Emmys Big Sister Adventures

We've been trying to do some special things for Emmy since she's the Big sister now. I think we go and do so much all the time though that sometimes "treats" just seem like another day =)

She has been carting around her Belle doll since Santa brought it to her. Belle goes everywhere and does everything that Emmy does. We thought that she would LOVE Beauty and the Beast at the movies. She was sooooooo excited when we got to the movie theatre, like jumping up and down and squealing excited.

Turns out what she was REALLY excited about was the skittles. She spent the majority of the movie begging me for more skittles and then screaming "Where's Belle!!!!" everytime she wasn't on the screen. Oh well, maybe next princess movie!

We also took a quick trip on the "Train" (aka metrorail" to visit GiGi downtown for a lunch date. The ride downtown was pretty fun! The train was pretty free of crazies and Emmy has a great time seeing us slow down and speed up. Emmy is always looking for downtown when we drive and wants to know which one GiGi works in, so she was excited to finally get to see!

Cupcakes: 5 months

So now that I (unfortunately) know how easy buttercream is to make, and how much fun we have all making cupcakes together. I think we'll be making B's cupcakes from now on. These are wedding cake and they aren't too shabby!At 5 months Beckett is:

-Almost 18 pounds!! Little chunk! -Has officially had his first ear infection and pink eye. I say a prayer every 10 minutes that we're not starting down the Emmy road to tube-ville.

-Is pretty much sitting up all by himself! And likes to roll and roll and roll. We'll find him under the couch, by the fireplace, or under the chair.

- is still squealing and squealing and squealing!He will do it pretty much all day and wherever he wants.

- Will growl at you when he's not particularly pleased with how things are going.

-LOVES the exersaucer

- Thinks his sister is pretty hilarious, and she thinks she's pretty hilarious too

-"chews" imaginary food and will STARE you down while you're eating, but food is still not really all that interesting. He does love Mum Mums. He is eating 6 oz every 3 hours.

- Sleeping more! (Thank goodness!) He goes down around 10-10:30 and usually sleeps till about 5-7 with a wakeup some nights, some nights not. Sometimes he's completely zonked!

- Is really grabbing and swatting. He is so persistent when he wants something. He will bat and swat and grab until he gets it.

-Still a pretty happy little (and did we mention CUTE =) guy!)

Big Blessings for the Little Man

We baptised Beckett on Sunday, Jan 29th at our church, St. Peter's. To make it extra special addition, he also got to be baptized with his cousin Samantha. We were lucky to be able to have our preacher from the church service we traditionally go to work jointly with the more traditional preacher to have the perfect mix of old and new. Along with the traditional rites of baptism, we were each asked to write a prayer and pick a verse to represent our wishes for our children. To brag on the Hubs, his prayer was so good that the preacher told us that he had people ask if they could have a copy of it! We picked Proverbs 3 1:6

"My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. "

We asked Andrew and Ann to be Beckett's godparents. With 10 years of friendship under our belts, now they REALLY can't get rid of us =) We were honored to have so many people come to celebrate this special day with us.

As a side note, this is the THIRD outfit I bought for him to be baptised in. No way was he getting baptised in a dress and they just don't make cute things for boys!

After the ceremony we moved the party to the Allstars Cafe for breakfast and cake.
The kids got to go crazy on TWO play places and Aunt Susu kept the money supply going for the claw candy game.

We are so happy that Beckett has so many people to love and guide him as he grows. Everyone here is so special to us and we're thankful they took the time to be there.

Bleh...

We started food with Beckett right at 4 months, just like we'd done with Emmy, and he only had one thing to say about it... BLEH! Not only does he not want to keep it in his mouth, he flat out clenches his lips so you can't get anything in. We keep trying every week to introduce something that he might like but nothing is cutting it. So far bananas are the only thing that he let in his mouth, but we did get a LOT of really funny pics!

Sweet Potatos

Bananas
Cereal (by far his least favorite, but it would be mine too)


Carrots

Pears

Peas

4 month pics

I have a crazy tradition where I go to take the kids pic every month. I am KIND of obsessed with pictures and it's a really fun way to watch them grow. With Emmy I got spoiled and had all of them digitally because all of the places would let you have the CD. Now they charge you $150 bucks for that thing, so what is below is janky screen shots ripped off the JCPenney's website, but they'll do. He took such cute ones this time I'm glad to have them! He really was a ham this time!

A Rockin RSV New Years

Before I forget, I'd like to commerate our AWESOME New Year's Eve this year. It consisted of Albuterol, Asti, and Justin Beiber on TV. If that's not a combo to make anyone jealous I don't know what is!

Thanksfully the little guys was back to himself in about a week, no hopsital needed.