Week 38: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 260 (10/26); Our little Beckett ghost! Thanks for the great pic of our sweet girl, Devie!

Day 261 (10/27); sweet sleepyhead!

Day 262 (10/28); rainy day in playing with her toys

Day 263 (10/29); look at this hair! It's getting out of control - love it!

Day 264 (10/30); Playing with her music box - glad I busted this out - she loves it!

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Day 265 (10/31); SO many Halloween pictures to choose from, but between parties we snapped these pictures of her and her best friends, Reuben and Remy, and she was seriously squealing with happiness - she loves them so much!

Day 266 (11/1); cutie girl drives her car all over the place now!

Likes:

• her music box
• crawling all over and fast
• trying to eat cords (sigh)
• pulling up
• her activity table (a big favorite this week)
• exploring everything - crawling down the hallway, chasing her dogs, trying to get into their bathroom - she is a busy, busy girl!
• playing with other kiddos - she likes to watch and imitate!
• saying mamamamama :)

Dislikes:

• grapes
• having her face wiped (um, hello Beckett, there is food on it - give it a rest!)
• falling on her face (in fairness, who likes that? But good grief with all of her crawling and pulling up she falls down a lot and very quickly even if you have a hand on her)

Her Week in a Nutshell:

• Saturday: Morning with Mom & Dad; afternoon with Gigi; photos with Aunt Devon and Cousin Dane; slumber party at Gigi's while parents hosted a Beer Fest!
• Sunday: Morning with Gigi; visit with Gigi & parents in the afternoon; Family Sunday!
• Monday: Visit from Miss Joleen and Baby Ben for a North American Bear reshoot; Infant room with Miss Andrea at gym
• Tuesday: Infant room with Miss Andrea at gym
• Wednesday: Infant room with Miss Neecy at gym
• Thursday: Busy Halloween - potluck party at 11 a.m. at Krista's with playgroup; pictures with poodles at home; taco bar party at 4:30 p.m. at Chanel's with Moms and Dads; bedtime with Dad while mom went to neighborhood cul-de-sac party with Sharon & Shana
• Friday: Post-Halloween hang out at home with her family; bedtime bottle with her favorite sitter Andrea while her parents went to a birthday celebration

Still Finds Her Pups HILARIOUS (video)

Little Sleepyhead

Sweet girl no longer stays awake during her last bottle. When she was a newborn I loved how she would drink with her eyes closed then fall asleep in my arms. Once she got a bit older it rarely happened. Now that she is continuing to adjust to dropping the 5 p.m. nap, she falls asleep during almost every nighttime bottle... I love it. It's just so sweet to see her so snuggly and to have her just snooze away in my arms. Here are a few pics - I can't get over it!

Becks & Cousin Dane in Their Halloween Best

Devon took these ADORABLE pictures of our babies yesterday at the Old Cemetery in Decatur. Gigi was on hand to help her Spiderman and Ghost grandbabies. I am just obsessed with how they turned out - so cool and such a fun idea. I love how sweet they are with each other!

Week 37: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 253 (10/19); Playing at Andy & Monica's house on Football Saturday! She was asleep by the time we won the big game against Texas A&M!

Day 254 (10/20); enjoying the day outside eating her finger foods - Reuben and Remy are liking her transition to finger foods LOL

Day 255 (10/21); On location in a beautiful home in Buckhead for a Mudpie shoot. The room wasn't kid-friendly but it, like the house, was STUNNING! Hope to see pics of the shoot soon - eeee!

Day 256 (10/22); Bathtime with Mom while Dad was in Boston; sweet girl has so much fun now that she has bath toys and sits up!

Day 257 (10/23); squirmy girl at the park with friends (photo from Joleen!)

Day 258 (10/24); Playing with sweet girl Lola at picnic playdate (truth be told they both seem too independent to play together right now lol)

Day 259 (10/25); Smiley baby girl (ironically taken AFTER she wouldn't give any smiles at her second Mud-pie shoot. Sigh!

Likes: 

• crawling - you can't stop this girl - she is all over everywhere, all the time!
• eating grass - she will not stop grabbing for the grass. The pediatrician said to let her do it, so I did, and she threw up. eek!
• playing with others - she has the biggest smile on her face when I go pick her up at the gym Infant Room and she is sitting with her favorite care givers and other babies playing with blocks and singing - it's adorable
• remote controls - loves 'em!
• Saying 'bah' - she is really working on spitting this consonant out!
• Pulling up on things - she tries to pull on tables, bags, me - she wants to go!
• Being held up and "walking" - she takes steps when you hold her and moves OUT in her walker. You can tell she is loving the independence.
• Recordings of me singing her favorite songs. Good gosh my voice is horrible - a voice only my baby could love! But when we're in the car and she is wailing I can play them and it works like a pacifier

Dislikes:

• her car seat - she really doesn't want to be contained any more. at all. 
• being separated - you can tell she is starting to get anxiety when we put her on the floor - she freaks out if she even thinks you're stepping away
• having her diaper changed - it's getting to be dangerous changing it - eek!
• having her clothes changed - same deal, I change her on the floor now so it's more safe
• her stroller - we had a rough walk on the Greenway - she wasn't having it!

Her Week in a Nutshell:

• Saturday: Visit to Monica & Andy's for Auburn's win over Texas A&M
• Sunday: Family day at home! Walk with Sharon on the Greenway (walk was cut short though as Beckett wasn't feeling it - boo)
• Monday: Infant Room with Samantha at gym; Mud-pie Photo Shoot in Buckhead for bubble suit
• Tuesday: Infant room with Andrea at gym; Austin in Boston so Mom & Beckett day!
• Wednesday: Playdate at the park with Mom's Group - cold day and LOTS of swinging!
• Thursday: Playdate picnic with Stacy and Lola Wilson
• Friday: Infant Room with Andrea at gym; Mud-pie Photo Shoot in Tucker for a nightgown and two bibs

Cold Autumn Day at the Park

On Wednesday me and Beckett met up with the standing Wednesday playdate group for a little fun in the sun. Or so we thought - it ended up being brrrrrr chilly! We still had a great time though. Although Beckett ate grass and threw up on her leggings/socks, and is at that funky age where she doesn't sit still but also can't keep up with the "big kids" so she definitely made me work extra hard to keep her safe! LOL Here are a few pics, combining mine, Joleen's & Sarah's.

Still reeling from her taste of grass - you can see her throw up on her leggings. Sigh! haha

Not so tasty huh, Becks?!

trying to steal abby's sippy cup while she is distracted with her goldfish - classy! LOL

squirmy worm

Most of the group! Think we ended up with 9 moms/babes

Super cute Ben in front; Beckett and Harper swinging in the back

Cuite cute Graham smiling at me!

Beckett and some of the boys - Ben, Gavin & Graham

Becks & Gavin being cute

Ben, Gavin & Becks - love this grinning Gavin!

Gavin kneeling down to see what little Becks is doing (likely eating LOL) - SO SWEET 

Week 36: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 246 (10/12); Baby girl in the stands at her first Auburn game! Special thanks to the Cardens for having us stay all weekend, and the Veloti for a wonderful tailgate and for being so generous with their tickets so Beckett could enjoy!

Day 247 (10/13); Testing out her new sweater after a long ride back from Alabama and a day of getting ready for the week to come!

Day 248 (10/14); cute smiles in her colored denim and 'egg plant a kiss on me' shirt!

Day 249 (10/15); A sneak peek from Joleen from Beckett's North American Bear photo shoot!

Day 250 (10/16); Happy girl in her chambray polka dots chilling on her parents bed!

Day 251 (10/17); Happy crawler in her crayon onesie that may still be a bit too big!

Day 252 (10/18); Sleepy face playing after naptime in her sweater - it's so dang cold already! Crazy!

Likes:

• Abby's headphones. Such a great loan! She would smile so big when we put them on her, then of course she would try to eat them. haha
• The football game. She LOVED the people, the sounds - SO MUCH NEW for her. I am thrilled that was able to go to her first game already!
• Dogs. She is REALLY into dogs. All dogs, Reuben and Remy for sure, but she did great with Teresa's pups, too.
• Kids. Emma and Michael were so sweet with her - she loved playing with them and Emma even shared her crown with her - adorable.
• iPad. She is fascinated with iPads - if you have it, or a remote control, or an iPhone - she wants it badly and now protests if you don't let her have it!
• Watching videos of herself. I will prop my iPhone up with a video of her on it and she will crawl across the room so fast to get to it - adorable!
• Having her picture taken. She really seems to love it and smiles so big. Being able to have her picture taken with toys was very fun - she loved these squeaky plush donuts!
• The ergo baby. We're really using it a lot now and I can carry her all over (facing in/on front). She did great in at Auburn - I was so proud of her!

Dislikes:

• Sleeping 'on the go'; it took her a very long time to go down for her naps at the tailgate. Like 20 minutes longer than usual. BUT, she did it, she slept and it all worked out. 
• Sitting still. It's getting increasingly hard - she wants to go, go, go!
• Having her diaper changed. She kind of screams now when I try to do it - true story. She squirms so fast and hard until she is practically crawling on her change table. Not safe, people!

Her Week in a Nutshell:

• Saturday: A day on the plains in Auburn, including a great family tailgate and the game!
• Sunday: Catch up day! Getting back to Georgia and getting the house in order for the week
• Monday: LOTS of crawling - like she is fast now and on the move in a big way! Trip to the Gym Infant Room and to the grocery store
• Tuesday: North American Bear photo shoot with Joleen; a bit of playtime with Chanel & Henry
• Wednesday: Visited neighbor Shana who gave us some materials for Beckett's Halloween costume; Gym Infant Room with Miss Samantha
• Thursday: Rainy day! Playdates cancelled, ended up spending time with Lexus getting 4 new tires
• Friday: Infant Room with Andrea; family night at home!