That was the high today. Yuck. We headed straight to the pool as soon as we got home. I love that just 30 minutes in the pool will tire anybody out, including me. We had a nice short dinner, a quick swim and straight to bed. (Well for Zoe) She has starting say "Uh-oh." Ryan encourages her, because it's just funny to hear. She also likes to say "Odie." But I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. She is also getting better at saying "Hi" on the phone. On Saturday, Ryan's parents took us out for Ryan's birthday. We went to a Mexican place, Mas. It was so yummy. Here's a cute picture we took of Zoe during dinner. We're looking forward to the 4th this weekend. Sad we won't be in Utah but we're planning on watching fireworks and such. I'm planning on making Zoe a cute Red shirt with this tutorial here. She'll be wearing her bow from last year too! Hoping to get in some BBQ this weekend and maybe some pasta salad. XOXO, Holly & Co.

Here's some pictures of Zoe from Friday. XOXO, Holly & Co.

Last night was quite the adventure for us. We first went to dinner at Jack's Urban Eats in GOld River. Yum! Then off to RPM Racing. Neither of us had ever been racing so it was a new experience. I was in first for a couple laps then I let Ryan pass me. But towards the end I was trying to pass him, but he wouldn't let me. Ryan "Won" but only beat my time by .26 seconds. It was so much fun. The go karts are real, not like bumper cars. I'm not sure how fast they go, but I want to say up to 40 mph (I could be way off though.) I couldn't take my camera on the track with me, so I didn't get a picture of us in full race gear or the cars, but these will have to do. The suits were hot and heavy. Not to mention the face sock and the helmet. I couldn't hear anything. Ryan and I got lucky and we were the only 2 racers on the track. They are open racing sessions so you can end up with like 8 random people all racing. I'm glad it was just us. Thank you all for the birthday wishes for Ryan. I'll post some pictures of Zoe once I get them all edited. XOXO, Holly & Co.

This morning, I went to go get Zoe up and I found a beautiful sleeping baby. She woke up and reached up to me. I picked her up and then she gave me a big Zoe hug. Then we went in to wake up Daddy, and I laid Zoe down next to Ryan, she curled up right next to him. We spent the next several minutes giggling, smiling and laughing while we tickled each other and gave kisses. Zoe gave high 5's and let Campbell lick her toes. This was a beautiful reminder this morning of why I do what I do: my family. I didn't take a picture, I should have, but this alone creates a wonderful mental picture that I wanted to remember. XOXO, Holly & Co.

Pardon the blog changes... I thought I screwed up the format beyond repair, but it should be back to normal now. So let's see what's going on in our lives lately... Zoe has been having a blast playing outside and in the water. She spends most of the day outside when she's at daycare. They have a water table that she really likes to play at. And she is fearless when it comes to spraying water. She will go walk right up to it and let it blast her, then run away. Her new word is Dog, which she repeats over and over when she's with Campbell, or she sees another dog outside. She is walking really well and we got her some new shoes last week. It was quite an adustment walking in shoes vs. walking barefoot. Ryan is enjoying his summer relaxing and working on projects (for me!) He turns 24 this week, we're going to celebrate on Friday (thanks Julie for watching Z) I'm counting the days until fall. Summer is really not my favorite time of year. I prefer the cold. I've been working on some craft stuff, but I can't seem to stick to one project right now. I have a few half finished projects along with lots of ideas bouncing around in my head and in my sketchbook. Last week we celebrated Father's Day Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, we went out to dinner with our best neighbors ever (I can't believe we didn't take any pictures!) then filled the rest of the evening with chit chat and video games. On Sunday, Zoe decided not to take a nap so after church we went for a short visit to the Humbert's for dinner and dessert. I know I'm a few days late, but I'm really thankful for all the strong examples of Father's that we have in our lives. Dan, Dad &Ryan: You are all such wonderful fathers. I'm so grateful for your patience and love to our familes. We are so lucky to have strong male role models & Priesthood holders in our lives. We love you! XOXO, Holly & Co.

Yes that's the time right now..in the a.m. Zoe has been up since 4:40am. It was my night to get up. So we've been cuddling, watching Mickey's clubhouse and eating cereal. What a way to live. She is finally associating waving with "Hi" not just "bye." Last night she managed to say the "Down" while up in her high chair. Zoe had a little bug earlier this week, but she's doing fine now. Ryan has been busy with scouts, I've been busy spring/summer cleaning and baby showers (planning and attending) Not much excitement going on...although we've got Father's Day coming up and Ryan's birthday so that should yield some more pictures and posts. nothing else to report, XOXO, Holly & Co.

This is what I get to see every day on my way home. Life is Sweet. Since I do not have a radio in my car, I sing to Zoe on the way home. Today, she sang to me, kind of. XOXO, Holly & Co.

during the cake eating. This is one of the few pictures of me and zoe together.

Here's Zoe on her Birthday! I just can't believe she's one. We had pancakes for breakfast, she had lots of playtime at daycare and then we got Chipotle for dinner and headed to the park. Zoe was so tired she fell asleep on the way home. Tonight we had a small party for Zoe at Grandma & Grandpa's house. I'll get those pictures up soon. Thanks everyone for celebrating with us and all her presents! I just can't believe it's been a year. This week she's started walking so much more. She finally picked walking over crawling. She's a toddler now! Well it's been a busy week with birthday's and anniversaries and a little sickness thrown in. In just 2 weeks we'll be back to celebrating again! XOXO, Holly & Co.

Today marks our 2 year anniversary! Two years ago today, we were married for time and all eternity in front of our friends and family. What a fun day that was. Ryan and I still comment on how great our wedding and reception turned out. Not to mention the fact that we are so happy we married each other! Although Ryan doesn't actually read our blog, I like to post about him anyway. This is a really terrible photo taken with my phone during church on Sunday. But this totally describes Ryan and the role he plays in our lives (mine and Zoe's)

I won't turn this into a long sappy post (I'll save that for my Happy Birthday/Father's day blog post) but I am so glad I picked Ryan and he picked me to spend forever with. I wouldn't have it any other way. I love you Ryan!

XOXO,

Holly

PS. Stay tuned for Zoe's birthday blog...coming soon.

Well this week has been much more uneventful then the past few weeks. Zoe had some fun with marker at day care and slightly resembles a smurf. Although the marker was washable, it's still there a few days later. Zoe learned to drink from a straw this week. We've tried to teach her in the past with no luck, but this week when Ryan and I got Jamba Juice she learned REALLY quickly. Also this week, Zoe's birthday present came a few days early. We bought her a big toy box for all her toys, as they were starting to take over the living room. Here's how excited she was when we took it out of the box. This week we will be celebrating a lot! We have our 2 year anniversary on Tuesday and Zoe's first birthday on Thursday. Lots of balloons and cake at the Humbert house this week! XOXO, Holly & Co.

Well without rehashing every detail of our weekend, it basically went like this. Friday: Z & inlaws went to the coast. Ry & I enjoyed a quiet night at home. Saturday: arrived at coast house, only to dsicover Z had and ear infection. Came home. Went to ER, sat in ER for 3 hours. got back home around 1am. It was a long day. And Zoe has another new tooth. count: 12 teeth and 1 ear infection. So we spent the rest of the weekend nursing Zoe back to health and laying low. Not much planned for this week. I've been scrapbooking alot and hopefully I'll get our scanner to work so I can scan those pages to show. Zoe turns 1 in just 9 days. Hopefully we'll have something more pleasant to blog about this week XOXO, Holly & Co.

Well we are back home, safe and sound. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have but here's a few. Zoe waiting in the airport

Cousin Noah Papa & the munchkins Zoe will be 1 in a couple weeks, it's just crazy how fast it goes. I'll be doing a big birthday blog post don't worry.

While in OK, Zoe was the recipiant on 2 new teeth, so that brings the total to 11...11 teeth.

To sum up the trip:

*Taco Bueno, including cheesecake chimichangas (to die for)

*Taking cousin Noah's toys, a lot

*Zoe perfecting her beauty queen wave

*Lots of Cheerios

*Getting seriously lost in Witchta, KS, in the middle of a huge thunderstorm, coupled with large amounts of hail.

*Going to my first Mass & Catholic wedding in a beautiful Cathedral

*Watching a dear friend get married

*Cutting my hair short, again

*Shopping with my sisters

*Eating lots of Mom's good food

*Speed Scrabble/Word Vomit/Wulla Words

*Finding my baby blanket, which I promptly forgot to bring home

*Staying up talking till 1am talking about embarrassing 5th grade confessions :)

*The best 6th& 7th grade band concert I've ever been to

*Quik Trip Love

*Pedicures with Mom & Sisters

*Visiting with old friends

Although I hope this wasn't my last trip to Oklahoma, time will tell. We had a great time, but are happy to be home with Daddy & Campbell dog. Check back for more updates from our Memorial Day weekend coming up!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

This is Bunny-Bunny. Zoe's bff. She got B-B for Easter and had loved him ever since. He goes to bed with her every night and gets lots of cuddles during the day. He's been a great comfort to Zoe since she's been sick/teething this week. She seems to be on the tail end of this ailment and I managed to get some cute pictures of her before bathtime this morning. Ryan is working today so Z and I are cleaning, cuddling and hanging out. Happy Mother's Day to all tomorrow! XOXO, Holly & CO.

Zoe is down and out with a fever. I think it's related to teething, since she got yet another tooth and has a few more swollen bumps. (Yes the total is 8 now) So we have been hibernating the past couple days, snuggling, sleeping and drinking lots of fluids. Since I don't have any other noteworthy news, I'll post a couple pictures of some recent scrapbook pages. Enjoy and we'll be back this weekend, hopefully feeling much better! XOXO, Holly & Co.

Zoe said "Ma-Ma!" She's been saying "Da-Da" for what seems like forever. I'd get a ma here and a ma there, but not she says it regularily, and that makes me happy. She also says some D word for dog. It's a mixture between dad and dog. And this morning, I swear she said "hi dad." I know this may not be that exciting, but that's what's going on at our house. My new camera came. and Ryan fixed my old one, all in the same day. But my new one takes sharp pictures. I would have new Zoe pictures for you, but she wasn't exactly pleasent last night. Ryan has finals this week and Zoe and I will be traveling to Oklahoma next week to see my family and attend a friend's wedding. So the rest of the week will be spent, studying and planning and hopefully packing. I'll try to sneak some new photos in soon! XOXO, Holly & Co.

Zoe has a new tooth. Her teeth come in so fast, we don't even know they are there until they are half way in. This morning, no tooth. When I picked her up from day care, new tooth. That makes a total of 7 teeth. I added some pictures from Tay's 2nd birthday party, taken by my sweet sil, Jen.

Been playing around with some photo actions. Our ward campout was cancelled due to weather. So we decided to stay in with Pizza and jammies. (much better choice in my opinion) Zoe is getting so big! She'll be one in just a few weeks. Tomorrow we'll be celebrating our niece, Taylor's, 2nd birthday. Time flies so fast. Last night my BFF, Heather and I had a craft night over the internet. Gotta love Skype. I love technology. I miss you Heather! I made Zoe 5 hairbows....you should being seeing more of those soon. Have a great weekend! XOXO, Holly & Co.

So lately, life has been more than busy, and now, I'm sick. But it's been so long since I updated. In short, here's our new happenings. -Zoe took 4 steps. She isn't that interested in walking just yet, but she takes steps every now and then. -Zoe had her 10 month appt. She weighs 20 lbs. 12.5 ozs. putting here in the 70th %. -Zoe is eating lots of solid foods. She loves bread. -Ryan is nearing the end of his semester and is doing great (A's across the board) -I am busy planning ward activities and scrapbooking when I get a chance. Here's some recent pictures to tide you all over. XOXO, Holly & Co.

this morning while we were getting ready this morning... No...it wasn't Campbell's fault... Zoe discovered the toilet paper! And this is my new favorite picture of Zoe. This was taken after the toilet paper mishap, but I love it! And next, we have Zoe and her blueberry waffles.We're going to dye Easter eggs tonight with the Stauffers. Should be fun to see Zoe react. She made her first finger painting this week at daycare. She did really well. Wishing you all a Happy Easter! XOXO, Holly & Co.