed so she can't fall off, but somehow she managed to wiggle down there!


Our 4th of July was spent getting things we needed at Walmart, putting together dressers, and unpacking. We didn't get to see one firework :( But it was still a good 4th of July since we got to move into our new apartment!

Since we've been mostly moved in and Nate doesn't start school until the 18th, we have been exploring our new neighborhood, finding things to do and going to the zoo! Kennedy loves seeing all the animals and there are peacocks and ducks just wondering all over the place. The Philadelphia zoo was the first zoo in the world and I must say it's the best zoo I've ever been to!

We went on the hottest, most humid day ever. Nate and I were both dripping sweat after about an hour of being out side!
Kennedy really likes brushing the goats at the petting zoo.


Yesterday morning after we all ate breakfast, we sat down to watch some yo gabba gabba with Kennedy. Nate and I must have been really into the show, or too tired, but Kennedy had found a bag of chips and just sat and ate a ton of them. She must not have gotten enough to eat at breakfast!
She would take a little nibble of one chip and set it down next to her and then grab another chip and do the same thing.I thought it was too cute to not document.
That has been our life since we left Arizona! Philadelphia is much different than Arizona. Just a few of the differences Nate and I have had a hard time coping with is Walmart - not like any other Walmart I've been too, they have barely any food there! Also, fountain drinks do not exist at gas stations! Our bodies have not adapted to the humidity here so we sweat a lot. Other then getting used to a few things, we are so excited for this new chapter in our lives and can't wait to bring our little baby boy into the world to change everything even more!