She's Here!

Abigail (A Father's Joy) Kaelynne (Pure) arrived via c-section on Wednesday, April 13th at 7:52am and weighed 9 lbs and 20 inches long. She is such a sweetie and we are just in love with her. We are so incredibly thankful for a healthy, beautiful baby girl and for a safe delivery. Adjusting to two children has been a bit difficult as Caleb has had a somewhat rough transition. We keep praying for his lil heart and for strength, patience and grace for us as parents as we love on him and try to guide him through this time. Below are a few pictures, she couldn't be more opposite looking then her brother!

Her middle name, Kaelynne is my mom's Kae (right) and Dylan's mom's (left) Lynne middle names combined.

She's Almost Here....

It started with finding out another baby was coming...Then we found out we are having a girl....
And we celebrated cupcake style...

Her room is ready....

And there are hair bows waiting for her lil head
And lil sleepers and gowns...
And cute lil socks...
Tomorrow, April 13th is the BIG DAY! I go in for our C-Section at 7:30am! We cannot wait to meet our lil girl and introduce her to all of you!

The BIG 2!!

Two years ago my life changed. I became a mom. A mom to a sweet lil baby boy named Caleb who has taught me so many things about life and love and how Jesus loves me. Caleb you have filled my heart with so much joy and I am so thankful for your lil life and the boy you are becoming.

Two years ago.....

One year ago....

Today.....

Oh... how you have changed! From the little newborn who would just lay around and stare to a toddler who is always running, climbing, jumping and keeping me busier then I have ever been. His passion is cars and trucks. He loves to race his cars and line them all up, as seen below.

We celebrated his second birthday Lightning McQueen style. Caleb LOVES the movie Cars so I thought what a better way to celebrate but to decorate with the characters from the movie. We kept it more low key this year and just had family over for cake and ice cream.

He loved hearing everyone sing Happy Birthday to him!

We did have a melt down. He was a bit overwhelmed with the gifts and wanted them all out of their boxes at the same time. Yikes.

I love this picture that Aunt Brandie got of him.

The next day we had Caleb's buddy Dane over for a lil birthday celebration. Dane is 2 days younger then Caleb so I thought it would be fun to have a lil party for them.

They are so cute together.

Happy Birthday Dylan & Swim Class

I dedicate this blog post to my wonderful husband, Dylan. What a blessing his life is. He not only is an incredible husband but also an amazing dad. Dylan spent his birthday evening in a pool with Caleb for Caleb's first swim lesson. Since I'm about as big as a whale and have a tough time picking up Caleb right now I decided my role in swim class would be the photographer. I'm sure everyone was thankful that the pregnant mom opted to not get in a swim suit!

I love watching these two together. They are such buds.

Caleb's favorite part was going down the slide!

After swim class we celebrated Dylan's bday with cake & ice cream. Words really can't express how thankful I am for his life and the honor it is to be his wife. He truly is God's greatest gift to me and most days I feel very undeserved of the love & grace he shows me. Especially right now. I'm not the easiest person to be around when I'm pregnant, especially in the last few weeks. Dylan has consistently showered grace upon me as well as helped me in so many ways. He is a remarkable man, a loving husband and a faithful father. So here's to you babe and your 29th year. Please hurry up and turn 30 so we can be in the same decade :-)

Fun Times

At the beginning of March our good friend's The Thomas' came to visit from Chapel Hill, NC. They used to live across the street from us and we miss them very much so it was really great having them come stay with us! While they were here we did our annual reunion with our group of friends in Brown County, Indiana.

The kiddos.... Caleb, Dane, Jackson & Ashlyn

Caleb loves his buddy Dane!

Such a cutie!!

Celebrating Emily & Dylan's birthday at Kona Grill

The boys!

PAO

At the end of February Dylan and I traveled down to Orlando, Florida for a conference. It was put on by a ministry called Pro Athletes Outreach. It is an amazing outreach that reaches out to professional athletes and their families. They put on many different conferences during the year. We had an amazing time worshipping, learning, growing and fellowshipping with so many other believers. The had some pretty dynamic speakers: Miles McPherson, Tony Evans, Francis Chan (a huge favorite for us) and Dave & Ann Wilson. A really fun blessing was being able to be with our friends Ben & Amy Hartsock! We are truly grateful for this ministry!

TEXAS!

At the end of January we traveled down south to the 'great' state of Texas. We started our journey in Pflugerville (a suburb of Austin) which is Dylan's home town. We had a great time seeing lots of old friends, family and eating AMAZING food. We then ventured down to Rockport where Dylan's dad, step mom, sister & brother in law live. It was a full two weeks! Below are a few pictures capturing our time there!

Caleb LOVED the warm weather and being able to be outside!

We loved being able to see our friend's the Fuller's

Lots of fun with Mom Mom & Pop Pop

Caleb had an absolute blast with his cousins Liam & Amelie.

Austin experienced the lowest temps. they had, had in 20 years. It even snowed a bit!

Rockport has a really nice beach and playground. Caleb had so much fun running around and of course swinging on the swings, his favorite!