Pumpkin Patch

Last month we went to a pumpkin patch called Mother Nature's Farm for a family activity and we had a blast! They had so many activities for little kids! 

They had bounce houses and I'm pretty sure Kimbri is in love with them now! We had to bribe her to get off so we could go do all the other things at the farm before it got too dark! 

They had a hayride that we all went on! 

Daddy with is cute little kids :)

Family Picture! We don't get many of these

Seeing the goats...

... and chickens.

I love Garrett's face in this pic!

They also a had a mini village with play houses the kids could go in: 

And each kid get's to pick out a mini pumpkin which is included in the ticket price!

The sun was shining right in Kimbi's face!

I love his shifty eyes in this pictures

Kimbri picking out the best pumpkin

And she's ready to go! Haha

I sure love this two kiddos! 

By this point Garrett was getting really tired!

She wouldn't stand still for nothin'

Kimbri riding the big ol' tractor. She loved it! 

It was a great family outing! We had so much fun and were able to just relax and enjoy each other. We also decided to pick up some yummy Cafe Rio on the way home since it was right by where we were. Oh so good! I'm sure happy they have a Cafe Rio in Arizona!! 

Garrett is Growing!

So I haven't updated our family blog for a while because I've had issues uploading pictures to the laptop... but now I have it figured out, I think, so here we go! 

A lot has happened in the past month!! 

- Garrett finally got 2 teeth! His bottom teeth came in at the exact same time just a couple weeks ago at about 10 months of age.

- He figured out the whole crawling thing a few weeks ago too! 

- And just within the past week or two he's been pulling himself up on all the furniture, chairs, and whatever else he can get his hands on! 

- Within the last few days Garrett has been walking while holding onto the little walker toy that used to be Kimbri's. He's just growing and learning so So SO fast! I can't believe it.

- Some other things Garrett loves are walks in the stroller, sucking on anything he can get his hands on, playing with a little plastic slinky to keep him entertained while I change his diaper, and FOOD! Oh my how this little man LOVES food! He hasn't turned down one single thing that I've put in his mouth. I even gave him cooked squash, zuchinni, onions, and red and green bell peppers with rice for dinner one night and he loved it!! I hope it stays this way :)

We also finally got Garrett into see Dr. Allen for his well child check up and he is a healthy baby! He weighed in at 20 lbs and is in the 50th percentile for weight and height. 

My happy little grocery shopping boy!

Garrett likes to sit in things. Whenever I do laundry I let him sit in the basket and he also likes sitting in Kimbri's pink toy bins. (Sorry the pictures are kind of blurry).

Garrett had just woken up from his nap!

And big sister came to say hi :)

Garrett is such a joy in our lives! I cannot imagine life without him. He is such a happy little guy and we love him to pieces! 

Trip to Utah

I know I'm super behind in updating the blog but I was having issues getting our pictures to upload to the blog. Anyway, our 3 week trip to Utah was so fantastic! It was sooooo hard to be away from Rick for such a long time though. After 2 weeks apart, he came up once his Fall Break started and joined in on the fun :) And he TOTALLY surprised me by driving through the night and showing up in Spanish Fork on Saturday morning when I wasn't expecting him until late Saturday night! Best. Surprise. Ever. I was so shocked when he walked in the door and so so so happy to see him! 

My wonderful dad drove all the way down to Arizona to help me and the kids get to Utah. He literally drove to AZ on Saturday and turned around and we drove back on Sunday. I had to speak in church that Sunday so we left after that. Oh, and our church doesn't start until 2pm so we got a late start and didn't get to Utah till super early in the morning! But the kids did AMAZING on the drive. We made one stop partway into the drive to change Kimbri and Garrett's diapers and I nursed Garrett really quick. Then we made one stop just outside of Las Vegas to fill up the tank with gas and that's all! We only had to stope twice. It was great! And a HUGE thank you to my dad for helping us get to Utah!!!!

The reason for going so early is that Dawson, Stacie and their family were in Utah too and so that meant if I were to get there then all 7 of us kids would be together, which doesn't happen too often anymore. So since it was my parents 25th wedding anniversary later that month we decided it would be fun to do a little get together in celebration of them! So that was fun and I'm glad we were able to all be together!

I wish I would've taken more pictures. But oh well, we were having too much fun! 

Here are some of the ones I got on the iPad. I actually did take my real camera but didn't have batteries so we just made do with the trusty iPad. Haha. They aren't the best quality and are often times super blurry but oh well...

Tuxedo Brownies = YUM!

Olivia did Kimbri's hair and the only way she would sit still long enough for her to do it was to let Kimbri watch Curious George :)

New 'used' jumper we got for $5 at a yard sale! 

Garrett loved it!

Kimbri loving the french toast and grapes.

Smiley Garrett :)

Just finished the powdered donuts Grandpa Lyle gave her...

...but sad that they are all gone.

Garrett loved looking at himself in the mirror! He kept leaning forward so far that he kept bonking his face on the mirror.

Happy baby! He was finally getting good at sitting up by himself!

On the road...

...and Kimbri is tired!

I miss those mountains.
Can't believe we saw snow in September! 

Stopped for a diaper change
and to stretch for a while.

Daddy so kindly changing Kimbri's diaper :)

We had a great time! We miss our family like crazy and can't wait to see them all again at Christmas!! 

Potty Training: Days 2 & 3

This was our 3rd day of potty training Kimbri. And it has gone really well! At least I feel like it has. I've never potty trained anybody before so I guess I'm new to the whole thing... but I really do feel like it has gone great so far! 

Day 2 she still had some accidents... maybe 6 or 7 for the whole day. Which I still feel like that was pretty good. Because the first day I was already washing all her underwear while she took her afternoon nap! So by the end of Day 2 she was really starting to catch herself each time she needed to go potty and would run to the bathroom to do her stuff.

And today, Day 3, she only had ONE accident first thing in the morning... and she totally caught herself part way through. So really it was only like half of an accident. Haha :)

But seriously. She has done amazing today! She even did the #2 business all by herself in the potty. Several different times when I was feeding or tending to Garrett, Kimbri would disappear and then reappear before I even realized she was gone. She would come up to me all excited and say, "Mommy! Potty!" And we would walk back to the bathroom together where the little potty is and sure enough, she went potty all by herself without me even prompting it! 

I hope this whole potty training thing keeps going so well. She is still in diapers (although I really need to go by some pull-ups) for nap time and night time. But we're workin' on it. 

Yay for potty training success! Hopefully it stays that way.

Potty Training: Day 1

Well, the potty training has officially started! We've actually had the potty out at our house for quite some time... even when we still lived in Provo because even back just a few months ago, Kimbri would bring me a diaper when she wanted to be changed. And she actually went one on the potty several times, with me prompting her of course. But I didn't want to officially start the whole potty training thing until we got back from our trip to Utah. I guess maybe I was just lazy because I figured having Kimbri still in diapers for our 3 week trip would just be a whole lot easier! 

And it was. But now the diaper time is coming to an end and we made it through our first day of potty training! We even went to the swimming pool again today. I had Kimbri go potty right before we left and then she went again right when we got home. It worked out great!

I can't believe how much progress Kimbri made in one day. Before her nap time (which was around 2pm), we went through 7 pairs of Dora panties. I know that sounds like a lot of accidents but she actually had more success' than accidents so wahoo!  By the 7th pair of underwear, it had gotten to be where she did a few dribbles and then realized that she needed to get to the potty and would run to the bathroom and go the rest in the potty. So like I said, she made quite a lot of progress.

No way am I saying it was easy. It was still really hard constantly asking if she needed to go pee pee in the potty and keeping a close eye on her even while trying to change Garrett's diaper to make sure she wasn't going to squat in the middle of the living room floor! Haha. 

But seriously, by the end of the night I felt like she had it down. She only had 1 accident from the time she woke up from her nap to the time she went to bed. And even after she went to bed she got up about 10 minutes later and came into our bedroom and said, "Mommy, pee pee." So we raced to the bathroom, took off her DRY diaper (I'm starting out using diapers/pull-ups at night) and she sat right down and did her stuff and then we put her diaper back on and she went back to bed! Success! What a champ!

I guess we'll see how day 2 goes tomorrow :)