Ra Ra Ra Random

Ever since getting an iPad I've taken a lot more pictures of the kiddos doing random things throughout the day! My camera is super old and takes forrreeevvveeerrrr to turn on that usually by the time it is actually on and ready to take a picture, Kimbri is on to the next thing or notices that I'm getting the camera out, so I miss the moment, or whatever. 

Anyway, with an iPad you can just whip it out and snap a picture almost instantly. I know the quality probably isn't as great but it's good enough for me! And then it's SO easy to just email them to myself and have them on the computer instantly, instead of waiting to upload them all to your computer. Rick showed somehow 'sinked' the iPad and his laptop together so that if I take a picture with the iPad, it automatically appears on his laptop! I have no idea how that even is possible. But it's sweet!!

Anyway, here are some fun pictures of the kids as of late:

Kimbri loves broccoli. And so does her mama! It's among my favorite veggies. I have know idea how she even got this idea, but whenever we have broccoli she bites of the tops and doesn't eat the stems (you can see a pile of stems on the counter next to her bowl...haha!). 

Kimbri recently has become somewhat obsessed with the Mickey Mouse hat in the following 3 pictures. She went and found it, got some books and sat at the kitchen table and read books for quite a long time, with nothing but a diaper and her Mickey Mouse hat on. And to be honest, I have no clue where that hat even came from! But she loves it.

Now it's Garrett's turn!

Garrett was all ready for church and was chillaxin' on Kimbri's hot pink bean bag that she got for her birthday. And yes, he is teething so that's why the fingers are in the mouth :)

The other day, the kids and I were playing in Kimbri's room when Rick got home. He immediately came and joined us, got down on his hands and knees and started saying "dadadadadada". And to our surprise, Garrett said it right back to him! His first word is officially "dada"! Wahoo! 

It was so cute. And Garrett got really excited about it... probably because we were so excited about it. And his smile is super contagious.

Bath Time & Snuggle Time

Kimbri has been totally enjoying taking bubble baths lately with the bubbles she got for her birthday. Good thing the bubbles are tear-free since she insists on putting bubbles on her head and face! Haha :) I love my little Kimbri!

Garrett loves bath time too! Gotta love the pink bath tub. It's soooo manly! Wink. Wink. That's what he gets for having an older sister. Hehe :) But to be honest, the pink baby bath was cheaper than all the other ones, so there ya go!

Look how much these kids love each other. They are so cute! Snuggle time in Kimbri's bed! 

Balloon Blobs & Mindy's Reception

Yesterday was a fun day! Busy, but way fun. Kimbri and I made "Balloon Blobs" in the morning while Rick was studying and then that afternoon we headed up to Snowflake, AZ for Mindy's wedding reception, since her husband is from there. 

We made a HUGE mess making the balloon blobs with the flour and all but it was fun and Kimbri likes playing with her 'blobs'. Haha :)

Check out all that flour on her shirt!

And as for the reception, we loved being able to go even though Rick is crazy busy studying for a test that he has on Monday morning. Since we didn't get to go up to Utah for the actual wedding we were so grateful to get to go to the AZ reception!!

We left around 12:30pm and drove about 2.5 hours to Heber, AZ and hung out with some of the extended family at their cabin for a couple of hour. We went on a little family ride on "The Rhino". It was way fun. . . since we only went like 5mph with the kids on board.

BUT, after we all got off Rick's cousin, Tanner, took Rick on a ride and good grief! I thought they were going to go flying into the air and land on their heads. 

After they were done Tanner said that Rick was going to watch the kids while he took me for a spin on The Rhino, which I quickly refused, because it looked way to horrifying!

Rick wanted me to go on it soooo bad. Probably so he could laugh his head off at how scared I was! Haha, just kidding. But he bribed me saying that if I went on it with Tanner then he would give me a 15 minute back rub for a week! Haha! 

So I said yes. I couldn't turn down that offer!!

So I went. And I was terrified. I was gripping my seatbelt for my life! But I survived. And it was very thrilling, scary, and exciting (in the scary sense). Not sure if I'd ever do it again but hey, now I get a back rub for a week :)

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Around 7 we arrived at the reception and it was beautiful! It was at a cute little outdoor place with the prettiest decorations and colors and everything! I'm SO happy for Mindy and TJ! They make a great couple :) It was way fun to get to see all of our Stone family that we haven't seen for a while and to visit and relax for the evening.

The reception got over at 9pm and since we were driving back to Gilbert that night, we had to get going. So we made the 3 hour drive back and got home just after midnight.

Thank goodness Kimbri didn't throw up! 

And Garrett was an angel baby on the way there and on the way home. He slept the whole way both ways. He was super happy the whole time we were there too, but I was especially grateful that he was happy in the car! Because what baby likes to be strapped in a car for that long? Probably no baby. But it turned out great and he literally woke up right after we pulled into our driveway. I fed him, and he went right back to sleep. Yay!

I wish I would've snapped some photos from this fun trip but I totally spaced it. Oh well. We were just having so much fun!

Kimbri Loves...

Kimbri loves running around in only her diaper and shoes, princesses, and Garrett!

So these next two pictures may someday embarrass Kimbri a little but it really is just so hot that sometimes... ok, all the time... I let her run around in her diaper. Not only does she love only wearing her diaper but she loves putting her shoes on too! (Thanks to Delicia for the cute shoes! She loves them!) Anyway, so I think the whole diaper and shoe combo is pretty funny! 

Look at that belly!

She was being so silly :)

Lately we've been reading some of the Disney Princess books. She's getting to the point where we can read longer books with more words on a page without her getting distracted. So it's been fun reading about Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, and Cinderella with her. 

Not too long ago we got out her light blue dress that Sundee got her a while back and pretended it was a Cinderella dress. And also, she is FINALLY getting enough hair to put some hair clips/bows in it! Haha! Her hair is still so thin and very fine that the clips still don't stay in very well, but we're getting there!

I know I've said this before but Kimbri is pretty in love with Garrett.... except maybe when she's tired or hungry, haha :) But really, she is such a great big sister! She loves holding him and giving him kisses. We have to practice giving him "soft" kisses because otherwise she'll hug is whole head and practically kiss his face off! 

And here are a couple other random pictures we took. I don't know what Kimbri was pointing at in the first one but it turned out kind of funny, the way she is mid-sentence and pointing, and how Garrett's head looks HUGE because he is closer to the camera... but anyway, I want to have at least some documented pictures of me with my kiddos :) I love them so much!

My Little Man

First of all, Garrett absolutely loves his little zebra stuffed animal! I kind of decorated his room with an animal theme. I still have plans to paint a couple pictures of jungle animals for above his crib. But anyway, I found some way cute stuffed animals that I set on the changing table and a couple other ones on his little dresser. 

Now that he has gotten older, every time I lay him down to change his diaper on the changing table, he immediately turns to the left and twists his whole entire body, outstretching his arms and grabs his little zebra animal. It's so cute and so funny too! 

He loves it so much that sometimes I take it with me when we drive somewhere so he can play with it, hug it and yes, even chew on it (he is teething).  He loves his little zebra alright!

And I know I've wrote about this before but Garrett also loves his food. So even though I've already posted pictures of him eating "big boy food", I'm posting more. Because he is just so cute and it's just SO funny how much he seriously loves food! 

He looks like a little bird the following picture...waiting with his mouth wide open for mom to put more food in it. Haha!  

Happy boy! Especially with a full belly!

He loves chewing on his spoon when he is done eating.
Again, I think it's because of the whole teething thing.

I love my little man!!!

Kimbri's Birthday Party

We celebrated Kimbri's birthday last Saturday on July 27. Though her birthday was actually on July 25, Rick's schedule was pretty busy so we decided to just do a little party on the weekend. We had Shelby, Rue, and little Bowen over to celebrate with us! We got some pizza from Little Caesar's (Kimbri loves pizza) and for dessert we had cake and homemade ice cream! 

I made a Texas sheet-cake and carved a Mickey head into it. Kimbri has been loving Mickey Mouse lately so I thought it would be fun for her. When I showed her the cake she pointed to it excitedly and said, "Mickey!!" In her super high, excited voice. It was way cute. You can kind of see the Mickey head in the cake in the pictures...

Lighting the candles.

Kimbri trying to blow her candles out...

Trying again....

And still trying.... she eventually got it!

She got a little chocolate on her face. Haha!

It was really fun to get to buy some presents for Kimbri! We got her some new sandals because she's growing out of all her other ones. We also went to Goodwill (kind of like DI) and got some books since she loves reading! And we also got her a couple movies - a couple Winnie the Pooh movies and some Mickey Sing Along Songs. She also got a pink bean bag and a big ball that she loves. 

Present time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBRI!!!!

We love you!