Promised Pictures

Phoenix LOVES bathtime! He loves to throw his bath toys out of the tub over and over and over. A couple weeks ago he started tooting in the tub so I lifted up the toilet seat lid to put him on it in case he started pooping and as soon as I did he tried to throw one of his bath toys into it. Luckily he's not a very good shot, so it bounced off the rim and into the garbage can.
No 'Poo is still going good. I'm a little over a week into it and still no major problems. My hair does seem to be a little bit more frizzy, though. I put some anti frizz cream on it on Day 4 but it made it kind of greasy. Other than that, nothing too exciting to report.
Also, I failed to mention this last post (oops!), but Cory and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on April 23rd. I can't believe it's been that long already! It's been fun and we're looking forward to the rest of it!
And finally, we're expecting baby number 2 on November 20th. Surprise! We were shocked at first but we're excited. It should be good having them so close together. Hopefully they'll be best friends!

Road Rage and No 'Poo

Time for an update! A few weekends ago our friends, Josh and Renae, came and stayed with us over the weekend. It was so great to see them. They recently moved back to Rigby (or Ririe, I forget which) from Tucson, AZ. We're excited to have them back! Friday morning the guys went golfing and Renae and I went shopping and almost got beat up! When I was trying to get over a couple of lanes to turn into a shopping center, I accidentally cut a guy off. As soon as I did I waved and kind of shrugged my shoulders to say "sorry" but he laid on his horn for about 10 seconds and followed us into the parking lot. As soon as we got into a parking row, he sped around in front of me and stopped his car sideways so that I couldn't go forward and started getting out of his car! I pulled through a couple of empty parking spots into the next row and he followed me honking and yelling and flipping me off and this went on for like a minute. I was just driving up and down the rows of this parking lot with this crazy guy following me. Renae called 911 and as soon as she got on the phone he sped off. It was so scary. Seriously, though, two girls and a baby? What was he going to do?
The rest of the weekend was fun, but our camera was MIA so we don't have any pictures. We went frolfing, and went to a Boise Burn arena football game, and hung out with friends all weekend. When we were frolfing we had Phoenix in the stroller, but he wanted to get out after a little while so I borrowed my friend's "Sleepy Wrap" to carry Phoenix in and it was awesome! He loved it. He was in it for probably 1 1/2 hours and never got fussy. When Phoenix was younger I tried a sling and a Snugli and he didn't like either, but he doesn't mind the sleepy wrap at all. I am totally getting one.
About "No 'Poo". It's a new thing I'm trying (today was the first day). It's where you don't use shampoo. I had heard about it when I was in HS and was going to do it, but never got around to it. I recently came across an article about it so I did a little research and decided to try it. You use baking soda to wash your hair and apple cider vinegar to rinse it. When I was in the shower it didn't feel like my hair was very clean, but when I got out and blow dried it, it was nice and clean. The main drawbacks that I've read from people who've tried it are the "transition period" (usually 2-3 weeks) where your head gets used to making less oil, so your hair is kind of greasy, itchy scalp, very dry hair, and the vinegar smell. After one day, my hair isn't greasy at all, my scalp doesn't itch, my hair isn't dry, and no vinegar smell! We'll see if I'm still singing this song in a couple of weeks, but so far, so good!
I'll post again soon with some cute pictures of Phoenix but I don't have time right now!

Happy Easter

Easter was great this year and very relaxed. We had a request for more pictures of Cory (I know, he's hot) so here are a couple of him and Phoenix on Easter. We're teaching Phoenix a little bit of sign language and the first picture is him doing the sign for "eat".

Phoenix's Favorite

If there is any sort of container holding any sort of item Phoenix LOVES to pull it out and throw it over his shoulder. For example, when we were at my parents house last month, he loved pulling everything out of his suitcase. He also does this every time I do laundry, and have clothes in the laundry basket. He does this with his toy box, he does it at Cory's parents house with a plastic bowl full of measuring cups, spoons, and other kitchen items, he does it with our basket full of magazines. He really doesn't care what it is.It will keep him occupied forever as long as you keep putting the stuff back in for him to pull out again. So yesterday I had just washed diapers and put them in the laundry basket to take back into his room and he started doing that so I put him in the basket and started pushing him around the house. He wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but then he relaxed and had a good time. It was fun.


Phoenix is so squirmy now! I went in to get him up one morning recently and he had somehow gotten his left arm and his right leg out of his jammies. How in the world? On a related note, it's the biggest pain to change his clothes/diapers anymore because he just rolls around so much. He will not lay on his back long enough to get his dirty diaper off, much less get a clean one on. It drives me crazy!! Good thing he's so cute. Otherwise, I'd have to send him back.

Kevin Youkilis is absurd

Why is this a link? I don't know. But happy baseball Season anyway! It officially started on April 5th. We love baseball at our house. We do not love Kevin Youkilis. Let me tell you why. He has the most absurd batting stance ever. This picture doesn't really do it justice. You need to see a video. He wiggles his butt around. It's not pretty. Also, he is bald, but has this ridiculous beard/mustache thing. I think that if a person is bald, they should not make up for it by growing a bunch of hair on their face. It's backward. Nothing against Kevin as a person, it's mainly his looks...


We have a family fantasy baseball league that includes myself, Cory, my dad, my brothers, Cory's dad, Cory's brother, and Cory's brother-in-law. We'll see how it goes. Which player am I most excited about on my team? Tim Lincecum, pitcher for the Giants. I hope he does as well this year as he did last year. I also love Jose Reyes. I should have wicked amounts of stolen bases this year with him and a few other really fast guys on my team.


Now for our update. For those of you who live in the Boise area, the Boise Art Museum is free on the first Thursday of the month. Cory and I took Phoenix last week and it was pretty cool. They have an Early Works of Ansel Adams exhibit right now which was really neat. Also, they have a couple of galleries for local high school students to show off their work. Those were my favorite. There was one really funny one that was a sculpture of an acorn with two legs sticking out of it called "Side Effects May Include..." Also, I LOVE Costco Hot Dogs and hadn't had one in forever so I went and picked up a couple before we picked Cory up from work to go to the museum and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they are still $1.50 for the hot dog and drink. I thought for sure the price would have gone up. It's been the same for as long as I can remember. I love that!!

This picture is a bit blurry, but Phoenix loves to hang out UNDER his exersaucer now. It's his own little fort.

I was trying to take a good picture of him a couple weeks ago but he was only happy when he was playing with my "flip video" camera.

This is what happened when I took it away...

Seconds on the Microwave

We went to Weiser this weekend to watch little bro Q in the school play, 7 brides for 7 brothers. It was really cute, and he did a great job! I also took some senior pics for him while I was home, and here are a few of my favorites. I think they turned out pretty well.

Also when we were home, we found something interesting. That is that my mom, my sister, and myself all hate the beeping sound of the microwave and we all leave a few seconds on the clock when we have food in it so that we don't have to hear the noise. It drives Cory crazy when I forget to clear it, and Trenna said it drives her roommates crazy, too. How weird! Who knew that the beeping of a microwave could be so annoying to so many people for so many different reasons? I also saw Marae and met her BF for the first time. They're such a cute couple!

Eating an Apple