Fun at the zoo!

Rich was on vacation last week so we decided to get a lot of work done around the house and then treat ourselves to a little vacation. We took Lytton to Portland to go to the Oregon zoo! It was awesome and he loved it so much! We went up in the morning and spent the whole day at the zoo then got a hotel room and stayed the night then came home the next morning. Every animal Lytton was amazed by he would ohhh and ahhhh at everyone of them, but as you can see from the pictures he loved the fish tanks!!! We had a great time and I cant wait to take him back.

Weekend Work

With a little "elbow grease" we finally laid down gravel next to the house and bark in all of our flower beds.

Things are starting to come together. Next, grass on the sides and in the back. We also want to build a deck off the back of the house. Should make for some fun summer BBQs.

American Idol

So Glad this young man won the judges Covenanted save last night! He is so awesome and deserves another chance to get it right! All of you American Idol fans what do you think???

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well life in the Warnick household has been pretty busy lately mainly with our yard! We knew when we built a house that the chore of putting in a yard was going to come with it. Rich has gotten all the sprinklers pretty much done. There are just a few that he still has to put the heads on. We were supposed to do curbing on Friday before my dad left to go to France for 6 weeks, but that fell through and now we are going to do it on Wednesday. So curbing will be in soon and we are going to seed this weekend! YEAH! There will be grass soon. The yard is coming together nicely, so we are excited.
Lytton is growing up so fast and we love him very much. He LOVES the outdoors! We play outside a lot and go to the park. He wouldn't have it any other way. He is saying more and more words everyday, and turning into a little boy right before our eyes.
We had a great Easter and had a great time with family and friends. Lytton loved his first Easter hunt althogh it had to be inside because of the rain. I hope everyone has a great week!

Mother Nature

Thanks to Mother Nature's wonderful wind storm yesterday spring cleaning is in full swing today at the Warnick household! When you live in a neighborhood that's all sand I guess that's what's expected.
The to do list today includes:
Sweeping front entry
dusting, dusting and some more dusting
Sweeping and moping the floors
wiping down all the base boards and window sills
Cleaning windows
Vacuuming
Cleaning out our closet
Cleaning out some junk drawers
Organizing our room
Today defiantly feels like a MONDAY! Happy Monday too all!

Spring Giveaway

My very creative and bright cousin is having a spring giveaway! Click here to enter.

Loving some sunshine

Well as the days have been getting nicer Lytton and I have been spending some afternoons at the park. He loves the swings and the slide! Its still a little chilly so I don't last very long, but he would stay out all day if he could, he throws a fit every time we start to head back to the car.

Spokane here we come!

Well my awesome hubby is taking me to Spokane this weekend, and did I mention kid free! Thats right no Lytton! I have to admit I am a little nervous to leave him behind since this will be his first night away from his parents, since he was born. Pathetic I know since he is 18 months old, but I am sure he will be in great hands with Grandma. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Lyttons Check up

My baby is huge! He is now 28 lbs and 33 1/2 inches long. Which puts him in the 90th percentile for height and the 80th for weight. We went to the doctor yesterday for his 18 months check up about a month early because we needed to finish up his flu shot, and since my doctor is very understanding he let us do all of his 18 month shots early so I wouldn't have to go back in a couple of weeks. He is expanding his vocabulary, hes up to about 6 words now, yeah! If he hears clapping on the TV he automatically joins in. He is growing up so fast and learning so much he is such a Joy and we love him dearly!

Daddys little helper

He just picked up the sander and went to work!

As I mentioned below Rich was working on projects for me the week he was off. One of the things he did was sand down and paint our coffee table and end table so they would match the rest of the furniture. It turned out really well and I will have to post pics of them soon, but anyways whenever Rich was in the garage working away Lytton just had to be out there with him. We took some cute pics of him working away with dad. How he knew how to do this is beyond me, he picks things up pretty fast!

Better late than never

Well we had a great Christmas break. Rich had a lot of time off so we finished up some projects around the house, spent a lot of time with family playing plenty of games, and a lot of rock band! That is our favorite. Ate lots of food and rang in the new year with all of Rich's family over for a fun filled night and a sleep over.

Lytton loved opening his presents and after each one he liked he would say ohhhh he was so cute!

3 years down an eternity to go.

Three years ago today I was sealed to my eternal companion in the Columbia River Temple. I remember it being a great day! We had the sealing then afterward we had a luncheon for our guests and later that night a reception. We went to Utah for our honeymoon. Exciting right I know, but it was great we found this little resort tucked into the mountains, and it was quiet and away from everything. It had everything we needed in the resort so we never had to leave. It had a fabulous restaurant, hot tub, pool, sauna, and we did couple massages. It snowed everyday we were there and had a great view looking out into the snow. We also took advantage of all the wonderful temples in Utah. We did a session at the Logan Temple and Salt lake Temple. In fact in Salt Lake we were the WITNESS couple! It was a great experience, but I am not going to lie I was so nervous seeming how I haven't even had my endowments out for a week yet!
Some days it feels like we have been married a lot longer, but I also can't believe its already been three years. 4 moves later and one special sweet little boy I am so happy to be where I am right now, with Rich and to have the gospel in our lives.

My beautiful sisters

cake

Our wonderful Parents

I have the best friends ever!

Right out of the temple

FREEDOM

Freedom from what you may ask???........BOTTLES!





I have finally done it Lytton is bottle free and I want to shout it to the world. I am only 3 months behind my scheduling, I wanted to have him free of it by a year, but I guess we took our time. I am just so glad I finally buckled down and got to business. He takes his naps and goes to bed on his own now he doesn't need a bottle as a crutch, and since he never took a pacifier I don't have to worry about that. Everyone is sleeping better and its awesome. Yeah us!

This is Rich when he was little he was so darn cute! (and still is)

Today is a day to remember our Veterans and everything they did for us to live in this free country. Today is also my Husband's birthday, and he is also my hero. He is a great provider for us so that I can stay home and raise our son, which is a great blessing! He also is a great help around the house whether its putting Lytton to bed or clearing the table after dinner is done and working hard on the dishes while I finish eating. Last night we had family over for root beer floats and cupcakes to celebrate his birthday, and we had a great time. I hope everyone has a great Veterans day, and Happy Birthday Babe!

Finally!

Well we are all moved in and feeling cozier than ever here in our new house this fall! The downside to moving is getting everything re hooked up, and unfortunately the internet has taken a while to make it to our house. I can not believe October is already over. We had a great Halloween and are loving the cold dark nights where we can snuggle up together in our OWN house! Finally! Have a great weekend!

3 days and counting....

Our house is done and we move on Friday! At first I though this day couldn't come fast enough. Back in June we decided that living with my parents would be best while our house was being built. Our lease in our apartment was up that month and having to pay rent and save up for a down payment just didn't seem realistic. So my parents agreed and we moved in on June 9th! Well back then if you would of asked me if I was ready to leave I would say yes in a heart beat. Now well I am not so sure. Of course I am ready to move into our nice new house, and get organized cause lets face it we don't have much space here, but I am going to miss my mom a lot! she has been such a big help while we have been living here. She has babysat Lytton I don't even know how many times, shopped for the groceries, and been good company for me while Rich has been working. So this weekend is going to be bitter sweet for everyone!

Tagged!

I have been Tagged by this WONDERFUL lady!

1. I am absolutely terrified of birds! I was tormented as a child by my big brothers who would kill birds and chase me with them. It obviously had lasting effects!

2. My husband is 14 years older than me.

3. I am border line OCD. I have never been diagnosed, but I am a MAJOR neat freak!

4. I have to have the laundry hamper empty. I will do a load everyday just so its completely empty, but the weird part is I hate to fold it so it will sit in the laundry basket piling up right next to the hamper!

5. My junk piles have to be "organized" a certain way. My husband can't disorganize my pile!

6. I love, love, love to read.

7. I love shoes. I don't care what kind I am a hoarder of shoes.


I Tag Ashley, Danyelle, Marilyn, Emily, Sonda, Nan, and Heather

Getting Close

After 90 days, 3 carpet and linoleum changes, 10 gallons of our OWN paint, and a wrong paint color on the outside of the house that they had to re-do we are finally approaching our closing date. We close in about 2 weeks. Everything is done except for the little details. They have a LOT of cleaning to do and they need to finish up some trim, cabinets, and doors. We are getting anxious and excited. Here are the latest updated pictures.

Iron staircase with maple wood

Hickory cabinets

outside of the house

Dining Room

Carpet and linoleum

Kitchen with appliances

Busy Fall!

Some of you may be thinking that I have fallen off of the face of the earth because I have not posted in so long, but for some reason my life in the last month has gotten crazy and I have had no time at all to post! Even though I have tons of pictures! They will be uploaded soon enough, they haven't even made it off of my camera yet.

Schedule:
6:30 Wake up
6:40 Medynn drops Aiden off
7:30 lytton wakes up
8:00 Breakfast for lytton
8:15 Bath for lytton
8:30 Breakfast for Aiden
9:00 Clean up kitcken
9:20 Vacuum and dust living room
9:30 Clean my bedroom and make my bed
9:40 clean lyttons room
10:00 Start a load of laundry
10:20 Take a shower and get ready
11:00 Give the boys snacks
11:30 Medynn picks aiden up
12:00 Take NAPS!
3:00 Run any errands and stop by the house
4:00 Start Dinner
5:00 Serve dinner
6:00 Clean up dinner
7:00 Give lytton another bath
7:3o Put lytton to bed
7:31 Put mom too bed!

As you can see no time to post! I am running around crazy busy all day. We have also had family in town and my dad was able to come home for a couple of weeks before leaving to go on another job. The house is making nice progress as well we close in a month, and we are checking it out everyday. I will have pics soon of that too! Everyone have a great rest of the day!

Cold turkey!

Well as you know Lytton is one now. I decided on his one year birthday that I would cut him off of bottles. I know some people like to go longer, but for me I decided that I am sick of being a slave to a bottle for him at bed time and nap time. So its been a week and a half since he turned one and today is the day! I am really going to do it I have procrastinated long enough, it is time! So I am probably going to try a sippy cup first and if that doesn't work then I will just let him cry it out today at his nap until he goes to sleep. So any words of encouragement would be nice or other moms with better tips on getting rid of that dang bottle! So wish me luck here I go nap time is in 5 minutes!
On a side note also we close on our house on October 16th! We are super excited, they are sheet rocking today so I am sure I will have pictures up very soon!