Our Morning Walk

I love that the morning temperatures are starting to drop a little bit. At least for the next week or so anyway. I love to go on morning walks with Kimbri. It gets us out of the house and some fresh air. This morning as we were walking to our usual park not too far from our house I saw someone briskly walking toward campus with what looked like a full backpack on with a water bottle in the side pocket. She was eating as she walked, probably breakfast, and I thought about all the times I was up early and walking to campus, often times trying to gulf down some breakfast that I didn't have time to eat at home. I thought about those types of days, especially when I was pregnant with Kimbri, and longing to finish school so I could really just be a mom. After having Kimbri was even harder with both Rick and I in school, both of us working, trying to keep up with dishes and laundry all with having a newborn...

And after thinking about those days, weeks, and even months I'm so glad that we went through them. Even though it was hard in the moment I feel like when looking back I really did learn a ton, not only in my classes but about being able to handle hard things and learning from them. I am so happy to be able to be a mom and talk my precious daughter on walks to the park, read books with her and play and laugh with her. Having Kimbri in my life is such a blessing! Even though some days are long and hard she still reminds me everyday to smile :)

Here are some pictures I took at the park in the darling outfit my mom gave to Kimbri for her 1st birthday and the cute bow that Olivia made:

Swinging - a favorite park activity.

Recently Kimbri has loved playing with the wood chips. Why?
I don't know but she LOVES to just sit there and play with them! 

She knows she's not supposed to put them
in her mouth. So she's trying to be sneaky:)

Look at those cute chubby legs and feet! 

The sun rising over the mountain while we were at the park.

She likes to tap rocks and wood chips agains the metal
poles to make the ringing sound.

She got really tired on the way home.

After we walked back home we read some books but Kimbri started to yawn and look really tired, like the two pictures above. So I gave her a small bottle and put her in her crib and she fell right to sleep! Maybe she's having a growth spurt because the past few days she has taken some long naps!

I love you Kimbri!!