THANK YOU!!

As you can tell, Kim Mee is DEFINITELY fitting in! She is a ZIMMER! I love getting her to flash me that smile!

Look at those cheeks! I call her my little cabbage patch kid! :-)


You know what, there's something vaguely familiar about Kim's jacket.....???

I thought it looked familiar!!

(Jade Zimmer, March 2000)

...same coat!








The past two weekends we have been blessed by being able to share our new joy with our friends. We have gone to two baby showers in Kim's honor, and the gifts rolled in! Thank you so much to all of our friends that attended and the wonderful gifts that you have shared. Your generosity was only outdone by your eagerness to see our newest family member. And she was a HIT!

Thank you Rhonda for hosting this shower. This was one of the few breaks away from the food table that I allowed myself!


We had good times catching up with old friends!

(not that you're old, Barbara -- but your DAUGHTER sure is~!)





One of the shower's was thrown at our Jazz. center. 40 students and friends filled the room with socializing, games, chattering, and balloons. Oh yeah, and a whole bunch of food (healthy, of course!)




Thank you Mary for bringing this shower all together. And many, many thanks to all of you who came. By the way, these are the only two pics I was able to capture before my dying camera gave out on me. If you are reading this and were able to snap a couple of good shots, please send our way. Thanks!




Kaleb had TOO much fun opening all of Kimmie's new gifts!











Did I just confuse you there with the name spelling? Kim Mee, Kimmee, Kimmie, Kimmy -- whatever works for you!



In case you were wondering, the kids are adjusting JUST FINE to the new little one in the house :-O )
















One of the gifts we received was this great little child sling. It gives Kat a chance to get some stuff done around the house without having to worry about Kimmee (see, the spelling is interchangeable!) We have had a few broken cups and dishes, though, by Kim's inquisitive hand grabs!




I know I show a lot of food pictures. But truth is, she loves to eat! She loves our American food. And she ABSOLUTELY LOVES FROZEN WAFFLES!!






....and Kaleb LOVED the oatmeal!!

Man, how they grow up so quickly!

(Kal-Ray, Sept. '03)

New Pics -- AS PROMISED!

Kim Mee Zimmer, born Bae, So Mee in South Korea, April 7th, 2007. Arrived in Denver, CO. on Dec. 18th, 2007. Merry Christmas!




















Hello there my faithful blogspotters! I hope all is well! If you haven't had a chance to read Kathy's entry, then I would suggest you skip these pictures and read her words first. THEN come on back to the pics! It's more fun that way!

We're doing well and each day is a bit better. Kim's fitting in well with us all now, eating healthy, sleeping well, enjoying life in the crazy Zimmer family!

Alright, enough talking....let's see some pics!!



Here's a great shot with my grandparents. Kimmee was a hit and a GREAT SURPRISE for the Zimmer Holidays!







This is my sister (I know, she has my hair!), grandpa, and Kim.


For those of you who may not know this, my grandpa is Ray (Raphael) Zimmer. Both my brother AND Kaleb were named after this incredible man! You can see how genuine of a man he is in his smile!






Sis, Kim, and Kiddo.












Der Zimmer Klan!


p.s. If anyone out there from the family has this shot with everyone LOOKING at the camera, please send it my way. THANKS! Obviously everyone was staring at a DIFFERENT camera!







Grandpa "Big Guy". We had a great visit in Walton with Kathy's dad. It was good to be able to see all of our family back in NE.




































Now we're back home and getting into a routine!













Holding Kim and feeding her is a MAJOR accomplish- ment for me! For the first few weeks, she would tolerate me, but my time was minimal. I seem to have that effect on people :-)




Didn't take too long for Gwen to figure out where the best seat in the house is!


I think Kim's trying to poke fun at my facial hair!






Here's a great shot of Gwen enjoying her Christmas gift! She loves this game!













Bath time back home.


























Kaleb took this shot...I had to post it for him.












Right now things are going very well for us. We're tired, but that's to be expected. Kim's letting go of some of her clinggyness, but not all of it. I think the worst trait of hers is that she is SUCH a light sleeper! Any floor creak, a muffled sneeze, a slight wall thump and she is AWAKE! It's sucks for us, but at least the other two kids are deep sleepers and can weather her cries!















The kids are enjoying all of their Christmas gifts! Many thanks to all for your gifts, thoughts, and prayers this Christmas season!









Kaleb Raphael Tony Hawk Zimmer


















My little guy is growing up! Goodbye tooth #2! This happened last night...











Jade demonstrating her skills as a big sister! This is actually the traditional Korean way for transporting kids -- for reals!









Merry Christmas, y'all!












Zimmer Family -- Party of FIVE!

Your parenting style really does change from a man-to-man defense to zone coverage. Watch out for the Blitz!









Good night, EVERYBODY!

Kathy's Post

As many of you can tell, we have just been too busy (and too tired!) to update our blog with weekly posts. Sorry! But Kathy did send out an updated email today, and I thought it would be nice to share it with our blog world! Here are her words:



Kathy Zimmer wrote:

Hey guys, I know a lot of you are all wondering how things are going at the Zimmer house, and I finally have a moment to tell you.

Hard to believe but Kimmee has now been w/ us for 4 weeks. It's easy to say time has flown, but there are definitely moments when the clock was incredibly slow. Some of you have read on the blog (www.zimmerfam.blogspot.com) how crazy the arrival day was. Yes, it was. I almost had to sit on Aaron because he was so giddy and hyper!

The first 4 days Kimmee was with us we all (party of 5) camped out on the floor in our bedroom. It's funny the day we brought Kimmee home, Aaron and I put our mattress on the floor in anticipation of helping her get acquainted with us. When Kaleb had seen what we had done, he took off running. He came back about 2 minutes later w/ his sleeping bag and pillow informing us that he was not going to be left out of this slumber party!

Kimmee came on a Tue and we headed up to Breckenridge for a week of skiing over Christmas. Crazy! We are not and have never asserted ourselves to be textbook parents, and boy did we live it. My Mom came with us so that we were able to get in some skiing/boarding. Lots of fun w/ Jade and Kaleb. Jade's becoming quite the snow boarder, and Kaleb's just enjoying skiing down the mountain via the terrain park or trees w/ me following right behind him.

Attachment? People ask if Kimmee has had trouble attaching. Attaching no! She has decided to attach herself to me with super glue. For the first week or so she would not let me out of her touch let alone her sight. Trips to the bathroom were a sight to see! If I cannot be found, Jade is a suitable substitute. It's been a little trying for Jade and I, but life is getting so much better.

Kaleb has tried with all of his might to have her like him as much as he likes her. He saves her from her crib after her name, and feeds her cheerios. Anything to help him become her "hero!"

Kimmee has slowly and steadily been growing in her attachment to Aaron. We think that she must have been more attached to her foster mom, because it's taken a little bit for her to warm up to men. I joke that I should let my cross dressing student hold her and see how she reacts!

After Breckenridge we made a surprise visit to Nebraska to introduce her to her Omaha and Walton family. Good times. I'm glad we made the trip.

All of that craziness didn't come without a price though. Christmas is crazy enough, but throw in a brand new baby from another country and you've just multiplied your need for therapy.

When we returned home, Kimmee got introduced to her crib, and has been there since. Our social worker visited us shortly after we arrived home, and assured us that a couple of weeks of normalcy would do a lot to improve everyone's mental health. She was right. Kimmee has slept through the night in her own crib 2 nights in a row. She's finally figured out how to put herself back to sleep, and Jade was even able to stay in her own bed the entire night. Life always looks so much better with a full night of sleep.

Life is improving by leaps and bounds every day. I can honestly say my prayer life has grown so much.

Here's a little story that sums up how we're doing. On Wednesday night, my friend Mary offered to watch Kimmee while we took the kids to Awanas. We came back to pick her up, and I asked how it went. She said she was sad while we were gone. At that moment we looked at her, I think Aaron was holding her, and she was all smiles and giggles. Mary said, "You can tell she knows exactly where she belongs."

Have a great day, and thanks for caring about us.

Kathy

'nough said ....Aaron. Good night, our friends! Please keep an eye out in the next few days for some updated photos! I promise to post them by the end of the week!!