A week with Katelyn

This past week my niece, Katelyn, who is in town spent the week at my house. It was good practice to try to manage two kids. Although Katelyn is probably ten times easier than a newborn will be! We had fun and went to the park a couple of times and we did several walks. I met my Mom at the temple to return her and Katelyn was so excited to see the temple. She has had an interest in the angel Moroni since she was quite little and was so excited to see it. Anyhow, Dylan had so much fun having her around and would just constantly giggle and squeal in his excitement.

Dylan loves to sing!

I was having fun with the camera one day and got these expressive pictures from Dylan. We also did lots of videos of Dylan singing. I included one of us doing I am a Child of God (excuse my singing!). Dylan loves to sing and will randomly start singing songs like his ABC's in the middle of sacrament meeting at church, or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star while driving in the car.

Easter

This year we had a great Easter. We went to church in the morning, then went to my parents house for our Easter feast. It was cool because my Father-in-law and Sister-in-law joined us for our festivities, so we got to spend it with both of our families. After dinner we had a little Easter egg hunt with the kids and then we had bubbles outside with the new bubble gun Dylan got from the Easter bunny.


Dylan's Easter basket. He got a kite, a pack of Hot Wheels, a bubble gun, a little stuffed bunny, and more candy in Easter eggs than he could ever eat!


One happy little boy


Dylan is gleeful over his new cars!


Enjoying a mouthful of jelly beans!


Dylan outside of church in his Easter outfit.


Mr. GQ

Beds are for jumping, floors are for sleeping

The past several times that I have checked on Dylan lately, he's been sleeping on the floor. However, when it comes time for his nap he can jump for a good hour and then some before he will fall asleep.


Dylan takes a break from jumping to smile for the camera.



Help Mom! I fell asleep on the floor and now my legs are stuck under the bed!

My sweet baby...

BOY!!!!

I had my ultrasound today and it was such a cool experience to get to see baby Ashment. As soon as the technician had the baby on the screen I could tell that it was a boy. He was so sweet and just sucked on his thumb the whole time. With Dylan's ultrasound, he had his legs way up over his head and was touching his toes, so I'm wondering if that might be an indicator that this one will be a little more subdued. The baby's development is looking good, and for now, his head is down. The real challenge now is going to be coming up with a name that Isaac and I can agree on. Wish me luck!

Dylan's first time on the beach

Hilton Head/ Brunswick visit

After a bumpy start, which included Dylan coming down with the croup, and me having to go to the E.R. because of throwing up 20+ times due to an infection, we finally made it out for our vacation. We went to Hilton Head Island for the first part of the week and then went to visit my Grandma and Aunts and Uncle down in Brunswick at the end of our trip. We were supposed to find out what the sex of the baby is this past Friday, but we had to reschedule since our trip changed last minute due to me and Dyan getting sick. So, now we have to wait until Tuesday. Oh the suspense!!!

It was our first time going to Hilton Head, and we had so much fun. To my surprise I think our favorite part was when we spent the day riding bikes on the beach and on the many bike paths along the island. Dylan rode in a seat behind Isaac that he was buckled into. He looked so cute riding bikes and I'm pretty sure he kept at least one hand on the handle bars the whole time.



This was Dylan's first time to the beach and I couldn't believe how terrified he was of the waves. he didn't want to be anywhere near the water and would try to make his way off the beach as soon as he was put down on his feet.



Some other fun things from Hilton Head were:

• going to the Island Playground, an indoor playground with inflatables and other toys
• taking a dolphin cruise (we left the camera in the car, so didn't get any pictures of our excursion)
• playing on the beach, when Dylan would let us

Here are some pictures from Hilton Head.















Grandma's house was a fun visit as well. Some of our highlights were seeing what the fuss is about Barbara Jeans Restaurant on St. Simons, visiting a windy Jekyll Island, indulging ourselves with Grandma's cooking, and hanging out with family. It was too bad that we ended up with such a short amount of time out there with them. We'll have to try to make it back there sometime again soon.