Summer Vacation!

I just got back from a fabulous vacation at the family cabin in Greer, Arizona. It was a nice break from the usual routine of life. We had a great 4th of July hanging out with cousins. I was lucky enough to be able to go for two weeks and Mike got to come for a long weekend due to the holiday. I hope to be able to continue the tradition! I got to spend one or two months in Mexico every year with my cousins growing up and loved it so I hope Zoey and our future children will get the same opportunity. I think the time frame will have to be modified, but I think it is so great. 

We had family olympics for the 4th

 Mike made a movie with the kids

 relaxed in the cabin some of the days

 hiked on Escadilla mountain a couple of days (which is a gorgeous mountain full of a thick aspen forest)

 rode around on the Rhino

 played it the river with all of the trout

 went to Tin Star everyday to get a treat

watched the annual cousins talent show

 and then came home to our favorite person

Happy Fathers Day!

We love our Mikey! 

Mexico

This is my favorite place on earth. I feel lucky to have been able to spend all of my summers here with all of my Aunts, Uncles and cousins. We were so fortunate to be able to spend so much time together in an unforgettable place. I will miss it this year more than words can say. I am looking forward to taking Mike and Zoey down there someday soon to share all of my wonderful memories and to reunite with family. 

She makes my heart melt!

proof!

YAY!!

Zoey learned how to roll over today. She managed to do it 4 times in a row and then passed out from exhaustion. She is growing up fast! 

zoey in LA

New Things... and Happy Birthday Mom!

I realized soon after getting married I don't like to cook. I am not sure if it is due to the fact that we do not have a dish washer, and I am not interested in cleaning up, or simply because I don't enjoy slaving for hours in the kitchen for 15 minutes of enjoyment. None the less, I decided I need to get over my cry baby attitude and make some food for my hard working husband. We found a recipe in a cookbook we got for our wedding (grilling from Williams-Sonoma), Grilled fish tacos with green cabbage salad. I was willing to try this one out because it looked super easy and as it turns out it was really delicious! We will definitely be making them again soon! 

All the while Zoey was sleeping peacefully on the living room floor. 

Also, happy Birthday Mom! It would be my moms 60th birthday today. I miss her. I wish we could be celebrating with her tonight, but we lit a candle for her and enjoyed a delicious Sprinkles cupcake in memory of her...I think it will be a fun new tradition :)

new found motivation

I have had little motivation to do much but hang out with Zoey and get as much sleep as possible. Now that I am getting used to her schedule things are looking up! I ordered a new stroller which should arrive on friday so I can start walking/jogging on the beach...

I went ahead and planned for the future and got a double stroller! This one is perfect because you can attach the back seat when you are ready to use it. Plus it is way smaller than most others. My sister brooke got it and I was impressed with it. 

Next.. My friend Kami introduced me to this awesome website (designspongeonline.com)with all sorts of cool ideas for new projects. First on my list is this cool coat rack.

zoey's bumbo

I swear I will post other things eventually.. right now it is just another picture of my favorite little girl! 

new favorite picture

Having fun with my peanut...

Being a mom is a lot of work (way more than you could ever anticipate), but it is so much fun watching them get bigger! Zoey is so much fun to hang out with all day. We manage to get more and more done every day. I was even able to get all of my laundry done today! 

zoey's first haircut

It may seem we were a little too eager to give little Zoey a haircut at only 3 weeks old, but I am inclined to think not. The poor little thing was looking like an old man with her male patterned baldness. Her Grandpa Warner said we should be turned in to CPS, but you can be the judge. I think she looks cute with her fresh start! 

Before

After

Birthday Dinner March 23rd

This is the best birthday dinner ever!

Mike made me all of my favorite things for my birthday dinner since we couldn't go anywhere with Zoey. I always wanted hot dogs and cheese Doritos for my birthdays growing up so this was a modification of that. He made hot dogs and quesadillas and brought home my favorite coconut shrimp roll and candy (cadbury eggs). He also made my grandmas delicious lemon cake with a cream cheese frosting and coconut. It was fantastic! 

Why couldn't we have this for dinner every night?! 

new things

I finished Zoey's room a while ago, but have not had time to post a picture.  I still have plenty of organizing to do, but it is done for now. Mike painted the great paintings above her crib. I painted the owl on the shelve, made the pillows on the bed, her quilt and refinished the yellow table and my brother-in -law made the crib and the shelves. I am really happy with how everything turned out. 

And we finally got new chairs. I decided I could not live without these so my sister picked them up for me at Potato barn in AZ and lucky for us Scout and Tony came out last night so Scout could go to Disneyland for her 8th birthday. That meant getting our chairs earlier than anticipated and getting to hang out with them for a night!

Cute pictures

My sister Kim took these cute pictures of Zoey so I wanted to share them with everyone.... I think she is so cute!!

BURGERS!!!

I love burgers and Mike stumbled upon this gem of a place just down the road from our house! The burgers are awesome so we had to take Kim, Aftin and Zoey to taste it as soon as we could. We will be regulars to the Hole in the Wall Burger Joint! The best thing about this place is it shares a wall with Winchell's donuts. 

Family photo

This is our first family photo :)

Happy Anniversary Mikey!!!! (on the 15th)

It is hard to believe that Mike and I have been married for a year! It has gone by so fast and we got the best anniversary gift possible..a cute little baby girl. It has been a great year. We managed to get away for a full hour and forty five minutes before I felt like we needed to get back to Zoey (lucky for us we had Kim here to babysit). We went to my favorite place to eat...Houston's.

For some reason I have hated sushi until trying the coconut shrimp roll here. now I cannot get enough of that roll. I am not sure that I have become a sushi lover, it may just be a love for the one roll, but I could eat it for every meal! I am excited to start a new year with my little family.

Baby Zoey!

Our little girls has arrived! It was an interesting delivery... everyone said delivery is not so bad, but I will beg to differ. I am sure my ridiculous fear of foreign objects puncturing my skin was the main culprit to my unenjoyable experience. It also was not very awesome that my epidural worked right up until the actual delivery part and I got to experience what a natural birth feels like on half of my uterus. This just confirms those who choose to have a natural birth are completely insane!
Now that it is all over I am so happy to enjoy having Zoey here! She is so cute and fun to have around. She is really little. She was 5 lbs 3 oz and 18.5 inches long. Thankfully I have my sister here and mike of course to help with everything.
I am sure there will be more to come. Enjoy these pictures for now.