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!

A Happenin' Day

Today has been rather eventful. It first started with a new niece being born, and then my nephew Liam having surgeries. I also had my 16 week appt. where the heartbeat is checked, and the little babe has a good, strong heartbeat. We find out how the little tike is doing on May 23rd with an ultra-sound, where we will also find out the gender. I have a motherly intuition that baby #2 will be a boy, and the drano test confirmed it for me. If it's a girl I will be shocked, but happy either way! I told Dave that if it is a girl, I will probably have the credit card maxed out by the evening we find out. It will be nice in some ways if it's a boy because of all the boy stuff we already have, yet most of the clothes won't match with the seasons this baby will be in. Although as I said, either way I will be very happy, and thankful for another babe.

Random jibber jabber...

I am starting to get the irritated pregnant lady starting to kick in. I believe it was around this time (15-16 weeks) that it came for me with Dylan. People are driving me crazy, and with all my mood swings I am most likely driving people crazy, so it's the worst of both worlds. I think all the stress in my life isn't helping either. April and May are the craziest months out of the year for me, yes, even crazier than December! There are 4 birthdays in the family in April-our neice Addison, Dave, Dylan, and Dave's mom. Then there's Easter, and to add to it, we have a niece who might possibly be born next week, plus a nephew who is having surgery at only 4 months old. Then just days after is Dylan's big 2nd birthday, and then our anniversary four days later on the 2nd of May. Then Dave is graduating on May 5th! It's getting harder to attend all the family events we would like to, and it's getting harder for family to attend our gatherings we plan as well. I totally understand that, and I actually have wanted for a long time to just have Dave, Dylan and I do our own thing. We are our own family now, and I feel like we never do stuff just us. I feel like I will offend people when we can't attend something of there's. So we end up sacrificing our own family time for others, (the incredibly small amount of time that we even have) and I know that we should support other people, but our family comes first, and we need to build a foundation of our own. Dave hasn't fully absorbed this, so that is one of our battles, hopefully he will realize soon that we are our own family, and we need to move on....especially "move" on. I have been looking at places to live but we can't afford most of them, but we were lucky enough to find a low-income apartment that is possibly open in July. That seems too long away, but I've been patient for 2 1/2 years, I think I can be patient for 3 more months. I'm hoping Dave will start looking and applying for a better job soon, so we can afford life. On top of all of this going on, I of course have the usual mommy worries. Since I haven't been able to feel the baby move yet, I'm always worried if he or she is still alive and kicking in there. I have my 16 week appt. in a few days, and I am super nervous and excited at the same time to hear the heart beat. Where my stomach has been stretched out from my previous pregnancy it's hard to notice if my stomach is growing, I haven't felt any stretching pains yet, and I'm still in the looking fat stage. I actually look forward to a cute little prego belly soon! The nausea has finally started to go away, and my energy is building back up. I'm still tired from the anemia, but the small amount of energy that I have regained is helping out alot with the house work again. I actually cleaned most of my house a few days ago, it was a miracle! I have been having a problem deciding whether or not to cut my hair short or keep growing it. Honestly the reason I am currently growing it is because I always wanted hair down to my butt, I got close once when I was like 8 or 9 years old, but then chopped it because it was too tangly. I just want to see how long my hair can get, before I get too old to pull off long hair. Then I think how nice it would be to have short hair especially with another kid on the way. I am a very decisive person, yet when it comes to little things like this, I am incredibly indecisive. My husband also likes my long hair, and I have grown accustom to it as well, I just don't know... My final random jibber jabber to add to my irritated pregnancy syndrome is Dave's Birthday. I know it was a couple of weeks ago, but a few people didn't even bother to text or call him on his birthday. I am very protective of the people I love and it gets my blood bubbling when he doesn't recieve the care from the most important people in his life, especially on his Birthday! Awh. I feel better. That's life!

Dave's 29th

Dave's Birthday was the day after Easter. He went to school in the morning and when we came home I took him out for his Birthday. We went to LaBeaus to eat and then to "The Hunger Games" matinee. Later that night my parents took him out to Texas Roadhouse and then we went to the store to buy him some Birthday ice cream. By the time we got home it was Dylan's bedtime and we were tired as well. Dave got some wonderful gifts and seemed to have a great Birthday!

Easter Weekend

Dave's sister Sarah and her little girl Addison were up for a few days and Dylan had alot of fun playing with her, or at least the other way around. She kind of scared him a bit. He's not used to other kids being around. They had fun doing an Easter egg hunt with Grandma Elwood, and ate lots of candies.....maybe a little too much. On saturday most of the Elwood fam went to Baby Animal days. We finally got to see the baby bears, although we had to wait in line for 30 minutes or more, it was well worth it when Dylan's face lit up and he was able to pet one. He also got to hold a couple of baby ducks and look at a couple of other animals. The lines were huge so we weren't able to see alot of it, but it was fun to watch Dylan with the animals. Then we all went to lunch at El Toro Viejo. It is one of my familys' favorites in Logan, and Dave has become a huge fan as well. On Easter morning Dylan started the day with an Easter egg hunt in our home, he was so excited to have another one, he really enjoys hunting for eggs. We then went to sacrament meeting and Dylan started to get a fever so we headed home to rest and later on that day we had a nice Easter dinner with the Elwoods' and Dave's grandparents. The weekend went way too fast, and I wish they would last longer, since it's the only time we get to spend more than 15 minutes with Dave.

A couple of funny and cute things Dylan has been doing and saying: *"pampa"-Grandpa *"papple"-Apple *Instead of referring to animals by their actual names, he just likes to make their noises instead. *I told him he was going to time out and he said "ya" and headed to the dining room to move a chair over to the corner and started to get up on it. He actually volunteers to go to time out....I don't think he's quite ready for that..."ya" is his answer for everything. *He says "2" and attempts to hold up two fingers, but it actually only looks like one, with the second finger half way up. *Every color is "blue", sometimes "red". *When he has a stinky diaper he imitates me by putting his hand over his nose and then waves his hand back and forth while I say "pee-ew stinky". As usual he is an outside boy and wants to live out there, yet I am still prego-exhausted and just want to lay around inside. It's been hard with a toddler, hopefully my energy returns soon, or Dylan will have to suffer a little while longer. :(

Jessica Simpson and the pregnancy weight...

I am mentioning this probably because I am pregnant myself and have been before. I am so annoyed at how mean the press/paparazzi is being to Jessica Simpson while she's pregnant! She is a tiny little woman, and cameras make you look bigger than you are anyways, so of course she looks huge when she gains a baby belly, prego boobs, and retains water! I am 30 lbs. overweight prior to being pregnant and my doctor told me to gain 25-30 lbs.! I am more conscious of my weight gain this time around and am hoping to only gain 25...because let's be honest, I gained 55 lbs. with Dylan, oops! I did really good the first 24 weeks with him, but gave up rather quickly, it doesn't help when your craving is Marie Calenders chocolate silk pie...and your husband is trying to make you happy by buying one at your immediate request.
Sorry, back to Jessica Simpson, she is glowing and happy, and I think she looks great! I would love to hear anyone elses opinion!

Twins' Blessing Day

Logan and Liam were blessed by their father Mike. They were dressed so cute in little bow ties! It was such a great day filled with the spirit, and you could feel the love that everyone had for these boys!!

I look like a kid in the candy store....ha ha. You know I'm happy when I smile soooo big that the double chin comes out!

The fam!

My studly boys!