Beckett @ 6 months

Happy half birthday to my baby Beckett!

I can not believe that 6 months has passed and in 6 more he will be one! I don't know where the time has gone. I am thankful the sleepless nights are over with but sad to see him growing so fast. Watching your children grow and develop is such a bittersweet thing. 

Height: 28 inches(100%)

Weight: 24 lbs (100%)

Our visit with the doc at 6 months was a fast and easy apt. The doctor was still pleased with his development. He is able to roll both ways now, use rolling as a way of getting around , sit up on his own, and get up on all fours and rock( he is so ready to crawl). He can put weight on his legs well now and stand with support. He babbles as loud as ever and is a great sleeper and napper.

We can't leave anything in his reach because he will find a way to get it. Like JB, he likes remotes, ipad, iPhone, etc.

He eats: carrots, peas, green beans, corn, squash, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, peaches, pears.
He eats all of them with no problem but we think he likes carrots and apples the best!
He eats at 6:00 every night and  then has his nighttime bottle at 7:30 before bed. 

In the last two months Beckett's development has really taken off. I cant imagine what all he will be doing the next time I post at 8 months!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

We had a beautiful Thanksgiving with family and that's what it is all about. I enjoyed my morning at my parents house watching the parade and making breakfast with the family. W spent the day lounging around and preparing for dinner. Drew was working on Thanksgiving Day so we ate our meal when he got home. It was a non traditional meal that was much healthier than the usual. Organic baked chicken, brussel sprouts with shallots, twice baked stuffed sweet potatoes and homemade dresssing with mushrooms, celery, chestnuts, onions, etc. It was a great dinner!

We left the day after Thanksgiving for the lake house to meet up with Drew's parents, sisters and grandparents. It was the first time the grandparents got to meet Beckett.  It was the third time Lois had seen John Brady and the second time Bill got to see John Brady. When we arrived they had a fire roaring and the table decorated beautifully and the turkey was in the oven.

We enjoyed our weekend very much! I loved sitting by the fire with wine watching the grandparents and great grandparents play with the boys. It is nice to have that many hands to help out with the kids. It is like a mini vacation because John Brady wanted to play with all of them the whole time. He gathered sticks for the fire with his dad, played football with Hannah and Mark, colored and read with Stacy, etc. While we were there we also took John Brady to a farm with many animals, trains, Christmas trees, etc. 

Thanksgiving was a great time as always and I hope for many more beautiful memories with all of my family. 

.Happy Halloweenie.

Happy Halloween to you and yours!

This is Beckett's first Halloween and John Brady's third. This year, thanks to Pinterest, I decided to dress up JB as a football player and Beckett the football. It turned out very cute and inexpensive. We already had the jersey, turtleneck, eyeblack and Nike pants. He wanted to wear his new Georgia boots instead of tennis shoes...and I didn't bother arguing that. For Beckett we already had a brown long sleeve onesie and some white felt. I cut out felt to look like the football laces and sewed it on and boom we were done.

Drew worked on Halloween so we did a Halloween party for JB at the house. He trick or treated here several times and got a cookie once, a pack of m&m's, sports magazines, books, etc. He is obsessed with any Alabama magazines so he got a football program and some sports illustrated issues with Bama featured. He thought it was hilarious ringing the door bell and getting something in his bag and running around the house and doing it again. We opted to skip the downtown trick or treat because last year it was a zoo. We are excited to be in our new house next year because the neighborhood is perfect for things like trick or treat!

Also, to celebrate Halloween to went to our good friends house for a play date. The Savilles kindly invited us over for JB and Mallory to paint pumpkins, play outside, grill out, etc. The kids painted their pumpkins, played on her swing set, rode jb's four wheeler, etc. It was lots of fun as always!