Goodbye Colorado, HELLO Minnesota!

 Goodbye beautiful sunny Colorado, and HELLO freezing cold Minnesota! Yep, its true. We have moved AGAIN to the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes!!" The bright side is that this time we got a house and moved into that instead of another apartment, and are planning on living here for a good year. This is progress compared to every 4 months! lol Rookie is already loving the extra space and the second we arrived at our new home he greeted us with a welcome home poop on our new carpet! Just lovely...

This is the house we chose, it isn't exactly what Skyler I would have REALLY liked. We like houses with more of the intricate stone work on the front, with large tall arched front doors and big vaulted ceiling rooms with huge windows that look over the mountain. BUT unfortunately, we had to find something closer to Skylers home office and you can't find anything like that close to Minneapolis unless you want to pay four grand a month! So, this will just have to do for now. Its a three bedroom so we will be able to set up the babies room (im really excited about that) and it has a HUGE living room, where we will add in a pool table or air hockey table (my favorite) on one side. Its cute, and im having fun decorating our own little house. Ill be sure to post pictures once its all done.

Also, a little BABY update! I am now showing, and I can feel him kick! Its the most amazing feeling in the world and I cannot wait to be a mom. I already love him so much. Only FIVE MORE MONTHS until I get to meet my sweet little boy! :)

Christmas In Colorado!

Wow, I am so behind on my blogging its ridiculous! Haha this Christmas was a different experience for me, and I'm sure for the rest of our family too. This was my FIRST Christmas away from home and my mom and sisters. :( sad.. BUT I was able to spend it with Skyler's side of the family. On Christmas eve we played games till one in the morning. It was really fun and Judy (my mother in law) took a lot of time to make sure they were all Christmas related and interactive. Me and Kamie were champs at all of them, we kinda cheated too though but shhhh no one has to know! Here's some of us playing Christmas Charades!

At about 12:30 at night Skyler blurted out the gender of our baby! We were going to tell them on Christmas but Skyler was/is so excited we are having a boy he just couldn't keep it in anymore. On Christmas morning Skyler had me open a couple of presents just with him. He got me a nice comfy pajama outfit to wear from Victorias Secret! I absolutely loved it because being pregnant makes me want to wear sweats all day, every day! Our little man is always so low its uncomfortable to wear stiff jeans all day! We also stuffed each others stockings and opened those together too. My mom sent us both a stocking as well, shes amazing because she individually wraps every present in the stocking! Its like a mini Christmas! Oh, and her and my sister Becky hand made the stockings this year. They were so cute, and looked just like the ones we had when we were little!!!! (Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of mine, so I stole this from Becky. Ours looked just like this with our names on them)

 Then we hurried over to my in laws to open presents with them. Id like to say that it was a joyful experience but the second I walked in the door I was so hungry I almost threw up right in front of everyone! lol so I had to sit there and fight back the nausea while everyone else had fun and passed out presents to each other. Once I was fed and the nausea settled, we started to open presents. I didn't really ask for anything this year. I told Skyler I wanted ONE thing! A Petunia Pickle Bottom Cake Caryall diaper bag in Licorice Pudding!

haha I know its a mouth full, but I think its seriously the most gorgeous diaper bag ever made! It is also a pretty penny, not the most inexpensive diaper bag you will ever see. Anyway, I wasn't sure if Skyler was going to get it for me or not, but I was hoping it was in the big box wrapped in silver under our Christmas tree. Sadly it wasn't... :(

 

(Excuse my ghetto-ness, it was a rough morning...)

Haha Skyler thought it would be funny to go to Home Depot, buy me a tool bag, wrap it up nice, and give it to me as a Christmas present! I looked at him and said, "if this is the diaper bag you got me I will kill you!" haha BUT seeing as how it was Christmas I put on an annoyed smile and didn't say anything.

Everyone else seemed to love everything they got! Diane got the camera she's been wanting for years from all of us! A Canon Rebel.

Kamie got a surprise note from Chad with a poem/riddle in it. Which we now know was a surprise visit from her best friend Tashah from Alaska, along with ton of clothes from everyone.

I SPOILED Skyler this year and got him a Braun series 7 razor set (the best on the market right now), my mom got him a back up camera for his new truck, Khyle, me, and my mother and father in law all pitched in and got him an electric start (which he did not think he would get, so he was really suprised!), AND I got him a G Star jacket that I dare say is the hottest jacket on him of anything he owns. ;)

My mother in law got a Cuisine art she'd been wanting, Daddy Dyer got a HUGE outdoor reclining camping chair from Skyler and I, and so on, and so forth. Then it was finally my turn to open my last present. Skyler picked it up from under the tree and handed it to me. It was a big box with red wrapping paper and gold bow, and one that I had never seen under our tree!

 

When I opened it, I about screamed!! He got me the diaper bag I wanted! It wasn't the exact one, but very close. haha He did a good job considering he's a guy. We returned this one and got me the exact one I wanted. I absolutely LOVE it!

Later on that night we had an AMAZING Christmas dinner and sat and watched Bowen and Ari play with their new toys. Bowen was a riot! Grandma got him a big, fluffy, soft, blue chair. He would climb on it, and jump on it, and then fall right off and laugh hysterically! Skyler also gave him a green stretchy ball which ended up turning into Rookies toy. Rookie would chase Bowen around the entire house trying to get the ball, and Bowen would just drag him everywhere and they'd fight over it! It was pretty cute, and made me even more excited to have our own little baby boy!

This Christmas was awesome and we had a lot of fun spending time with family. I am very lucky to have such amazing in laws who unconditionally love us no matter what. Christmas is not all about the presents. Its about giving, being with family, and remembering our saviors birth. This Christmas I was/am so grateful for my family, friends, and Heavenly Father. Life is perfect!

It's a....BOY!!

Well, our little "it" has now become a "HE!" We are definitely without a doubt having a little BOY! Skyler and I had been wanting to find out what the sex was on Christmas, so we decided to do a gender check ultrasound at 15 weeks. The plan was to have the doctor find the gender as we either looked away or closed our eyes and then put it in a card, which we would open on Christmas. Well, lets just say we are both very impatient people when it comes to things like that. Me especially, I HATE surprises! So when we saw our cute baby moving around like crazy and showing off its acrobatics, we just had to know right then! Within a minute both our mouths dropped! IT WAS A BOY!!!

Skyler had the biggest grin on his face, it was the cutest thing id ever seen. The second we left the clinic he started saying, "I can't wait to tell my friends!" "I'm going to get him a four wheeler!" "He's going to be in wrestling!" "Can we get him a dirt bike and four wheeler car seat cover!?" He is already looking at baby Puma shoes, and BYU jerseys I'm sure. For me? Well, its no surprise to anyone that Skyler and I were kinda hoping for a boy first...but we would have been just as happy with either. We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be parents, and that Heavenly Father loved us and trusted us enough to have this miracle baby. I'm just happy he looks healthy and that I get a sweet baby boy in just 5 months! I can't wait to kiss his cute cheeks and feel his tiny hands and feet. ahhh and I cannot wait to hold and snuggle him! :) So, to baby BOY Dyer...you are loved and we CANNOT WAIT to meet you!

Thanksgiving with the Dyers'

Alright, alright, i'm way behind on my blogging! It is now DAY 3 of best rest. and i'm already sick of laying around all day. Seeing as how I have nothing else to do, I figured id better catch up on blogging. Its been a busy few months and sadly...I left our camera in Utah so I wont be able to update you on our Halloween extravaganzas! SoOo I guess ill just start with THANKSGIVING!!

This Thanksgiving was the first one i've ever spent away from my immediate family. Well, all I can say about that, is that i'm thankful the Dyer family is so much like my own. Fun, understanding, loving, and man can my mothers cook! My mom makes the best Thanksgiving dinners but so does my mother in law! We spent Thanksgiving in Winter Park Colorado in a very nice cabin. Seeing as how we all live in apartments right now because of Skylers work and having to travel a lot, we had to get something bigger to fit all of us. The girls slaved away in the kitchen preparing pies, side salads, appetizers, etc while the BOYS played games! Lucky men! Dinner turned out amazing and we had a lot of fun there.

McKay took family pictures of us all at the cabin. Here are just a few! (as you can see, Chad and Khyle did not like to cooperate!) Did I edit these with cheesy frames and add Santa hats into the pictures? YES I did! haha I was bored...don't judge.

I was also able to build MY FIRST snowman! lol Yes, thats right. I have lived in Utah and Colorado and have never built a snowman. Don't get me wrong; i've always wanted to, but every time we made an attempt the snow was always wrong, or someone didn't want to. SO as soon as my brother and sister in laws found out I had never built one, they made sure we did! 

We had a lot of fun, giggled, made fun of each other, and had snow ball fights a lot! It was also nice to have Skyler to myself for a few days, work has been so crazy and he's been working his butt off! I am so grateful for him and his work to provide for his little family and give us the life we want. I am also thankful for my baby one the way, my wonderful friends and family, my cute puppy Rookie, and most importantly my Heavenly Father. I feel so overwhelmed with blessings and gratitude, this Thanksgiving we had A LOT to be thankful for!

PS. we put up our Christmas tree and finished decorating our place! I love the warm feeling christmas brings to the home, yet another blessing I am thankful for. 

Our Miracle Baby~

For those of you who talk to me frequently, or fallow my blog, you know that my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. It was an ectopic pregnancy, meaning instead of the baby being in my uterus where it needed to be... it was in my tube. It was probably the hardest and most painful thing I have even had to go through.  My tube ended up bursting and had to be surgically removed. I remember thinking only having ONE tube, ovulating every other month, and having just had surgery, there was no way we would be able to get pregnant again quickly and without any complications. My faith was crushed; I had prayed for so long that id be able to keep our baby, and in the end, I lost it anyway.

Well, this just goes to show that Heavenly Father has a few tricks up his sleeves and wanted to show me that miracles DO happen! Once the doctor gave me and Skyler the "ok" to start trying again, we both fasted and prayed that we would be able to have a baby, that my body would know what to do, and id be able to carry it to full term. I remember lying in bed by myself one night and silently praying to my Heavenly Father to give me a miracle. I begged and pleaded and in the middle of my prayer ....I had this strong feeling that everything would be ok, and that I already was! HAH What a crazy feeling! Sure enough the next morning I was tired, boobs hurt, and I was breaking out like crazy. I knew I was pregnant! I tested early at on 3 1/2 weeks pregnant and it came out positive! :)

Then the horror set in. What if its not in the right place? What if its another ectopic pregnancy!? I must have called my sister Becky daily to give me advice and help me to stay positive. She just has this light about her that helps me get through anything. I went in to my doctor right away to make sure my HCG levels were rising appropriately. At only 3 weeks 5 days I was at 80, and then two days later I was at 360! More than doubled! Woo hoo! I had some complications early on so of course I was constantly worried and going to see my doctor, but at 5 weeks we saw that it was in my uterus (a blessing in itself) and at 6 weeks we heard its tiny heartbeat. I had wanted to hear that for so long, and when I finally did every trial seemed so much more worth it.

Since then i've been to see my doctor (Dr. Gelman and now Dr. Jones) A LOT! This is by no means an easy pregnancy. I envy those girls who's biggest problem is morning sickness. If only that were mine. This week I am 13 weeks pregnant and yesterday  I woke up to eat breakfast like any other normal day. I sat Rookie on my lap as I ate Captain Crunch (lol) and read a magazine. After I ate I started to gag and cough like usual, now that i'm pregnant eating in the morning is a chore. This time though, when I coughed I literally bled through an entire pad within seconds.(sorry TMI) I called my mother in law since Skyler is out of town, and she rushed over to take me to the hospital. After a long examination via ultrasound they discovered that my placenta has pulled away from my uterus a little bit and has caused a tear, which is what caused so much bleeding. I started crying when she let me hear its heartbeat and saw that he or she was moving around and looked totally healthy. She put me on bed rest for AT LEAST two weeks. I cant clean, cook, travel, or walk around at all. I am to lay horizontally and only get up to go to the bathroom.  If i've had no bleeding for at least two weeks I can get off bed rest. So pretty much i've been on bed rest for over 24 hours and I cant even count it as part of my two weeks because i'm still bleeding. LOL!

All in all though; if I get a baby out of this, I would do it all over again. Skyler and I are so excited to be parents and even though this is a trial we will just have to endure, it will all be worth it in the end. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and for his many blessings. The relief society president came over yesterday (hah what a coincidence) just to say hi, and when she heard what happened she offered to have people bring me over dinner every night since I can't cook. I just had to laugh because I knew Heavenly Father sent her my way, he thinks he's so clever! lol and i'm also very thankful for my in laws and for all of their help. My mother in law is seriously awesome, I love her to death and my sister in laws keep me company every night while Skyler's away. I don't know if they'll ever know how much they help me, and how much I needed them at this time in my life. All I ask of those of you who read this is to  please pray for our little baby and please pray that I will heal quickly and be able to carry to full term. I love you all so much and I hope I can somehow repay those of you who have helped me through all of my trials, you are such a blessing in my life.

Here's some pictures of our little one at 12 and 13 weeks. :)

One Year Anniversary 10-10-10!

Well, since this is my last post for a while I figured id better recognize Skyler and I's anniversary a little better. Me and Skyler met on November 5th, 2008. He apparently had been wanting to date me for years before we met and finally got my roommate to set us up. I remember feeling so comfortable with him and after that date we were inseparable! I'm not sure what exact day I fell in love with him, to be honest I think it just grew day by day. He told me about his two little sisters and how he used to tuck them in to bed every night, and that night he tucked me in and gave me a kiss on the forehead. The next day I came to work BEAMING and I knew he was the one. He proposed to me on July 4th 2009 at Disneyland in front of the castle and asked me to make him the "happiest man on Earth!" haha how fitting seeing as how we were at Disneyland! On October 10, 2009 we were sealed in the Salt Lake City temple for time and all eternity. He represents everything I ever wanted in a husband. He loves me more than I'm sure ill ever know. He puts the Lord first in all he does. He is good with children and loves to make them laugh. He's honest. Hard working. Kind. Loving. and SO much more! Thank you for choosing me Skyler, because I'm thankful for choosing YOU! Here are a few of my favorites from our big day!

One year down, eternity to go. Grow old with me, the best is yet to be!

Our Favorite Time of the Year~

October is my favorite month!~ Why? Because there is so much to look forward to this month! For instance: My birthday, our anniversary, Halloween, Fall CLOTHES, beautiful changing leaves, perfect weather, etc.  So far this October has been a complete blast! For MY BIRTHDAY Skyler totally spoiled me! First I picked up my sister in laws Kamie and Diane from the airport and when we got home this one on my table.

Edible arrangements MmmMMMmm... Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Bananas. It was SO GOOD and just what I was craving that day. haha I think I hovered over it an growled if anyone tried to eat one without my permission. jk but seriously though...

He also took me shopping all day in Downtown Denver, and of course I spent it all on fall clothes (they are my favorite). I bought tons of boots, scarves, and sweaters. It was tons of fun! THEN he took me to a french restaurant called LeCentral. It was amazing and we ate so much I thought for sure I was going to burst at any moment!

Skyler was such a SWEETHEART the entire day and made sure I had fun every second. Next he took me to Dave & Busters! When I was younger my dad used to take me and my friends there all the time and we would always have a blast! Its like a Chucky Cheese for teenagers and adults, and I was so sad when I moved away from California because Utah didn't have one. :( Well, Denver Colorado does so I was extremely excited to spend my birthday there! My in laws came too so that made it so much better! I love having my sister in laws Kamie and Diane here, they are such fun and sweet girls and I just adore them! 

 

As you can see we had a blast! We all raced each other on the race car games and I got 2nd place! hah I was so proud of myself for beating Skyler I started jumping up and down! It was awesome acting like a kid again and being retarded with my cute hubby, he's hilarious when he gets competitive!

Also,  on 10-10-10 was me and Skyler's One Year Anniversary! Skyler wanted to make it special so we brain stormed a few ways to celebrate it. We wanted to do a cruise, but we are going on one most likely in February. Then we thought about Vegas, but Skyler's opening an office there soon so we will visit a lot. Then Skyler said. "what about Aspen?" Awww Aspen, I had always wanted to go there. So Aspen it was!

The weather was a high of 60 degrees every day and a low of 30. It was perfect and so gorgeous! We stayed at a very nice Hotel called the Viceroy, Skyler likes to do things big for anything worth celebrating so of course it was the nicest hotel in Aspen!

He is so sweet.  We got to bring Rookie with us which was awesome because it wouldn't have been the same without him. Let me just say that he DOES NOT like being walked on a leash. He would whine and just sit there every time we put it on him and would not move. hah he is so stubborn. After a while though he warmed up to it and started to walk around with us. Mostly because he loves his dad and every time he'd walk away, Rookie would chase him! 

He liked to walk between my legs and make me look like an idiot, but he was being so CUTE I couldn't help but laugh! While in Aspen we mostly walked around and shopped, ate at amazing restaurants, relaxed, and went site seeing. We were also able to get a couples massage at the Spa there which was amazing! We were SUPPOSED to go on a hot air balloon ride but sadly...they were sold out. :( :( Maybe we will do that next year or something. :) Here are some pictures of our time there...

I also LOVED the food there. Skyler took me to the best restaurants and I swear I gained 5 lbs in 3 days just by eating so much!

 

Hah one more thing I just had to mention is that the ICE CREAM IN ASPEN just seemed to taste exceptionally better than anywhere else. They had a ginger cookie ice cream that tasted like autumn on a cone! Skyler laughed at me for saying that, but I couldn't get over how awesome it was! 

I am so grateful to have such a sweet, caring, funny, handsome, and loving husband. This year has been CRAZY but I wouldn't want to spend it with anyone but him. He helps me to get through trials, and always makes sure that I am happy. I admire him for his hard work and dedication and every day i'm reminded that marrying him was the BEST decision I have ever made.  He shows how much he loves me every day, just by being HIM.  If every year is as happy and amazing as this one has been, then eternity looks even more amazing. I am one lucky girl to have him as my husband. I LOVE you Skyler, you are my everything!

(YEP, having your birthday and anniversary in the same month has its benefits!)

Yay for Marriage, and Autumn, and LIFE! Not to toot my own horn or anything but I'm loving my life right now! I am feeling SO thankful for my husband, family, friends, and most importantly to have the gospel in my life. I think sometimes you need to have a hard trial to realize how blessed you are, and I am BLESSED! I love you all, and thank you for helping me realize that.