Popsicles

He's never quite had this reaction to other foods...

The Chase Is On!

My little Warren doesn't like to put his clothes on after a bath. We got as far as socks and he took off. Eventually I gave up chasing him with his shirt and just had fun with him. He screams like a girl :)

What???

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Black

Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.

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Does this even sound like me?! I suppose most people do find me mysterious and elegant. I mean, the ponytail I wore yesterday blew everyone away. And this "uncompromising demand for perfection" is evident in my immaculate house and sink completely free of any dishes. Never mind, this is totally me.

Little Boy

1 month vs 15 months

HE'S HUGE!!! My little baby is a little boy. When did THAT happen?

Brushing!

Band Geek

W likes to watch high school bands on public television. Did I say like? I mean LOVES.

W Loves to Vacuum

He's always been fond of the vacuum cleaner, but now he can actually push our little one around a bit. It's been nice to get him to do chores so young :)

Hooray for Videos!

We taught Warren a thing or two about praying:

We sometimes refer to our sweet little boy as "The Pants-less Wonder" because of his new found disdain for wearing clothes. He decided putting his jeans back on after a diaper change was simply asking too much of him. So we let him go. Oh well...who needs pants anyways??

Play Time

Your vacuum is cooler, mom!

Pause for a TV break.

"Fold your arms, boys"

What does a sheep say?

Buddies - Warren and Eli

Taylor's Gift

Check out this VIDEO that Gordon and Chrissy made to go along with Tay's Christmas present - VERY awesome!

Iowa Caucus: Been there. Done that.

Yes kids, I'm a caucus goer.

And not only that...I went to the DEMOCRAT caucus (who knew I swing both ways??)

So these are pictures of when I first wiggled my way in the door to this itty bitty elementary school cafeteria. The place was packed (and not smelling so good after a couple hours). Last caucus our precinct had 192 people show and this year there were 303. Nice improvement, yeah? So I went to my little Obama corner and stood there....and stood there....for...ev...er. My only complaint about the process is that they began 20 minutes late. When the party finally got started, they took an initial count. We all split up in various rooms around the school to take count and bond with our fellow supporters. Then we all came back for speeches. And the people giving the speeches were just regular folks - so some of them were interesting. I don't know if the candidates would have been overly thrilled by them. The Biden, Richardson, and Kucinich speeches were actually the best - too bad they didn't stand a chance.

Listening to speeches

Then we took 30 minutes for re-alignment. The only two candidates viable (getting 15% or 45 of the people there)were Hillary and Obama. Let the heckling commence! All these smaller groups kept telling us we need to "keep the conversation going", that we had people to spare, and that we should come join their group. No thanks. A few of our people defected to Edwards, and that group got enough by the end to send one (of seven) delegates. Hillary ended up with 2 and Obama got 4 (yay).

It was kinda boring, I'll be honest. And all the political crazies come out to these things, so there were some odd and funny moments. But there's something exciting standing in front of all your neighbors and raising your hand and standing up for the candidate you want to lead this country. It's watching the democratic process in live action. With real people. Very cool. (Click Here for a good stick figure demonstration of how it works)

Oh and Taylor went to the Republican caucus and wrote John McCain's name down on a piece of paper and came home. Not as exciting and fewer (noticable) crazy people. Although he and Warren sat in between two old ladies who commended him on starting Warren on the GOP track so young. It's funny because we're both pretty independent and moderate, so going to these things where it's a pep rally for the dems or republicans is just funny.

Why Does Iowa Have to be SO Cold??

This last week we went to Taylor's parents' home for Christmas. It was great having all the siblings there together for a good time. We're back home safe and warm inside our apartment now and real life will commence. I'm afraid Warren is going to get pretty bored pretty quick without all the hub-bub of Christmas and not having 7 friends willing to play with him at any given time. Here are some of the highlights of this past week: Gordon's sweet bow-hunting skills (bet you didn't know he had them...but he does), making fun of Wray and his pretty BMW, taking turns wearing the moose hat and chasing Warren, Chrissy wanting a license plate that says "WIFE POO" (yeah, we think she's a little crazy), Wray impersonating a Mexican jumping bean, Emily and brothers "making air" (a little hint...your bum makes the air and it smells less than delicious), sledding with 400 year old sleds and Emily almost killing a man who didn't get the hint when she yelled "move! move! move!", shopping at Kohl's and cashing in on Grandma Dix's sweet discount, staying in pajamas until noon, not having to pay much attention to my child because there were 16 other eyeballs that could make sure he stayed out of trouble, Bob learning what "junk-in-the-trunk" and "badonkadonk" mean (our apologies to his seminary class), everyone laughing so much and so loudly that we all have headaches, Warren learning how to say "no touch", waking up with a sore right arm from trying to beat Natalie in tennis on the Wii, and plenty of other funny moments I'm too tired to remember at the moment. Good week. We had some family pictures taken, so whenever we get them back, I'll post some hopefully good ones of the whole group.

Cruisin' with a fun new (and noisy) toy

Uncle Wray

Aunt Emily and Uncle Gordon

Emily Drew the Helsinki, Finland Temple. She's good, huh???

Sledding! (With the same sleds Bob and Amy used as kids??? Hey - they worked)

Dix kids being nice and shoveling the drive for G&G

Grandpa Bob's joke of the week:

What do you call the organization that sews all the leaves back on to the trees after they've fallen?



The Re-Leaf Society (that's a mormon joke; so if you don't get it - you can call me)

Christmas Morning

We have a million pictures thanks to 4 cameras going off constantly all week long. But here are some favs.

No one else is up except me and mom...maybe some diet coke (aka "devil drink" in the Dix house) will wake them up so we can open presents!

Warren cleaned up pretty nicely.