The Kimbers

January 6, 2009

Cookies and Cans

I guess it's never too late to get them started with food storage....

and...if you give a kid a cookie......

I thought these were fun pictures. I'm working up the ambition to do a holiday post. We had lots of fun in Utah and have some really cute pictures so I'll get back to you.

December 5, 2008

So Lydia has learned to walk as we have mentioned before. My mom, I know, is dying to see her in action so I thought I'd post a little taste on the blog. We were asking her where her belly button was and she was pulling up her dress to show us as she walked around. Pretty coordinated to walk around with your shirt up if you ask me.

November 16, 2008

Going for a Stroll

She can walk, she can walk, she can walk!! The other night Chad put Lydia behind her doll stroller to take her for a little walk like they sometimes do, but she took off by herself like it was nobody's business. Ever since then she has been a walking!! It is so cute to see her hobble down the hall. She is really pretty good, especially since she decided to just go for it. So fun!

November 14, 2008

Picking Up

Someone once asked me how old Lydia was and when I replied she said, "Oh, she's at that age where she loves to dump things out, pick it back up again, and then start all over." I replied that Lydia indeed loved to dump stuff, but had yet to put anything back. She loved to empty the diaper bag of every single item all in sacrament meeting, she loves to throw her shoes on the floor from their perch on the second shelf of our bookstand, and she loves to throw her diapers, one at a time, over her shoulder when she finds them neatly stacked in the cupboard downstairs. Chad even said of her, "Disorganization is her happiness." And I loved her for it.

Well, in this video, for the first time ever, she started picking up one of her messes. She had shredded a tissue all over the front room floor. Chad, for whatever reason, picked up one of her empty snack cups and put in a shred of tissue for her. I guess she liked the idea because she kept filling her cup (and sometimes accidently dumping it so she'd have to start over) and it kept her entertained for quite awhile. We caught it on video. Ah, my little girl is growing up.

Good Quotes

*We were all getting ready to go somewhere. The kids were ready but I wasn't so Lydia started singing a "get ready" song she made up. The following conversation ensued:

Lydia: See, Mom. That's what you say when your kids are ready but you aren't.

Me: Oh, so can I use that song when I'm ready and you aren't?

Lydia: Sigh. Mom, I know I have to explain this to you because I'm smarter than you are.

*Russell had a belly ache. He cried a little, lay back on me and said, "I want my baby out." Later the same day Chad sat down by him and Russell said, "It hurts. Baby kicking me."

*Russell patted my belly and asked, "Baby in there?" I told him yes, and then he kissed my belly.

*The other day Russell was playing with Chad's tape measure. He held it up to my butt and said, "Getting bigger!" I'd have felt better if he'd at least held it up to the baby bump.

*Russell will often say, "Guess what?" When we say, "What?" he says, "I a princess last night."

*Lydia was drawing unsupervised in the next room. I asked her to bring me her paper because I wanted to make sure she wasn't using my checkbook for her artist palette. She came in looking confused and then asked, "To see how pretty it is?"

*During Sacrament meeting, Chad was asking Lydia why we take the bread and water. He was hoping for a reply that included something about Jesus, but Lydia's response was, "Cause we're REALLY hungry!"

*When approaching an elevator, Lydia said, "Are we gonna ride in the alligator?!"

*When washing Lydia's behind in the bathtub she energetically said, "You're doing a good job back there!"

*Chad gave Lydia a playful swat on her behind. Lydia must have liked it cuz she excitedly cried, "Daddy! Hurt me again!"

*Lydia: "I want some chocolate so hard!"

*Without prelude or hesitation whatsoever, my grandpa said, "Brenna, are you having twins?" The nerve.

* The other day I just happened to be standing so Chad could see my full profile and he said, "I'm surprised you don't tip over."

* I was with my very stylish grandma who was wearing mint green capris, super cute wedge shoes, and a green leather purse. I said, "Grandma, you are so fashionable." She looked down and said, "Oh. It's just an accident."

* Chad had lay down in a slide while we were at the park with Lydia and said, "I could sleep here, if I were homeless."

* Lydia is learning adjectives. Yesterday she called me "black mommy" cuz I was wearing a black shirt, and "big mommy" cuz well, let's face it, I'm big.