5 star baby

beckham turned 5 months old on the 19th and i am WAY behind on posting about it. we have had a busy 5 months. beckham is just the best baby. i feel like i say that every day because he is so laid back and just goes with the flow. beckham is rolling over all the time now and his favorite time of day to practice is between 1-3 AM. i'm not really sure why this is his favorite time - definitely not mine. we hear him on the monitor just having a good ole' time in his bed until he can't figure out how to get back on his tummy. so, mommy and daddy take turns flipping him back over until he finally gives up and goes back to sleep. i can't remember how long this lasted with court, but hopefully, he'll start practicing this more during the day. beckham has the best smile and the most precious 2 dimples.... it'll melt your heart. he is such a happy baby - we are very blessed. he just loves watching his brother court play - he'll follow him with his eyes all over the house. he is eating bananas and cereal each day and hopefully i'll get some other baby food made soon so he can expand his palate! he bounces so high in his bouncer i'm afraid he is going to fly out. we may have to put that thing away soon. he loves the sound of his voice right now. he just talks and talks and talks... especially when he is trying to fall asleep. he is a mover and a shaker that's for sure. he scoots ALL over his bed, his changing pad, and the floor. we really have to watch him now. beckham is also giving HUGS. when i hold him, he'll wrap both arms around my neck. i know it's not a real hug like court can give now, but i still count it as a hug. at least until he grabs my hair to put it in his mouth, or until he starts sucking on my chin to tell me he is hungry. i really had no idea how much work fun 2 children 2 and under would be. we are busy all day long and half the time at the end of the day, i really don't know what we got accomplished. any one else ever feel like that? :) loving my busy life although i would love to add about 10 extra hours (of sleep) between the hours of midnight and 6 AM. anyone know how to do that?

Easter Weekend

our easter weekend started off with rhett having the day off on friday. can i just tell you how much i LOVE it when rhett is home. one extra set of hands is OH SO NICE! he is such a great daddy and does EVERYTHING for his boys!! court spent the night with mimi & pops friday night and rhett and i got so much done around our house. i didn't realize how much time 2 kiddos take up until i just had 1 to deal with. it seemed like such a piece of cake - although i know it isn't. i remember how hard it was when i was a new mommy. now, i'm even more thankful for all the help we get from grandparents!! saturday morning we met mimi & pops and court at IBC for the Easter Eggsperience. we enjoyed an easter egg hunt, bounce houses, carnival games, face painting (court didn't do this), petting zoo, a picnic, and a fun room for toddlers under 3. court had SO much fun and fell asleep on the way home. he took a great 2 hour nap and then cade, aunt missy, and uncle jon came over to celebrate with another easter egg hunt, cupcake decorating, bubble bath, and play time. sunday we got up and went to the early service (we were even early to that). it was a GREAT service about christ's resurrection and our pastor who has been battling stage 4 colon cancer did a great job. we then grabbed a quick bite to eat. court fell asleep again on the way home and took another great nap. i think we had a fun filled weekend! 

ready for the hunt to begin

already a pro!

boy - you better watch out - don't get my eggs!

fun with playdo

petting the donkey

on a mission to find those eggs

cade and missy

found some!

my little bald easter egg!

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!



 all ready for bed in their new p.j.s!

my baby is 2!!!

we celebrated court's 2nd birthday last weekend with a mickey mouse "hot dog" party with family/friends and then topped the day off with dinner at chuck e. cheese. court had a BLAST at his party. nanny helped make the mickey mouse cake - only took 3 trips to the store, but we finally got it finished before midnight. it was so yummy! we had 1 ear left and every time we eat it, we blow out candles and have to sing happy birthday to the birthday boy!

watching "hot dog" while eating "hot dog" cake!

cousin cade and aunt missy eatin' some cake and ice cream

grant is serious about his cake!

present time...... i have no idea who brought what because it didn't get written down in all of the chaos! so, thanks everyone!

check out the yard tools court got. not sure he knows that the weedeater is not for bushes, but oh well!! we'll keep him busy all summer doing  yardwork!

family pic - can you tell court does NOT have time to take pictures when there is playin' to do!

this precious gift arrived 2 years ago and i still cannot believe it! it has FLOWN by! when i think about only having 16 more years with him at home, it makes me so sad - so i won't think about that ANYMORE! he has blessed us in so many ways. he is just the smartest boy i think i've ever known - he may need to skip kindergarten.... hehehe just kidding. he can count to 13, knows MANY letters, knows hundreds of words it seems, can remember just about anything (which is a little scary), copies just about everything we say (which is even scarier), loves his brother, loves to follow  his daddy around and do stuff JUST like him, loves to help, loves to give "bear hugs" and kisses, loves to clap and dance, loves mickey mouse and elmo, loves to play at the kid gym, loves to play with stickers, loves to paint, loves to explore, loves to dig in the dirt, loves to throw balls, loves to play in the sand, loves to read stories at night, and still loves to cuddle after naptime. i hope that last one never changes! we love you THIS MUCH court and are so proud of you!

wordless wednesday

LOVE THIS BOY!

the fab 4

couldn't ya just eat him up?!?!?! i know i am biased in thinking that i have the 2 most gorgeous boys that have ever walked (or crawled) the planet! look at this cutie! he is 4 months old and full of chunkiness! i just squeeze his rolls every time i see them - and there are more and more each and every day. we go to the doc in a week so i don't have any official stats, but i do know that beckham is over 15lbs and over 25 inches long. he doesn't miss a meal - can you tell? he is getting the hang of naps now and falling asleep pretty good on his own. he has the most amazing smile and loves to laugh at us. i'm sure we're pretty funny looking making all those goo-goo faces at him. court just LOVES his baby brother to pieces. he can't quite say "beckham" yet, it comes out something like "daweyah". not sure why. they are the cutest boys together and i'm so glad they will grow up so close in age - and be the best of friends!

beckham,

i always knew that i would love you just as much as court, just didn't know where i would find the room because my heart was already SO FULL of love. but, boy, my heart has doubled in size! you melt my heart with your eyes, your smile, and those precious dimples. the only one in the family with those special angel kisses. we love you more than you can imagine. i love your coos and giggles. and you are already rolling over - you are such a showoff! you are a very laid back baby and so patient with mommy - except when you're starving (which is ok). can't wait to see what the future holds. i thank GOD each and every day for our surprise blessing. we couldn't have asked for a better surprise. exactly 1 year ago, we were shocked to learn that you would be arriving soon and are more and more thankful for you each and every day. i LOVE you THIS MUCH!

love, 

mommy

0 for 7

i'm going on about 3 hours of total sleep right now. so pardon me if there are any grammatical errors. this was our night last night:

10:00pm feed beckham

go to sleep

1:30 feed beckham when he wakes up starving

go back to sleep

3:15 court wakes up (he's been sick for a week, but this was the 1st night he woke in the middle of the night) - gave him tylenol

go back to sleep

3:30 beckham wakes up from a leaking diaper (change diaper, pajamas, and sheet) then rock him back to sleep. he thought it should be play time, but i said NO NO! :)

rhett is still trying to get court back to sleep cuz his throat hurts

go back to sleep

4:30 beckham spits up alot in his bed and can't go back to sleep - he burps a ton and then i get him back to sleep

5:13 is when i went back to lay in my bed
court is still restless so he and rhett go sleep on the couch downstairs

6:00 beckham wakes up screaming and has more gas so i burp him good and get him back to sleep

6:30 court is awake watching "hot dog" and rhett has to get ready for work (me too... hehehe)

7:00 beckham wakes up for the day bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

7:05 call mimi and ask her to come help because i am loopy to say the least!

hoping and praying for a better night tonight!

no boys allowed - girls weekend

last weekend, we started an annual NO BOYS ALLOWED - girls weekend on my mom's side of the family. it was SO MUCH fun!! it is the weekend of my grandmommie's birthday, and since she isn't around to celebrate with us anymore, we are celebrating for her! beckham got to tag along with mommy since i am his main source of nourishment. there were 3 other babies too! 8 week old twins, and 1 year old ellison. we had a full house. we rented a 7,000 sq.ft. house on the lake, stayed up late playing games, and ate ourselves silly!

here are the girls and the babies before we left. that's the house in the background.

my precious boy that got to crash the party. here he is droolin' over something yummy!

we are playing catch phrase here, and mom (mimi) HATES it because of the ticking time bomb that goes off at the end. 

the lake view. dr. mckdreamy (patrick dempsey) has a house on this lake. it's way out on the left side of this picture. 

can you guess who this is?

yep - it's beckham - all ready for the ride home in the car. 

how sweet are these two? they were just the cutest things and so fun to cuddle with!

we missed 2 of our ladies... mark your calendars heather and melissa - cuz we're doing it again next year! 

wordless wednesday (with words)

well, we are planning a big 2 year old's birthday party around here.... yep you guessed it - it's a HOT DOG party in honor of mickey mouse! :) we are just loving talking to court. he says probably 20 new words a day. of course we can't understand them all, but he can repeat just about anything you say... which is a little scary. :)

3rd month's a charm

he has found his fist and loves to put it in his mouth!

beckham and court talking about life

my smiley, handsome boy

beckham is now 3 months old! he is just growing and growing and growing. we have put him in size 3 diapers because his "explosions" just can't seem to contain themselves in size 2. it will save me on stain remover that is for sure!  i'm predicting that he catches up to court (size 5 diapers) VERY fast. i just love this chunky monkey baby! i love every little fat roll i can find on him. i don't think babies can ever be "too fat" so i am REALLY enjoying squeezing all his cheeks!!

one of my favorite times of the day is right when beckham wakes up in the morning. he is just as happy as can be and will just tell you ALL about his night. he kicks and dances and coos forever and i LOVE IT! court loves to dance to HOT DOG (a.k.a. mickey mouse clubhouse) and now that beckham has started kicking his feet so much, he thinks beckham is dancing too! it is too cute to seem them dancing together! :)

this little boy just makes me smile, and i am so thankful that i get to hold him, feed him, play with him, and just stare at him all day long! :) i am one blessed mommy!

 

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