happy birthday nanny!!

excuse the darkness of this video. we took it from our imac. don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of my blog. :)

Beckham is 9 months old

what? did i really just write that? i can't believe it! beckham is now a CRAWLER!!! he's still perfecting his moves, but boy does he like being able to get places! court - watch out because all of "your toys" will now be shared with beckham. i feel world war 3 coming on. 

beckham is in one of my favorite phases - starting to crawl, and showing us his precious personality. when rhett comes home from work each day, he gets SO EXCITED to see him that tears start falling and rhett has no choice but to pick him up right away. beckham has definitely found his voice because he can let out the loudest squeal whether he is happy, sad, or mad. changing beckham's diapers should be considered an olympic sport at this point because there is NO laying still. we give him toy after toy to distract him but he is still ALL over the place. the other day, i think it took rhett 15 minutes to change his diaper and i hear - "man, that is the HARDEST diaper i have EVER changed!"

i don't have his "official" stats yet, but we go to the doc next week. i know he is definitely growing though! 

we are so thankful for this precious baby boy. i need him to stay a baby for a bit longer because i'm not really ready for him to be all grown up yet! God has blessed me SO much and i am SO thankful to be this little boy's mommy! 

sweet moments with my little man

i shared a special moment with court today. i put beckham down for his morning nap and we were upstairs getting cleaned up (from sweating to death at the park at 8:00 AM). court and i were just about to go downstairs when he said, "mommy, read books in court's big boy bed." (melt my heart). so, i said - sure! and we spent the next 30-45 minutes laying in his big boy bed reading books together at 10:00 AM. we would read one, and then he would say "nother one" and run and pick out one more. it was my favorite part of my day today because it was something so simple and yet so meaningful. i know that there will come a day when he won't want to do things like that because he'll be too busy with his friends or he'll be "all grown up". this time i have with beckham and court goes by too fast. i still haven't figured out how to freeze time. 

i love being a stay at home mom. sure, i'm tired ALL the time and my house is NEVER clean enough. every day i think - i really need to get more organized and do a better job of keeping the house picked up. i've been guilty of trying to plan something to do with these "full of life" boys every day of the week so they can burn off some energy. but, i think i'm beginning to realize how important it is for us to have down time at home. i'm beginning to see that God opens up opportunities for me to spend REAL QUALITY time with court and REAL QUALITY time with beckham. and boy do i cherish that! i will take as much of that as i can get. court starts mother's day out 2 days a week at the end of august. it's a little bittersweet for me. while i KNOW that he will thrive in a class setting with a teacher and friends to learn and play with, i will also MISS him. but, it will give me some one-on-one time with my little man beckham which i also need. these boys are growing up WAY too fast. i can't wait to see what God has in store for them. 

here are some recent pics of my cute little men!

little bitty

on your mark, get set,...... well not yet exactly. beckham is SO close to crawling! he "drags bottom" with that big ole' belly of his still, but he is practicing ALL the time! he is eating us out of house AND home so that belly is getting in the way! any second now, he is gonna be GONE!!! 

summer fun

it's almost too hot to swim this week because the pool water is even warm. but, boy are we glad we can go jump in mimi/pops pool whenever we want! we joined cade, tatum, and aunt missy at mom/dads today to swim and play. and snuggle.... fun, fun, fun!

catching up on new baby smell..... boy, it makes me get baby fever!!! but, NOT YET for us! beckham needs to be 2 at LEAST!

mimi and her favorite girl!

little miss snoozing away!

cade and court being goofy as always

court decided he wanted to take pics... he did pretty good with this one!

hopefully, we'll get in a few more swim dates before summer is over. 

happy birthday grandad!

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8 is SO GREAT!

beckham is already 8 MONTHS old! can  you believe it? i sure can't. these little "milestone" birthday months keep sneaking up on me and i just don't like how fast his 1st year is going! this little ball of energy is just the best baby. he is a great sleeper - sleeps 11 hours at night and still takes 3 naps a day. we'll probably start trying to stop one of those pretty soon. :) he LOVES to eat, and i mean LOVES! i think he would eat all of our food over this baby food stuff any day! he puts anything and everything in his mouth. still has 4 teeth and drools NONSTOP. 

beckham weighs 19.3 lbs and yes - court weighs in at 26, so any day now........

he is moving all over the place. his feet and hands go non-stop, but he just doesn't seem all that interested to get in the crawling position. although, i will say that yesterday i saw him getting in the crawling position in his crib, so i know he can do it. i think when he is awake, he has trained his brother (and us) to come get him or bring him a toy so he doesn't have to do the work. so smart already! :) which now that i think about it, i really want him to stay a "baby" longer, so i am all for him not crawling yet - cuz then it's really over! 

he can empty a basket of toys in 8.8 seconds!

so fun to wear matching p.j.'s with big brother

best buds!

tatum lauren grimes

the little miss has arrived! she entered the world on monday at 2:41 pm, weighing in at 6 lbs, 8 oz. she is ALL pink and ALL girl! :) we are so excited to finally have a girl in the family! she is going to be one tough girl with all of these boys!

court kissing "baby tabim"

beckham is trying to figure out what is on her head!
and yes, if you look closely, court insisted on wearing his cowboy boots to the hospital so he could show "baby tabim"! love that boy!

the happy FAMILY OF 4 finally going home!

7 months of heaven

watching "hot dog" with big brother

anything & everything goes in the mouth these days!

beckham's 2 favorite fingers!! :)

i STILL can't believe beckham is 7 months old going on 8. this 2nd baby stuff goes by WAY too fast for me. we are having a great summer so far! beckham LOVES to be in the water splashing his hands and his feet. if he could swim as good as court right now, he'd be in hog-heaven! he is still LOVING his food, sitting up great, loves being held, and is a great snuggler. he is sleeping 11 hours in a row at night and still taking 3 naps. he has 4 precious teeth and still drooling up a storm. he has the best disposition and just an all around happy boy! he loves giggling at court and is trying really hard to play like his brother. he loves to squeal at the top of his lungs throughout the day. i think he's trying to copy court because one of court's favorite things to do right now is to see how loud he can SCREAM!! i have a feeling we're going to have a LOUD house! one of these days i'm sure he'll be ready to take off, but for now, he's content with just sitting around taking it all in. when he's on his belly, he'll rock back and forth, but no interest in crawling yet. one of these days.......

rhett and i weighed him the other day and he was 18.5 lbs according to our scale. i think court didn't hit 18 lbs til he was 8 months old. court is weighing in at 25 lbs now, so it won't be long til beckham catches up with him. i am LOVING this age with beckham AND court. they are just the 2 most precious boys! :) i am one blessed mommy and wife! 

beckham's 1st boo-boo on his head. he fell off the bed smack on his forehead. it's mostly a carpet burn, but it sure scared us! the doc said all was fine. :) so, no more monkeys jumping on the bed!! :)

raindrops keep falling on my head........

the britches started falling down towards the end....... :)