Isaac's First Swim!

I will never forget yesterday as it was probably one of my favorite memories as a mommy. Isaac went swimming for his first time and he loved every minute of it! He was fascinated by the warm water, the other kids, the spouts of water, and he especially liked being thrown into the air! I think that he smiled the entire time. Check out Isaac's new bathing suit that we bought him for his birthday present...so fun! I like that the kids here wear little wet suits so that they don't freeze their tiny buns off. Today was a special day for me...I think it was fun for me to see how much my son enjoyed the water as I have always loved water for some reason. I am glad that we can enjoy it together.

Isaac means Laughter

I am so amused by my son Isaac. Did you know that his name means, "Laughter"? As I have watched Isaac grow and develop over the first year of his little life it has become quite clear why the Lord wanted us to name our son Isaac. He really loves to laugh! He is very ticklish---especially on his knees and under his arm pits. He loves it when we chase him crawling, catch up to him and tickle him. I remember when my dad use to do that to us when we were little. I loved it!

What cracks me up the most is what Isaac deams as funny. Why is it that some things make him laugh so hard and others bring about no response what-so-ever? He loves watching the puppets on the Baby Einstein videos. Often times he will laugh out loud when he sees them talking, squeeking, dancing, etc. It is a real hoot. Two nights ago Josh and I were in the living room playing with Isaac after dinner. I had a little girl dolly and a smaller plastic construction worker. I was basically putting on a puppet show for Isaac with these two figures. Isaac thought it was so funny when I would make little noises each time the girl doll took a step. He laughed the hardest when I bent the little girl doll down and made her kiss the plastic construction man. I am not sure why he thought it was so funny, but he did. Then Josh and I decided to kiss to see what he would do and he laughed again...granted we added in a few sound affects. We kept this going for about 10-15 minutes and he was laughing the whole time. It was so cute...I wish that I could have caught it on video tape. Even still, I know that this memory will last forever.

Isaac's ONE!

Here are some fun pictures from Isaac's first Birthday...celebrated with our team in New Zealand. It was actually a co-birthday bash as we celebrated the birth of Chris and Isaac together. Isaac's official birthday party will be held in a week at Grandma Felix's batch. I can't believe that Isaac is already a year old. He is growing in leaps and bounds and my love for him deepens with every passing day. Isaac we love you! Happy Birthday Mister.


The Birthday Boys--Chris and Isaac

I saac loves listening to his daddy play guitar. He has actually learned how to strum while Josh plays the cords for him.

The team gave Isaac a Beatrix Potter book, "Peter Rabbit".

Celebrating Two Years of Marriage

Wow. May has been quite the month for celebrations. On May 14th, Josh and I celebrated our Second Anniversary. How quickly time has flown by since we were married in Boulder, CO. two years ago. I can hardly believe how much has changed in my life. In two years we got married, conceived Isaac, gave birth to Isaac, and moved from Boulder to NZ where we have been living for the past 9 months leading a Stint Team. It has been an amazing two years! I can say that I love Josh more today than I did two years ago, which is such a blessing. Thank you Jesus for placing such a wonderful man of God into my life. These are a few pictures from our night. Josh took me to an amazing restaurant and we dined and talked for 3 hours....it was lovely. I could have stayed there all night.

My First MOTHER'S DAY

It's funny because I actually forgot that Sunday was Mother's Day, so I had no expectations what-so-ever. I was pleasantly suprised when my lovely husband made me a yummy omlette with home-made salsa and fruit for breakfast. He also took me to lunch after church and ordered in dinner for us from my favorite restaurant, so I never had to cook. What an amazing gift! I wish you all could have seen Isaac at lunch with us. We had to sit in a high-booth, so Isaac sat between Josh and I and we took turns giving him his lunch. He sat so still and quiet, it was rather amazing. That was a nice present from Isaac for Mother's Day. Sad to say that our camera ran out of batteries, so these are the only photos I have from our day.

Sarah's Birthday!!

Last Saturday, on May 12th, Jen and I took Sarah to a bead shop to celebrate her birthday. Her official date of birth is actually in June, but we will be back in the states during that month, so I helped Sarah celebrate early. Sarah enjoys making jewelry, but has not had the opportunity to create as much since moving overseas, so I figured this would be a nice gift for her. We all had a good time.

Alex's Birthday!!

This is definitely the season for Birthdays! On May 7th we celebrated Alexander Dean's Birthday on our team. We bought Alex an All Blacks apron in honor of his incredible baking skills.

Poor little man...

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that Mr. Isaac has a few allergies. We had him tested a few weeks ago after many months of interesting reactions to different foods. Most of his reactions were rather minor at first- redness on his face mostly. He has had eczema since we arrived here in NZ, so that may also be caused by food allergies. Well, a few weeks ago Isaac had dairy-based formula for the first time and he broke out in hives. The Dr. told me to try a goats milk formula and he broke out in hives again. We figured it was high time we had the little guy tested for allergies since he broke out in hives 2x in one week. I could have guessed it, but he is allergic to peanuts, dairy and eggs. Unfortunately, we did not have him tested for pumpkin because Isaac broke out in hives this week after eating pumkin. Such a bummer as Isaac really liked the pumpkin. This could make for an interesting first birthday cake!

Josh Turns 29!

April 27th was a BIG day in the Felix household--
Josh turned 29 this year and, boy oh boy, am I excited!
I know that I am still older than my "young buck" husband,
but 29 feels closer to my age for some reason, which is nice.
We celebrated with:
4 delicious home-made pizzas, which Sarah came over early to help me make
Thanks Sarah!
Coke-the beverage that fits best with pizza
Yummy chocolate birthday cake, compliments of Matt
and of course,
a bottle of Merlot.
Who brought the Merlot anyway?
I thought it made for an artistic opportunity, so it works for me.
We had a lot of fun celebrating together. Enjoy all of the FUN pics!





Even Isaac was up for most of the FUN!


Isaac and Josh are watching a special birthday video that Dave and Barry made for Josh.

Mommy, why don't I have any toys?

Isaac is 11 1/2 months old now and he is up to new tricks. His new thing is to throw every toy out of his port-a-cot. I think that this stems from his desire to sort things, gone bad. The funny thing is that I can hear him from the other room tossing his toys right and left. I always know when his supply has run out as he starts to grumble, hence the desperate look on his face in the last photo. I caught him in action in these lovely pics.

Riley's Birthday Party

We attended Riley's 3rd birthday party a few weekends ago. Notice the m&m's she is eating-I gave her those and she ate them all in one sitting, even after she had consumed tons of birthday cake and chocolate and other treats as well. It was her day! Kids...they are so funny! Check out the nice hat that Isaac got to wear! He didn't seem to mind the tight strap around his chin.