I love LA!

Yesterday we went on an adventure with my parents and Stemanda. We headed out to LA and went to China town. I had never actually been there before. We usually go to Little Tokyo or Olvera Street for lunch when we're out there. China town was fun. Hailey loved it because of the cheap jewelry and hair things. She also liked the tiny turtles they had all around. We had some delicious food. We also bought some chopsticks to start chopstick week, inspired by Charlye. (: Then we headed to Griffith park for Free Shakespeare at the old Zoo. The old zoo is pretty cool. If you're ever in the area and have some time to kill, you should go explore it. The play was, "Much Ado About Nothing." Both of the kids did surprisingly well. I think Hailey enjoyed the out door venue.

And what's the deal with Jack's tattoos?

I am listening to the sound of the baby monitor right now, I think I have never enjoyed the sound of white noise more.

I've started couponing. I keep asking myself if the deals are worth the work.

My hair is so frizzy lately, curse this humidity.

Speaking of humidity, I found Alex and I a beautiful house in Florida that we could actually afford. Now all we need is a job and school in Florida.

Matthew got his first shiner yesterday. I was gonna take a picture this morning but it had already healed, so obviously it wasn't too bad. Big sisters can be dangerous, even when they don't mean to be.

We're going to dinner at my brother's apartment tonight. Lately I've been grateful to have such a good friendship with my brother. Also grateful that his wife puts up with me, even with my butt smacking fetish.

Hailey seems to think that time out is her free pass to do anything she wants. This means she does something she's not supposed to do and then puts herself in time out, or when I threaten her with time out she says, "okay mommy, as soon as I'm done." She is definitely my child.

Lost season 6 comes out on DVD on Tuesday. I plan on re watching it, then deciding how I really feel about it. If your a Lost fan, this should make you smile.

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5 month pics and a couple of Hailey

5 months!

That's right, the tiny guy is 5 months old as of yesterday. Can't believe it's been that long. I realized today that I did not do a 4 month update. Oh well, Grandma Y saw him twice in the past month, I think she'll forgive me. :)

Matthew can roll on to his back like a pro now. He can almost get from the back to the front too. He got 2 teeth before he hit 4 months. My kids both got teeth early. He has started to "talk" like crazy. His smile makes you feel like the most important person in the world and I've actually been told that by several people, so it's not just biased mommy. He's become such a happy baby. He loves to laugh, smile, cuddle, spend time with Hailey, be held by mommy or daddy, eat, go places, and talk. He does not like to sleep, be put down, or let mommy sleep. He's such a sweet tiny guy and we are grateful to have him around.

Last week we went up to Utah for my cousin Brad's wedding. His wife is great, it was nice. We got to spend some time with Grandma Y while we were up there. We dragged her all around Salt Lake City and I think we may have worn her out. Hailey and I have been doing swim lessons, which has been pretty fun. I got a new calling, I'm the YW 2nd counselor. I'm really excited to still be in Young Woman's, I will probably cry when I finally have to start going to RS. We went to John's Incredible Pizza this week and got $40 free game tokens from facebook. It was probably the happiest day of Hailey's life. (maybe Alex's too) Today my brother and his wife came over to go through boxes in the garage. We found some real treasures and I found out that I have overcome most of my pack rat-ish ways. I'm rambling, I'm tired. I should stop before it gets worse.

I would post pictures, but I don't have them right now, so maybe tomorrow.

Check Out My Bazillion Ab Muscles!

I am really starting to hate the 666 mile stretch of the 15 between me and my in-laws. Once we get there it's totally worth it, but it's a terrible drive.

I know that will inspire comments about moving to Utah, but I ♥ California!

Hailey has taken to saying, "I can't," instead of, "I don't want to." As if that is magically going to make us think that she really can't and we won't make her. That girl is too smart for our own good.

I haven't been getting enough sleep, my life has started to have the fuzzy pink boarder dream sequence feel.

I still have not named my car, it might be partly due to the fact that I let my brother borrow it for a month-ish and have not had a chance to test drive a name.

We still have not bought Hailey's birthday present. It's been 4 months.

When Matthew smiles I feel like the most important person in the world.

When I am famous I am going to make a music video of me dancing. The world will never before have beheld such awesomeness.

I love music so much, I wish I had as much time for it as I used to.

I have been reading the same young adult chapter book for 2 months now. Children take a lot of time.

Have you ever heard me rant about Twilight? I will never understand everyone's obsession, but this makes me laugh SO hard:

Out of the mouth of babes

Steven: "Hailey what did you do today?"
Hailey: "I... looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping on the apricot tree."


Me: "Hailey how come you are screaming?"
Hailey (after immediately calming down): "Because we train our letters to make their sounds absolutely perfect every time."


Hailey: "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Everyone’s waiting for the next surprise, popcorn popping right before my eyes."

Steven: "Hot dog, hot dog, hot scoobity scob!"
Hailey: "It's not scooby scob!"

You're My Best Friend!

When Steven and I were little we did everything together. I have pictures of him in a pink tutu to prove it. We were best friends. Now I have Owlex and he has Amanda BUT he's still one of my best friends, just don't tell him that. My hope was always that when I had kids someday they would like each other as much as Steven and I did.
A few nights ago I laid Matthew on the floor so I could make dinner. Of course that meant lots of screaming. "Mom, how could you!?! You're supposed to hold me ALL of the time." Just when I was starting to feel sorry for the tiny guy, in comes Hailey with a book. "Don't cry Mafew, I'll read to you."


It's moments like these that make up for a week without sleep.