16 & 20 Weeks
Here I am at 16 weeks. Let's be honest, Dylan is not a fan of holding still and holding up the sign...
Here I am at 20 weeks. I'm getting a huge belly, and appetite obviously...
Here's to hoping I don't gain as much as I did with Dylan. Oy!
It's a...
Mother's Day Weekend
This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was the most AMAZING weekend. Dave has Friday's off so it's like his "Saturday", we left Dylan with my parents for the day and headed down to Pleasant Grove to see Mike, Traci, Logan, and Liam. I wish I lived down there so I could play with my nephews and help Mike and Traci out more. My nephews are the sweetest little things ever, I am so glad I am their Aunt. After a couple hours of fun with them, we headed to see Dave's sister Sarah's new baby girl. This is their second adoption within a year! They will definitley have their hands full with two girls within a year old. Addison is so cute and on the move, she reminds me of Dylan at that age. Then little Olivia is so content and slept most of the time while we were there. It makes me excited for a newborn and I hope #2 will be as good of a baby as Dylan was! After visiting family we headed to the new City Creek Mall in Salt Lake. It is a beautiful mall, and I was so happy when we found out their was a Cheesecake Factory restaurant there, because that's where we wanted to go out to eat while down in Salt Lake. We had so much fun, long overdue fun...we have decided that the weight of Dave's schooling has been lifted off of both our shoulders, which makes both of us much happier people. It was literally a PERFECT day. :) On Saturday we headed to the Health Days parade so we could support our city and let Dylan get some candy. We headed to the little fair that they do at the park and looked around at the booths and let Dylan slide down a slide and ride the train. I was so exhausted from the day before and so we headed home to rest for a bit before I headed to another event. My neighbor and past Young Women's leader and Girl's Camp Director Patty Jones was celebrated for the amazing woman she is. A few of the Young Woman who were Laurels when I was a Beehive planned a huge event at our church and even had Michael McLean come sing to Patty. Patty has been such an amazing leader to the youth and an inspiration to many. She has been through a couple of cancers and now has terminal cancer. She lost a daughter from a Brain Tumor and has another who survived a Brain Tumor. Patty has been such a great Christlike example to many and has so much Faith and Strength. She is an amazing woman! I was able to go to the event and chat with her for a minute and thanked her for being my leader and an amazing woman. I of course cried and she told me "tears are ok, it's ok to cry." She also told me that it was HER pleasure to be my leader, what a huge example she is to me, I want to be her when I grow up!
It was so nice to see some of the other Young Woman I grew up with and visit with old neighbors and just be in Patty's presence. KSL also did a special on the Mormon Times on Mother's Day with her and the Laurels I was talking about, so go to KSL and look it up, and you will just feel the spirit she has right through this special. On to Sunday-Mother's Day...It was great. Dave brought me breakfast in bed, and Dylan jumped into bed with me and ate all my bacon and most of my meal, so cute! Dylan gave me a giant Mother's Day card and some candies. Dave gave me a card and a Willow Tree statue I've had my eye on for awhile now. It's the one with the husband holding the pregnant wife, so sweet.
I was definitely spoiled, and I would have to say that the BEST and least expected Mother's Day gift was Dylan staying in nursery all of church! He is 2 years old, and it has been six long months of nursery for Dave and I. So glad to be able to have some ME time at church and sit by some fun ladies in Relief Society and feel the spirit. After church we headed up to have lunch with Dave's family and then my parents stopped by and gave me a card. Dave and I slacked on Mother's Day gifts this year because we had such a busy weekend with too much spending. Whoops! Don't worry moms, something will come eventually, we love you both, and are thankful for your examples of motherhood! Phew. I think I covered mostly everything. We do find out what we are having in a little over a week, so I will let you all know then!
David's Graduation
I want to start off by saying how incredibly proud I am of Dave and his huge accomplishment. He has worked full time and had anywhere from 2-5 classes per semester on top of that. Dave had a hard time trying to figure out what exactly he should go to college for and what he wanted to do with his life career. He took a few classes here and there before his mission and when he came home, but stopped going because he had no idea what to do. When we got married we decided he better get on top of it, so we could start a family, and be able to have a better income to support us. Dave let me read his patriarchal blessing a few months after we got married, because he was struggling so hard with his career decision. Something incredible happened at that moment, there was a part of the blessing that stuck out to me, and I was overwhelmed with the spirit. It said that he will have the opportunity in life to help many people, and they will come to him for help and understanding. I read that part to Dave and told him, that Heavenly Father knows exactly what he had planned for him, and I suggested counseling. Dave had already taken tons of sociology classes, which he enjoyed, and with that degree he could do group counseling, or get a masters in social work and help many people. After I told that to Dave I looked down and tears were streaming down his face. The spirit had touched him too, and from then on he pursued his Sociology degree with a minor in Family Human Development. During our entire marriage (4 years), he has been in school except for maybe one or two semesters, it has been a sacrifice for the both of us, and a very hard one as well. After having Dylan he decided to go full throttle and be a full time student plus full time work so he could just get done. We felt that this sacrifice for just a little while would be worth it in the end. It is so true, although he has no job prospects, we are now able to be with each other as a family more often, which is the most important part of life. We are planning on continuing to pray and fast for help from our Father in Heaven so he can guide our lives into the right direction. We are so blessed and thankful for the experiences we have had, and for the ability to bring a second spirit into our family. We are ready for our next chapter in life, and I am so thankful for the family and friends who have been there along the way!
We bought this GIANT pizza from Fox's Pizza Den, it was delicious!
Dylan's 2 Year Stats
Weight: 27 lbs.
Height: 34 inches
Dylan is a short and skinny little guy! There is a myth...at least I think it isn't necessarily true....that whatever height your child is at 2 years old, you double it, and that's how tall they will be at full growth. So poor Dylan will be 5 foot 8 inches. lol. I just have to laugh because I am 5 foot 9 1/2 inches, and Dave is 6 feet 6 inches. My parents did it with my brother and I and it was within an inch or less of how tall we ended up being. Dylan must have got the short Purser genes, or this is most definitely not an accurate calculation.
I do have a sigh of relief with Dylan's speaking. The doctor said he should be speaking about 50 words by now, and we should at least understand 50-75% of what he says. He is about right on with that, but he hasn't quite put 2 words together yet. The doctor said that as long as he is doing that within the next few months I shouldn't worry, but call if he doesn't.
Some cute things Dylan has done lately:
He growls when we say lion, so he points to the dandelions outside and growls, since lion is in the name. :)
While driving in the car, Dylan loves to "raise the roof" and "fist pump" to the music. :)
I wish I had my computer so I can download pics, but they will hopefully come soon. We love our little guy!
4th Wedding Anniversary-May 2nd
With how crazy the last week has been and to try to reduce prego stress, we decided to keep our Anniversary really chill this year. Dave decided to take off work for the night and we did some shopping and we ate at The Coppermill. It was nice and relaxing, and although we wish we had the money at this time to do something bigger, we were just happy to get some one on one time. We hopefully can save up for a bigger celebration for our 5 Year Anniversary. These 4 years have gone quick, especially with a kid and one on the way! Now on to Dave's big graduation, and anticipating what our future will now hold.
Dylan's 2nd Birthday!
Still don't have my computer, so pictures to come later.
This year for Dylan's Birthday we decided to make it a little more mellow this year. It was overwhelmed by too many people last year, so it was best to keep it small and sweet. My parents and Dave's parents were the only ones who could make it, which ended up pretty great since they are his favorite people anyway! He got right into the presents first and received so many fun gifts that he loved. We truly appreciate those that remembered him on his special day! G&G Purser got him a basketball hoop, his favorite sport to play. G&G Elwood got him his very first tricycle, which he also loves, yet is still figuring out how to peddle, and some clothes. Aunt Sarah and Uncle Brian gave him some Thomas the Train stuff, bubbles, and otter pops. Uncle Ben and Aunt Chelise got him a Buzz LightYear doll. As for us, we got him a car mat to play with his cars and trucks on and some lego blocks which he loves to stack into towers and knock over! He was spoiled as usual! We then enjoyed some "Cars" cake and some ice-cream.
I can't believe my little baby is a Roaming Toddler. He is so sweet with some un-needed spice at times, but we love him so much, and he brings so much happiness and fun to our lives!
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