Garrett is Growing

I can't believe how fast Garrett is growing up! He is such a sweet little boy and seriously melts my heart with his brown eyes and handsome little grin. I'm so happy to have this adorable little boy in my life! 

Garrett will be 2.5 next week so I wanted to write down some things that he does or has accomplished lately:

- Potty training. Yes, he is potty trained! And it was the easiest thing ever! He was the one who initiated the whole thing. For a while he had been telling me that he went pee or poo in his diaper right after the fact and wanted his diaper changed asap. So I wondered if he was getting close to potty training since he was obviously recognizing when he went. And I guess that was a pretty good indicator because not long after is when he decided one day to sit on the toilet and he went! It has been SO nice to have him potty trained! I still put a diaper on him when he sleeps but other than that he is trained! Yay!!!

- He also can count to 12. We have several books that involve numbers and counting so each time we read those, he gets a good practice in with counting. After getting to number 12, though, he says "ooo teen, ooo teen, ooo teen" over and over again. Haha. One of these days we'll have to work on that...

- Garrett can sing his ABC's! He can't identify very many letters but he can sure belt out the song!

- Garrett is so sweet when it comes to helping me. For example, whenever I'm in the laundry room, changing a load, he will run in there and say, "Can I help you?". Or like today, I was wiping down the pantry door and he came and helped me. He is always so sweet to offer his help :) I hope that continues into his teenage years! Ha ha!

- Some things that he loves lately are banana berry smoothies, anything to do with the water/pool, sharks and trucks, reading books, wearing his blanket on his head and pretending to be a pirate, and going to the children's museum, just to name a few.

- He is about 36 inches tall and weighs 31 pounds. 

I love you Garrett!

He was SOOO tired in this picture but wanted to finish
every last drop of his smoothie before bed! 

Helping me make Tuxedo Brownies and eating the Cool Whip.

Shoving the chocolate cake in his mouth at the YW fundraiser dinner.

Garrett loves helping me in the kitchen!

As you can see, he loves anything to do with FOOD! Haha! Another funny thing is that he loves to wear mine and Rick's shoes around the house. I left some of my church shoes out once and got to them and thought it was hilarious that he was wearing mommy's high heels. Bahaha! 

Utah Hogle Zoo

While we were staying in Salem, there was one afternoon that we planned to take a trip to the Hogle Zoo together as a family. Since we have a pass to the Phoenix Zoo we got 50% off on our tickets to the Hogle Zoo! I guess there is some sort of deal between Zoos across the nation where if you're a pass holder you can get in free or at a discounted rate at most zoos. So we got our whole family in for $20 which is a pretty good deal!

Kimbri loved the splash pad. Especially the fountain thing she is standing on in the next picture that would randomly spray up A TON of water! Yes, she got soaked. But it was such a hot day that she dried off quick!

Kimbri asked me to take her picture
 by the fire hydrant... haha.

A stray peacock

Kimbri and Garrett acting like little baby elephants :)

We got everyone a Wendy's Frosty for the ride back to Salem from Salt Lake and the kids thought it was pretty amazing and enjoyed every bite of it.

We had so much fun going to the zoo together! I can't believe how much it has changed since the last time we were there when Kimbri was around 1 year old. There have been so many renovations, I hardly recognized the place! I wonder what will change by the time we go there again in who knows how long. But we had a blast and it was a really awesome little family outing! 

Bowling at BYU

On the Saturday before we left to come back to AZ, we decided to do one last little family activity and go bowling at BYU. On our way there we drove past the place we used to live when we lived in Provo. It's where we moved to when Kimbri was just 2 months and it's the house we brought Garrett home to from the hospital. We made a lot of great memories in that little rental home and it was fun to see it again. 

Kimbri and Garrett LOVED bowling and had a blast! We let them share a game and then Rick and I each bowled a game as well. We're just too competitive to go bowling for "fun"... we each needed our own game so we could see who would win. Haha :) And even at almost 30 weeks pregnant, I still totally beat Rick! Ha!

Just outside the Wilkinson Center