Things he says...

As he plays in the tub with Buzz and Spiderman; "you want a fight? why don't you go pick on someone that is your size and my size too?!"

"Dad, why are you not closing your eyes and going to bed?!" He wasn't even in the same room so I responded with, "I am!" He says, "Dad... then why are the lights still on. I think you're reading a book." "Go to bed!"

"If you finish all of your dinner you can have a cookie too Dad!"

"When you say that you'll think about it, it always means that you are just taking a long time to say no."

"You're squishing my peanuts!" I had no idea what he was talking about, we were having a tickle war at the moment, so I responded "your peanuts... what are you talking about?" "Dad! You're squishing my peanuts!" Ohhhhhh, you're penis!? "Yeah... you're squishing my peanuts."

Ridiculous.

This weekend was full of adventure and all things awesome.

ALDEN'S HERE!!!

Three days until Alden arrives. :)

I found these today on Emily's flickr, so old. There's even a ring on that finger! Ha.





It's insane how much he's grown. I remember the day these were taken...

Happy Birthday Alden!

Something I posted last year, slightly edited...
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In the spring of 2003 news came, we're pregnant!!! Our lives instantly change.

Months later, we find out we are to have a little baby boy. Excitement, tension and all things good and bad consume us. Adding to the stress, news was received by the Doctors that put a wrench in our stomach. Due to an anomaly in the ultrasound we are told there is an 80% chance our child could have down syndrome or cystic fibrosis. We stayed positive and went into team mode, our pregnancy was one of the best periods of my life.

Finally, it's time!

The most intense and emotionally filled moment occurs in both of our lives, Alden Michael Leslie Purkey is born. He is delivered, not breathing and eyes closed. They suck the goo and liquid from his lungs and the first sound he makes is a gasping baby scream. Instantly, all control of my own emotions fall helpless and I cry.. I cry like a little girl. His umbilical cord was cut and the Nurses wrapped him in a blanket and thrust him into my arms. We rushed him into the next room where I cleaned him and held our new born little boy.

He was healthy and he was... he is perfect.

Every nurse on staff that night lost the bet on how much they thought he would weigh. Due to the tiny stature of his Momma, it was anticipated he would be heavily underweight. Nope, 7lbs 6ounces, we like to call that part "Vegan Power". :)

In the last 5 years since that tremendously amazing day, Alden has grown to be the most adorable and intellectual miniature person of his age. He is loving and loyal and most of all forgiving. He knows and understands more about life than most people I meet on a daily basis. He is my reason for everything; he IS my life. I love being his Dad more than anything I've ever experienced in life…

Today, we had an early family celebration for his special little day of his.





Tomorrow, we will continue our Daddy/Son tradition of doing all the things Alden wants; maybe the Children's Museum, ride the train, see a movie, play games at the arcade and just have some fun. Any friends of Alden are always welcome. His Momma has some fun things planned for him in the evening as well.

Happy Birthday my little man.

Thug Love

In the spring of 2003 news came, we're pregnant!!! Our lives instantly change.

Months later, we find out we are to have a little baby boy. Due to an anomaly in the ultrasound we are told there is an 80% chance our child will have either down syndrome or cystic fibrosis. We stayed positive and pulled through... Six months later the most intense and emotionally filled moment occurs in both of our lives, Alden Michael Leslie Purkey is born. He is delivered, not breathing and eyes closed. They suck the goo and liquid from his lungs and the first sound he makes is a gasping cry. Instantly, all control of my own emotions fall helpless and I cry like a little girl. We rushed him into the next room where I cleaned him and held our new born little boy. He was healthy and he is perfect.

Every nurse lost the bet on how much they thought he would weigh, we like to call that part "Vegan Power". :)

In the last 4 years since that tremendously amazing day, Alden has grown to be the most adorable and intellectual miniature person of his age. He is loving and loyal and most of all forgiving. He knows and understands more about life than most people I meet on a daily basis. He is my reason for everything; he IS my life. I love being his Dad more than anything I've ever experienced in life…

Tomorrow we celebrate these things, his 4th birthday.

We will be going for a family breakfast to Sages around 10am. Any friends of Alden who would like to come and say "hello" are most definitely welcome. Afterwards we will take time to do some of Alden's favorite things; Children's Museum, ride the train, see a movie, play games at the Arcade and just have fun. If you're unable to make it and would still like to say "hello" to him, his Mother has some plans for him in the evening. Feel welcome to talk to her if you wish.

Happy Birthday my little man.

cp

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This is what I just did while lil pipsqueek sleeps.



He's gonna be soo sooo happy when he wakes his little eyes. :)

And he spells...

These are the letter magnets on the fridge, there are only one of each letter. Notice how he used a "G" and a "J" to make up for missing letters in his name, "Alden". He used a "P" to make up for the missing "d" in "Dady", AND, a "W" for the missing "M" in "MOM".

We have the smartest little boy.

<3

And he draws...

The stairs to go outside. A phone and Alden calling his Mom. Alden and Miles playing. Myself and Dallin. Alden's bed and toys. Haha.

He is the best thing ever.

Home again &happy.

It feels 100 times better to be home again. :)

Couldnt have been better.

Yesterday was fucking amazing. Alden and I woke up early, ate some cereal and watched cartoons. We lounged in our pj's until about noon. Then we hit up some Shambala where he ate an entire plate of food. I was super proud of him.



So after lunch we walked to the corner and got some chocolates. The whole time we were in there Alden kept giggling and looking at me with the most hilarious face, I couldn't figure out what was going on. After I got my chocolates and we had walked out of the door Alden looks up at me and says, "Daddy, he was soooo small... he was tiny!" Then he giggled some more. Hahaha. He was referencing the little midget man who owns the chocolate store. It was fucking hilarious.



We spent the better part of the next 3-4 hours at the Children's Museum. He seemed to do a lot better interacting with all the different stuff there is to do, from the last time we went. They have this Robots exhibit going on right now, it's pretty fun. There are a lot of robotic interactive displays set up where you can build little robotic toys or play with robotic arms and whatnot. We had a ridiculous good time.



The afternoon was finished off with a dollar movie and some video games. We went and saw Ratatouilli again, that movie always makes me want to cook. Go figure. We visited Nick on the way home, the shop looks really good. Then, we had a little dinner and watched the ALCS game until bed time. Books were read and hugs carried out.

Basically, a perfect day. With me leaving on Sunday for so long, it was needed.

He and I had a great weekend. We got him a new coat, jacket, two new pairs of pants and a couple of toys and videos. We played hard, we read lots, went on walks, skateboarded, watched movies, played with Kita, cleaned together, layed and talked and just plain be'd the best dad/son combo ever.









He is the cutest little man ever. I love being his Dad.

Today is the first day back to work since last Saturday. I've been hanging out with Alden all week. Poor little guy has had a fever and needed some serious laying around & being waited on. I'm such a good Dad, for real. It's easy when you've got someone as amazing as him. He makes me sooo flippin happy always. As he gets older, the things he says and the way he acts get better and better.

I was watching a movie during his nap. He woke in on a part where there were some sub title action going on.

"Dad, why are you watching this movie in Spanish?"
"Haha. I dunno!"
"Do you know what they're saying?"
"Nope, do you?"
"No Dad, not today"

"Hey Dad?"
"Yes?"
"Do you love me?"
"I love you a whole bunch Alden. You're the best thing ever."
"Ok, I love you too Daddy."

Some camera phoneSTUFF.

Choirm

I took some photos for Cherem the other day. Here are some of the Alden side shots... of course he came with.



Alden was calling Dan, "my friend." Haha. "Dad, where did my friend go?"

We went camping...

This was a couple weeks ago &there were more photos. This is all I've got right now though. He had a lot of fun. WE had a lot of fun. :)