Making Cookies With Mommy

Last week Kimbri and I made chocolate chip cookies with M&M's per Rick's request. Rick was at school and Garrett was fast asleep so we had some Kimbri/Mommy time together. She loved helping pour the flour and other ingredients in but I think she loved eating the M&M's the most! :-)

Chocolate from the M&M's all over her mouth! 

                             

Scarfing down those M&M's! :)

All ready to help mom make cookies! 

Hair Comparison

Several people have asked me if I think Garrett has more hair than Kimbri did as a newborn. They were both born with quite a bit of dark hair so I don't know! I decided to find a picture of Kimbri on her tummy and then I took a picture of Garrett on his tummy so I could compare the two.

Kimbri's hair pretty much all disappeared and is taking its pretty little time coming back in. And it's definitely coming in lighter than when she was born! And we'll have to see what Garrett's hair decides to do. But as for a comparison for when they were both newborns.... here are two photos to compare them:

So, what do you think?

Garrett's Blessing Day

On February 3, 2013 Garrett was blessed by his daddy, Rick Stone.

 It was beautiful! And so precious. Just perfect. I love our little Garrett so much and he has been such a sweet blessing in our family. It was so fun to have our families there to celebrate with us! 

Here are some pictures to remember this special day:

At the church:

These are some we took at home:

Lunch With Grandpa

Last week Kimbri, Garrett, and I decided to load up in the car and get out of the house for a while. We went to visit Grandpa Haycock at his work here in Provo. It was my first time going somewhere with both of the kids by myself! Wow. There is a lot to do just to even leave the house with two kids... especially a newborn! And since they're both in diapers I have to always remember to pack some of each size. Then there's always things like snacks for Kimbri, extra outfits for Garrett in case of a blow-out, making sure Garrett is fed before we leave, and having things like a binky, blanket, sippy cup, etc, etc... Haha! But we made it. It was really fun to visit Grandpa at work! 

After visiting him we made a trip over to the Provo mall to let Kimbri play on the indoor playground that they have there. She loves it! And it's good for her to have some interaction with other kids her age:) I'm anxious for the weather to get better so we can walk to the outdoor parks and let her play. 

We played there for quite a while and then Grandpa came over to meet us at the mall. 

Grandpa bought tickets so that Kimbri could ride on the carousel at the mall. She went "roar" when she rode on the lion. So fun. Thanks dad!  

 And then he took us out to lunch. Thanks so much dad! It was way fun to have a daddy-daughter plus grandkids lunch with you! We went to Wingers in the mall. Kimbri loved the popcorn that they give you to munch on while you are waiting on your food. 

My dad and I got salads and Kimbri enjoyed a grilled cheese sandwich. It was soooo yummy! Thanks again, Dad, for a fun lunch with you, Kimbri and Garrett! We love you!

Homemade Play Dough

The other day Rick was at school and Garrett was sleeping so Kimbri and I had some time together. I decided to try out a homemade recipe for play dough that I found online. And it actually turned out to be really good play dough! It's not hard but it's not too gooey. We separated the finish product into different clumps and added food coloring. Kimbri loves playing with it! We put it in a tupperware and keep it in the kitchen and she'll go over to where its at and want to play with it all the time now!

 It is a super easy and cheap activity that Kimbri loves! She even had fun helping dump each cup of flour and salt in the bowl. Anyway, I'm going to put the recipe on this blog so that we'll have it for future reference... and so that if anybody that reads this blog wants to try it out, they can have the recipe too.

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup salt

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

4 Tsp cream of tartar

4 cups water

Directions

In a large pot combine all ingredients and mix well.  Stir in the water and oil.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the dough starts to become dry and pulls away from the pot.  The dough should look more dry than wet.  Divide the dough into balls and knead.  The dough is very hot, so I just shape it into balls, then go back, knead, and add my color after it cools for a few minutes.  Add your colors and work each ball until you reach the desired color.

Kimbri's hand prints and a foot print :)

Some Kimbri Photos...

We have been taking countless pictures of our newborn little Garrett, and of course we took countless pictures of Kimbri when she was a newborn too. In fact, we still do take pictures of Kimbri, believe it or not. I've recently posted a ton of pictures mostly of Garrett so I wanted to dedicate this post to some photos we've taken of Kimbri during the last couple weeks or so.

Kimbri LOVES bubbles! Her word for bubbles is "bubu". 

Kimbri places the stick super far away from her face
and then blows... haha!

Daddy and Kimbri both love M&M's. 

I should've taken a picture of Daddy with M&M's all over his face too! :)

Kimbri looking at books while waiting to go to church. She loves books! 

Riding on the toy car at the mall. She loved it and
her car noise the whole time. 

The past few weeks Kimbri has enjoyed watching a few different shows. Our tv doesn't work so she's never really watched tv before but my mom got her a fun dvd that has several different kid shows on it, like Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, Wonder Pets, Little Bill, etc... Anyway, she loves them! Her favorites are Dora and Blues Clues and there's one other one that's called Jack's Big Music Show that she loves. It has tons of singing and dancing. It's been really convenient to let her watch one of them when I'm nursing Garrett so she'll stay put and not try to climb up on the table, etc.

We even got online one day and found a Blues Clues episode for her to watch. She's all snuggled up! 

Another pic of Kimbri watching her shows.
She loves it! 

You can actually tell that Kimbri has hair in this picture! Whenever we play peek-a-boo with this blanket her hair gets full of static. And check out those big, pretty blue eyes :)

Bowling

On January 21 we went bowling with my family for my Dad's birthday. It was way fun! BYU students get a free game each year so Rick, Kimbri and I used his free game. Others that were there were my Dad, Mom, Zach, Wyatt, Olivia, and Enoch... and Garrett of course was there but just slept the whole time:) Rick and I each bowled one round of the game but most of the turns we let Kimbri push the ball down the metal ramp things that they have for little kids. And she loved doing that. It was more fun to watch her have so much fun than to actually bowl.

Anyway, here are a couple pictures from our evening of bowling: