It's been FOREVER!!!

Hello to everyone!!! I am officially the BIGGEST blog slacker ever ;) For those of you who don't know, the Elliott's are currently living in Mississippi (what a fun word to write). We left Louisiana mid-march and moved east to a small town on the Mississippi River. We are adjusting to the Missippi (we've learned that this is the correct pronunciation) ways. We should be finishing up here some time in August and heading home just in time for the delivery our next little blessing. Speaking of blessings, our little Kennedy is growing up so fast! Every day is something new! She makes us laugh, cry, and scream all in the same breath. We haven't visited the doctor lately (which is totally fine by us) so I don't really have any current stats on her. But I do know she is weighing in at a whopping 19 1bs. And is still eating like her uncles most days. Some of her favorite things right now are, playing outdoors, strawberries, anything to do with water(swim class, bath time, the fountains downtown, water is even one of her favorite drinks right now). She loves M&M's and if it were up to her she would eat them for every meal, along with ketchup, and horseradish. She has developed a love for dancing. Any kind, she can fast dance, slow dance, and sometimes we even find her doing some type of tap dancing (grandpa taught her this, he calls it river dancing). Elmo is by far her favorite character and she could watch this red fuzzy crazy speaking creature all day if we'd let her. She's a climbing fool!! She hangs out on top of the kitchen table, the back of the couch, chairs, step ladders, and she tries but has yet to master climbing out of her crib and over both baby gates in the house. She is busy, very busy. She keeps us on our toes, literally on our toes, most days Mark and I find ourselves sitting down for the first time at dinner time, then up on our feet again till some time after 8:30(Kennedy's bedtime.......boy do we love this time of the day;)) It is at this time Mark and I sit and catch up with each other. The evening usually ends with us in bed by 9!!!
My pregnancy is, well, let’s just say it’s going. I suffer from heartburn pretty much all day every day (which I have never had, not even while pregnant with Kennedy). This has been very difficult to get use to. However, it has helped me on watching what I eat. I'm drinking LOTS of milk (they say this helps with HB) and I make sure I eat very small portions. This has really helped with weight gain :):) We are in week 19, and have our first appointment here in MS this Thursday. We are hoping to find out the sex. I will be sure to post either way (I swear). Soon we start our 12 week natural childbirth class. It's hard to believe it’s already time to begin preparing for delivery. This time around we are doing what they call a refresher class. We will do the majority of the classes just Mark and myself. Then when we get home we will do a few sessions with our instructor. We are both looking forward to sharing this time together again.
Other exciting news, this Friday I leave for a long girl’s weekend in Florida!!! It will be the longest I have been away from Kennedy. This makes me sad, but I know she will be in great hands (thanks mom & dad). I am really looking forward to catching up with my Florida buddies and some “me” time! Shortly after I get back Kennedy and I leave for Iowa. We will spend a week with my in-laws; we are super excited for this trip. From Iowa we will leave for Illinois, here we will spend time visiting with my grandparents, aunts & uncles, and cousins (my mothers’ side of the family). This too is going to be tons of fun!! Our last summer adventure will take us back to Texas for a week in June!! Then back to Mississippi for the month of July, then home sweet home in August!!!!!!!!
Well, this is super long, guess that’s what I get for updating every 3 months ;) I hope all is well with everyone, and you all are enjoying the spring weather!

I’ll leave you with a few recent pictures