Photo Dump

Ever since getting and iPad, I think I take more pictures. Probably because my camera takes forever and a day to turn on and warm up or whatever and the iPad is just a lot quicker. Long story short, by the time my camera is finally ready to take a picture, the moment is gone. 

I know iPad pictures aren't as good of quality (so maybe someday I'll get a better camera and then I can take more pictures with that), but for right now I'll probably just use the iPad more often than not.

So here is a fun photo dump of the photos that have been collecting on said iPad:

Check out those thighs! Love 'em.

Aunt Olivia gave Garrett this onesie :)

Kimbri and her friend, Pearl, playing baby dolls.

I finally made round rolls that turned out good!

She loves her sunglasses!

...and she loves the sandals Pearl gave her.

Garrett LoVeS bath time!

He is pulling his sneaky smile.

Kimbri loves holding her baby brother!

I love to kiss those chubby cheeks!

K trying to help feed G the bottle

Whenever they lay next to each other Garrett always reaches over at
Kimbri and she gets all giggly.

Homemade finger paint time!

We sure made a mess but K sure had fun finger painting!

The following picture needs an explanation. I was trying to get dinner cooked and Kimbri disappeared for a few minutes. Not too long after she reappeared in the kitchen totally naked with my old Minnie Mouse ears on her waist!!! Oh my I laughed so hard. That girl!

Then she decided that Garrett should wear them. Oh my. She cracks me up!

We made a fort out of the lawn mower box... yes, we finally
bought a lawn mower!

More bath time!

She insists on reading her block books while sitting
on her toilet, lining them up after she reads each one.

This girl was SOOOO tired but wouldn't get in bed for
a nap, so I put on a Disney sing-along movie and she
was out like a rock before the first song even finished!

Hats

Kimbri likes to put "hats" on her head. And her "hats" aren't usually actual hats. What they really are, are things like buckets, shorts, or blankets. 

I'm not sure where she got this obsession, but it's super funny to me. She'll randomly put something on her head and come up to me all giddy-like and say, "Mommy. Hat." and then grin her squinty-eyed grin and then run off and play. I love that girl. She makes me smile :)

I guess she felt the need to share her "hat" with Garrett while he was eating... haha!

He couldn't figure out how to get it off.

She took her own pants off and put them on her head...

She's obviously really excited about it!

Then she went and got a pair of Garrett's shorts and squeezed them on her head... oh what a funny girl. I love her.

Our Kids Love Food

I guess I tend to take lots of pictures of the kids eating.... what is there not to love about that? :)

I don't have too many pictures of Garrett eating... I guess I should take more. But Garrett absolutely positively LOVES food!!!!!!!!!! 

Seriously. I have tried everything that's within reason to give a 9 month old. 

Like for instance, we were having turkey sandwiches yesterday for lunch... with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, etc... I thought, "Hmmmm, I'm going to give Garrett a tiny piece of tomato." He ate it right up without even batting an eye. 

Then I gave him a small piece of turkey. He loved it. 

The pickle was next. Ate it like a champ. He loved that too- just like his mommy!

I have yet to find something that our little Garrett doesn't like. He is just soooo in love with food. Haha!

Eating one of Grandpa Haycock's apples that he sent home with us after visiting Utah. She loves apples!

Kimbri also really loves pudding... just like her daddy! Earlier today I was feeding Garrett in the Bumbo chair. I guess she wanted a turn to eat in the Bumbo so she sat down and finished off her pudding cup in it. And she was pulling the funniest silly faces!

This is just a fun food activity we did a while back. Eating strawberry hunks in pudding with her hands. So fun.

Back in Arizona

After spending a really fun 3 weeks in Utah, we are back in Arizona now! We got back this past weekend and are enjoying the weather. I loved being able to experience a little bit of Utah fall before coming back... that cool nip in the air. I love it. 

But I also love that when we came back to Arizona it was still hot enough to go swimming! So that is what we did this afternoon.

And while we were there, Kimbri learned how to hold her breath and go under the water today!! After figuring it out she wanted to do it over and over and over again. She would jump of the step in the deep end to me, go under the water, and then I'd pull her back up and stand her up on the step again. And then she would say, "Adin, Adin" (which means, in Kimbri language, "again"). Anyway, it was really fun!

Here she is all ready to go in her swimsuit we got from walmart, the fun Dora coverup from my aunt Londie (thanks! she loves it).

Garrett also had a ton of fun at the pool! We love that there is a pool so close to us (it's right next to Rick's school only 1.5 miles away from our house). We'll definitely be making many, many trips there during the next 4 years!