First Step!

So yesterday I got Zachy to take his first step and like everything else he does, he did it like he has been doing it for ages. I have said I wouldn't be surprised if he was walking by a year but maybe he will be walking by 11 months.

Random Cute Thing:
Alex was sitting here looking at the Fisher-Price catalog again this morning (let me tell you that keeps a kid busy for hours!) He pointed to one of the toddler toys that you put balls in and they move down a pipe and come out the other end. He said "I wanna play this" and I said "Um, okay" and he sat there for a few more minutes then brought it over to me and said "This is at Wal-Mart" and I said "Yes it is" (he had seen it a few weeks ago) and he sat there and thought about it then said "We have to go to Wal-Mart and get it, lets go!" Right...

Random Question:
Have you ever had one of those nights were you dream all night so when you wake up in the morning you feel like you didn't sleep?

I want to wear my pajamas!

I asked Alex to go pick out a shirt and he said "No, I want to wear my pajamas!" I figured I would just let that go until after breakfast, so I asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he told me "hot dog in a bun". I started to say "no" but then I thought about it and figured, what the heck what is wrong with him having a hot dog for breakfast if that is what he really wants. (Sorry Nicholle I know how you feel about hot dogs) So as I set the hot dog down in front of him I thought "well I won't be winning any Mother of the Year awards!"

This week is "F" so Alex brought home a fish picture. It's all in "Christmas colors" and I am not sure what that is all about. He told me this morning that you "stick the paper in the washer and go swish swish and then put it down to dry" It took me a minute to realize he was taking about the "paper mache" that they did on the fish.

Now what are you eating???

So we have officially entered the "what is in your mouth" stage with Zach. I have to admit we were really lucky and never really went through this stage with Alex (maybe that is why he is such a picky eater...) Anyways, Zach has really gotten his hand eye coordination down and can get everything in his mouth now. It makes it nice for feeding him because I can give him little things he can gum (he still only has his two bottom teeth) and he can sit and munch while I get the rest of his food ready. It's bad however because EVERYTHING automatically goes into his mouth, including the cat food... Oh well we have gotten him before he has actually swallowed any of it so hopefully it wont kill him. I know he isn't the first child to eat cat food and heaven knows he wont be the last.

Here is one of Alex's projects for the week. This week was "E" so they did Elephant puppets on Wednesday. Wednesday's are also "show and tell" day and they are suppose to bring something that starts with the letter of the week. So I sent some plastic Easter eggs that we had one was a "spider man", one was a football and the other was a really cool gold metallic one. So when I went to pick up the kids I heard one of the other moms talking to the teacher about how hard it was to think of something for "E". The teacher said that she had some kids bring "envelopes" and "egg plants". I thought that was pretty creative!

On a different note I had a thought earlier today about how tricky Satan is and how even if you have had a personal revelation/prompting about something, he works and works at you until you start doubting yourself and that revelation/prompting. As I had this thought, as clear as day another thought came to me: How true and powerful the Family Proclamation is and how bad Satan wants to destroy the bonds and ties of family. Now I realize this isn't earth shattering information and is something I knew before but I was just amazed at how firmly that was impressed on me and how I need to step back and re-analyze the doubts with these things in mind. I also felt that this was something I needed to put on my blog, I don't know if it's just for a reminder to myself or if someone else needs to hear it.

-Kim

Over...

So I am really sad that Conference Weekend is over. I have been on kind of a "spiritual high". The previous weekend we had gone to the temple and then I went to the broadcast of Women's Conference that night, then to have Conference this past weekend I have just been so spiritually uplifted! I hope all of you enjoyed Conference as much as I did! As Janalee (my sister) put it "we should have Conference every three months!"

On a side note, the other night Shawn was getting the bath ready for the boys and I walked passed and I just thought this was just a "Kodak" moment.

It just looked cute with them all lined up in their striped shirts.

Yea October!

Ahhh October the greatest month! Yes I am bias! Anyway here is my desktop for the month!


I realize that the picture doesn't really go with the month but I wanted a picture of both of the kids.