Wednesday, January 18, 2012

ONE YEAR?!?!?!


We have had our little man in our lives for one whole year!  Where has the time gone?  But it does feel like Finn has been here forever, too.  He fits right in!  Our missing puzzle piece!

This has been a great month of development for Finn!  He took his first steps on 12/28/11 from the coffee table to me, when I was bending down writing a check for Ruth!  It was totally unexpected and surprising!  He just let go of the table and came towards me!  Ruth and I both stared in astonishment!  He is also getting very imaginative...he now picks up a play phone and holds it to his ear and brushes his hair with a brush as of 1/3/12.  He weighs 22lb, 14oz (50th percentile), is 29 3/8" tall (25th percentile), and has an 18 3/4" head circumference (75th percentile).  He is by far our smallest child at this stage!  Let's hope he catches up to his sisters!  He is still in size 3 diapers, and mostly 18 month clothes.  He has 6 teeth now, and they are short and wide, he looks so funny- I say they are his Shrek/Ogre teeth!  He is definitely getting chubbier, but he is still the slimmest of all my kids at this point!  He is getting very physical, and has to be reprimanded now not to hit, as he loves to smack at us all!  He had his first run-in with another child at the pirate park in Port Orange when this little boy, probably about 2 years old, came over and Finn just smacked him on top of the head!  Too much wrestling with Daddy, I guess!  This month, Delaney started riding her bike without training wheels, so that has given us alot of freedom lately.  Finn now has a seat on the back of my bike and loves riding around behind me.  Lucy sometimes stays home with Nana, or rides in the bike trailer behind me.  Finn has a habit of extending out his legs or pinching my butt with his little toes, making my ride a bit harder!  I am debating on what to do with his hair!  I want to try growing it out into a little surfer cut style, but I also like him with a buzz cut...it's in between right now, so he looks a bit sloppy...

Finn celebrated his first Christmas and it was awesome!  Jeff and Sarah had driven down to surprise us for the holidays, and Super-Papa was here, too.  They all came over Christmas morning at 7am so they got to witness Finn see the tree with presents under it.   He woke up before the girls, so it was nice and quiet and he just crawled around looking at all of the new things!  He got a ride on Firetruck that he loves, and was in all day!  He also got a tent, bouncey textured balls, a big yellow truck, a basketball net, and a little work bench!  He loved it all, but most of all he loved the carrots we left for the reindeer!  He chewed on them all night on Christmas Eve when we put them out, and he went to the hearth first thing Christmas morning to get them back!  Haha!  Then the girls came out and he loved just sitting in boxes and watching all the commotion!  The girls got a trampoline and he loves to sit and bounce in it!

We spent New Year's Eve at a party and the Brantley's then at nurse Janice's house.  Finn lasted for the first party, then we put him to bed at Dan and Rhonda's so we could walk across the street the Janice's for their bon fire and use the monitor.  Welcome to 2012, Finn!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Delaney's 5 Year Old Interview- a bit late (5 1/2 years old)

Name: Delaney Claire Kimble
Food:spinach, macaroni and cheese
Sport:basketball (at the street/block party)
Favorite teams: Gators, Broncos, Dolphins
Favorite TV show: Berenstein bears
Coolest person on earth:Elizabeth
Favorite thing about school:going on the playground, specials
The thing I do the best: make pictures
If I could change my name it would be: Lucy
If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go:Sea World (going TOMORROW as a surprise!!)
Favorite toy: Rapunzel's tower
Color: blue
When I grow up, I want to be: artist
Favorite Movie: Tangled
Favorite Song: Brown Eyed Girl (my ringtone)
Favorite Book: Hog and Dog (a book that she reads)
Three words that describe me: beautiful, good, nice
When I was little, I used to: crawl
Favorite season: spring
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
The snack I could live on: animal crackers
Food I don’t like: pizza from Dominoe's
Best friend: Elizabeth
If I had one wish, it would be: that I could make my own book
My best memory: going to the water park in Orlando for Lucy's birthday
Why I love Finn: he laughs at me when he picks me up from school, he's so sweet
Why I love Lucy: because I play with her, she rides bikes with me
Why I love Daddy: because he's a nice daddy and helps me brush my teeth
Why I love Mommy: because she rides bikes with me, she tucks me in at nighttime, we just on the trampoline together



She just learned to ride a bike without training wheels!  First boyfriend this year!