Love This Shot

Snagged with my phone this afternoon while she was playing with her puzzle pieces - love this little 13-month-old sweetie!

Week 56: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 386 (3/1); loving her weekend with dad at home!

Day 387 (3/2); we've been trying to take more video now that she's mobile and walking all over the place (like walking, walking - can't count steps anymore) - anyway, the only downside for us is that she wants to hold the video camera

Day 388 (3/3); Beckett in her spring jams playing with school bus and picnic - girl can't get get enough of toys with handles that she can carry around!

Day 389 (3/4); Still loving her cabinet - she plays 'open and close' and is excited to pull everything out and try to get in!

Day 390 (3/5); Reading bedtime books with Daddy

Day 391 (3/6); Clapping hands with mama and the poodles

Day 392 (3/7); Sweet bedtime simile while reading books with Daddy

Likes:

• clapping
• walking
• doggies 
• books
• itsy bitsy spider
• her new school bus 
• picnic basket
• wiping surfaces with her picnic basket "blanket"
• climbing up the playground and sliding down
• hanging with big kids
• sunglasses
• being held
• climbing stairs

Dislikes:

• having her face wiped 
• having her diaper changed
• being put down/not being held

Week in a Nutshell: 

• Saturday: Family Day at home playing with new toys & new padded play table
• Sunday: Family Day; visit to dog park & playground 
• Monday: Day with Mom while Dad had work dinner! Toddler Room at gym and grocery store visit
• Tuesday: Toddler Room at gym with Mom and night with Dad
• Wednesday: Rainy Day in with Mom; afternoon at playground with Miss Julie, Miss Traci and their kiddos; family walk with Dad & the pups
• Thursday: Toddler Room at gym with Mom; lunch with Dad while Mom met Monica & Sharon and went to the doctor
• Friday: Grocery store and drycleaners with mom; playground with mom; family night in waiting for Velotas family to arrive!

Beckett's Butterflies & Polka Dots First Birthday Party

Beckett has always been drawn to her Lamaze butterfly hanging toy. It was the first one she reached for, and ever since it has hung on her infant car seat and helped us through many a car ride, meal time and general fussy periods. The back of the butterfly is black and white polka dots, and with her room being orange, gray and black I just knew we had to do butterflies and polka dots for little Beckett!

We got incredibly lucky with the weather - a day in the low 60's in between two snow storms that literally shut down Atlanta.

Her birthday fell on a Saturday so we had the party on the date exactly, from 3 -5 p.m.

We were so grateful for all who could come over to celebrate with us, including:

• Beckett's Gigi, Aunt Devon, Uncle Zach & Cousin Dane
• Beckett's Mimi, Poppa, & Uncle Elliot
• Beckett's Great-Grandfather Audi, Miss Mary, Great Uncle Terry, Great Aunt Sharon & Cousin Laura
• Uncle Jim Frost
• Velotas Family - Jimmy, Mary, Emma & Michael
• Prance Family - Crystal, Jason & Grady
• Carroll Family - John, Jennifer & Brady
• Young Family - Stevens, Karly, Charlotte, & Caroline
• Blanco Family - Andy & Monica
• Feneck Family - Josie, Nick & Roman
• Walter Family - Meghan, Jay & Harper
• Pete Family - Joleen, Ben & Ben
• Piccinni Family - Tracie, Guido & Jake
• Johnson Family - Sarah, Jared & Gavin
• van Reenen Family - Chanel, Jan & Henry
• Mittelbronn Family - Melissa, Jon, Madison & McKenna
• Roller Family - Sharon, Jamie & Peyton
• Seaman Family - Ruje & Mark
• Porter Family - Pat & Vivian (Cousin Dane's Grandparents!)
• Turman Family - Andrew, Laura Anne & Lee

Such a fun group! Made us even more grateful that we were able to use the backyard! The kids mostly played outside in Beckett's tunnel & in friend Henry's ball pit and tent that he loaned us! We also played inside some as the weather would be warm one minute, then chilly the next!

Adults were in and out, and the Olympics started that day so we had that on. Beckett seemed to have an absolute ball. She really seems to like having guests over and was loving the ball pit and seeing all of her friends and just playing with family - it was so fun and hilarious to see her try cake for the first time (at first she was unsure - then she was in!) 

I was really happy with how all the crafts, food, sweets, decorations, photo booth and everything turned out! 

Such a perfect day! I only regret not getting pics of more of our friends and families who attended. Here are some of the beautiful photos Zach took of Beckett on her special day. 

I am 1!

Beautiful Photo taken by my talented Uncle Zach - me in my favorite place - my room!

• I am 29.5 inches tall.
• I weigh 19 pounds and 3 ounces
• I have 12 teeth (7 that are very in and 5 that are in various stages of in)
• I love being chased by my daddy, my mom singing to me, high fives, waving, swinging, clapping hands, peek-a-boo, and everything about my doggies (chasing them, petting them, trying to feed them, seeing them walk into a room, etc.).
• My favorite food is beans, black beans or green beans! I love food though, all food. Favorite meats: chicken & turkey; favorite fruits: avocado, strawberries, melon, bananas, blueberries, grapes, oranges, pineapple, apples, mango; favorite vegetables: peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, and butternut squash. I also like my new snack food: mini goldfish that I feed myself in the car out of my snack trap!
• My favorite book is Pat the Zoo (especially the red feathers and the lion's mane). I also love all Karen Katz flip books, my bath book by Sandra Boynton (it squeaks!) and It's Time for Bed - my parents read this to me every night!
• My favorite toy is my naptime Glowworm. I also love books, my kitchen, walkers, balls, and blocks (anything I can bang together).
• My favorite time of day is bath time. I love to splash around, play with my toys, read my bath book and suck on my wash cloths. 
• I wear a size 2/3 shoe, and 6 - 12 month clothes. My birthday dress fit perfect and it was size 9-month.
• My nicknames include Beckarito, BG, Scooter, Beckers, B, Becks and Beck Beck.
• I've traveled to Birmingham, the lake, Auburn and Colorado. 
• I can say dada, mama, doggy, baba, hi, and shoe. My first word was dada.
• I can pull myself up and stand, take steps, drink from a straw, put myself to sleep (with the help of my thumb!) and climb stairs!
• My favorite song is The Wheels on the Bus. I also love The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, This Little Light of Mine, You are My Sunshine, Jesus Loved the Little Children, Picking up a Baby Bumblebee, and Hi I'm Beckett (sung to the tune of Brother John!)
• Dad and Mom say everyone loves my big happy toothy smile, my curls and my bright eyes!

Family Post-Park

We went back over to Newtown Park on Sunday to let the dogs play, then let Beckett play! Her playground was super crowded due to a birthday party in progress, so she wasn't able to swing. We decided to head out and just swing across the street in our neighborhood playground. She wasn't pleased... the dogs were though!

Reuben was SO happy to be there! LOL

Beckett Walks - Video!

Week 55: 7 Days of Beckett

Day 379  (2/22); With Dad and 10-Month-Old Elizabeth at Lee's First Birthday Party

Day 380 (2/23); Enjoying her first time on a horsie at Newtown Park

Day 381 (2/24); Playing at the neighborhood park with 3-year olds - she loved the big girls and I loved how all of their little dresses! 

Day 382 (2/25); Having fun with her pack 'n play turned ball pit!

Day 383 (2/26); Cutie girl at bath time

Day 284 (2/27); Having a Berry good day! haha She seriously loves berries - this snack was black berries, raspberries, blue berries and strawberries!

Day 385 (2/28); Having her fruit pouch - these have been great for snacks - so glad I made them and that she likes them with her punchtop - weirds me out that I don't have to help her with them anymore!

Likes:

• Walking - she took so many steps and series of steps!
• eating her own pouches
• ball pit
• Little people school bus and airplane
• picnic basket - especially because it has a handle so she can carry it around
• shredded balsamic chicken - like can't get enough 
• bananas - she especially likes holding it and eating bites herself
• eating with a spoon - the scooping part is tough but she is good at getting food in her mouth!
• feeding others
• talking nonstop (it sounds like a foreign mumble - it's kind of awesome)
• sunglasses - they are her favorite "toy" - thankfully she doesn't seem to care if they are adult ones or kid ones... so we try to make sure she has kid ones!
• climbing - can't stop her - if I turn around she is trying to pull up on a chair, climb the dog steps , use the ottoman to get to the couch to stand on it - ah!
• facetiming - if she gets one of our phones we'll facetime her from the other - she loves it
• xylophone  - especially the sticks!
• the dog park - she almost glazes over in wonder watching all the different dogs run around

Dislikes:

• being further than three feet away from mom
• her new molars
• you eating something and not offering her a bite

Week in a Nutshell:

• Saturday: Morning with Tyson & Haley; LA & Andrew's for Lee's First Birthday Party; Visit from Andy & Monica; night with Mom & Dad
• Sunday: Family day; mid-morning visit to New Town dog park and playground; afternoon walk around neighborhood and Tuxford
• Monday: Toddler room at gym; grocery shopping with mom; visit to park in neighborhood to meet new moms and friends; had night with Dad while Mom had Mom's Dinner
• Tuesday: Visit to gym where Beckett got really upset/separation anxiety; seemed uncomfortable/teething that night - bad day :(
• Wednesday: Stayed home to have lots of 1:1 time with mom while not feeling 100%
• Thursday: Back to perky self! Visit to toddler room at gym - had a much better visit! Had night with Dad while Mom went to consignment sale!
• Friday: Baby Shower at neighbor Julie's for Baby Girl Finley - basically played with Miss Julie's son Will who is a week older than Beckett; she ate paper, he played with a stapler - ah - these kids are too fast; Family night at home!