What a Time I Had in Connecticutt

It begins with packing. When I arrived the Kahmanns were in the midst of moving to their new home. What a time I had in the kitchen putting things in boxes. There was so much to do in so little time. I arrived on Wednesday and the moving crew was coming on Saturday. Then after everything was packed into the truck, I supervised the Relief Society clean up crew. We had 4 sisters who cleaned the apartment to a white glove test level. It was the gospel in action that day because some of the sisters had driven a 1/2 hour to help.

I found this tutu at Costco and Lily had fun dancing around in it.

Going to church was an event. Lily packed her tummy with Teddy Grahams, Raisins and Animal Crackers while the adults listened. Then it was play time in the nursery. She dressed up as a princess and played with the toys. It was hard for her to leave.

When we got to the new place, I unpacked everything that I had packed and more. Cherie had so much to do to get the new place ready and was taking care of her little Lily on top of it. Boxes were all over the house and so we took them downstairs and filled up Keith's Man Cave with boxes and they were overflowing into the storage room. But in the mean time Lily needed attention. So I took her to Annie's Bounce Barn.

I was amazed at the size that blow up toys can be these days. Lily climbed and played and crawled through the toys and had a great time showing me how she could slide down little slides and then go down the scarey big slides. I thought that she was definitely fearless. The business concept was awesome too. What fun the kids had and there was even a blow up water slide outside because it was hot.

I didn't mention how hot it was until Keith got the air conditioning set up. I haven't been so hot in a long time and became very thankful for Kerry and his insistence that we get air conditioning in our new home. Yes. Kerry became more of a hero after the sweat began pouring down my face as we moved. One day Cherie, I and Lily walked down the street to the YMCA and went swimming to get out of the heat. Lily has a shark life preserver and paddled around the pool with the other kids. I enjoyed doing a few laps while Cherie took her to get a snack. Cherie stayed out the pool because she didn't have a pregnant swimsuit.
Cherie's due date came and went. She became very anxious to have her baby come and was so discouraged because she had hoped to go into labor sooner. Four days later she took castor oil and had a speedy delivery. Sawyer Anthony Kahmann was born on July 22nd at 1:30 AM. We had fun visiting with him in the hospital and getting to know him for the first time. He has a very boyish look to him and a sweet cry. He snorts...which is so cute. And Lily became a big sister.


Keith, I and Lily took a trip to the Aquarium yesterday and enjoyed a respite. Afterwards I treated everyone to McDonald's. And Lily had a Happy Meal...

Sawyer had his first bath at home today. It took 3 people to bathe him. Cherie held the camera. I did the washing and Lily supervised the process. He promptly fell asleep afterwards. What a day.

This was Lily at Home Depot. Cherie and Keith bought a new garbage can with wheels and Lily had to wheel it around the store. She was a big helper when it came to the garbage can. :)