Happy 10 Months!

~Beckett~

Happy 10 months!

You're still a happy, smiley, lovable baby.  A couple days after you turned 9 months, you officially started crawling everywhere, you are even pulling yourself up and just beginning to cruise around things.  You love clapping and waving.

Hudson took this picture and I thought he did pretty good.

You have been giving sweet kisses lately, melts our hearts.

You still absolutely adore your brother and he does, too.

You love being sung to -any song, but especially love The Itsy Bitsy Spider and If You're Happy and You Know It.  We even discovered if you're fussy at all in the car (pretty rare), we can start singing to you and you are instantly happy.  

You have discovered the kitchen cabinet doors and drawers and are enjoying pulling things out and playing with them.

You got a 2nd tooth this past month.  

You still love food and several new items have been added.  We're figuring out that you really love feeding yourself and prefer to have food in front of you to pick up and eat, rather than us feed you purified food.  You are still taking 4 bottles/day.  We've learned you have less separation/stranger anxiety if we bring your bottle to church and have them feed you immediately, rather than wait a little while.  You love your sippy cup.

You are sleeping about 11 hours at night.  Naps are still all over the place, sometimes 15 minutes and sometimes 1.5 hrs-usually somewhere in between.  You were only napping two times a day, but if we go anywhere in the late afternoon or early evenings, you always fall asleep for at least a few minutes.  I only rock you for about a minute before I lay you down, because sometimes I think it gets you worked up more, so I usually just set you down and you work it out and fall asleep pretty easily.

You continue to love bath time and splashing.  We also just discovered you love the water table and splashing.

I did a really bad job at pictures this past month-sorry.  

I think you're right at 19 #

We love you, Sweet Beckett!  We pray you'll come to know Jesus at an early age and love and follow Him all the days of your life.  Happy 10 months!

The Big 3-4

 I turned 34 on the 3rd of May.  It really was the best day!

We had our friends watch Hudson and took Beckett with us out to eat.  We ate on the patio of The Merrick Inn.  It's so pretty and has such a nice atmosphere.  It was a beautiful evening.  I bathed Becket and put him in his pajamas before we left so we could put him to bed quickly when we got home.  Beckett was great!  We had a couple comment about what a good, friendly baby he is.

Me and my boys

My parent's had beautiful flowers delivered to me

Such a special day!  I'm blessed beyond measure.

Mother's Day

Today was a fun day.  My boys spoiled me with a donut breakfast, cards, and hugs and kisses, then we quickly got ready for church.  I wanted a picture with my boys together, but that just didn't work out very well.  

Hudson wanted to sit in this chair - he looks a little shocked/out of it

My little sweetie.

Trying to get a quick picture with Beckett before running out the door to church

After church, we tried again - my happy little guy

Hudson answered these questions at school last week.  I love it!

Brian had this sweet card made

I saw this last week from Lysa Terkeurst - such an encouragement.

I'm so thankful to be their Mom - what sweet little gifts the Lord has entrusted to me.

Soccer

We signed Hudson up for Spring Soccer and it's been the cutest, most fun adventure.  Hudson was really excited to play, but kept calling it baseball.
I love seeing him stretching with his team.

The Y messed up his team's shirt order, so they didn't have a jersey for practice.  They played a cute red light/green light game.

For 3 year olds, I think they listened really well.

Setting him up to score

Finally after 3 of the 6 weeks they got their jerseys
Team picture - the best picture out of 5

The kid's favorite part of practice -team cheer at the end

Such a fun little adventure

Just Captain America and Me

Last Monday morning I hurt my back and had to call Brian to come home and help.  He was at home Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to give me time to recover.  Sadly, I still couldn't pick up Beckett on Thursday or Friday, so Brian had to take him to daycare, so that left Hudson and me at home.  We had the best time!  We played a lot, ran a few errands, got lunch, enjoyed the beautiful weather, and hung out.  It had been 9 months since it was just Hudson and me.  I loved every second of having him to myself, but also missed Beckett terribly.
Enjoying a fun picnic with Captain America

Grandparent's Weekend

My parent's came down for the weekend and we had a really great time.  They got to watch Hudson's soccer practice and really enjoyed seeing him run around.  We had amazing weather on Saturday, but some rain on Sunday.  They came on the perfect weekend, Spring is in full bloom here - the cherry trees, azaleas, dogwoods, lilac bushes, apple trees, bright green grass, etc, it's just gorgeous right now.  Hudson spent the night with them in the hotel and did some swimming with my dad.  He loved spending quality time with them.  Beckett loved all the extra special attention, too.

My mom and the boys

My mom and me and the boys

Nana and Grandpa with the boys

Such a fun time - so sad they're gone already.  Time flew by too fast.  

Happy 9 months!

~Beckett~

Happy 9 months!

Sadly, you were back to being sick a lot this past month.  You had the stomach flu for 10 days, got a double ear infection, and popped your 1st tooth all at the same time.  Poor thing, you just can't seem to catch a break.  You lost 1.5#.  You also slept really poorly this past month (can't say I blame you since you felt so bad).  Also, you had another ear infection at today's well baby visit- one more infection and you have to have tubes.

Thankfully the weather has been a lot warmer so we have been outside a lot - from walks to picnics, to going to the park, to playing outback.  You seem to really enjoy walks.  You love looking at everything and if we're not home within 20 minutes, you fall asleep.

You weigh 18 lbs 7 oz =18% --you keep getting skinnier and skinnier.

Your length is 28" = 40%  --they must have messed up your height the last time because you were 28" then and in the 90%, today you were still 28" and only in the 40%, I had the nurse re-check, so they were probably wrong the last time, odds are you grew and they measured wrong.

You are army crawling and kind of pulling yourself up on everything.

You went to the church nursery for the first time this past month and did great, they said you even took a nap.  You, Hudson, and me traveled to Indiana for 4 nights Hudson's Spring Break.  You are a great traveler.  We had a fun time, but that was part of the time when you were sick.  

You sleep about 11 hours at night and take 2 naps, sometimes they last 20 minutes and sometimes we have to wake you up.  As long as you're healthy, you sleep through the night.   You like sleeping on your stomach up in the corner of the crib.

You still wear a size 3 diaper and 9-12 month clothes.  You are not a fan of diaper changes.   You do not want to hold still.  We've added squash, sweet potatoes, garden veggies,

You are saying, "yeah, yeah, yeah" and occasionally "ma ma ma", in addition to "da da da" and "blah blah blah"

We have a bubble gun and you love it!  You especially love watching your brother use it and laugh so hard.  We've also discovered you love bigger balls and love having them rolled at you, you laugh so hard.

I think you are a Mommy's Boy!  I love it- Hudson is a total Daddy's Boy.
You are our sweet, precious joy baby!  We love you!