Joy to the World

Our little bundle of "joy" is going to be a BOY!!!!
Yea!!!!
I am so excited to have a boy because:

• He and Weston will be best buds
• We don't have to spend tons of money on lots of pink clothes
• The boys can share a room, how fun and cool
  
• Jeff and I get to spend lots of quality time together finding a name that we both like
• Boys really are easier...(I am a girl, I know how emotional we can be!)
  
• Football, football, football
• Our "perfect" plan for a family is as follows: 2 boys and then 2 girls...haha (really, our perfect family is the family we are so lucky to have and get!)
  

And last but not least

• We get to carry on the masculine Drysdale tradition

Isn't life great?! We are thrilled!

Little Drummer Boy

18 Month Check Up

"You have been weighed, You have been measured, and you have been found...."

wanting in weight!!!!



So we had Weston's 18 month check up today....here are his stats:

Length: 32 inches

Weight: 20.2 lbs
(yeah, don't forget that .2- when you are this teeny it counts.)

Okay people, any ideas on how to get my very underweight picky eater to eat more fatty foods. Or just some ideas of fun foods that kids like????
(BESIDES ice cream....I don't want to pack on the sweets)

Other than his weight, he is very very healthy: looks great, says/signs lots of words, has 9 teeth, only cried for 2 seconds with the shots(maybe the candy helped!) and is perfectly perfect!

About the picture:

This is how Weston likes to work out...he LOVES when I make them rotate...kind of like his own little roller coaster, haha If only it were this fun when I'm on it!!!

ps 10 points for anyone who can tell me where the opening quote is from. And if I said it wrong, oh well...I'm not great at quotes and this is my blog. haha Love you all!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

Come back in a few hours to see what we are having....boy or girl or boy or girl?????

Deck the Halls-- It's Melissa's Birthday!!!!!

So one of my very favorite people had a birthday today! My cute cute cousin, Melissa! I love you so much and wish wish wish I were there to celebrate with you!!! I hope it was a great day.
Here are *16* things I absolutely LOVE about you:

• You are always smiling
• You care so much about everyone
• You work hard
• You are so dang adorable
• You love to give hugs
• You are so amazing with kiddos and Weston LOVED you because of it!
• You love animals
• You love one of the coolest animals ever..the giraffe. It is now one of Weston's favorites...he points to them all the time!
• You text me the nicest notes
• You love people
• You love the beach- one of my all time favorite places. How could I not love that about you?!
• You surf. Need I say more, that is just so cool. And not only do you surf, but you look good when you do...me, I'd be falling off the board!
• You are a true California girl at heart. I'm with you!
• You laugh with me!!
• You love to play games (even when some people are extremely competitive...don't know who that is, haha)
• Darn...I'm already at 16...and the final reason why I love you: You are the most wonderful, sweet, kind person who I miss SO much and can't wait to hang out with in the summer. I will email you even more reasons why I love you!

Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Breath of Heaven

Every Christmas I have always loved hearing the song 'Breath of Heaven' or Mary's song. When I was single it would make me dream of the day when I would have a little one of my own and I could only imagine Mary's feelings as she held that most special baby of all. I have been blessed to be expecting over Christmas both times, and I can only say that feeling a baby inside of you and then having that precious baby to hold is the most wonderful and amazing experience of my life. I hope that it has brought me a little closer to Heaven each year. I know that both Weston and this precious little one inside of me are so perfect and bring Heaven into our home every day. I feel so incredibly blessed to be a mother. This most noble of callings makes Christmas that much better and that much richer for me. I love that I can now, partially understand how Mary must have felt as she held Heavenly Father's most precious son in her arms. I get to hold one every day as well.

17 weeks

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!!

Lots and lots of snow = One cold mommy and a kiddo who likes to be outside!!!
I love his winter gear...and he finally does too now that he has a reason to wear it!
Gotta love Utah!

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Shhh...Uncle Trav is sleeping

Weston is always fascinated with sleeping people (he tends to wake them up!) and has recently learned how to say SHHHHH!!! Here is studying our 'Merry Gentleman" Uncle Trav and telling us to be quiet:

Away in a Manger

Little People Christmas Nativity

Weston is getting spoiled with early Christmas gifts...but, hey, he doesn't know dates! :) This adorable little Christmas Nativity is from my mom and dad. (Which is so cool since my mom collects nativities) They gave it to us early so we could use it this Christmas and I am so excited that Weston LOVES it. He plays with it every day. I LOVE all of the fisher price little people sets and he is finally starting to like them. Yay, fun playtime for me! haha
Here's our cutie opening is first *wrapped* gift of the season!
Thanks so much mom and dad!!! We love and miss you so much!!!

Must be Santa!

Santa came early!!!!

Jeff's parents (our own Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus!) came early to our house this year. They were down for Thanksgiving and so Weston got his present then! He LOVES this adorable little brown recliner chair. He is always finding some little space to sit in or on. (boxes, baskets, anything his height!) So now he has his own 'spot' to kick back in. He loves to sit in this chair while he watches Baby Einstein and munches on cereal. What a life!

Thank you SO much Mom and Dad...er....I mean Santa. We love you so much and appreciate ALL of the many many things you do for us. We can't wait to see you in 10 days!!!!

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree!

I absolutely LOVE the Christmas season. It is, by far, my very favorite holiday! I love the special feeling , the Spirit, the friends, the family, the joy of just being here during the holidays. I love it all.
As soon as Thanksgiving is over, our tree is out and up. I was so excited to put it up this year with Weston (and a little nervous!) We had a blast. He made it through most of the nights festivities, and put up about 2 ornaments before he was worn out and ready for bed. He has done pretty well with the tree...well, the top half of our tree is it's normal-decked-out self. The bottom half is dedicated to Weston: with ornaments that are unbreakable and okay to play with. It started out with some rhyme and reason and now..well, I just throw things on at the end of the day!

I hope you are all enjoying this season and having a great time celebrating the Spirit of Christmas all month long! We love you all!

You can't tell very well...but we had just turned the lights on the tree and he LOVED it...he just kept staring. So cute!

As soon as I put the skirt under the tree, West crawled under to relax. Cozy, huh?

Weston had so much fun looking at all of the ornaments as we took them out of boxes. And, yes, he found last years Santa hat. Nice fit...I can't believe he's grown so much...this hat was too big last year!!! He loves hats now, it's so fun!

Putting on some ornaments. LOVE Christmas!!!!

These are for Amanda!!!

Puppy Love!!


So these pictures were both originally under the Missouri posting, but in my typical haste, I accidentally deleted them as I was speedily typing away. I don't know how it happens, but I seriously do it almost every time I post. I was too lazy to go back in and add them again, but after reading Amanda's comment, I had to give them their own post and put the original info under them. Here you go:

So cute!!!
I credit Weston's love of dogs entirely to Molly, Joe and Amanda's amazing Huskie. (sp) If I ever have a dog I want her to be as cool as Molly. She is beautiful, (okay, she does shed WAY too much) and she is so sweet. She even 'talks' to you. I can't explain it, but she does. Weston loves being around her and isn't scared!!! Which is not usually the case. I think he was okay with this adorable puppy because Molly is always so good to him. We're excited to see her again this month. (and of course the rest of our awesome family!)
After seeing my cousins cute cute cute husky puppy, and of course being around Molly, I now want one. Jeff still wants a golden. Since we're having a baby soon, I think we'll put off this decision for awhile. haha

Isn't he SO cute?!

Kapria

Just something else to check out:

So I don't take pictures very often....but Shar does. Check out Shar & Trav's blog for adorable and cute pictures of my little niece Kapria!!! Also, I didn't get any Thanksgiving pics taken, but Shar did and she'll be posting them soon. So if you get sick of waiting for me to do updated postings....just check their blog out...they usually have the latest info earlier than I get it up!

travisandshar.blogspot.com

A little about our Thanksgiving holiday:

We had a BLAST hanging out with Jeff's mom and dad for the first part of Thanksgiving week. Then my parents and bros came in town on Thursday and we spent the rest of the holiday with them. LUCKY LUCKY us to get to see both sides of the family. We feel so special and so blessed to be a part of two absolutely incredible families. We couldn't ask for more. Thank you to both Moms and Dads for making our holidays so special and for helping us become the people that we are today. We LOVE you!!!!!

Our Cute little guy!!!

Weston's photo session with Meg!!!

Meg is an awesome photographer and was so nice to take our pictures while we were in MO.!!! She caught a lot of Weston's fun expressions on film!! These were taken on a chilly day, so that's why he's bundled up! It was so fun to walk around my Granparent's property...that's where Meg got all of these cute shots.
Thanks so much Meg for taking the time! We love you!!!!
Hope you all enjoy!

Trip to Missouri!!!!

Here are the pics from Missouri!!!!


Welll....I finally am posting the pics from when Weston and I went to Missouri. We were able to plan the trip so that my mom went at the same time as us! We visitied Grandma & Grandpa Abreu, my aunt Meg, and her kids: Melissa, Tory, Christy, & Eric. It was so much fun to see them after so many years and to catch up. I LOVED the visit . Meg took us to so many neat Church History sites and we had a blast being with everyone for 10 days!!! It is sad to be so far away again! In no particular order!!!!!
Disclaimer: these pics are not the best, Meg took AWESOME pics on the trip but I have them on CD and my computer is being VERY slow....so I am just posting what I have on the comp. already since it has taken so dang long for me to get these up.
ENJOY!!!

Saying goodbye to Grandma (my mom) at the airport. We were able to fly to Arizona together and then we split up. We miss you, mom!!!

Weston thought it was so funny to feed grandma ice! Hey, whatever works on the airplane is good for me!

Me and my adorabley cute and wonderful cousin, Melissa. I miss you!!! We had so much fun getting to know each other and having late night chats. You are so awesome Mel!!!!

We LOVED staying with Grandma and Grandpa Abreu. It was so fun to see them again and have them meet our cute Weston now that he has so much personality!! (they saw him at about 6 weeks...cute, but not too much going on then!)

Tory, Meg, Melissa, and Eric I love you all!!!

Christy drove down from U of M (I think that's what school she' s going to??!!!) and brought one of the adorable Huskie pups she is selling. Isn't he SO cute?! I don't know who was more scared of who.. Weston or the puppy! We're glad we got to see you Christy!!!

Weston loved snuggling with Melissa...she was so cute with him! Thanks for having so much fun with him!

We look goofy, I know, but Weston thought it was hilarious when we would spit these balls out. They would go so far! It was a fun game that we started to entertain Weston and ended up cracking ourselves up. Maybe you had to be there....

Weston loved playing with Grandma, especially allt henew cool toys she brought with her!
I miss and love you mom, not just because of all your cool stuff!

It took him awhile, but Weston finally warmed up to Grandpa! He sat with him for a little while and it was so adorable. Meg got this cool picture of their hands below. I love it!

We loved our trip and wish we could have stayed longer! We love love love you all and miss you very much!!!!!!! Thanks for everything you did for us!

Pumpkin Carving!!!

The Pumpkin!!

Ever since there have been pumpkins outside of Macey's, Weston has been fascinated. He always wants to stop and pat one and has started saying pumpkin. Well...it kind of sounds like "bump bump". So Jeff and I were super excited to have him help us carve one. We couldn't wait to see what he would think of all the gooey stuff inside. After all, he loves getting dirty, so it would be great, right?! HAHA He WAS fascinated with it all...but he hated having the gooey stuff on him. He did OKAY if it was on his hands, but his feet, NO WAY!!!! Here are a bunch of fun pics from that night:

I just love this one...it's so cute how intently he is watching!

Mmmm...sort of okay with touching, kinda

He's digging with a spoon...there was no way he was touching it free-handed again!

I know it looks mean that Jeff is laughing, but it really was pretty funny...the gooey stuff had touched his foot in this picture, and that was it, he was DONE!

We finished carving our cute face (I determined no scary faces yet!) after Weston went to bed.
What a fun Halloween activity!!

By the way, I baked pumpkin seeds for the first time this Halloween!! It was so much fun and they are delish!! I love holidays!