Week 11: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 71 (4/20): Devon and Dane came to visit; Devon took beautiful pics of the babes and Beck's favorite toy - her piano from the Velotas family!

Day 72 (4/21): Austin headed to Philadelphia so me and Becks went to Devon's to visit and tried out the Moby wrap

Day 73 (4/22): We took multiple photos of Beckett on the iPhone to send Austin live shots of his little girl while he was away; this was one of the first shots I sent - "Hi Dad!"; Michelle arrived to help me out and keep me company - amazing!

Day 74 (4/23): Me, Beckett, her Mimi and her Aunt Sharon spent the day together; Becks was a happy loved girl!

Day 75 (4/24); time to say bye to Mimi for the night - Becks would see her again the next day but in Alabama!

Day 76 (4/25): heading to Alabama for Michael's first birthday party; Becks did so good in the car! (another iPhone shot)

Day 77 (4/26); tired after a busy day of lunch and shopping at the Summit!

This was another excellent week with Beckett! She did wonderful in the car, during her shopping trips, during her visits, etc. - she is such a good girl! We have been having some issues with her bottles (e.g., sometimes she bites the ends, spits out - simply won't take the bottle for 15 - 20 minutes - ugh!). It has been great to get out and about with her though, and to let her meet more of our friends. She is now in her 3-month clothes, too, which is fun as it opens up a whole new side of her closet - eeee! I was also happy to see how well she did in the Moby wrap - it really seems to sooth her like her swing - she even falls asleep in it. All in all, another great week with BG!

Testing Out Accessories...

And so it begins! Thanks for my first bow, Mimi!

Beckett and Her Bath Time

Beckett truly seems to enjoy bath time more than any other time of day! Each day, at 7:30 p. m., she is given a warm bath. During bath time she smiles, her eyes glaze over and she just calms down right in Austin's arms! He gives her almost each bath - I hover around, sometimes taking pictures, making bottles or just watching her enjoy herself. After bath we dry her off, take her to her room, turn on her Baby Bach 'winding down' music, and lay her on her change pad to put on her PJs. She is just zonked. By 8 p.m., we get the puppers and settle into her room for her last bottle of the day before bedtime. It's all she can do to keep her eyes open to finish it. Then it's story time, typically Time for Bed, Lullaby Moon or Goodnight Moon. Before we know it, it's 8:30 p.m., and we swaddle her up, put her down for the night, and then don't see her until 7 a.m. the next day. Such a great nighttime routine. I'm sure it will change over the months and years but it's definitely my favorite part of the day, too!

7:30 p.m. Before Bath . . . 

7:15 p.m. During Bath . . . 

7:25 p.m. After Bath . . .

All pics from April 18 (Day 69)

A Day at the Porters

Austin flew out of town to Philadelphia, so me and Becks headed down to see her Aunt Devon and Cousin Dane and bonus, her Gigi was there, too! We hung at the house and Dev fed Becks her bottle (and us lunch!), then we walked down to the park down the street and Dev loaned me and Beckett her Moby wrap - we loved it! When we got back we hung out, Dane showed me his water table (his birthday gift from Beckett!) and Becks was fascinated by Devon's flag. We had such a great visit - can't wait to see them again!

3 of my favorite ladies

Wagon down to park

Sisters and Cousins

Hanging in the Porter's front yard - Becks LOVES that flag

Close up - she seriously loved it

And Dane loved his water table - yay! 

And we loved the Moby - thanks for another great loan, Devie!

Week 10: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 64 (4/13): Meeting the Mittelbronn Family and showing off her swirl

Day 65 (4/14): More pics on her new favorite place - the change pad table (just before bath time)

Day 66 (4/15): "Don't put me in my crib yet!"; just before bed time while finishing her last bottle

Day 67 (4/16): little cutie on her activity mat before her Mimi got in town

Day 68 (4/17); sweet face while being held by Gigi

Day 69 (4/18); Splashing around during bath time

Day 70 (4/19); Family trip to Frozen Yogurt at Friday "happy hour"\

Likes:

• Meeting new people; she does so well being held by others, being fed by others, etc. Saturday she got to visit with the Mittelbronns and the Blancos, and both her Mimi and Gigi visited this week - such a fun week and she did wonderful!
• She is absolutely loving her bath time - almost falling asleep during it!
• Her swing - OMG. What would we do without it? She is doing what Moms on Call calls 'Twilight sleep' where she wakes up 45 minutes (like clockwork) into each nap. The nurses say she will do this until 12 weeks. We keep her in her crib for two of the naps and just go in every 5 minutes to calm her, but the other 2 are spent in the swing.

Dislikes: 

• Sleeping during naps (see above!) - thank gosh she is still sleeping all night! (8:30 p.m. to 7 a.m.)

We had a bit of a roller coaster week! We were so used to her sleeping EXACTLY when she was supposed to, so to have her up when the schedule said she "should" be down was interesting to say the least. But, Moms on Call told us this was normal and to expect it from 9 - 12 weeks so there ya go. Becks is now 10 weeks! OMG. She is such a doll, still super smiley and she really seems to recognize our voices and faces which is seriously awesome. We're loving our little girl - every day, week, month gets better, even though we don't think it can!

Becks has a Birthmark!

We have officially spotted a birthmark on baby Beckett!

see it?!

For context - and for baby chubby cuteness!

And just a cutie pic for fun! :) Love her little rolls!

Week 9: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 57 (4/6):  Chin. Love it.

Day 58 (4/7): Pretty girl being soothed by dad

Day 59 (4/8): Celebrating 2 months old at the pediatrician just before her first round of shots

Day 60 (4/9): Wishing her Mimi a Happy Birthday before her day out with mom

Day 61 (4/10): Dinnertime bottle #eyes

Day 62 (4/11): "Hello"

Day 63 (4/12): Family Walk

This week was ALL about the smiles. Girlfriend was giving them out and left and right and we were lucky enough to catch a few of them on camera. They are seriously adorable - she just seems so happy which of course makes us so happy!

Ladies Who Lunch

Today Becks celebrated her Mimi's birthday - Happy Birthday, Michelle! Then she rode out with mom to visit AutoTrader.com. So many of my co-workers came to meet her, and Miss Carol even have her her 10:30 bottle. She did great! We loved visiting with the communication, marketing and community relations teams! And then it was off to Nordstrom with Leslie to meet Stacy and Lola for lunch and catching up - a great day! Now we are home and we are both exhausted - our first "ITP" outing went well - woo!

Beckett Goes to the Pediatrician

Today, Beckett is exactly two months old, so naturally we just got back from her two-month appointment at the pediatrician. She did GREAT - I am so proud of her! She weighed in at 11 pounds and 13 oz., a 3 pound 12 oz. weight gain from her two-week appointment. And her height is now 24", 3.5" more than her two-week appointment. She is in the 95th percentile in length and the 90th percentile in weight - strong, healthy girl!

The doctor said Beckett has a wonderful temperament - calm, quiet and smiley! LOVE IT. I promised him she wasn't showing off. :) All was good and I was happily snapping pictures until the nurse gave her the shots, then I held her little hands and I mean poor girl went from calm and white to screaming and red in under 1 second! I felt so bad for her. She just looked stunned like WHY did this lady do that?! So mean! She calmed down quickly though and then we headed out and I put her down for her 3 p.m. nap and she's still sleeping - poor little bug!

We didn't learn much else at the pediatrician.Her blocked tear duct is all better, she is eating the right amount (6 oz. 5 times a day), the spit up is normal since she's "a happy spitter," and she is cleared for being around the public now - yay! We did show him the birthmark we found and he confirmed that that's what it is - no cause for alarm. And he found these things called "Mongolian spots" on her lower back. I'll have to take a picture, although I had never seen them in our normal light here at home (vs. their intense exam light at the doctor's office).

K - going to make her next bottle - so glad we got that over with! She won't go back until her 4-month wellness appointment assuming, and hoping, all goes well until then!

Becks Meets the Lengels & The Cardens

On Saturday, April 6, Beckett got to meet two of our absolute favorite couples: the Cardens and the Lengels! We had beautiful weather so we got to spend most of their visit outdoors, and both Mary and Teresa got to feed Beckett bottles. Becks was on her best behavior and only spit up on Teresa once. hehe The Lengels brought her an adorable set of her birthstone earrings, and the Cardens got a beautiful summer outfit - Beckett is such a lucky lady!!

Becks & T

The Lengels with Daisy & Remy

Becks & Mar

Becks & Forrest

The Girls

Week 8: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 50 (3/30):  Big yawn 

Day 51 (3/31): Big eye face

Day 52 (4/1):  Sweet girl enjoying warm weather clothes while it lasts

Day 53 (4/2): Little smirk on change pad before bedtime

Day 54 (4/3): Another shot in her new 0 - 3 month size jammies before bedtime

Day 55 (4/4): Little smile in another new pair of jams at bedtime

Day 56 (4/5): Sweet baby face after bath

Our baby girl is 8 weeks old!! What?! She is officially two months old tomorrow, on February 8, and we have her big 2-month pediatrician appointment where she'll get more shots and where they'll hopefully tell us that she's gained weight, is super healthy, and is good to start meeting the public!

On Monday we moved her to the '8 - 16 week schedule' - which means we dropped the middle-of-the night feeding. She wasn't quite 8 weeks yet, but we felt like she was ready based on Moms on Calls list of 'How to Tell When Your Baby is Ready to Move to the Next Schedule.' Yes, they make it easy. LOL Anyway, the first night she slept from 8:30 p.m. - 5:30 a.m. - AMAZING. The next night she made it to 3:30 a.m. Then the rest of the week she made it to 5 a.m., and this morning she made it to 6:15 a.m. So it's going well!

Likes

• glowworm toy
• opening and closing her fists
• rolling on her side
• pushing against you with her feet 
• batting and kicking at the toys on her activity mat
• meeting new people - she did a great job meeting family and friends, and is patient with older kiddos as they meet her
• her change pad table - she used to hate it and hate having her diaper changed; we don't know if it's because it's warmer now or what but she doesn't seem to mind it and, in fact, we get most of her smiles during diaper changes!

Dislikes 

• sun (direct sunlight startles her right now!)
• lying down flat after eating (who does?)
• spitting up (which she does so much - poor thing! She's definitely in the 'happy spitter' category per Moms on Call, but she still gets up set when she spits up a lot through her nose - she makes a MAJOR 'foo foo face')

This week she became a lot more vocal about what she wants. You can now very easily tell when she has air in her (gets squirmy and agitated), or when her diaper needs to be changed (sudden, surprised, short cry out). It's making it easier for us to meet her needs which is nice as before we were kind of just guessing (let's burp her? let's change her?).  This was a really big week as we transitioned to the new schedule of 5 cycles vs. 7 cycles and we're so proud of how well she's taken to it. Looking forward to another wonderful week with our Baby Beckett!!

A Little Overboard Stocking BG's Medicine Cabinet?

Austin called me a doomsday prepper...