A White Christmas

Micah's first time ever in the snow!!!

(And yes, he is wearing Brielle's pink-lined, fur jacket...but it was all we had- give him a break!)

We went up to Utah to visit some of our best friends (The Rueckerts- Chris, Tiff, Brielle and new baby Dean) a couple weekends ago. We had so much fun and we miss them all the time! Micah and Brielle played together beautifully- (so did Mitch and Chris) And I think Micah had the time of his life- he just loves Brielle or as he calls her- "BeeO".
Thanks guys for everything- we had a blast!

Micah and the adorable Brielle!

Micah loves to give kisses and I love to get them!


Mitch and Chris decided to build the biggest snowman ever! I think Chris is like 6'7" or something- so this was a big snowman to make Chris look small! The only way to get the mid section up on top was for Chris to lay on the ground- Mitch to roll the ball on top of him and then with all his strength push it up on his back! Yep- they are a little crazy!

The Final Product!

Elise came over to play in the snow and we also all went out to dinner together! Isn't she adorable in this picture? We love you Elise or "Eseese"- can't wait for you to come home soon!

Micah and Mommy!

Daddy and Micah playing in the snow!

Micah loved taking a hot bath after playing in the snow! He kept saying "cold, cold" the whole time he was in the snow!

"The Cage"

This story is two-fold:
First, I have told many people that Micah has been climbing out of his crib for a while now- actually, more like "diving head first" out of his crib. He started doing that like 9 months ago and so we were forced to cage him in! It looks so mean- we put him in there and zip him in! So, finally, here is the picture of his cage I have been promising for so long!

Second, This is a recent picture of him in there- I have a previous entry about a month or so ago where he climbed into the bassinet all by himself...well now he is moving up! He climbs into his crib all by himself- not only that- he zips it up now too! He laughs and thinks he is so big! (He stops laughing if I leave him in too long!) Thank goodness he has not yet figured out how to unzip it from inside or I would be at square one all over again!

Penguins, wahgos...sounds pretty close, right?

Micah has a new "obsession" every month- and this month it is all about penguins!!! He has a new penguin movie called "Surf's Up" and he loves it! He will actually sit down and watch it for about 30 minutes at a time...which is a small miracle for this active kid!

Micah has really great pronunciation of most words, but for some reason he cannot say penguins for anything! He can say his "P's" just fine, but he always calls penguins..."Wahgos"! Even when we emphasize the P...he says it really slow copying us..."W-A-H-G-O-S!" It is the funniest thing and so now...Mitch and I call them that too!

The United Nations of Sugar Cookies!

Mitch was in charge of this really neat Missionary activity for the young men...which meant that I was in charge of refreshments! The activity was so great...they had all the young men and their fathers and about 7 different fathers or leaders speak about their missions and missionary experiences. Anyway- the night went really well!

So- about the cookies! I decided that it would be fun to do the flags of the areas that they would be talking about that night and the areas that some of the fathers and leaders had served. My mom and I made cookies and decorated all morning long! We had so much fun! We always have fun when baking is involved! Love you mom!

(By the way- My mom has the best sugar cookie recipe! Let me know if you want it!)

Happy 27th Mitchy!

On November 14th, my Love had his 27th birthday! We had so much fun celebrating! Mitchy got off work a little early and we went to Newport beach and rented beach cruisers and rode a long the boardwalk until sunset...we had so much fun and Micah was in heaven! Then after, we went to dinner at this cute Italian family-owned place on Lido Island called, Sabatino's. There was a man singing Sinatra songs and we were outside on a candle lit patio...it was so fun!

We also celebrated with my family the night before...we had a party at home and my mom made Gourmet Cheeseburgers, fries and milkshakes...because those are Mitchy's all-time favorites! We had a blast!

Also, for one of his gift's, I got him a massage...(I know he would love it but he has never had one) However, he INSISTED that we do a "couples massage" and that that would be way more fun...so I couldn't argue...we are schedualed for this Saturday, because it didn't work out on his actual birthday! So...I will post about that later...I can't wait!!!! Happy Birthday to me too I guess! ( One of the many reasons why I love him so much!)

Mitchy, I am so glad you were born!

Micah was not too fond of the helmet at first, but as soon as Mitch started pedaling...he forgot all about it!

I made Mitch a Cookies N Cream Ice Cream Cake!

Mitchy making a wish!

Mitchy and Micah showing off their smilers!

I'm It...I got tagged!

I got tagged by Melissa and Elise Lundquist and so here I go...

1. I absolutely love to travel. It is one of my favorite things to do. I love the culture, the architecture, the food and the memories. Mitchell gave me one of the best gifts ever for our honeymoon...my first trip to Europe. We spent most of the time all over Italy and then we went to Paris for a couple days too. It was fun, romantic and just like a dream! They are some of my favorite memories! Thanks love! And the next place I want to travel is to Argentina and the reason is because of number 2.

2. I am in the process of writing a novel right now. I took a break during my first trimester because I was so sick, but I am back now and loving it! It is something that most likely I will never get published but I am doing it for myself and because I think the story deserves to be told. The story takes place in Argentina and deals with human rights, politics, love, family and hope!

3. I majored in International Politics in college and loved it! My focus was on Intelligence and also Human Rights. So, naturally I am still really interested in those areas and in politics in general. I also always wanted to be in the CIA until I was given a small opportunity to do an internship there and declined because I realized that that is not at all what I wanted, because I couldn't really be the kind of wife and mother I wanted to be. But I sure love spy movies!

4. I have a very serious phobia of snakes! I can hardly write about them, let's just say I am considering going to a hypnotherapist because it is so ridiculous!

5. I am the pickiest eater that you'll probably ever know! I don't like most things that people like and I always, always change around orders at restaurants! I don't know if I have ever just ordered something straight off the menu without asking for a few adjustments! Mitch thinks I'm crazy, but I think he likes it because it is "so me"!

6. I've always dreamed of being a really great artist...I tried doing some oil painting and pastel work...but it turns out that I am really bad and no matter how much I love it, it is never gonna happen... I can't even paint a semi-good abstract!

Now, You're It!
So, now I am going to tag everyone on my list of friends who has not done it...(is that allowed?) So, please do it and if you don't then I'll have to start naming names! So everyone reading this...you have just been tagged! (Oh, and what you are supposed to do is just write six things about yourself and then tag six other people!)

Halloween x2

This is pretty funny:

We kind of celebrated Halloween with two costumes for Micah...he really wanted to be Spiderman, (if you have seen my previous blog entry, you know why- it's his new obsession)! But he also loves Mickey Mouse so much! He carries around Mickey like all day- so I decided that he should be Mickey like two months ago. So I got the costume and took all the tags off, and he hated it! He hated wearing it and never let me put it on him!
Mitch was probably secretly coaching him because when he saw him in the costume- He said that he looked so girlie and dorky! But I thought, he looked cute, he loves Mickey and he is not even two years old! He can be Mickey for Halloween! Well, can I say that Mitch and Micah were soooo right!!! Every house we went to was like, "oh, how sweet, Minnie Mouse" or, "oh is this her first Halloween?" "How old is she?" We answered everyone like he was a she because we didn't want to explain! And Mitch just kept giving me "the look"! It was pretty hysterical! Mommy learned her lesson!

P.S. When Micah's Mickey hat fell off, we even had someone say, "Oh what a sweet little lady bug!"

Micah was Spiderman for Mitch's work party, because he refused to be Mickey! In the end, I am glad though, since we don't want his whole office to think we have a little girl!

Aunt Tinkerbell, Micah, Cousin Jack Sparrow and Auntie Pirate Melis

Micah and his Uncle Blake, the "dead football player"!

The Grandpa's and their Boys! That is Micah's cousin, Jack
aka Captain Jack Sparrow!

Micah was clearly not too thrilled about being Mickey!!!

Mickey Hands!

Full Dorky Body Shot!

Melis and Jack were adorable pirates together!

Surprise, Surprise!!!

So, Micah was playing in his room, quietly, for like 10 minutes and I knew that something must be up...so I go in there to check on him and I was taken back...I didn't expect what I saw...Micah had somehow climbed into the baby bassinet and was laying there with his feet up, reading a book! What??? It cracked me up so I got the camera...as you can see, Micah thought it was very cool, he was laughing the whole time!

Micah's First Black Eye...

So, yes this is Micah's very first black eye, and I am sure it is just his first of many! Come to think of it, I am really surprised that this is his first...he is a wild man, running everywhere, jumping all over the place with reckless abandon! So, this is pretty amazing!
He was running around playing with his aunt and uncle at the mall...(he loves to play with them, he goes crazy...) and he ran right into the corner of a table! It was bleeding and immediately black and blue, but he only cried for like 25 seconds and then as soon as we kissed it better, he was fine. Mitch showed him his eye in the mirror right after...with the blood and all, (I thought it would scare him!) he laughed! He thought it was so cool! He has been looking at it in the mirror smiling ever since!

Our Little SpiderMan!!!

Micah has a new obsession...Spiderman was on TV the other night and Micah has been in spiderman mode ever since...it's all he wants to watch and he talks about it all day long...he calls him "pider"! We let him watch the "menu" part of the dvd over and over again because that is when he is swinging through the city and Micah is enthralled! I had this costume I bought a year ago but never used (yes it is obvious that it is about a year too small but he didn't seem to mind) and so we put it on him and he couldn't believe that he was spiderman, so he sat in his costume, watched the movie and shot his webs at the tv! I cannot get enough of this kid!

Micah in Spiderman Attack Mode!

He just loves being Spiderman!

The full length shot...it is a little on the tight and short side, but hey, it's Spiderman!

Micah "shoots his webs" all day now! He makes the cutest noise when he does it...it is hard to explain...I wish you could hear it...I guess it sounds like shooting a web...I don't know and maybe a little bit like a gun!

The wind up...

The momentum building....

The final web fling! (Great Web shooting form!)

Micah has been doing this really big fake smile lately, everytime we tell him to smile! Sometimes it actually looks mean...he cracks us up everyday!

The only picture we got with the full costume...Micah is not a hat person!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch the other night with our good friends the Galbasini's. We had a lot of fun and Micah loved it!

Micah thought all the pumpkins were balls so he would pick them up and throw them as hard as he could on the ground and laugh! What can you do...he's all boy!

Us!

Micah and Daddy by the scare crow...Mitch loves to scare Micah at any opportunity, so of coarse he kept getting closer and closer so Micah got a little nervous after the picture!

Micah, running like a wild man through the corn maze~

The whole Galbasini crew...Kevin and Jackie and their two little ones, Gisele and Baby Sienna (she is in the sling).

Gisele and Micah were chasing eachother around and playing the whole time...they had so much fun together!

My good friend Jackie