Six Years and Counting

Six years ago today Brandon and I started our lives together. I can't believe it's already been six years! I knew life with Brandon would be good but I couldn't have dreamed for it to be as good as it is. Even in the stressful and crazy times it is still so good. I count my lucky stars that we found each other and ended up together. We have built so much together and I love what our love and relationship has grown into.

Bran - You are such an amazing guy, husband and father. You inspire and encourage me in a way no one else can. You're there for me in my personal good times and bad. I can't thank you enough for accepting me for who I am and the craziness that comes with that. I love you're dedication to our family and your ability to make us all feel important. I admire you're ability to persevere through trials and not completely freak out when a wrench is thrown into our plans (and calm me down when I do over react). I'm so grateful that you are the one I get to go through this life journey with. I wouldn't want anyone else by my side. Here's to the next six years and many more!! I'm so excited to see what the future will bring. I love you more then I could ever let you know!!!

Lesson Learned

From the aftermath I hope Brandon learned the valuable lesson of not giving a toddler a red popsicle. (And this is after we cleaned it off.)

At least he wasn't wearing clothes.

New Tricks

(He's jumping off the container to Dad)

I just love when I find out Beckam has learned to do something new by walking into the room and there he is displaying his new skill showing no fear and me freaking out. That was the scenario about a week ago when I found out Beckam can now climb up on things (he was standing up on an overturned storage container). And since then he has turned into a climbing fool. He is now climbing up on Brylie's bed using her little stool and climbing up on the big rocker in his room. I'm just waiting for the first trip to the ER for stitches.

On top of climbing on to things he likes to climb into things. Earlier this week it was the dryer as I was trying to load it (I quickly stopped that one) and a few days ago it was an empty space in the changing table. Brandon got him out and Brylie quickly climbed in to show she could fit. Beckam then decided to join her. We're in for so much fun!!!

Fun Weekend

Other then our outings to the zoo, we've been pretty much been shut in for the last couple of weeks. The heat has been crazy and Beckam has had a bit of a cold (we think). With the end of summer approaching our ward planned the yearly bar-b-que for this last Saturday and we jumped on the chance to get out and hang out with some friends. Since our ward is pretty much made up of only our neighborhood, the bar-b-que was held in the common area that is just across the round about from us. It was great to not have to get the kids in car seats to attend a function. Brylie was excited to play with her friends from nursery and Beckam was just happy to have some open space to walk around.

On Sunday Katharine (and Justin) invited the whole Harward clan to their house for Sunday dinner. I was thrilled with the invite but when we pulled up to their house we were greeted by a Happy Birthday sign for Beckam. It turned out that this dinner was also a celebration for Beckam's birthday.

The food was excellent! The kids had fun playing. The adults had fun talking. And we even got a picture of all the grandkids together, something that hadn't been accomplished in so long and no one was crying (miracles do happen!!!)

Thanks Katharine for hosting the get together, everyone for the food, and all for Beckam's presents. I married in to the best family!!! We had a great weekend.

Grandma's Wedding

Last night Brandon's cousin Cody and his adorable new bride Ashley had their wedding reception at Brandon's parent's house. When the time came to get ready for the reception I got a little dissension in the ranks from Brylie. She told me she was already dressed and didn't want to get changed. I didn't feel that a mismatched tee shirt and shorts would quite cut it, so I tried to explain that we needed to get dressed up to go to a wedding reception at grandma's house. Well Brylie's three year old ears heard wedding and she quickly perked up to put on her wedding dress and go to grandma's wedding.
When we got to the reception, Brylie quickly ran to play with cousins and then play with the bubbles. I was glad it was outside so Brylie could run around and not be disruptive. It was great to see Cody and Ashley again and so much other family. As we were heading back to the car Brylie commented on how much she had had fun at grandma's wedding and really liked the bubbles. And as she was going to sleep she asked if we were to going to grandma's wedding again tomorrow and if so she would wear her wedding dress. (With Brylie's memory going to grandma's house will bring up grandma's wedding for awhile and her brown with white polka dot dress will now be known as her wedding dress.) For my little girl who is getting more and more interested in getting married and weddings I would say the reception was a success and thanks for the extra bubbles she brought home.

Look Who's One!!

During the early days of late night feedings, major sleep deprivation, and constant spitting up I never thought this day would come. But it has and Beckam is one!! In one oh so short year Beckam has gone from a little baby to a walking, thinking about talking, adventurous, crazy, funny little boy.

On the day of his birthday we kept things pretty low key. After a couple of hours of prodding from Brylie we finally had Beckam open his presents. By the third one he started to get into unwrapping them. But by the forth he had had enough, so Brandon became the honorary present unwrapper. (The little broom in the first picture is a gift and not just something he's holding on to. Beckam loves brooms.)

Brandon wasn't putting together Beckam's little bike fast enough so Beckam decided to start helping. Once it was put together Beckam tried it out and figured out how to get on and off by himself.

Saturday Beckam woke up with a cold and after some calls we decided to still have his little birthday get together with family and friends. Brandon's brother Adam showed up a little bit early and was so great with keeping the kids entertained so Brandon and I could finish getting last minute stuff done. Unfortunately a few minutes later the get together fell apart. We quickly turned the rest of the day into a trip to the zoo. We all had so much fun (Beckam in between his tantrums because he wasn't getting to do what he wanted ie. sitting in the middle of the sidewalk with his blanket) with Hillary and the great friends who joined us. Beckam even got a little bit of a birthday treat.

(Beckam and his best friend, his blanket)

The day was ended at home with the eating/demolishing of the birthday cake. Beckam has a thing about what textures he likes and doesn't like to touch and frosting turns out to be one he doesn't like on his hands. He kept getting handfuls of frosting and then working to get it off his hands. Needless to say the cake got torn apart but very little was eaten.

It has been a blast watching him change and discover new things. I am constantly amazed what the first year brings with a new baby growing to toddler. The first year has been great, here's to many more!!! We love you Beckam and are so happy you're part of our family.

At 1 year old Beckam...(just the highlights)

Likes: Playing with Brylie, annoying Brylie, following Brylie around, playing outside,playing with his cars, throwing balls, throwing anything he can, cuddling with his blanket, his bottle, Brylie's sippies, learning new things, playing in rooms he shouldn't, squealing, pointing, getting into everything, spoons

Dislikes: Being told no, not being allowed to do what he wants to do, being left behind, eating anything after Brylie has left the table, squishy food and fruits, going to bed

He has his 1 year appointment in a couple of weeks so we'll see where his weight and height come in at.