Keeping up with the Kardashians Brockmans

I'm not even sure where to start this post.  I've meant to sit and write several times but the nights just escape me and the days are super busy. Here are some of the things you missed in the last few weeks or just other random updates from the Brockman camp.

Kenley was sick a few weeks ago and it made for some long days and longer nights. Luckily we recruited Grandma and Grandpa Brockman to babysit and after a shot of steroids from the doctor, she was slowly on the road to recovery. We were also cutting all 4 of our eye teeth at the same time which just added to the drama but we are doing much better now and super glad to have our happy girl back.

Last week is a blur so I'll just have to skip that ;o)

This past weekend, our friends Lissa and Nathan stopped by on Friday for a visit and to tour the Hotel Brockman. It was so nice to see them and I can't wait for them to move to town so we can see them more often. Kenley warmed up to them quickly and our short visit went too fast.

Oh they also started digging for our retaining wall on Friday. My yard now looks like this:

They are supposed to finish the wall today or tomorrow so I'll post more pics. They were able to flatten the back part nicely but I'm still having trouble picturing it all. We did talk and the landscaper is going to wait for a bit on our sod which will be super nice considering the 90+degree temps we have been having and the fact that a $500 water bill scares me. I'd rather spend $500 on other stuff besides watering my new sod in the July heat. I can just continue to play on the patio or go to the park if I want grass.

We also hung up the stuff in Kenley's room, so I'm happy to post some pics of her wonderful room. It was the one room I never got posted because she was asleep when I took the first set of pics and then I wanted to get her stuff hung. I put her comforter out on the crib so you can see the bedding she will have for her big girl bed (which we are getting by the end of the month and will start that transition soon. YIKES!)
Here is the view from the door.....

 The wall with her closet and bookcase...

 The view from the other side of the room ...

 A close up on the super cute (matching) message/photo/ribbon board I got on eBay...

 SO there you have it. Kenley's big girl purple room is all done. I'm gonna print her some more pictures for her board and eventually fill up the bookcase with stuff but for now, we are super happy with it. I think it will be so cute with her big bed and when we get the bedding all put in place.

My parents also came up this past weekend and brought a load from their storage shed. We have all of our baby stuff back now so we will have plenty of time to get it all together. We had a nice lunch on the grill and some homemade french fries! YUM!!! We will have to work on getting all the stuff they brought in from the garage so that eventually maybe Clay can park in there but we are still working on it.

Yesterday my Aunt Rachel came for the week. My sitter is off so Rachel is going to fill in.  I am sure Kenley and Rachel will have a hoot this week. Hopefully they won't be stuck inside 100% of the time with the heat but if they are, I'm sure they will make the best of it. 

Yesterday we did escape the heat for a bit after our nap and played in the kiddie pool. I took some super cute pics so I just wanted to share a few as I wrap this up. I'll try to post more this week but our lives have settled down quite nicely since moving.  We are getting used to the open space and slowly unpacking the last random boxes.  (Anyways, here are the pics!)

Hope everyone else has a great week and manages to stay cool in all this heat.