addict.

So after a weekend with my family in town, with everyone on their iphones or ipads, Mike and I decided to join the ranks. I am now addicted to several apps, but two in particular.

First: Words with friends

If you don't have it you should get it so I can play it with you!

Second: Hipstamatic

I am late in the game with these, but I am OBSESSED.

love of halloween.

Halloween is my second favorite holiday. (Christmas being the first of course). I have loved decorating for it in the past. Here is the proof from my previous apartment...

Unfortunately it has become more difficult with children. This year will have to be kept simple and this wreath will be the perfect project! I think it looks awesome.

I Found it HERE

And the tutorial is HERE

confession.

For all you Diet Coke lovers who complimented the idea of measuring our children in Diet Coke cans I have to make a confession. Mike is the mastermind and the lover of Diet Coke. I am only a recent convert out of necessity for my quest to not be fat anymore. My true love is the REAL stuff. And by that I mean Mexican Coke. There is nothing better! So maybe the next child will have to be measured by Coke bottles.

This coke was enjoyed in Colonial Juearez while walking back to Grandma Nellie's.

felix announcement.

diet coke and bear the bear.

Zoey 1 week-Felix 1 week

Zoey 17 months

bear the bear

buttons are the belliest.

Zoey has developed a very "interesting" habit over the corse of her fist year and a half, playing with her belly button. She has a very interesting one to play with as well. These pictures can give you an idea, but the disturbing part is she can pull part of the belly button out and that is what she plays with.

I keep thinking I need to get her to stop, but instead I am hoping she will eventually outgrow the habit. It is what soothes her to sleep, so I try to make sure she is always in one piece pajamas.

So she has this doll that she likes to play with and she makes the doll do things like turn the pages on books and eat food etc., things that are pretty cute. Well, I knew the belly button issue was going to stick around longer than hoped when I saw Zoey making the doll play with her button (not as cute and kind of gross)! She immediately looked at me like she had been caught in the act of doing something she shouldn't. It was pretty awesome. And then, last night, as I was sitting with her while she drank her milk, she took my hand and tried to make me play with it! I assured her I did not want to play with her belly button.

I am crossing my fingers that we find a new soothing habit that will take over this one soon!

bedtime thoughs.

I have fun with these little people.

Zoey is becoming such a ham, she makes me smile

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Felix is an adorable baby and I don't mind bragging about it.

And Mike is pretty cute too.

so cute.

remembering.

This is Felix today. I am being reminded of the stomach issues that little babies have for the first four months. I am hoping little Felix will get them all worked out quickly :) He is a little backwards with night time and day and I would love to work that out! But, he has been a lot of fun. It is hard to believe he has only been around for a little over a week. It seems like he has always been here. I am so happy to have him in our family!

new brother.

Zoey is getting used to her new brother. This face pretty much sums up how she has been feeling. It has taken a little more adjusting than I thought it would, but she is warming up to the idea of him being a permanent fixture in our home. I am excited for them to be able to play together one day.

Felix Steele Warner

He has finally arrived!

July 21, 2010 3:36 pm

8lbs 13oz

21 inches

happy birthday mikey.

We celebrated Mikes 32nd birthday yesterday. We had a fun party with friends and at all things costco because it tastes better than my cooking! I had fun doing the decorating instead. It might have been a little girly. Poor Felix might end up looking like a girl because I have no idea how to decorate in a masculine way I have learned.

Details. Found the party favor idea here and the paper flower idea here.

And zoey is just too cute to leave out. She loved saying happy birthday to dad!

on the mend.

This picture is from earlier this week showing what Zoey felt like. Thank goodness she is feeling better! We took her to church yesterday thinking we could just hide her away in the corner for sacrament and then split and it was harder than I thought. As soon as we sat down I realized we sat right in front of one of her buddies and she wanted to play. We did our best to keep her from making contact. I am praying Harrison does not catch her bug!!

And I am beyond ready for this guy to come out and play!

the pits.

This week has been full of cleaning up gross things (with mike doing most of the worst parts). Poor little Zoey has been so sick. Thankfully she has still been cheerful. She just wants to watch shows all day. Mike and I got the bug too, but are not feeling it like her. I am hoping she will be back to normal by tomorrow so she can eat some real food. I think her cute little tummy is disappearing!

coloring.

This is what we are doing today.

busy month.

We have had a busy month full of visitors and fun. We finally got to meet up with my friend Jaime and her little girl Shelby at Disneyland and Zoey had a great time with them. She loves being around other children.

Brooke came in town for a weekend visit and we made our way to the Getty, Hollywood, and down to the Pier.

We had a great time celebrating Jade's first birthday.

Next, we had a great Memorial Day spent at the beach with friends. Zoey loves the beach now. She wanted mike to take her all the way in the water. She was not as excited about the water after he did, but she spent the rest of the time filling her bucket with sand and playing with her beach ball. Afterwards, we had a delicious frozen yogurt treat.

This past week was spent with my sister Kim and three of her kids, Tatum, Gavin and Aftin, Zoey could not get enough of them. She was so excited to have them around and they were so great with her.

We also celebrated National Donut Day with a free Krispy Kreme donut.

I was sad to see them go because my traveling will be limited for the next while due to my upcoming delivery. I am still about two months out, but this baby is sucking the life out of me! I don't remember ever being this tired with Zoey. Lucky for me, zoey has become an excellent napper so I get to have 2 breaks a day.

I am looking forward to another fun weekend with Mike and Zoey. Today we get to go to another birthday party and a ward pine wood derby night!

disneyland fun.

Zoey decided she loves disneyland now. She had a great time running around, dancing and going on rides with a few friends. She is always happy to be around kids! She calls them all Baby.

back east.

Mike, Zoey and I got to go to Virginia for a week and we had a great time. Zoey did pretty well on her flights minus 2 exhaustion screaming episodes. One on the way there and one on the way back. The second one was far worse than the first. All in all she did pretty well.

We spent the first few days hanging out with Mikes parents and his sister Megan came into town as well. We had a great time. We then got to go to Philadelphia for a couple days with everyone and Megan showed us the sights.

I had no idea there was so much to see there. It was really fun. My favorite place should have been some historical monument, but instead it was a huge market full of everything delicious. Needless to say I left with a lot of candy! Mike even got some Amish guy to make him a pastrami, egg and cheese sandwich (something not on his menu), by pouting until he would make it anyway. The guy told him if he got some pastrami from the butcher next door he would do it. So Mike of corse ran to the butcher to get pastrami. This sort of behavior is what makes me less excited to cook for him. He wants what he wants. (All in good fun Mike :) ).

We spent another day around Manassas when we returned from Pennsylvania and visited Mikes grandma

and went to the Air and Space museum.

The next two days we spent some time celebrating my brothers graduation from Howard Dental school! I am so proud of him!

Side note: Most ridiculous picture ever taken!

We went to a delicious dinner spot afterwards

and spent the next day at Mount Vernon, which was really amazing to see.

I was happy to have a week of vacation and to spend time with family! I am looking forward to our new little adventure of a second child in the near future.