Poor Carter! This is only the beginning, friend! I love how innocent Kennedy looks as she has him in a headlock.

Kennedy got a new purse from Nana. She even got jewelery. HOT STUFF!

Carter taking a break. On December 29th, Carter had a doctor appt (2 month) and he weighed 14 pounds 5 ounces. Yes, that is the size of a 4 month old. What? My babies like to eat!

Our family. :)


Kennedy helping Katie open a present. She loved that part!

Thank you Papa Jon for the awesome cradle! Kennedy's baby sleep very well. If they don't they go to time out. :)

Tony's brother, Chad, and Carter.

The weather was pretty nice the day after Christmas. Here is Kennedy with the boys. :)

Christmas Morning!

Cousin Porter and Kennedy. Porter is licking the spoon after Kennedy made breakfast.
Daddy and Kennedy opening her stocking. Santa brought her big girl underwear...what a treat!

Santa brought Kennedy a new kitchen to Nona ana Papa's house so they brought it with them :). to Topeka. Kennedy loves it. She got an apron and makes breakfast all the time.

My family came to our house for Christmas. Everyone was able to come so we had 13 people, including kids. It was so much fun having everyone here.

We spent some time with Tony's grandmother before Christmas. Here are a few pictures.

Carter thinks that Kennedy is very funny. He is always laughing at her and truely adores her.

Carter laughing in his car seat after Kennedy was talking to him.

The weather outside is frightful....

We played in the snow a little today. I think Kennedy is going to need snow pants this year!! Oh, and maybe the strawberry rainboots will need to be replaced with snowboots too!

We eventually gave up on pants all together. We are being creative with the winnie the pooh wrapping paper skirt. Project Runway here we come!!! Here are a few of the pantless wonder!

Potty Training!!!!

We officially started potty training last Friday. After a weekend of insanity, we have turned the corner. Today she has told me when she has to go, once after she already went, but we are making progress!!! Please send prayers as I am trying to hold it together, while I change wet underwear and hold a screaming baby! :)

Carter in the bath. This was Kennedy's bath, Thanks Aunty Georgie!

Carter had his 1 month check-up yesterday. He is now 10 pounds 13 ounces. In a month he gained 3 pounds. I guess it is no surprise that my kids eat!

As you can see, the city kid isn't use to the "excitement" of the farm. The weather was freezing, but she had such a good time. Thanks, Grandpa! She was even on the farm radio and called to the house, "breaker, breaker, mom." It was too funny!

Down on the Farm!

Kennedy spent a little time feeding cows with Grandpa Kevin. She loved it! We are going to have to get her some boots because her bright white adidas are not a good idea on the farm!

Kennedy and Joe

Nana has a little golfer statue at her house and he is just Kennedy's height. I think she fell in love with him. She kept kissing him and hugging him. She would even boss him around and tell him to "stay there." It was hilarious!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!

Grandpa Kevin and Carter

Tony and Carter after turkey dinner.

Kennedy and Great-Grandpa Compton.

Aunty Katie and Carter

We spent some time in Hiawatha over the holiday and had a great time! We saw alot of Tony's family and Kennedy had a fun time bossing everyone around. She really is good at it! :) Here are a few pics.

Lazy November Day......

Carter is doing so good. Getting bigger all of the time! Kennedy has been taking care of him. Here she is in her princess dress keeping an eye on him. I am pretty sure he is just listening to her talk. I have a feeling this is only the beginning.

Daddy hanging out with Kennedy and Carter. The media room downstairs, which he refers to as the "man cave" has now been taken over. The "man cave" isn't just for men anymore!!!

Showing off the jacket she got while driving her car. Very stylish!

Happy Birthday Kennedy!!!

We are a little behind in getting the pictures out, but Kennedy had a great birthday with her family.

Kennedy is putting the Mickey Mouse candle on her cupcake.
Thank you Nona and Papa for the great car!

Another first for Kennedy. Nana and Katie C took K-Train to the movies for the first time yesterday. They saw Madagascar and she fell in love with "I like to move it, move it." Enjoy.

Big day for the Cornhuskers! Thanks to the Compton's garb yesterday, the Huskers got a big win over the Jayhawks. GO HUSKERS!

I think Carter is wondering what he got into! Kennedy is obviously a little animated and Tony and I can't stop kissing him. He poses alot in thought.....Things that make you go hmmm.....

Just a few pictures of the little prince. We had an appointment yesterday to see how he is doing and everything is going great! He is already past his birth weight and after he ate yesterday he had taken in 2 ounces! Yippee!!! I don't think this surprises anyone, but our kids are eaters! Thanks for all the kind thoughts and prayers. Carter is doing great and Kennedy has taken to him nicely. She is already reading him books and loves to help with the diapers! Enjoy!

Another big day for the Comptons!!!

Carter and I have been sitting outside the voting booths eyeing anyone that looks like they voted for Obama and he is puking on them. Gotta go, here comes the lunch rush...

Keeping the faith.

TC

Monkey business.

Since mom is going to be a little busy for a while, we thought it would be good to get Kennedy a monkey, her favorite, to take care of while mom is helping Carter. Dad made the mistake of not noticing the monkey sings "If you are happy and you know it". Once he found this out, he secretly learned how to shut off the power so we would not have to hear the song for the thousandth time in 24 hours. Little did we know we have a little rocket scientist on our hands. Wow.

HE'S HOME!!!

We got home with our son at 5pm yesterday. Everyone is doing great and I don't know if Kennedy or dad is prouder. (Notice the bright yellow I'm the big sister shirt)

Update on Beth and Carter:

Everyone is doing well. Beth came home yesterday. She is feeling very good. Carter is doing well too. He got a little water on his lungs from the delivery. Must have taken the first breath a little too quickly. As a precaution, they wanted to give him antibiotics to make sure he didn't get pneumonia or an infection. They do that through an IV and so he had to go to the NICU at Stormont. He is doing great. Beth is now feeding him and he is already gaining weight (our kids seem to have no trouble eating). The dose of antibiotics will not be done until Monday evening so they have to keep him there until then. If everything goes well, we will be bring him home Monday night or Tuesday morning.

Since we had not dealt with the NICU with Kennedy, it was a little scary and overwhelming. We quickly saw how fortunate we are and that we are happy that they are taking this precaution to make sure he is healthy and strong when he comes home.

Thanks for all the calls, text, emails, prayers, etc. I will post again on Tuesday with an update and hopefully report that Kennedy is changing Carter's diapers at home, so I don't have to. :)

Tony

Kennedy didn't let the birth of her baby brother slow down her trick-or-treating. As you can see, she was quite the cute bumble bee. She has been great while we have been gone but she is getting impatient to meet him.

We would like to introduce everyone to the newest member of our family.

Carter Anthony Compton

Born: October 29th, 2008

10:32 p.m.

7 pounds 13 oz.

Can't wait for you to meet our son!!