Back to Blogging

Well, now that things have calmed down a little around here, I am going to try and get back to blogging some. As I am sure you all know, our new little guy is here! Beckett Webb Little was born on Monday, Sept 21 at 1:23 p.m. He was 7 #12 1/2 oz. and 21 inches long. He is such a joy, and we are so blessed to have him join our family!

Adjusting to life with two kids has been a little challening, but I love every minute of it. Brody just loves his little brother, and he has been nothing but loving toward him. He has definately helped make the adjustment much easier.

We had a little bump in the road last weekend. Beckett started running fever, and we couldn't get it down. With him only being 14 days old, they hospitalized him, ran lots of tests, gave him IV antibiotics, and all kinds of stuff. It was a rough few days, and they never found the cause of the fever (saying it's just viral), but we survived. And now we are home and happy and healthy.

I just LOVE these boys!!!

Baby Shower and Back to School

Brody had his first day back at preschool last Wednesday! And he is doing just wonderful. I am so proud of my little boy for adjusting back to the routine so easily. I haven't heard so much as a peep from him about going and staying all day. He is my little rock star! Here he right before we left on his first day. He was so excited!

I also had my first baby shower for Beckett this afternoon!! It was soooo nice. Tara and Amie hosted it (at Tara's mom's house) and everything was just perfect! They did an awesome job!!!!

Here is the food table:

Close up of the diaper cake - so cute!

Close up of the cake:

Brooke, Brody, and I:

I don't have any pics of the gifts yet, but everything was awesome. I got a little bit of everything, so it was just wonderful. And my church/sunday school shower is next weekend. We are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here I am at almost 34 weeks - only 4-6 more weeks to go! And we are sooo not ready. I mean, we are more than ready to meet this little guy, and I am pretty much ready to not be pregnant anymore, but we have so much to do before he arrives. Hopefully, he will hold off until 38 weeks (this is when Brody came) to at least give us another month to get everything done. I am feeling ok. Getting more and more uncomfortable, especially in the evenings and at night. I don't remember feeling this way with Brody up until the last week or 2.

According to babycenter.com, Beckett should be between 4 1/2 and 5 lbs now. I can't wait to see what he looks like - will he have the head full of dark hair like Brody had? Will he be a good sleeper? Eater? We will find out soon!

We went out to eat pizza with the family tonight for my birthday. Had a wonderful time, as usual. It is always fun getting everyone together!

Me and my precious boy - who was so excited about the "party" all day long

Brody and Aunt Tara - think he was enjoying the cake?
Mom and Brooke
Brody modeling my towel wrap - he is such a goof
We caught him eating the icing strait off of the cake platter...lol. And yes, he was on a major sugar high tonight...it was hilarious to watch!

Bowling!

We took Brody bowling for the first time last weekend! He had so much fun...I think we are going to have to make it a regular thing. Ryan and Tara went were there with us, which made it even more special for Brody. He loves them to peices.

He even got his own little pair of bowling shoes! How cute is that?!

And here are a couple pics of him coloring at this little table in our office this week. This has become his new favorite place to hang out....

Sorry, that's all ya' get for now. It's 10:30 and I am pooped. I will try to get a new belly pic tomorrow and post an update.

Branson

Brent and I went to Branson with Ryan and Tara last weekend for a little get-away before the new baby (who finally has a name! more on that later) comes. We left Brody with grandparents, which was definately way harder on me than it was on Brody. I hear that it gets easier leaving them once #2 comes along...is that true? Besides the fact that I missed Brody terribly, we had a great weekend.

Did lots of good eating:

Played put-put:

And this was way fun...lol. We went to a segway track. It was like a go-kart track, but you rode on those little segway car things. You know, like the dude on mall cop?? It was hilarious!

They went pretty fast too, although you can't tell by looking at the pictures...

And most importantly, we did ALOT of shopping! I got both boys tons of cute clothes...it was so fun to be able to shop for newborn stuff again :)

Thanks, Ryan and Tara, for a great weekend!

Now, for a baby update. Everything seems to still be going well. I will be 31 weeks tomorrow, and this picture is from...I think about 28 weeks...so I will try to get an updated one soon. I am still feeling well, getting a little uncomfortable, but nothing too bad yet. I have been ever so thankful for the cooler weather lately. Mid 80's isn't too bad for July.

So, for the name. Brody's little brother will be Beckett Cash. We both love it, but we are having a hard time convincing Brody. He still calls him Baby Jett...lol. Beckett should weigh around 3 1/2 lbs now, and should be about 15 inches long. We can't wait to meet him! I have a couple showers coming up next month, which I am so excited about. Now I just need to get the nursery finished...or at least started! Ha! Only 7-9 more weeks!!!

Trip to the lake

We just got home from a wonderful trip to Lake Claiborne! Mom rented us a cabin at the state park, and we spent a few wondeful relaxing days on the water.
Brody and Aunt Tara in the boat

One very exciting thing did happen while we were there! Brooke lost her very first tooth!! The tooth had been loose for a while, and we had actually talked about trying to pull it while we were there, but there was no need! The first night she was pulling on her nightgown and it caught on the tooth and popped it right out! It was hilarious. The tooth went flying across the room, and I think it scared her at first. The look on her face was priceless. But needless to say, we found the tooth and the toothfairy came to visit her at the cabin that night!!! (If you look closely in the picture, the tooth is in her hand...)

We spent most of the morning Thursday on the water in Ryan's boat. Brooke and Tara and Mom played on the tube, and we all played in the water alot to keep cool.

Back at the cabin that night, Brooke, Brent, Tara, and I got a good game of Jenga going while mom grilled hamburgers. I hadn't played Jenga in forever...and I think we did pretty good!

On Friday night, Brooke wanted us to have a Hawaiian party, which pretty much just consisted of us eating on Hawaiian plates/napkins, and Brooke dressing up in her little Hawaiian outfit. She was so cute.

It was a fun couple of days. Thanks for wonderful week mom!!!!