The scratch....

Let him fall or catch him? What would YOU do???

Well...Sat. morning we started out great. Making the bed together is always a fun family activity because we taught Weston how to throw pillows at dad. It's so much fun and we always laugh a ton.
Except this time Weston started falling off the bed. Mom jumps to the rescue and !VOILA! he is saved from hitting the floor very hard. (Our bed is pretty high) Oh wait, except he now has a huge long scratch down the center of his forehead OUCH! Jeff says at least I saved him the pain of hitting the floor...but I think that pain would be gone by now and instead he has a humongous scratch down the center of his face that everyone happens to stare at. Sigh. What do you do? He did start crying immediately (who wouldn't, scratches hurt, darn it!) but as soon as we took him into the bathroom to clean it up he saw himself in the mirror and started laughing. I am SO lucky I have a kiddo with a sense of humor. Hopefully if it scars he will still be laughing!

Here is the proof that he smiled that day!

(and his old carseat is his new favorite chair. He LOVES it and wants to sit in it as soon as he gets up. Go figure! Gotta Love kids!)

It looks worse in real life, trust me. I think I cried longer than he did!
ps my fingernails are now cut VERY short!!!! (and they weren't that long to begin with!)

Snow Man!

Lots of Snow!!!

We woke up to it snowing a ton on Sat. Weston was fascinated and just stood staring at it. We figured it was about time we built a snow man with him! It was so much fun and he was really cute the whole time.

Hello 2008!!!

New Year's Day!!!

We had a fantastic New Year's Day! It was our last full day in Texas and we were able to spend it with all of our wonderful family!! We had the traditional New Year's Day dinner and spent lots of time just hanging out and having fun. This trip was so wonderful and we wouldn't have wanted to spend it any other way. (except maybe by having BOTH families close by!)

Here are some of our favorite photos to start our New Year:

Me and Mom relaxing after all of the festivities. I couldn't have asked for a better mother-in-law. She is amazing!!!

What is a day without shopping?! The boys loved this car and didn't want to get out to play!

Cole & Weston loved sliding around on the huge crocodile!

I am so lucky to have the most amazing sisters-in-law. My only wish is that we all lived right by each other. This is me and Amanda NOT saying goodbye!

Grandpa & Grandma Dean joined us for the New Year's celebration. I love this picture of them!

What gathering is complete without football?! I laughed when I saw Jeff and his Dad standing just the same way. Drysdale through and through!

Well....after numerous efforts to get a picture of the boys with Grandma...here is the final success!! She was playing with them and they had a blast! So much for posed shots...these boys would have nothing of it! We miss you mom/grandma!

Aunt Sharon is so amazing with the boys. She loves playing with them, tickling them, and of course, spoiling them with treats. Who can resist her?! She is so wonderful and we are lucky to all be a family! We love you too Uncle Guy!!!

Goodbye 2007!!!!

New Year's Eve


We had a great day with family! We went to a football bowl game (thanks again Mom and Dad) and then bbq'd hamburgers and hung out until the New Year arrived!

Here are the guys tossing the football:

We made Smores around Joe and Amanda's new fire pit. It was great...there is nothing like feeling like you're camping and then getting to go inside to a nice cozy home when you get too cold. Perfect! And the smores were delish.

Our final picture of 2007! I love you babe and Love celebrating all the holidays with you for the rest of our life! Here's to LOTS of new years!

At Last!!!

Well, it's true, we FINALLY met April, Jamin, & Devin!!!

It's funny how you can feel like you already know so much about someone just be reading their blog. I have gotten to know April through Amanda's blog, and then her own, and it has been so fun! We were finally able to meet on New Year's Eve for a few minutes before the kiddos went to bed and everyone headed off to their seperate parties. One of these times we'll actually have a huge hang out and we'll make sure ALL the Drysdale sisters are there too! (we missed you Amy!) It was great to finally meet you and to see cute *little* Devin walking!!!

I think the mom's were more excited than the boys...they kind of still did their own thing. :)

We wish you a Merry Christmas!!!

Here are a few of our favorite pics over Christmas:
in no particular order

We were able to go to Texas for Christmas this year and we had a BLAST!! It was not warm, but definitely NOT Utah weather! We loved spending time with family and wish we could have stayed longer. We miss everyone so much already! Thank you to everyone who made our holiday so special. It was perfect!

Weston loved going on walks outside and hanging out at the playground right by Grandma's house! Since we got our new camera (thanks mom and dad!) we have finally gotten some awesome shots of him smiling!!! For those of you who don't know...Weston HATES the camera!

This was just too darn cute of Cole & Weston. I'm sure they're going to be best buds one day!

Weston loves to sit on any seat that looks just about his size...in this case it was Grandma's foot! He loved playing with Grandma & Grandpa and we ALL miss them SO MUCH!!!

Weston really picked out this gift for Jeff: a puzzle with Balloons on it! Jeff loved it and finished it within a few days. What a fun vacation activity!!

Christmas Day! We went to Joe and Amanda's for dessert and had a ton of fun. Cole got this adorable car buggy for Christmas and it worked out perfectly that Weston wanted to ride and Cole wanted to push. (most of the time) What a team!

Like I said, any seat that looks just his size. We found him like this and realized he really wanted to be outside. Too cute!

This picture was taken Christmas night. He was a little tired by that point...but at least he sat for us!!
Merry Christmas from our family to YOURS!! We love all of you!

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!!!!