Our little fish

Dillan loves the water! I knew he liked his bath, but wasn't sure how he would do in the big pool. Well....big surprise....he loves it! I swear I have the coolest kid ever! Dusty took him for a dip at Caleb's birthday party, and then the next day we took him to our jacuzzi which is conveniently broken and feels like a luke warm bath. Check out the video....he loved it:)

Daddy and Dillan who is hiding under his hat

Much better with my hat off....now I can see!

I just love him!!!!!!

So content in daddy's arms

                   Our little swimmer!

The best 5 years of my life

Sometimes I look at Dusty and I feel like I have been married to him my whole life, and then other times I think "has it already been 5 years??? Where did the time go?" Last Friday, on June 26th, we celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. It is crazy how different this one was now that we are parents. There was a whole new joy associated with celebrating our commitment to one another over the last 5 years. We took advantage of the fact that our parents can't stand to be away from Dillan for more than two seconds, and had them come down to babysit. We had our first "date" since he came along. The day started with beautiful flowers in the morning, an unbelievable massage in the afternoon, followed by champagne in the jacuzzi. We then got to shower and get ready for the most special, wonderful dinner at Wine Works. Before we went to dinner, Dusty SURPRISED me with the most beautiful gift....a new ring! I just love it and was blown away. Our dinner was so good and I totally took advantage of not being pregnant anymore and had my fair share of wine:) However, at the end of the night we were giddy with excitement to get back and see our little man. As I reflect back on 5 years of marriage, there is one word that comes to mind: BLESSED. God truly hand picked Dusty for me as my partner for life. I can't wait to see what the next 5 years hold. I love you Dusty!

Jacuzzi action

All dressed up for a night on the town. I think 

this is the first time I blow dried my hair in

3 weeks:)

My new ring!

Check out my bling!!!!!

Wine works turned out to be an amazing, quaint little

wine bar with phenomenal food, great service, awesome

acoustic guitar live music, and lots of wine:)

My husband....the DADDY!!!!!!

What a special day yesterday was. I got to celebrate the love of my life for being a dad! Even typing that is still so surreal. When I first met Dusty, we were 19 years old and the two biggest goons on the planet. Now, we are still the biggest goons on the planet, but we are parents!!!! In these 2 and half weeks that Dillan has been here, I have witnessed my husband transform so naturally into the most amazing dad. My favorite thing to do is watch Dillan and Dusty together. I love when he talks to him and sings to him. Even this morning, Dusty got up at 5 to take Dillan into the other room and let me sleep in until 8! He is so selfless and so giving to me. I am more in love with my husband then I ever have been. Dusty, thank you for being a Godly man, a loving husband, and an amazing dad. I celebrate you and I love you so much!

One last shower!!!!!

Can you believe I still had one more shower to attend? This time I got to attend with my little man in tow! My mom's girlfriends wanted to throw a shower after Dillan came so they could love on him. The shower was hosted by lovely friends, and was at Jo Westervelt's home, which is soooo beautiful! Everything was just so cute with so many special details. Dillan pretty much slept the whole way through and got passed from lady to lady without even batting an eye! We got even more hooked up with books, toys, clothes, and blankets. He is truly set! Thank you for all the love and for the amazing shower!

Jo adoring Dillan

Mom's friends and little Dillan

The beautiful Hostess'

Kim, Tish, June, and Jo

Whit, Me, and Kate

Kimmy and Dillan

June giving Dillan kisses

Tish and Amy

PJ and Dilly

Another book to read Dillan:)

My cousins....Kristy and Kimmy

Deedie and Kristen Street

Nette and I

We are blessed by Friends!

Can you believe that Dillan will be 3 weeks old this week??? Yikes! The time is flying by and he continues to be the best baby on the planet. Over the course of the last 3 weeks we have had so many friends and family come visit our little guy. As most of you know, Dusty and I love a party, so the more the merrier! We have felt extremely blessed by the number of people that have come to love on Dillan and have brought us yummy food to eat! Here are some shots of Dillan's new friends in no particular order. I have tried to be good with my camera, but haven't captured everyone so if I left you out....my apologies! 

Uncle Drewbie

Pattie and Grandma Fran

Sarah, James, Dillan and I

These two meatballs are going to be best buddies!

The Harvey's chillin with little Dillan

The Smith's getting a preview of what is to come!

Dusty's manager Becca

Auntie Jamie came all the way 

from the Bay area to stay with us!

The Wilhelms with the baby Abraham. They

are two weeks apart:)

Uncle Boe, Auntie Chrissy and cousin Charlie

Oly!!!!!!!

Papa and Yaya catching some Zzzzz's

Matt gettin some hang time with Dillan

Jack man and Dillan

My not so  little Sophie

PJ and the little worm

Todd and Megan

Papapa and GGG

Auntie Whitna

Kate and the little man

Milestone #1

I know Dillan will have many milestones in his life, and I want to keep track of as many of them as I can. Well, we had our first one this morning....his umbilical cord fell off!!!!! That is a big deal right? Haha....I am such a sop. Anyways, he is definitely going to have an outie, and it is pretty much the cutest thing ever. I think my mom saved mine when it fell out, but I am definitely not doing that because it reeked like nothing you have smelled. I will settle with the picture of it:) Look at his cute belly.....I just want to eat him!

I actually noticed that it was off this morning when

I was in bed doing his early morning feeding. I looked

everywhere for it because it was gross and didn't want it in 

my bed. Guess where it was.....in my bra!!!!!! Sick:)

Look at that belly!

Definitely an outie:)

Can you say mini me??

Okay, so when Dilly was first born I thought "he looks just like Dusty!" Everyone that came to see him pretty much said the same thing. However, I would stare at him at night and think "well...he sort of looks like me." Then when I looked back at pictures from the hospital I saw a couple that I swore really looked like me when I was little. Then my dad brought down my baby picture and my suspicions were confirmed. He is a mini me!!!!!! See my baby picture below and be the judge!

This is me at 3 days old. My dad was calling 

me shifty all weekend because he says my eyes

looked shifty, like I had something up my sleeve:)

Dillan at 3 days old