Lily Kate stories :)

There are so many things everday that Lily Kate says that makes me laugh so hard. She has the wildest imagination and she doesn't forget anything!  I wanted to give a little update on my priss pot with some of her most "memorable"moments recently so I can look back on this down the road and get some laughs .. and probably a few tears! :) 

Showing her gum

The child LOVES gum ... She tried "chewing" it a few months ago but would just swallow it everytime.  Well, now she has learned how to chew it and not swallow it at all ... she asks for gum all the time!  It is so funny to me how much she loves gum because when I was little I loved gum too ... I always wanted to "smack it" and blow big bubbles. 

We finally have gotten Lily Kate potty trained.  We have been working on it on and off for a while but I finally got serious about it a couple of weeks ago and she has done great!  I've heard so many people say "When they are ready, they will get it!" and that was absolutely true with Lily Kate.  I think I was wanting it for her for a long time but one day is clicked and she was ready!  Of course, as with everything else in her life, she is so independant about it.  She wants to pull her pants down, sit on the potty, wipe, flush, etc by herself ... NO help!  I have to help with washing hands because she can't reach the sink handle yet but as soon as she can, she will want to do it by herself too.  She is even going #2 on the potty :)  The other night I was grocery shopping and she went #2 while it was just her and Stephen at home ... she was so excited about what she had done and told Stephen it looked like a snake! :)  We laughed so hard about that!!!

Silly little grin

Lily Kate has started saying some of the sweetest prayers at night.  They will last a long time because she thanks Jesus for everything she can think of (of course, that's the way it is supposed to be, right? :) )  She has thanked Jesus for going pee pee and stinkie in the potty, getting new play dough to use at Pop and Lalee's house, Daddy's brown hair, her Pinkie (a pink flamingo she sleeps with every night) for being pink and not brown, her Tickles' foot prints (a dog she sleeps with at night), her play refrigerator, that the lion didn't come and get her umbrella while she was sleeping last night ... all kinds of things!  It is just too sweet!

She started preschool last month (two days a week) and she absolutely LOVES it.  On her first day of school she had a little girl to hit her and she still hasn't forgotten it.  Most days she will say, "Zyon didn't hit me at school today" like that is the biggest surprise.  She has loved doing all the crafts and activities except for the finger painting ... her teachers said that she doesn't like it when her hands are dirty so that's not her favorite activity. :)  Noah goes to the same preschool on the same days but they are in different classes.  They get to see each other on the playground outside and when they go to chapel and library.  Everyone at the school thinks it is so funny how Lily Kate and Noah play together ... they really are the best of friends-they play hard and they fight hard but they always can work it out and really love each other. 

Lily Kate has still said several funny things about the "baby in my belly."  She wondered if the baby was in my belly button - well, she called it "that hole right there."  She also asked one day after she had gotten a spanking if the baby was going to get a spanking with the spanky spoon.  (I'm guessing she didn't want the baby to be left out!)   She told Stephen and I last night that her name isn't Lily Kate , it is "Big Sister."  How precious!

How can you not love that face?!?!

These are such fun days with my little 2 year old ... I'm trying to enjoy every. single. minute. of our time together before this sweet little baby comes to join us.  I'm so thankful for this precious little girl that the Lord has blessed us with!!

Such a little baby ... such a BIG blessing!

We are so excited to announce Lily Kate is going to be a BIG sister!!  Baby Kimbrell #2 is on its way - I am due May 8th.  Since I am going to have a c-section, I will probably have the baby the week before but we will determine that date a little later.  I found out I was pregnant on August 30th.  I had been suspecting that I was pregnant for a few days and finally I went and got the test on the 30th and took it right away.  I didn't even bother with the ones with "lines" ... I wanted to either see "pregnant" or "not pregnant."

After seeing "pregnant" I just sat on the floor and cried ... typically emotional pregnant lady! :)  Of course I had to get in the car right away and go to tell Stephen.  I cried the whole way to the church ... Lily Kate kept asking me, "Mommy, what's wrong?"  I would tell her that I was ok and then she asked me, "Are you happy?" and I said that I was very happy.  Even though Lily Kate didn't know what was going on, it was a special moment for me I hope to never forget.  For months, I had planned all these different ways to tell Stephen I was pregnant ... but when it came down to it, I just walked in his office and held up the pregnancy test.  Haha!!  He was so excited too!  And of course ... I cried some more! :) 
Over the next week we told my parents and Papa & Gran, Stephen's parents, our siblings, and just a couple of close friends.  I went to the doctor for the first time on September 12 and had an ultrasound and found out I was just 6 weeks along.  We told more friends and family as well as our church family this past weekend.  And ... most importantly, we told Lily Kate last night.  I didn't want to tell her until we were ready for everyone to know because, let's face it, 2 year olds don't know how to keep secrets! :) 

She doesn't even know how her world will be changing :)

It probably wasn't the best night to tell her and it defiantly wasn't the "perfect moment" like I had planned out in my head for months but ... it was still so sweet.  We had gotten home from going to Taco Bell with friends after church and Lily Kate was running a low grade temperature so she was laying in the bed with us ... Stephen told her that I was going to have a baby and then I told her I had a baby in my belly.  She immediately said that the baby was a boy and named "Keke."  When we told her she was going to be a "big sister" she said, "But, I am not a big girl, I'm still little."  She then went on to talk about all the things she could do when she was a big girl ... like reach the cheetos and eat them all the time. Haha!!!  She makes us laugh constantly and I can't wait to see how she will be with a little baby.  


Such a little model :)

I have been sssooo sick with this pregnancy.  With Lily Kate I was very nauseated but I didn't throw up - this time I am constantly nauseated and throwing up almost daily.  It has been a lot harder this time around ... BUT I am still so, so thankful for this little baby that the Lord has blessed us with.  He has taught us so many lessons throughout the past year with my Mom and trying to have baby #2.  And as always, He has been so faithful and reminded me over and over that HIS timing is perfect.  Maybe I will be brave enough to post my baby belly progress ... I really want to keep up with things better.  Hopefully I will begin to feel better and feel like actually being productive! :)


She makes me laugh :)

"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coing down from the Father of light, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow" James 1:17