The Kennefick Family

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-03T20:14:00.000-07:00

We had our funnest Halloween yet with lots of activities for the kids. We had 2 families over for a "Halloween Party." The girls decorated the house so it was "spooky." Connor was enamoured with his candy after we all went trick or treating. He has examined each piece a million times.

Ahoy Matey!

"I'm a monkey, what are you?"

Our pretty princesses!

Florida Fun!

2011-04-03T11:46:00.001-07:00

We had a fun time in FL this year. We were able to spend 7 whole days with Grandma and Grandpa Kennefick! Here are a pictures of our trip. The girls enjoying sunset.

Connor is helping us unpack.

We loved beach time!

We took a boat ride to Parrot Key. Connor used it as nap time!

We had fun at the zoo!

The girls' favorite thing to do was go swimming in the pool. Both girls were little fish, but Emma truly loves the water. She was not worried about not having an adult to catch her!

Connor supporting his mohawk look.

We ended our trip by watching a band play at Hemmingways. The kids had a lot of fun dancing to the music!

Naughty Words

2011-03-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

The girls are learning the difference between good and bad. They have learned what "naughty words" are now. The first time we heard them use a "naughty word" was when Claire and Emma were building towers with their blocks (winter 2010). Claire's tower fell over and she said "dammit." Jeff and I looked with surprise at each other and asked her what she said. Emma came to Claire's rescue and said, "Claire said dammit because her tower fell over." A little while later, our nanny overheard the girls talking about "naughty words" during rest time. Claire asked Emma if "shoot" was a naughty word. Emma told her she could say "shoot" but not "dammit. Dammit was a naughty word." How nice that they have each other to learn what is good and bad! :)

Catch up on Connor

2011-03-28T18:21:00.000-07:00

It is time to catch up with what has been going on in Connor's life... He got his first tooth when he was just over 4 months (April 2010). He now has a mouthfall of teeth. He started walking just after he turned one in December, but now he is running - chasing his sisters around! He can say uh-oh, ball, shoes, woof woof, up. At his 15 month well-check his height and weight were in the 10 and 30th percentile, while his head circumference was off the charts! It's all those brains!

Here are a few pictures of him over the last few months.

Skating Round 2

2011-02-21T13:28:00.000-08:00

It wasn't without falls as you will see, but we made an entire lap on our own. We were joking about training for the Olympics in our last post...but we're starting to think seriously about making a run at in 2022.

Skating and Birthdays

2011-01-20T19:47:00.000-08:00

We've been in training for the Olympics...sorry we didn't have internet access this past year.

Okay, a couple more just because we're so darn cute!!!

Connor is two months!

2010-01-27T18:55:00.000-08:00

It is hard to believe that our baby boy is already two months old! His favorite past time is being held...they say you can't spoil a baby but he certainly knows what he likes already! He is growing quickly - already over 11 pounds!

The three of us!

2010-01-25T17:42:00.000-08:00

It is hard to get a good picture of all three of them...but we thought this was pretty cute!

Abby Cadabby

2010-01-25T17:27:00.000-08:00

Emma and Claire love Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street. One day Emma and Claire disappeared and Abby showed up!

ABC's

2010-01-13T19:59:00.000-08:00

Now that we are two...we love to show off our talents!

Take two for Emma...

Big sisters with Connor

2009-12-12T09:55:00.000-08:00

Emma and Claire are transitioning just fine to their new baby brother. At first Claire didn't pay too much attention to him and Emma wanted to be near him all of the time (opposite of what Mom and Dad thought would happen!). But now both girls love to give their brother attention, hugs and kisses. They don't even mind when Mom and Dad are holding him versus them. Although they have gotten a lot of attention from Grandparents since Connor's arrival!

Introducing Connor!

2009-12-04T19:04:00.001-08:00

Connor Thomas joined our family on December 1st at 11:45 p.m. He came a little earlier than expected after mom got rear ended leaving work. He is perfectly healthly weighing 7 lbs 4 oz and measurming 20 inches long at birth.

Carving Pumpkins

2009-10-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins tonight. Before dad started scooping out the guts, Claire had to give the pumpkin a hug and kiss!

Emma waved good luck to the pumpkin!

The girls helped Dad scoop out the guts.

Ta-da! Here is our finished product!

Halloween at Medtronic

2009-10-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

We would like to go to work with Mom everyday if this is what work is like! We went trick or treating at Medtronic and have never had as much candy as we did today! We had our first sucker and definitely were in good moods with all of the sugar!

We made friends with Mom's co-worker Troy. He had lots of fun toys for us to play with!

ZooBoo

2009-10-29T19:50:00.001-07:00

We had our first trick or treating experience with the Viks and Schults at the ZooBoo at Como Zoo. We had fun filling up our buckets with treats!

The Vik family portrait.

Hanging out

2009-10-29T19:42:00.000-07:00

We had fun hanging out with Grandma K one afternoon with our new pumpkin shirts!

Friends Thanksgiving

2009-10-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

Friend's Thanksgiving was hosted by the Semerads this year at the Semerad family farm. The scenery was beautiful and the girls had a lot of fun playing with their friends! All of the kids had fun getting dressed up in their Halloween costumes and carving pumpkins.

Emma is proud to be a pumpkin!

Claire was buzzing like a bee all day!

A family portrait...Emma is being shy for the camera.

We got to play with our friend Carson....

Ellaina...

and Landen!

Apple Picking Time

2009-10-29T19:13:00.001-07:00

We went to the Apple Orchard with Grandma and Grandpa Kennefick this fall. We had fun picking apples and pumpkins. But most of all we had fun with the animals at the petting zoo!

Emma riding a pony.

Claire and Emma figuring out which pumpkin makes the best seat!

Claire petting a goat with Grandpa.

A day at the Zoo with our Grandmas!

2009-07-23T20:08:00.000-07:00

We spent the day at the zoo with our grandmas! It was soooo much fun! Claire was a little scared of the goats, but I could tell this one needed my help, there wasn't time to be scared. We can't wait to go again with our cousin Riley in August! We'll keep practicing our monkey moves in the mean time.

I just about have it all brushed out.

Where should we go next?

Why does that cow keep looking at me? I'm trying to eat my snack.

Doty Family Reunion 2009

2009-07-23T19:19:00.000-07:00

We had fun playing with our second cousins at the family reunion. The weather was a little cool but we didn't seem to mind. We had fun running around outside and swinging on the swing!

Getting Caught Up

2009-03-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since we posted anything and we wanted to get caught up... The girls celebrated their first birthday in January (pictures will be uploaded soon...). They started walking in February and are now running around.

We celebrated Dad's birthday in February and really enjoyed his birthday cake!

We're ready to go!

Grandma and Grandpa let us use the "ball crawl" while they are in FL. We play in it everyday!

We take good care of our babies. We feed them bottles and give them lots of kisses.

Here we are acting silly...

Follow the leader....

We celebrated St. Patrick's day of course. We went downtown St. Paul during the day with Lorilyn, Grandma and our aunt Molly. We saw some Irish dances and singers and a little bit of the parade.

Our First Christmas

2009-01-30T19:25:00.000-08:00

Our first Christmas was memorable, but only because our family was sick! Because of the illness, Claire ended up in the ER the night of Christmas! We recovered by the weekend.

Even though we didn't feel well, we still had fun opening presents with Mom and Dad!

Santa has a hard job!

We visited with Great Grandma Reinhardt ... her "puppy" kept giving Emma kisses!

11 Months Old!

2009-01-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

A lot changed in Emma and Claire's 11th month. Although Claire had been scooting and rolling since she was 7 months, she started a very efficient three legged crawl shortly after Thanksgiving. We think Emma sat and watched Claire and other kids until she was able to perfect crawling. She was put on all fours one day by Lorilyn and Grandma Kennefick and off she went! They haven't stopped moving since. They pull themselves up and can walk around furniture. I think walking is in the very near future!

Sibling rivalry has already started. They get very jealous of whatever attention their sister is getting or whatever toy she has! But they also keep an eye on each other and are never a part for more than a minute.

Happy Halloween!

2009-01-03T19:48:00.000-08:00

Although Halloween was a few months ago, we wanted show off our little princesses. The day before Halloween, Medtronic had a Halloween party where the girls dressed up and went trick or treating and met Michelle's co-workers.

Emma and Claire met some friends who are also twin sisters and had a lot of fun playing with them. They were born just a few months before them.

The next day, on Halloween, we got dressed up to see all of the kids come to our house trick or treating. The night started off okay...

and then slowly started going down hill...

until we experienced our first tantrum from Emma. The only way we could get Emma's costume off was to cut it off!

Boot Scooting Boogie

2008-11-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

I know we don't have our Halloween pictures out here yet, but we just couldn't wait to show off our new moves!

9 Months Old!

2008-10-17T19:45:00.000-07:00

We are growing big! At our 9 month doctor's visit here were our stats:

Emma:
- 19 lbs 13 oz (80th percentile)
- 28 inches (80th percentile)
- 4 teeth

Claire:
- 18 lbs 2 oz (50th percentile)
- 28 1/4 inches (88th percentile)
- 5 teeth

We scoot around on our belly...Claire is very efficient at going backwards and Emma is great at pivoting in a circle. We prefer finger food now. When mom and dad try to feed us that baby mush we push it away! We seem to eat better for Lorilyn. We have mom and dad wrapped around our fingers.

We play together now. Sometimes playing evolves into stealing each other's toys!

Rrrroar! I am a leopard!

Emma likes to show off her teeth!

On Sundays we transform into Viking's cheerleaders!

Go Vikings!

What is Claire trying to do?

Very proud to be with dad!
We can't figure out why those balls pop and go away!

Someone is up to no good...

Scooting around.

We were lucky to have some visitors. Here is our Great Great Aunt Betty from CA! We had fun hanging out with her.

Our Great Grandpa Peterson paid us a visit this summer too. He lives in Las Vegas.

Riley's First Birthday!

2008-08-25T18:02:00.000-07:00

Our cousin Riley celebrated his first birthday in Minnesota last weekend. It was fun to play with him. After seeing Riley run around the house, Mom and Dad are a little worried about us walking! They have it pretty good right now.

Riley didn't know what to do with his teddy bear birthday cake that Grandma made. After a few smacks, he finally realized it tasted good!

Emma's standing on her own! She is quite proud of herself!

There were so many of "our kind" at the party!

It was a fun weekend with cousin Riley!

7 Months Old!

2008-08-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

We celebrated 7 months in style! We rocked out with our nanny!

Which way to the beach??

The morning after we were still in a good mood!

7 months is a lot of fun. We can sit all by ourselves without falling over.

We love being outside. We dig holes in the grass...don't tell Dad...he thinks it's the squirrels!

6 Months Old

2008-08-03T13:08:00.001-07:00

We caught up to full term babies at our six month doctor visit. Claire was in the 75th percentile for height and 50th for weight. Emma was in the 50th percentile for height and 75th for weight. We're growing strong!

Here we are trying to figure out what Mom and Dad are doing to make us smile!

We are just starting to sit up on our own...still a little wobbly though.

Claire is chewing on everything. Her bottom front teeth popped through on July 15th. Her toes are yummy to chew on.

What's my sister doing??

Chewing on all ten toes??

We're advanced for our age.

We enjoyed our first Doty family reunion the last weekend in July.

Here we are with a few of our third cousins. There were 9 kids under the age of 5 the weekend of the reunion!

Always holding hands.

First Time in the Lake

2008-07-07T19:04:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed our time at the lake last weekend. Emma enjoyed the grass, while Claire was trying to figure out what was tickling her feet!

Grandma Kennefick bought us innertubes to help us float in the lake...or to get cute pictures.

We had a lot of fun splashing in the water. Mom and Dad hope that we are water babies!

Family Self Portrait

2008-07-07T18:55:00.000-07:00

We love being outside - we enjoy viewing the world from our Baby Bjorns. Here is a self portrait before a walk around the neighborhood. Claire was so kind to make sure Emma's hat looks good for the camera!

The Fun is Just Get Beginning!

2008-06-27T19:54:00.001-07:00

Every week something new happens in the Kennefick family. Mom and Dad are afraid that we will be moving on our own soon and then their world will certainly change. Both of us rolled over this week. Emma was caught by surprise when it happened while Claire has been working on it for weeks.

Emma's new favorite thing is her tongue and she likes to show everyone!

She is also getting very strong and can sit on her own for a short bit.

Claire decided that she would rather sleep on her tummy than her back. She caught Lorilyn (our wonderful nanny) by surprise during nap time!

Claire decided to roll over the hard way - going from back to tummy. She uses her crib to get some momentum.

We are still having a lot of fun together.

We're getting strong enough to play in our exersaucer.

Playing with the Nanny

2008-06-16T19:47:00.000-07:00

We are getting very strong and Mom and Dad think we will be sitting up soon. Our bouncy chairs are starting to get frustrating because we can't sit up in them. We get to play on our tummies with our nanny a lot. Our nanny is great - we are very lucky to have her with us all day. She knows what she is doing since she had two sets of twins herself!

Father's Day Weekend

2008-06-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

We had a nice Father's Day weekend. The weather finally cooperated with us and on Saturday we went on our first boat ride. At first we weren't too excited about the life jackets, but we soon learned to think of them as a body pillow. We slept the entire time so we missed our first boating experience!

We celebrated Dad's first Father's Day at Canterbury Park. We were able to celebrate the day with Great Grandpa Kennefick, Grandpa Kennefick and Grandpa Peterson!

Here is a picture of us with Dad at the track. Emma is upset because her horse didn't win the race she bet on.

Emma took Father's Day very seriously...while Claire thought the day was all about her.

5 Months Old!

2008-06-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

We turned 5 months old on June 12th. Our parents think we are a lot of fun right now. We like to be entertained at all times. We grab on to toys and everything goes into our mouths. We also have realized that we have voices we can use at really loud levels!

We have also noticed that we have each other. When we are near each other, we reach for each other's hands. We talk to each other, laugh at each other, and when one of us cries, the other starts crying as well.

We sleep pretty good at night. Our bed time is normally around 8 and we sleep until about 5:30. Then we have an early morning snack and go right back to bed.

Here are some pictures in the last month.

Four Months Old!

2008-05-18T19:08:00.001-07:00

We were 4 months old on May 12th. We had our check-up at our doctor and we have definitely been growing! Claire was 12lbs 1 oz, 23 1/2 inches and Emma was 12lbs 11oz, 24 inches. All this growing must require lots of sleep because we almost sleep through the nigth. We don't want our parents to have it too easy so we wake between 4:30-5:00am each morning for an early breakfast before going back to sleep.

Here we are at 4 months having fun with Mom and Dad!

The doctor thinks we are ready for solids, but we aren't so sure about it! But it sure is fun to make a mess!

Emma's first solid food

Claire's first solid food

We celebrated Mom's first Mother's Day!

We love bath time!

We are growing up fast!

We would rather feed ourselves than have Mom and Dad help.

Our Baptism Weekend

2008-04-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

We were baptised on April 20th. We met our cousin Riley, Aunt Megan, and Uncle Brendan for the first time.

Riley didn't know what to think about us!

Our Great Grandpa's wife, Corinne made our baptismal gowns. They were beautiful!

Dad and Emma

Mom and Claire

Aunt Molly and Uncle Josh are Emma's godparents.

Aunt Megan and Uncle Brendan are Claire's godparents.

Three Months Old!

2008-04-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

We turned 3 months old on April 12th!

Emma had a tough month though. Dad had to bring her to the emergency room to remove a hair tourniquet on one of her toes. One of mom's hairs wrapped around her toe 8 times - so tightly that the doctor had to cut her toe on both sides to remove it. After it was removed, it healed very quickly.

Then, when we got home from Florida, Emma developed an allergic reaction to something and had hives all over her body. We don't know what caused it, but we are glad they are gone!

We've started to sleep a little better at night now. Every once in a while we only get up once, eat and go right back to bed. Mom and dad are hoping this is a trend that sticks!

Here are some pictures from our three month birthday.

Claire and Emma hanging out in their nursery.

Claire smiling at dad.

Emma smiling at her mobile.

Our First Vacation

2008-04-10T13:43:00.000-07:00

We went on our first vacation to Bonita Springs, FL to visit Grandma and Grandpa Kennefick. We did great on the airplane - we slept the entire time both ways.

Emma made mom and dad laugh when she couldn't figure out where the voices were coming from when the pilot came on!

We went on lots of walks along the beach.

We really enjoyed our walks but unfortunately we could never stay awake to see the scenery!

Our favorite toy at Grandma and Grandpa's was the ceiling fan in their bedroom. We got to look at it with every diaper change!

We had fun getting dressed up in summer clothes! I think mom and Grandma had more fun though...

Emma wanted Claire out of the way here...but little did Emma know that Claire would try to eat her hand!

We went for our first swim in their pool.

Claire didn't mind the water, but Emma was not happy about her first swim!

We had a lot of fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa! We think they had fun too...

Our first picture at sunset.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a great vacation!

Happy Easter!

2008-04-10T13:39:00.000-07:00

We got all dressed up in our bunny outfits for Easter! We got to spend some time with family. Below is a picture of Emma with Great Grandpa Kennefick.

The Last Month

2008-03-30T16:31:00.000-07:00

We have been very busy the last month without a lot of time to update the blog! We are awake a lot more during the day now. We play with our toys, started babbling, and we even smile now! Here are some pictures from the last month.

Tummy time...

Taking a nap...who needs a crib?

Lounging around with dad...
Getting ready to go for a walk with mom...

Hanging out with our friend Sydney...we have some catching up to do!

Don't we look ready to meet all of the Reinhardts at our shower?!

One Month Old!

2008-02-17T14:16:00.001-08:00

We were month old this week (February 12th)!

We had a doctor's visit and are doing a great job at gaining weight. Claire was 6.1 pounds and Emma 6.15 pounds!

We got to meet some more friends this weekend. Here are mom's spiritual sister's Shalene and Carrie.

February 16th was not only Dad's birthday but also our due date. So Mom and Dad took us out to dinner to celebrate with friends at the Chatterbox. It was our first outing to the bar! :)

First Outing Out and About

2008-02-03T17:53:00.001-08:00

Mom and Dad took us out today for our first outing beside the doctor's office. We visited with the Kennefick family at Great Grandpa Kennefick's place.

Mom and Dad forgot one minor detail though...the diaper bag! It was forgotten by the back door. Dad had to make a run to store!

Getting Dressed Up

2008-02-03T17:46:00.001-08:00

Mom and Grandma Kennefick decided it was about time we wore some real clothes.

Emma is trying to wake up Claire so they can smile for the camera!

Visit from the Reinhardts

2008-02-03T17:37:00.000-08:00

We had a visit last weekend from the Reinhardts! We met our great aunts, Linda and Patti, and great uncle Rich and got to spend some more time with Great Grandma Reinhardt!

Getting Settled

2008-01-23T16:57:00.000-08:00

When we aren't sleeping, eating, or getting our diapers changed, we like hanging out with Mom and Dad.

Mom and Claire

Meeting the Family

2008-01-23T16:34:00.000-08:00

Our new family sure likes hanging out with us! Here are mom and dad showing us off!

Our Grandmas and Grandpas sure like hanging out with us too!

Grandma and Grandpa Kennefick

Grandma and Grandpa Peterson

And here is our Aunt Molly and Uncle Mike.

We even got to spend some time with our Great Grandpa Kennefick!

The Girls' Arrival

2008-01-19T17:02:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, January 10th, Mom went to a doctor's appointment for labs and was unexpectantly admitted to the hospital. We knew we'd be arriving early but we didn't think we would make our presence this soon!

We made our debut on Saturday, January 12th. Mom had a c-section so we were born just seconds a part. For being born at 35 weeks, we're pretty proud of our stats:

Emma - 9:59 a.m. - 4 lbs 12 oz, 17 3/4 inches long (left)
Claire - 10:00 a.m. - 4 lbs 4 oz, 18 inches long (right)

And here is our proud dad!