A Meeting with an Apostle, Meg's Birthday, & my Sweet Baby Boy!

A couple of weeks ago we had the amazing opporatunity to go and meet with Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve. It was such a great experience to be able to sit with him and gain an even greater testimony of the gospel. Tyson's dad works with a woman who knows Elder Scott and she set up an appointment with him after Ty's brother past away. It was so nice to meet with him and have him offer comfort and advice. It was amazing. Here are just a few pictures of our experience. He was such a kind, gentle man and loved holding our little Pratt. He called him robust...ya I'd say that about covers it.

Elder Scott and Tyson's sister Megan
Elder Scott and Tyson's parents
I love this picture of Pratt. He looks so innocent. Tyson took Pratt downstairs to get the laundry out of the dryer and came upstairs with him in the basket. Pratt loved laying in the warm clothes. He looks like a little angel all in white!
Tyson's cousins baby Brynlee loves Pratt so much. She carries his picture around the house with her and when she sees him she gets so excited she shakes. It's so cute. So one night we let Bryn hold Pratt. It was so cute...she kept kissing his head.
Last Saturday we went to Olive Garden to celebrate my sister-in-law Megan's birthday. It was a lot of fun and I was child free for a few hours which was nice...although it was harder than I thought it would be to leave him with my mom. She liked it though. This is Me, Megan, and Ty's cousin Haylee.
Ty's cousin's Whitney, Kallee and Kallee's daughter Brynlee, and me
Ty's Aunt Ann, Cousin Abbey, Kallee, and Bryn
Ty's Aunt Wendi, and Ty's mom Chris
Our whole table. It was a fun night with yummy food. Thanks girls for the fun night out. Happy Birtday Meg!
Sorry about the overflow of pictures...it's been awhile since I've posted and there are more coming in a few days :)

Big P's special day!

Pratt was blessed this last Sunday May 3, 2009. It was such a special day for all of us. This is what he did most of the day. He was so good during his blessing. He slept/rolled his eyes all through it. It was such a good blessing given by dad. We love you Big P and are so glad you are a part of our family.
This wasn't on his blessing day but I had to throw it in there because look at that HUGE smile. I love it. He recognizes our voices now and smiles at us all the time. He is such a joy!
I know this is a weird picture but it's the only one I had of our family so I threw it in there.
This is everyone that was in the circle when Pratt was blessed. My grandpa was here from Idaho. Tyson's grandpa was here from Virginia. Then we had Tyson's other grandpa, both of our dads. Tyson's 2 uncles, and his cousin Justin, and my 2 brothers. Thank you all for being there to support us!
4 generations of Whitesides!
4 generations of hands of Whitesides
Dad and Pratt just hanging out. We were so lucky the weather cooperated. It rained all morning and literally stopped right before we went to church. Then it was beautiful all afternoon and as soon as people started leaving, the weather turned yucky again. Our prayers for good weather were definitely answered!
My Family minus my sister and her family in Texas
Tyson's family
Uncle Kerry & Pratt. Pratt doesn't look like he's enjoying himself :(
Tyson and our dads
Mom, Greg, and Grandpa Reynolds. We were so excited grandpa could make the trip!
We also had a ton of friends and family that came to support us. Thank you all for all the love and support. We really appreciate it! What a wonderful special day.