We've hit the two month mark! Woo! Beckett is getting bigger and bigger and his personality is coming out more and more. I just love it!

Stats: Our big boy is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact, our doctor called him robust yesterday! He's 24 inches tall (90th percentile!) and weighs in at 13 pounds 5.5 ounces (75th percentile). His baby acne has gone away, hooray!, and his porcelain skin is smoother than, well, a  baby's bottom! His big bright eyes are holding their blue color, and his hair is a dirty blonde. It still has a hint of auburn every now and then, but it's lightened up tremendously. He's looking more and more like a baby boy then an infant. We joke around that he ate the baby because he's such a big boy now! We are now wearing size 3 month clothes although the pants seem to be a little big still. He's still wearing size 1 diapers, but I think once we are out of this box of 1s we are going to have to move up to size 2!

Food: He's still a great eater and still exclusively breast feeding. He's on a very loose schedule but eats up to 8 times a day, every 3 hours + or - a few. We are working on getting him on a bottle but he hasn't quite gotten that whole thing down just yet. He still burps on queue, but has started spitting up a little every now and then. When we try a bottle we use a bib because it goes everywhere. I haven't been pumping as much as I should (or at all really) but im starting to get a little better about it so that I can take some feedings off.

   Sleep: Boy does this kid like to sleep. We are really lucky. He has slept through the night 2x now and it was awesome. He takes a morning nap around 9a-12p, usually a short nap around 1-2pm then a long nap in the afternoon from 3-5ish. Bathtime is at 7pm followed by a feeding and a 'nap', then he gets fed again before bed around 10-11pm. If we are lucky he will sleep from 11p-5am, then gets up again then goes to sleep again til 7ish. He will literally sleep through anything and enjoys the sound of the blow dryer. He will still fall asleep in his momaroo for hours or on the bed in his boppy lounger. He still isn't a swaddler, just a blanket tucked in. We are trying to get him to nap in his bassinet in his room, then he sleeps in his bassinet in our room at night (for now). He will still cuddle on our chests, but those naps are now few and far between.

   

 

Awake Time: Mr. B is still very alert when he's awake. He's starting to really grasp onto things and is more aware of his surroundings. He is really strong and can hold himself up when on his stomach during tummy time. He is more engaged when we talk to him and when we 'play' with him. He still loves his bath time too, its so fun seeing him enjoy being in the water!

  Personality: Oh this little boy has us completely wrapped around his finger. He knows if he screams/cries

that we will pick him up, and when we do, he smiles. He is starting to get more and more animated every day. He will coo and smile at you if you smile at him. He's starting to repeat sounds

 

 

Firsts & Milestones: Oh the smiles. and the giggling. and the 'talking'. A happy smiling, giggling baby is by far the best thing in the world. He is so full of joy. He also can fit his fist in his mouth because he's into sucking on everything and drooling everywhere (ha!). He also learned to make and blow bubbles. Its adorable but gets drool everywhere! He had his first trip into the city for brunch and got to eat in public (oy). He also went to San Pedro Square (twice!) the mall, Ikea, a few dinner dates out, had lunch at a country club with all my co-workers and boss, celebrated St. Patrick's Day, and helped us move into our new apartment! Oh and more facetime! He's getting better about actually looking at the screen!

 
 

Nicknames: Mr. B, Beckett Bear, bebe, baba, buddy, lil chubbs We love you more and more every day Beckett. We enjoy every second you are here with us and can't imagine life without you! xoxo

Beckett's Newborn Photos and Birth Announcement!

I didn't want to spoil our birth announcements by posting them before everyone had gotten theirs in the mail which meant I had to refrain from posting his newborn photos too. But now that everyone has received theirs in the mail, I can share them! Woo! Here are a few of my favorites!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessie Salas did an amazing job of capturing our sweet boy on his 1 week birthday. we wanted them to really be about him in his newborn state. just pure love. those lips. that innocence. oh swoon. he was so small then.. now he's a much bigger boy!   the shots of us? i love them. and I love that my mom even snuck in  a few!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yes. he's wrapped up in my Baylor Line Jersey. Future Bear right there!

 Tiny Prints and Shutterfly have always been my go-to when it comes to announcements, cards, etc. so it was easy to pick out a birth announcement when the time came. I absolutely love how they came out. Not frilly, but not too grown up, just perfectly Beckett and perfectly baby.

 

On Shitty Friendships: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That.

(woo! a non-baby related post! haha)**

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 In the last few months, well in the last year, i've done a lot of growing up. I think that moving half way across the US will do that to someone. It gives you some perspective to stand back and really evaluate your friendships.      I'm lucky to have a really great core group of friends. the ones that are genuinely happy for you when something great happens, and the ones that are by your side when the shit hits the fan. some may be near, and a lot of them may be far, but it's those real friends that have kept my faith in friendships alive. some of those friends i've known for years, and some not as long, but in the time i've known these people, i've really come to value their opinions, advice, prayers, and companionship. these friends are the ones you don't have to see or talk to everyday, but as soon as you see them or talk to them, its like time never passed and you pick up right where you left off. these are the people you keep in your life.   then there are the acquaintances. I think these come in two groups.  there are the ones who you let into your life, but never really earn their spots in the core group. you keep in touch on facebook and instagram. you see each other out and about. you get invited to their weddings and out to dinner. you let them into your life. your home. I think some family even fall into this category (immediate & extended depending on your relationships with them).   Then there are the ones who you think you know. you may see them out, but almost avoid them if possible. its not a real friendship. its one of those for looks things.   for what seems to me, the first kind of acquaintances, life and your friendship can become a competition. instead of nurturing your friendship, they spend more time competing with them. in times when you should be supporting each other, it becomes a battle. and silence. silence is the betrayal of any friendship. its the worst.   im at a point in my life where I can choose who I keep in my life. I have a family now. I don't have time for drama. i've been the bigger person. extended olive branches. held my tongue. in the last month or so, i've see it all. the highest of the highs, and the absolute lowest of the lows. i've seen our real friends open their hearts and genuinely be happy and supportive of us, and i've seen our "friends" hide and avoid the situations at hand. it's both heartwarming and pathetic all at the same time. im done putting any effort in with the pretenders. ain't nobody got time for that.   moving on.   **I wrote this post about 2 weeks ago after a really, really bad day. little did i know that while all this was going on a "friend" of mine had a personal vendetta against me (for no concrete reason) and wrote a nasty post about me. the only reason I figured out it was pointed directly at me was because she and her husband deleted me off of fb, twitter, instagram, etc. (how adult like, huh?) I'm assuming she thinks anything I've written about in the last 10 months has been aimed at her because apparently she's the only other person I know that has been pregnant lately. Well she wasn't and 99.9& of what i was venting about had nothing to do with her and anything she took personally was because she needed something in her life to create drama. She must really be bored, huh?
Either I've been completely oblivious to all of this or I've inadvertently created this 'issue' all on my own, but if she were truly a friend, she would have said something to me instead of blasting me on her blog. In fact, I don't remember the last time I commented on something she blogged about, nor do I "argue" with anything she says. Opinions, yes i have them. Dreft does smell like baby prostitutes.. that's my opinion and if you don't like it, so be it. I guess I'm supposed to apologize for getting pregnant at the same time so all the attention wasn't on her? I don't know anymore. We live in different states and don't have many mutual friends. At this point I could care less, but I am offended and annoyed that a Christian woman would be such bitch.. oh wait. Yeah I did.
Just goes to show you that people who never widen their circles can't see past the tip of their nose.**