Fall Fun

We braved the cool temps this weekend and took Brody to the pumpkin patch at St Paul. It was a little too cool for Beckett, so we took him to Martha's store right down the street to stay with her. Also, Brody has had to share our attention so much lately, we wanted to make this outing all about him.




He loved riding in the little red wagon. Although he has one of these at home , it is always much more fun when you are somewhere else...lol.

This was the pumpkin he picked out. He was so cute going through the ENTIRE patch and deciding exactly which pumpkin he wanted. He also picked out a tiny little one for Beckett. Sweet boy.

Playing on the haystack...

We also took the boys to the El Dorado homecoming parade this weekend. It was in the mid 60s so I bundled up Beckett and took him as well. It did us all good to get out of the house for a little while.

Brody LOVES his Wildcat shirt that Noni bought him :)

Brody and snaggle-toothed Brooke waiting on the parade to start.

Beckett slept through the entire thing - drums, sirens, and all.....

Already?!

I cannot believe that Beckett will be a month old next week! Wow - where does the time go? It has been a very eventful month, with the birth, adjusting to two kids, the 4 days in the hospital last week, etc etc....but we would do it all over again for this little guy.

He finally lost his umbilical stump last week, so we are finally able to give him real baths. The first time, he wasn't crazy about it at all. But it is getting better. He doesn't smile through it by any means, but he tolerates it. You can tell by the look on his face that he would much rather be somewhere else. But I just love bath time with him. I love the way they smell afterward...mmmm.

Brody is still doing just awesome. He loves his little brother so much. He wants to kiss all over him all the time. He still goes to preschool the 3 days that I would normally be working so that his little routine doesn't get out of whack. And he needs that social interaction too, b/c I have been keeping the baby in most of the time. There is so much going around, I just can't take my newborn out around it all yet. Anyway, when Brody gets home from school I know that he is going to want to love all over Beckett, so I strip him down, wash him off, and change his clothes. Then he has to love on him for a little bit. It is so sweet to watch them.

Brody and Brent have gotten so close this last month or so, too. I feel like all I pretty much do is feed the baby, so Brent has really taken up the slack where I may be lacking some. One of his favorite things is cooking breakfast with Daddy in the mornings. This was one morning last weekend.

Mom and I are taking the kids to the ElDorado homecoming parade tomorrow, so hopefully I will have some better pictures to share after that. For now, this big eyed little boy will have to do :-)

I know this isn't a very good picture, but it shows you how much Brody loves him. I will try to get some better pics of them soon.

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!!!