Our Great SLC Adventure!

A couple of weekends ago my mom invited us to go with her to the Salt Lake airport to meet Doug when he landed. We thought it might be a nice little surprise for him.
Well, after seeing Doug, everyone else headed back home. We decided that we would stay in Salt Lake (SLC) and have a random, spontaneous adventure.
When we got to SLC our first stop was to the Church History Museum. It was really cool and they had a lot of beautiful stained glass windows on display.
The next stop was the German deli/store Siegfried's. We had an authentic German meal, and I tried Wienerschnitzel for the very first time!

Dylan got a little bored after he finished his lunch and decided to play with his binky.. We applauded his efforts in trying to put the binky back in his mouth after taking it out. It's a work in progress.
Andrew was the most excited! As most people know, Andrew served an LDS mission in Germany, and he can't wait until someday we are able to go back!
After eating lunch we took a look around the store part of the deli. It was very interesting to see all of the different imports!
Shortly after this photo was taken, Dylan had a massive blow-out that went all the way through his clothes. Unfortunately, the bathrooms at the deli did not have a changing table so Andrew and I had to both go into the bathroom to clean him up. Andrew held him over the sink while I tried to carefully remove the soiled clothing and wipe him down with wipies and then redress him. It ended up being quite the adventure in and of itself.
After and enjoyable lunch and memorable clean-up we headed back the way we came to walk around Temple Square. Andrew loves the carrier we found at Kid-to-Kid.
Dylan loved it too! And he made a lot of friends on our trip because of his contagious smile!
We walked around Temple Square and got some pretty good pictures. This is one of my favorite of me and Dylan!
A very nice couple offered to take a picture of the three of us, unfortunately Dylan was more interested in his fingers than taking a family picture..
After a lot of walking and many adventures we were all pooped and ready to go home!
This was the last picture we got as we walked back to our car a few blocks away from the Temple. What a great day!

Fourth of July+Andrew= Fire/Fireworks

I know that the Fourth of July was almost a month ago, but I am a slacker and have not had time to update the blog. Here is our Fourth of July adventures!
Dylan was very excited to go to his very first parade. He was not, however, a fan of the fire trucks and their sirens. He cried every time one of them let off a siren. Very sad. He was fine with everything else though and enjoyed the parade.
Dylan always loves Grandma's(my mom, although he equally loves all grandparents) house! She watched him for a little bit while Andrew and I went to the movies. We went and saw The Last Airbender. I actually quite enjoyed the movie, although I do not feel that paying the extra for the 3D experience was necessary.
After the movie we went over to my mom's to BBQ. The BBQ was great and we had so much fun! Andrew got to use the big grill which made him very happy and now he can't wait until we have a house that we can get a big grill!
Dylan showed off his amazing ability to stand with help from the parents.
Dylan also enjoyed time with Uncle Logan. He is quite the character, but Dylan doesn't mind! Uncle Logan is very fond of his little nephew.
After the sun went down fireworks began! This is a picture of Sarah just before we started. She was stoked!
She tried to be like Andrew and hold one in her hands while it went off. She was not quite expecting the smoke after.
Andrew, for whatever reason likes the smoke ones. No one else does because they are stinky and very lame.
The Dyl-man hung out with Grandma until she went inside.
YAY! Fireworks!
Dylan gets lots of kisses and loves.. Can you tell??
What a great Fourth of July! And how lucky and blessed we are to live in this country!

Four Months! WOW!

Ok, so I am fully aware of the fact that Dylan is now almost four and a half months old now, but I thought that I would give a quick update as to how his four month appointment went.
As you can see, he is a very happy baby! His doctor loves him, and we love his doctor! I am a big fan of our pediatrician for Dylan.
Dylan weighed 15 pounds 11 1/2 ounces at his appointment and is in the 75th percentile for his weight! He was 26 inches long at his appointment and has moved up to the 90th percentile for his height!! That's our little guy!!
He is getting more steady and enjoys playing with mom and dad. He also enjoys riding high on dad's shoulders so that he can see everything! Dad likes playing too.. Andrew is a big kid at heart!
We get lots of smile from him now. He is just so happy about everything!
All in all he is doing great and is strong and healthy! :-)

First Father's Day!

This year was Andrew's first Father's Day, YAY!! He is such a good dad! Here are some pictures of our exciting day! Well, weekend, actually...On Saturday we went down to visit my dad in West Valley. We took him his Father's Day gift. It was a fun visit!

Yep.. That is my father...

Dylan decided to sleep in on Father's Day, well Andrew and Dylan did, which was good because I had to sneak over to my mom's to get Andrew's present. He got a new grill fir Father's Day. It's one of those small portable gas ones, because we can't fit a big one on our porch. Andrew loves it though and has already put it to good use!
I think it's going to be a grilling summer at our house!
Here is the proud papa on his special day!
And last but not least... the Bubba! Rockin his new outfit Grammy Mel bought him! So handsome!
Yay for dads! And yay for Andrew!! He is great!

Daddy's Litle Helper!

Andrew has decided to take summer classes again this summer, and just like last summer, I think he is starting to regret it..
Although he is taking both classes online, he has been receiving a lot of help in his studies!
He gets a ton of moral support while studying, as well as plenty of encouragement!
He even gets some "hands-on" help as well.
"DAD! Wake up and finish your homework!" And every once in a while, Andrew even gets that little kick in the pants to get stuff finished!
"OH! OH! I know the answer!!"
Such a good little helper!!

Pool Time Anyone?

It has been a while since I posted anything, so I figured I should catch things up....
On the 18th of June we took Dylan swimming for the very first time! A big shout out to Andrew's
work for having a big pool party at the Roy Aquatic Center so that this was possible.
He was so excited to be there, can't you tell?? He sure did look cute though! eh?
This was his whole outfit. You would be amazed at how hard it was to find a swim suit in his size! Luckily, this came as a set, minus the hat. We had to buy that somewhere else.
This was our first failed attempt at taking him in the water... He was not a fan. We thought maybe he was just hungry, so Papa Nee offered to feed him since he wasn't going to swim. (Andrew and his dad work for the same company, so I always know someone at company parties.)
This was after failed attempt #2. I guess the eating did not help.. He just didn't like the water.. Oh well!

After two failed attempts we decided to just get him dressed in normal clothes, and then something magical happened... A smile! :-)

Turns out, he just wanted to be naked... well, the baby equivalent to naked..
So happy in nothin but a diaper!!
He has been very serious lately.. We figured the fact that he wasn't crying was a mini victory, and he must be enjoying himself.
The fam at the pool... It was a very fun day!After finally being victorious in getting Dyl-bug in the pool, he chilled with the Nana and the Papa Nee while Andrew and I hit the slides!! I was the first person to hit the ropes!
Here is Andrew's sister Lindsey going down the slide.
And last, but certainly not least, our ham-ball Andrew!!
What a fun day!