The stage when everything goes in your mouth...

Beckett is teething so everything he touches goes into his mouth. (Even Rudolph's glass light bulb nose) Tonight I was holding the remote and he started fussing and reaching for it. I know...normal behavior for a boy but when I gave it to him he pushed on it for a few seconds and then wanted to suck on it! So if anybody has advice out there for things for him to chew on let me know.

Men and Fire

Thanks Dad!

Tonight I got back from a tennis lesson and Bradley rushed out the door to a basketball game. I go kiss on Beckett to discover that he has a NASTY diaper. But since I was getting ready to give him his cereal and then a bath I decided to wait on changing his diaper. Like any good mom I was trying to save time and multi task! After I fed him his cereal I took off his diaper and cleaned him up the best I could. He had poop all over his back and cereal all down his front. So I carried him naked from the bedroom to the kitchen and of course on the way to the bathtub he peed all over me. I will blame this all on Bradley for not changing his diaper before he left... It's a good thing he's so cute and was smiling the whole time!

Beckett goes for his first ride...

Anne and Mark brought their 'baby" down for the weekend and he took Beckett for a ride. Chase is one dog that I like for those of you that know I am not a animal lover! Beckett loved when he kissed his toes.

Non Beckett Post

Sarah told me my (Beckett's) blog had become a bore so I thought I would spice things up. Today my mom, Michele and I exercised our freedom of speech right at the capital for the first time. We attended a rally that opposed the passing of Amendment 1. I could get on my soapbox about hatred and some peoples need to feel like they are the judge of others but I think I will let the picture speak for itself...

5 months...

Beckett giving the monkey kisses.
Trying out the Mike Tyson his dad taught him!

The monkey's down for the count.

Giving the monkey a hug.

Wow! Time really flies! I can't believe Beckett's already 5 months old. Lately he's been impossible to change because he wants to roll over. He's also extrememly ticklish too so changing his clothes is quite interesting these days.

We are lucky!

Below are Beckett's two month photos. His Aunt Flash took the pictures and created the slideshow. She is an excellent photographer!

Beckett 2 month photos

First Sport Outing

Hangin' with the guys. Too bad I can't keep my eyes open.
How cute are my nephews? I love them like my own!

We went to play putt putt with Michele, Chris and the boys last weekend. Aidan and Ethan had a blast as did the adults. Ethan invented a new kind of game "Running and Putting." Beckett liked watching and cheering for mom for awhile but by the 12th hole he was sound asleep!

Baby giraffe escapes from zoo!

I caught him!

New mom mistake!

Well...Most of you know that Beckett has a had a hard time sleeping throught the night since about 13 weeks. At 8 weeks he was sleeping through the night and it stopped when I went back to work. Sometimes he was up 6-8 times from 12 a.m to 6 a.m. There were so many nights Bradley and I were both so frustrated. He would go to sleep and then wake up after 10 min. We would repeat this numerous times throughout the night. We just kept being thankful he was happy during the day. Finally after trying everything we could think of and asking advice from numerous people I listened to MommaSchelle (his aunt). She told me he was probably cold and I thought surely that's not it because that's too easy to fix. So after turning off the fan in his room, dressing him in his jammies and a sleepsack and covering his hands, Beckett is on his 5th night of sleeping through the night! Yipee!!!! I keep feeling guilty and asking myself why I didn't figure it out earlier when I was under covers and in flannel pj's when I slept in his room all those nights trying to get him to sleep for a longer than 10 mins at a time. Oh well! Here's a picture from the first morning after. I am sure he is saying "thank goodess that woman figured it out so I can finally get some good sleep!"