Weekend Trips

(This is a pic of Dylan in action chasing a turkey at Bear World. He is hilarious!)

Jeff went on a 4 day fishing trip this last weekend. We missed our Dad, but he had a blast hiking and fishing all day long. I am so glad he has people to go with so I don't have to!!! Ha ha...maybe when Dylan is a bit bigger and easier. So, while Dad was away Dylan and I hopped in the car with G-ma and G-pa Cutler and headed to Idaho for The Cutler family reunion. We had a great time even though Dylan threw up half the time(nothing new there). He did pretty good on the long drive there. We only had to hear "get out" and "Mom I stuck" for the last 2 hrs! It was nice to have extra people to chase after him and keep him entertained. Luckily he puts up with Addy hauling him around everywhere. She sure loves him. We did brave going to a restaurant one night...MISTAKE. I don't know why I put myself through it.

A. its food...need I say more
B. sitting still in a high chair.

I ended up getting my food to go and D and I headed back to the hotel. We spent mostly a sleepless night. Dylan's tummy was out of whack so he threw up quite a bit. That made the reunion a little easier on all of us because he spent most of the time sleeping. Unusual for this little guy. It was a huge park with playgrounds and a splash pad. It could have been quite exhausting for all of us chasing him!



Next up was Bear World and it did not disappoint! Dylan was so fun! He perked right up when
A. He could ride in the car out of his car seat
B. Animals! He is an animal lover.



Cousin Colby and Dylan. They are both sitting in his car seat watching for bears.



Dylan ran from animal to animal. He loved the petting area. He looked at fish with Grandpa and chased every turkey and chicken he could see!



Check out this sequence of events. Instead of stopping him, I just decided to capture it. He is too funny. I however did not capture the getting down and stepping on one of the poor goats. I was too busy trying to save the goat from my crazy son.


He was a gem on the drive home. Such a good boy! He didn't even say "I stuck" a single time!

Stay tuned for the AMAZING video from Bear World. It won't load for some reason.

Walnut

We have a walnut tree in our backyard. It is an amazing tree until fall. Then I despise it. It is huge and there are a gazillion walnuts, not to mention truck loads of leaves to clean up.



But....Dylan found a walnut a few weeks ago when he was playing outside. It now goes EVERYWHERE with him. It even goes in the tub and to bed. He took it to feeding therapy with him the other day and we had to hide it once we got there. It is his "my ball my ball my ball" This kiddo doesn't have a stuffed animal that goes to bed with him, he has his walnut and anywhere from 2-5 balls that he has to have. His little personality cracks me up. He always knows which balls he wants and we have to get them before he settles in for movies, naps, and bedtime. Sometimes we have to look in every room in the house for that certain one. Luckily when he loses his walnut I just run to the backyard and get another. It now seems I have several walnuts in each room of the house.

Monkey see-Monkey do

I turned the hose on low for Dylan the other day. First he watered the garden, next my flower pot, and last he filled up his pool. I love him!

Fishing Trip

Jeff went on a 4 day fishing trip down to the Boulder Mountains. He had a great time and caught tons of fish. Here are a few pics for you fish lovers out there.

Fish on baby! I love this picture. Look at his face. That is pure happiness folks.








They had a great time. He came home sore, sun burned, had a million mosquito bites, but loved every second!

Splish Splash

Dylan and I have been trying to spend as much time outside as possible. The Splash park never disappoints. Dylan was quite nervous the first half hour...but he warmed up and had a blast. I could never get him to stop and look at me for a picture (although that is nothing new around here. Getting this child to hold still for anything is just about impossible!)He is so fun and pretty naughty!








I took Dylan over to farm country last week and let him run wild. He was so funny. He loved the chickens. He would stick his fingers through the fence until they pecked his fingers and then he'd hysterically laugh about it. Ouch! He loved the ducks and probably would have hopped in the pond with them if he could.



The Stare down.



How I love this little man!

Future Engineer

I might have the smartest 2 yr old around!! He is quite the critical thinker lately and he makes life interesting. Dylan is a CLIMBER. It is amazing how quickly he can move a chair or stool to where he wants to climb. It is common for me to find him on top of every high surface in the house ALL DAY LONG.

So the story to the picture below was pretty funny. He likes to hang out by me while I'm getting ready for the day. He loves to get up to this vanity because it is filled with lots of fun stuff to get in to including toiletries, makeup, combs etc. Well, he couldn't pull out the chair because it kept getting stuck on the carpet. He would pull on it, it would tip..he then would try to climb on it and the chair would fall back down on all 4 legs. He disappears for a few minutes and returns with his tractor. I look out a minute later to find him on the chair with said tractor wedged under the leg to hold the chair in place. SMARTY PANTS!



I love having a boy. This is Dylan's window that he spends a lot of time at every day. He lines cars up on it all day. It makes me smile.




MEMORIAL WEEKEND

We had a fun and busy weekend full of yard work, friends, family, and fishing. I didn't take enough pictures.


Dylan couldn't even hold his head up with this helmet on. It was too heavy for our little guy. It was pretty funny. Needless to say, he hated it!

The last few weeks

We've been a busy little fam the last few weeks. Jeff started a new job so we tried to pack in some fun activities during the last week of April. We enjoyed the park, the pool, the zoo, Jump on It, the canyon for some hikes and of course fishing(we seem to always include that whenever possible!) Luckily the weather permitted us a few days outdoors. My pasty white skin can't handle bad weather any longer! I need the SUN. I spent Mothers Day weekend working and sleeping, but Jeff still managed to spoil me in the few hrs we were able to see each other. I love being a Mom! Dylan painted me the cutest card. I love it!

The little munchkin blowing Mommy kisses



The 2 cutest boys in the world


"I stuck, I stuck!" is what we heard from the other room. Dylan has an obsession with this closet which is why it is usually shut. aren't I so mean...I wouldn't let Jeff get him out until I found the camera and took a picture!



Jump on It was Awesome! This little man was in heaven running around. He is a wild man. He didn't even care when bigger kids would bounce and he would go flying. He bounced from tramp to tramp giggling the whole time. I wish I had filmed him a little bit.

Check out that 1 inch of air he is getting here!!!!

Trip to the zoo. Dylan LOVES animals. We had a lot of fun this time. He loved seeing the Giraffe, monkeys, and the elephants. Sadly there aren't any Zebras there anymore. He loves zebras. It was pretty funny going with G-ma Davis, she was more excited than the kids at times! HAHA.

Spring has Sprung

We've been loving the nice weather! Dylan has been wanting to be outside constantly. When we are inside he stands at the door or window and says "Mommy I wanna go outside". I swear I hear that 30 times a day! He is quite the character these days. He never stops moving and never stops talking. He always "assumes the sale" he tells you what he wants and then he says "okay okay" and assumes you are going to give him whatever he wants. This child is really quite exhausting! By the end of the day we are happy to fall into bed.


Dylan loves to go fishing. I can't wait until I can send the boys off alone on fishing outings. Dylan loves to touch and hold the slimy things. Dad loves it.

Jeff was mowing the lawn so Dylan had to bring his out too. I love his focus. Check out the tongue hanging out of his mouth!


I love having a 2 yr old. It is such a fun age. You never know what is going to come out of his mouth. I am still getting a lot of questions from people when we are out. They are always shocked at how much he talks when he is so small. He hit 18 lbs last week! yahoo! We would love to gain a few more lbs in the next few months, but as much as this child moves we'll see. We'll take what we can get! He is making some progress with oral eating. Feeding therapy is going well and he has learned to chew. YAY! This was quite a hurdle for him. We are hoping for only about 2 more yrs with the feeding tube.

His favs right now are chocolate, apridos(which means chips, not sure where that word came from, but we were happy when we figured out what it meant), cheerios and pizza.

These boys are my world!

Happy Easter

We had a fun Easter weekend! Conference was great and we had a lot of family time. Dylan still doesn't have a clue about the Easter bunny or the real meaning of Easter, but he still loved all of his new stuff! Since chocolate is one of the handful of things that he eats orally he has been in heaven eating tons of chocolate for the last few days! Hey...we'll take all of the calories we can get into him!

This video is right after he woke up...I just love his little voice (even though I hear it every second of his waking hours!)






Dylan just chilling Easter night watching the one and only Mickey Mouse. He has been a crack up with hats lately. He likes to put them on so that they cover his eyes. Then he blindly walks around with no fear. He's runnning in to things and has tripped down the 2 stairs that connect the family room...all the while giggling like it is hilarious.

All dressed up for church last week. He wouldn't peel his eyes away from Mickey Mouse to look at the camera. Last Sunday was the first Sunday that we got to go to church as a family since October! Dylan has to stay in during the winter months and avoid crowds because his immune system is still really weak. So Jeff and I have been switching off on Sundays. One goes and one stays. So we all went together and Dylan was HORRIBLE. We ended up switching off who was in the hall with him! Too bad his Mickey Mouse show can't come with us to church. It is the ONLY thing that he sits kind of still for!