music.

I have always loved listening to good music. For some reason the last year and a half I lost interest in listening to music at all and then all of the sudden the love is back. I guess I have been a little preoccupied, but kind of strange non the less. Zoey loves listening to music and I love to watch her dance. She has some pretty great moves. I need to catch it on video one of these days. I love the French Kicks and I am loving their newest album today.

song of the day.

32.

March 23rd was my birthday and Mike and Zoey planed an awesome day for me. I got to get a lot of my favorite foods; donuts from Santa Monica donuts, Cadbury eggs, pancakes, Cafe Rio, Wahoo's tacos and key lime cupcakes. I even got some awesome gifts. My favorite part of the day was being able to spend time with my two favorite people! 

utah.

We got to go to Utah last week to celebrate this cute little guys baby blessing. 

Wilson Franklin Jones (my little sisters baby)

We had a great time spending time with family and friends. We spent some time visiting Mikes Grandparents and I got to see a bunch of my great friends that I miss! I wish I lived closer to all of them! We ate a ton of great food and even went to a chocolate factory. 

We could not miss a chance to go to brunch at Sundance and were lucky enough to go with Dan and Elise and their family. We love spending time with them when we go to Utah. Zoey had a great time playing with Madeline. It looks like it will be some time before we get to go again, but hopefully not too long. 

dreaming.

Could I have this house please.

photos taken by jinkyart

anniversary # 2.

Mike and I celebrated our second anniversary on the 15th of this month. It is crazy only 2 years have passed and we already have a 1 year old and a baby on the way. It has been a great 2 years! I am so happy to have my new family! Zoey has been so much fun and I love that I get to hang out with my best friend (mike) every day. 

Mike and I celebrated by eating at our favorite date spot, Houstons, eating my favorite thing, coconut shrimp roll. We then went to see Alice in Wonderland while our friend Tom watched Zoey. It was so nice to have a night out! It does not happen too often. 

Mike brought home these beautiful flowers and we got each other matching point and shoot cameras. 

I am loving mine. It is so nice to have a little camera to haul around for a while. 

todays sighting.

No big deal, just got to walk along the palisades path next to this guy this morning. 

He is only my celebrity crush! Forget about Tom Cruise and Arnold! I got to see Luke Wilson today! Too bad he had to knock himself a few notches down in my book by getting into a stupid Mustang! Not a cool old restored one, but a lame 2010 souped up black one. I guess if anyone could get a pass for driving one of those it would be him. 

worried.

Zoey and I went to Disneyland today for the fun of it. I have to laugh because she looks very worried in all of the pictures even though she was having a great time. She gets a little nervous on the rides so she holds on to me tight, but she laughs and points at things all the while. I thought these pictures were great. The one of us on the boat was real worry. She was unsure about the animals on the safari but she got excited to see monkeys and made monkey noises while holding on to me most of the ride. 

it's a boy!

This image is a little creepy

We went for our 20 week ultra sound yesterday and got the exciting news! Zoey is going to have a baby brother. Now for the purchasing of things that are not pink and figuring out a name! 

happy birthday zoey.

Zoey turned 1 yesterday (March 5th) and I can hardly believe it! She is such a cute little girl with a loving personality. She spends a lot of her time wandering around from toy to toy and every 15 min or so she takes a break to come and hug me for a minute. She makes my heart melt! I love her.  

We had a great day yesterday. She was really excited to see balloons and presents when she awoke. 

We went to her favorite lunch spot, Wahoo's (it just happens to be my favorite as well)

We spent the afternoon watching her favorite YoGabba Gabba shows and playing with her balloons until her dad got home with CPK for dinner. She ate some pizza, 

Opened her presents,

and kind of ate some cake.

She was not a big fan of the cake. It took a lot of coaxing to get her to dig into it because she didn't really want to eat it and she didn't want it on her hands. It was pretty funny to watch. She was more excited about it when I gave her a spoon to dig with. 

Just another cute birthday video

Today, we had a fun day planned for a bunch of her friends to meet us at the Los Angeles Zoo and have cupcakes. Unfortunately, Rain washed our plans away. We were bummed, but we are hoping some friends can make it next week instead. We had a fun day anyway going to lunch at Red Robin and looking for toys in Target. Zoey seemed to be having a great time. ( I am not sure if my awesome hula hooping skills had anything to do with it??)

introducing.

My niece Romney found a video of her little sister Aftin on the computer and decided to start a blog with it. I hope she keeps finding these types of clips because it is hilarious. 

check it out HERE

mmmm.

Cafe Rio is now only 15 min away, so naturally I had to get some friends together for a lunch date. I think this will have to become, at least, a monthly activity! 

The picture of Zoey is awesome because I never actually saw her make this face. I was taking a picture of her and looked at the image after taking it and this is what I saw. She never made a sound, even though it looks like she is screaming. Funny girl. 

disneyland.

Today was Zoey's first day at Disneyland. We met up with my friend Amiee who is now living in Mission Viejo. We got to see her cute girls Halle and Remi and Zoey had a great time with them. 

I was waiting with anticipation to see how excited she would be about Disneyland and it was kind of disappointing. She didn't get any real nap times in so she was pretty much just tired all day. She loved the tea cups, and she danced in Small World, but other than that she was basically sleepy. We even took the girls on Pirates. Zoey was a little unsure about that one, but she was pleased to see the pirates dogs. 

I will have to prepare a little better for our next visit, but it was a fast trip using all the carpool lanes. Maybe we will go again next week for her 1st birthday! 

mcdonalds.

So I had a crazy busy day the other day and coming home to find dinner for zoey was sounding like the pits. She eats regular food now and she is pretty picky so meal time can be exhausting. I decided to make the walk of shame to McDonalds next door and order zoey a happy meal and her hamburger was the best thing she had ever tasted! However, I was pleased when she immediately spit the burger out of her mouth when I handed her an apple. 

I have resisted using it as an option since then, but it was pretty funny to see her devour it with the same enjoyment I have while eating one. 

santa barbara.

We got to spend our Valentines day in Santa Barbara visiting our friends Dan, Elise and baby Madeline. 

We first went to church and I got Zoey dressed up looking adorable. 

After a long traffic ridden drive we met up with our friends at a pizza parlor that was delicious and went for a walk on the pier. Zoey got to ride on her first carousel and she had a great time. 

Zoey and Madeline had not seen each other in a long time and had a fun time playing together at a park. 

valentines party.

Our Friends Emily and Brian hosted a Valentines party on Thursday night and we had a great time. Emily always makes delicious food and this time she made everything heart shaped. It was awesome. 

We also had a white elephant gift exchange and I think I got the best prize (from Tyran) 

 

happy valentines day.

 

Mike made this for me. And I love it.

outdoors.

Zoey loves to be outside. She loves to touch all of the plants and look for birds. She is starting to gain her independence so she does not want me to hold her hand. As soon as I let go she makes a run for it. She usually ends up on the ground. One of her falls landed her next to a flower were she decided to lay for a while. 

lame.

So I went to the doctors office today for my checkup and the ultra sound the tech told me to come back for. Well, no such luck. The lame girls at the front desk were being lame! The ultra sound tech was in an appointment so I couldn't quickly ask her. I was so bummed! I was so excited to find out the sex, but it looks like we will have to wait for our 20 week appointment after all. 

chocolate.

Zoey had her first taste of ice cream yesterday and loved it (she looks unsure, but she was sure). What's not to like?

new things.

Zoey got her new car seat that she loves to play on. She has to gain two more pounds before she can use it in the car, but she likes to use it as her seat in the house for now. 

And we love all of the Boynton books, so we got her a few more to add to her collection. She laughs out loud when her dad reads them to her. Her favorite is the Doggies book as she LOVES dog dogs! Too bad she will never have a live one of her own :)

And she loves goldfish snacks! 

saturday.

Today we woke up early, well, Mike did anyway. He let me sleep in for an extra hour and then we decided to go for a walk to get some Santa Monica sunshine. We went to the spot I go walking with a running group two times a week were it is not uncommon to have celebrity sightings. Well, Mike, Zoey and I got to cross paths with these two (pictured below) twice on our walk.  Mike thought it would look cool if he made a big check mark in the air as we passed them. I am not sure how cool it was, but it was a fun morning anyway. 

Since the day started out so well we wanted to have it continue at the new Cafe Rio in Lake Forest. And hour drive for a delicious salad was totally worth it. Plus, we ran into an old friend randomly that I had not seen in years (Paul aka "lumpy"). 

Then we continued our awesome day by spending ridiculous amounts of money on a whole new wardrobe for Zoey, but it was all 30% off! 

It turned out that poor little Zoey so happened to have a fever of 102 (teething) and her lame parents never noticed until we got home. She is a trooper! We gave her some Tylenol and put her in bed and she is currently talking in her sleep. She is so cute. 

Now we are about to start a movie (Adam), which I hope will be great, and eat ice cream sandwiches. I hope you all had a fabulous Saturday too! 

song of the day

House cleaning

I hate a dirty house more than most things. I have found that cleaning and staying on top of laundry can be very difficult with a child in the mix. That is why I am greatful for things like Bunco night. I hosted it last night and it gave me a kick in the pants to get my house cleaned. I even turned it into an early spring cleaning. I can't believe how much better I feel sitting in a house that smells nice and is clutter free. 

The goal for the next 7 months is to keep it up! Zoey is going to make it really easy on me! This is what she wanted to do the most today 

getty

We met up with y sister Kim and her husband Danny on Saturday at the Getty Museum and had a great time. Zoey was excited to get out in the sun after a very long week of RAIN and more RAIN. 

The best part was how clear the view was because of all the rain. We could see cleat out to the mountains and Catalina Island  on the other side. 

New baby at 12 weeks!

We got to see the babies 4 limbs with fingers and toes. And we also spotted something suspicious that might mean it's a boy. Our ultra sound lady is going to let us come back at 16 weeks for a freebee  to find out for sure. We are excited :)

Walking like a champ!

Christmas and new years 09

We had a great time this year with my family in Arizona. We got spend a week and a half with all of my siblings and families (My Dad and Nancy were missing as they are on a mission for 18 months in Hong Kong), but they got to join us several times through Skype. We spent Christmas eve at Brooke and Tony's with delicious food, a pinata (it is not Christmas without one) and a great reenactment of the nativity. 

Zoey spent most of her night walking around the house with this shopping cart. 

We of course opened our christmas pajamas that night and my nephew Mason was in for a big surprise! Mary (His mom, my sister-in-law) thought he knew the present he got to open on Christmas Eve was pajamas. He had been waiting for days to open this present asking over and over if he could just open it. When the time finally came he had the most priceless look on his face! He was completely horrified! He threw them on the ground and yelled PAJAMAS??!! I caught a picture after the outcry and it was awesome. He got over it pretty fast, but we were laughing for a long time. 

Christmas morning was a lot of fun watching all the kids open their presents. Zoey seemed to have a good time. We had fun helping her open her presents anyway.  

The rest of the week was fun, with great food. I got to enjoy Ned's Krazy Sub several times, as well as Paradise Bakery, Cafe Rio and Cafe Rumba to name a few of the favorites. We got to spend some time with Matt, Mike's little brother. We went to dinner with he and his girlfriend Savannah, who is really cute. Mike and I even got to go on a date night to see Sherlock Holmes, which was awesome (good job Peter)! 

We had a fun New Years eve party with lots of kids, making noise makers, playing rock band and eating more good food. Then we played games for prizes and I won an awesome car air freshener. 

I am always sad to leave my family, but I am happy to be back home were I can get back into my routine and stop living out of a suitcase. Zoey had a great time with her cousins and we are looking forward to seeing them again soon (fingers crossed)! 

Merry Christmas

My husband made this video last year for sixpence and he is about to start working on another video for another band. I am excited to see what he does and I am excited to show everyone when it is done! 

dancing to this