Beckett - 10 months

So, I think this is the time that I'm supposed to be planning a big 1st birthday celebration and seeing what fun party ideas I can make happen.  But that's not what's going on right now.  Mostly, I'm just in awe that my sweet boy is SO close to turning 1 that I can't believe it!  He is SO SO SO much fun!  More fun than I ever thought a little boy would be!  I've always heard that "little boys love their mommies,"  and now I believe it!  dont' get me wrong...he LOVES his daddy, too!  really, he loves just about any one, but I like to think I'm special as he's crawling up my legs while I'm typing...and just about anytime I'm doing anything.  Ahhhh!  Sweet baby love!

10 month stats:

Wt: 21lbs 14oz (75th percentile)

Ht: 29 1/4 in (75th percentile)

*still bear crawling all over
*standing on his own - can stand straight up from sitting without assistance
*I feel like he may be walking any day now...
*SO SO happy
*loves to play with his sister and she loves to play with him/drag him around!
*babbling all the time (ma-ma-ma-ma, da-da-da-da)
*blowing raspberries, and sticking tongue out to make noises a lot
*but getting a little clingy to mommy!
*still has mostly blue eyes...maybe some hazel seeping through?
*sleeping through the night most of the time
*eating the same - 5-6 bottles a day about 5oz each, and pureed homeade (mostly) food and baby cereal about 3 times a day
*eating some finger foods - bananas, cheerios, gold fish
*still has 8 teeth (they look a little crazy because they are spaced pretty far apart! HA!)
*wearing 12-18month clothes
*wearing size 4 diapers (and still some cloth diapers)

I really really really love this little man!!!  he's SO cuddly and his smile is infectious!
I just can't get enough of him!!!

Easter 2012

Easter weekend was so perfect here in Shreveport!  The weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun with the kids and family!!  

Ruby Belle with her Easter basket! 

 

Beckett enjoying the fun!  (This is only the beginning of what your sister is going to do to you sweet man!)

 Hunting for eggs with Pops! 

 And a little help from Aunt Steph (and baby Tilly)! 

  Beckett and Uncle Ty watching from the sidelines!  

I just loved this one...side shot of my brother and my son...and I LOVE that face that Beckett is making! 

 Bear crawling at it's finest....this boy is on the go! 

 This was most of the looks we got from this girl!!  Serious and determined to find candy.

Each time she would shake the egg and open it and scream, "my can-y!" if there were candy in it or if it happened to be empty then she would just toss it on the ground! She did use a little of her sharing skills after all eggs were found and the loot was determined!  She would open an egg and share the candy or cookies with the rest of us!  

LOVE this little man!! He had so much fun playing in the grass! 

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful day and family to celebrate the resurrection with!  

Hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous Easter!

Beckett - 8 months!!

In 2 days Beckett will be 8 months!!!  and we're loving every minute of it!!

8 month stats:

Wt:  19lbs 10oz (and this was from about a week ago!)

AND This is more than Ruby Belle weighed at 1 year! WOW!

• has 7 teeth and one breaking through as we speak (Ruby Belle only had 2 at this age!)
• his eyes are still blue...but do have some hazel seeping in I think...
• he's crawling all over
• pulling up to stand
• and all over!!!  he's non-stop! 
• loves to put everything in his mouth
• grunts LOUDLY a LOT! and in public places.  
• He's eating lots of pureed foods.  Usually we make our own foods and my new favorite (his new favorite) is mac n'cheese w/LOTS of mixed veggies mixed in.  He will eat most of those stinky Gerber meat-and-mixed-veggie combos.  However, he hated the pureed pears and peaches I made (just used the low sugar canned ones).  Hated them so much that he immediately vomited the peaches and his meal up (those were his dessert).  Wouldn't even touch the pears...even when I mixed them with cereal.
• eats 6 times a day...usually a bottle and food
• sometimes holds his own bottle and tries to take the spoon and feed himself
• I'm still pumping (5 times a day) and we don't usually have to supplement w/formula
• he has tried a sippy cup a few times, with some success
• he mostly sleeps through the night...it's been hit or miss for about a month due to being sick, but we're almost getting back in the swing of things regularly! 
• goes to bed around 7:30-8, wakes around 6-7am
• wearing 9-12 month clothes
• wearing size 3 diapers and cloth diapers (as seen in the pics below)
• loves baths
• LOVES LOVES LOVES his sister
• seriously happy baby!!  these smiles you see are constant and so easy to come by!!  (SO much different than Ruby Belle...she was much more serious as a baby!)

some pics...overload, I know, but it's SO hard to decide what you like best when it's your little man!

(yes, that's a "princess" bandaid on his hand because those are all we have and I'm a terrible mommy and let him accidentally brush his hand against a hot pot today :-( didn't faze him, but it looks yucky!)

 

 

A walk in the park

I love these kids!!!

Beckett - 7 months!

7 months

Beckett is 7 months today and is movin' and shakin' these days!

• he just finally got the hang of crawling about a week ago, but is still perfecting his technique. He still sometimes "bear crawls"
• sitting up on his own like a champ now!
• he still has 2 teeth, but there are 2 that just broke the surface today and one more I can see!! (2 on top and another on the bottom)
• smiles ALL THE TIME! really, he's the happiest, smil-i-est baby!
• he laughs a lot, but his sister can get him to laugh quicker than anyone!
• he's sleeping through the night most if not all nights now!
• he's getting over RSV (breathing treatments are NOT fun, but he took them pretty well)
• still wearing size 3 diapers and cloth diapers sometimes at home
• wearing 9 month clothes
• eats 5-6 times a day. eats LOTS of "real" (baby) food - i'm pretty sure he'd rather eat than drink.
• eats pretty much whatever we feed him.
• we make a lot of our own baby food
• I'm still pumping (and Ruby Belle refers to her "boobs" as "my pumps"!!! ha!! - I know, TMI!, but i laugh SO hard when she does it!)

(This is the way the most of the pictures turned out!)

Beckett - 6 months!

Beckett turned 6 months on January 19, 2012! I can hardly believe it's been 1/2 a year already, but it's been SUCH a wonderful 6 months. This boy brings more joy to my heart that I could ever have imagined! He is all smiles...seriously! (except when he's hungry or tired). Here's the updates:

6 month stats:

Wt: 18lbs 8oz (75th percentile)

Ht: 75th percentile (Justin took him and can't remember his exact height)

• trying SO SO hard to crawl...but just really good at "push up position" and "down dog"
• when he does "crawl" it's usually backwards
• sitting up, but only for a short bit at a time...
• eating SO much! loves "real" (baby) food and can eat a 30 yr old man portion!
• FINALLY sleeping through the night!!! like from 8pm to 6 or 7am!!! it took some "sleep training...aka. "crying it out." but once we committed it only took a few days!
• takes 2-3 naps a day (usually less than an hour each...esp at day care...he seems to only nap 20-45 min at a time there?
• has had an ear infection at each doc appointment for the last 3 months (4 months, 5 months, and 6 months), but you'd never know b/c he never "complains!"
• Still has only 2 teeth
• wearing size 3 diapers
• wearing 6-9 month clothes
• cradle cap is finally getting better! not all the way, but definitely better!

getting SO close!

Down dog at it's finest!

5 months...do they look alike?

sometimes they look SO much alike...but sometimes not. What do you think?!