I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post another blog, i have been soaking in little beckett! So i decided to just do one long blog!! hopefully, anyone that is reading this, doesn't find that annoying.
So much has happened in the past few weeks.
June 16th-23rd- We all three drove to tulsa to visit family and friends. Beckett did awesome on the drive there it took about 17 hours. Once we got to denver, we realized we didn't have a FM transmitter for the ipod and we weren't about to do the drive without any music. We stopped at Target and bought one and then only to realize a fuse was blown in the cigarette lighter we needed. So dan went back inside to buy a fuse only to find they didn't have any. So we drove down the road to an auto-part store. He bought a fuse, changed it and after being in denver for about an hour, we were off! We stopped every two-three hours to feed and change Beckett. He slept most of the time but when he was awake he just looked around, probably wondering why he was in his car seat for so long!! Regardless, he did awesome! We arrived at my parents house around midnight. Ayden and my mother were waiting up for us. Ayden seemed really excited to finally meet Beckett! Throughout the trip we ate at some good restaurants, enjoyed a party for Beckett at the Murfins home with family and friends, and enjoyed father's day with my entire family! it was really good to see my family and friends and boy, do we miss them. the time always goes way too quick!
Dan's first Father's Day:
All the dad's
The Grandkids!
My Grandmother (mom's, mom), mother, beckett and me
My Grandfather (dad's, dad), my father, beckett and me
We also had his photos taken by my friend/professional Jenny Collier. It was a lot of fun and she did an amazing job.
here are a few of the photos but if you would like to see the rest you can see the entire album at the following site:
The drive back to Steamboat only took 15 hours! ha, only! We seemed to have got the travel routine down!
Welcome home!
One early cool morning from our back patio
Over the next few days we went to the Boathouse patio and had lunch while beckett just slept. We went to gondola square (the base of the ski mountain). while feeding beckett, i remember looking at the mountain and thinking about how much fun we were going to have on this hill together as a family. Somehow i found the time to organize our closet..or should i say my half of it. I turned on some music and put beckett in the boppy pillow on the bed and he just watched me the whole entire time. (i guess i should mention, it took me two days.) dan is like a little kid so excited about the skate park and said he was thinking about whether or not someday beckett will be "killin' it there!!" we both just want beckett to be happy doing whatever it is he wants. (but i know dan would just love to skate with him).
we met uncle zac at the farmer's market downtown and walked around for a bit and then we went to the skate park for the grand opening...Beckett was awake and was just watching everyone and listening to the music.
june 27th-The first day that Beckett probably really scared me. We were sitting in the living room and he was getting a little tummy time. As i watched him, i thought, "i should take some photos to document how strong his neck is." So i grabbed the camera and right as i went to snap the picture he rolled over for the first time, from his stomach to his back. i managed to actually capture it but i do have to say, you will see how blurry it is. It scared me when his head began to rotate the rest of his body over and i put the camera down as fast as i could to catch him. Of course he was fine. i thought it was just coincidence, and then he proceeded to do it two more times. i don't think he was really trying but his head just pulled him right over! it was really exciting! it's the little things!!
Obviously, the picture!! wish it wasn't blurry
Random video in his crib
The next day we went to the hot springs pool. After of course, stopping by the health store and buying him some organic sunscreen!! My mom got us an "eco-friendly" diaper system and came with a cloth diaper cover, so we used that over a disposable diaper, put on the long sleeve swim-shirt, and a floppy hat. and in we went. He was fast asleep in no time!! he really seemed to like it.
Video sleeping in the pool
So, the most difficult decision i've had to make thus far is, the 2 month vaccinations. i really did not want to do them. i feel like i'm making a decision to inject preservatives and other chemicals into his body. i read and read for days on the transmission of the diseases, the likelihood of contracting them, if it could be treated if he contracted it, and all the ingredients in each vaccine. It was really overwhelming and i read many negative outcomes. i asked for input from people and still just had the hardest time making the decision. After talking to the pediatrician for forty minutes, (which she wasn't overbearing/pushy at all), dan and i finally came to the decision to do some of the vaccines but some we didn't feel it was really necessary at this time in his life. The one's that weren't life threatening or couldn't cause permanent damage, we didn't do. i didn't want to do any, for me either way was a losing situation. i would never forgive myself if he was to contract something that i could've prevented but at the same time not truly knowing the short term or long term effects on his body is extremely scary. Some things are just out of our control and we have to make the best decision we can with the knowledge we have, let go, and pray!
2 month stats:
- weight-10 lbs=14%
- length-23 inches=53%
- head-15.75 inches= 50%
- Size 1 diapers
- still in 0-3 month clothes (which some are still too big) *lil' peanut
- sleeping one 5-7 hour stretch at night
- eating every two hours
- awake 1-2 hours then naps anywhere from 30 minutes-1.5 hours (No real schedule just yet, hopefully soon)
Things i don't want to forget:
- june 12-the morning we had fell asleep in bed after nursing and i woke to find his big blue eyes slowly blinking and just looking at me
- how good it feels to watch daniel kiss him
- watching dads face when beckett smiles at him
- sucking his thumb in the stroller
- how his feet move real fast when he nurses if he is real hungry
- how he keeps blowing out his diapers
- how he smiles when he is close to finished nursing
- how dirt gets under his tiny fingernails
- how i haven't even had to clip his toenails yet but still having to clip his fingernails constantly
- how he has my hands and daniel's feet
- how long/fine his eyelashes are
- how if we don't keep him swaddled to sleep, he gets so fidgety he ends up punching or scratching himself in the face, then he starts moving more and then ends up hitting himself more and then waking up
- watching his stomach move in and out when he breaths and thinking about how small his little organs are but gratefully fully functional!!!
- how it seems like he is laughing in his sleep
- the tiny hairs on the top of his ears
- how squirmy he gets at the end of eating, it's him fighting his sleep
- how tiny his goosebumps are
- he discovered his tongue
- how he plays with his tongue (sticking it in and out like a lizard)
- how cute he looks in his swing
- the lint between his toes
- when he laughs in his sleeps
- how he smiles when i sing to him during bath time
- how he gets upset the minute i try to burp him or wipe his mouth...like he isn't finished eating yet...(as if i didn't know, ha)
- how he pouts his lip and frowns before he starts to cry
- how he will suck on his little fist
- how his toes look like tiny raisins when leaving the swimming pool
- how he rubs his eyes with his little fists when he is tired
- how proud i was when he rolled over for the first time
- how he holds on to my shirt when he eats
- how he started to mumble as i sing to him as if he is trying to sing (So neat!)
hopefully, we are all mostly caught up now! i will try and post more often! it's just so hard right now!! Love you all, thanks for checking out the new stuff! I love you little Beckett!
he is so stinkin precious! i loved reading this! (did you know it's posted twice tho?)
ReplyDeletei so wish we lived by each other. i want to give him a hug!
Crystal, I can't read these anymore because everytime I do I sit in my office and cry. Your such an amazing Mommy and I love Beckette to much. I love that he is such an over achiever! Love you- Aunt T
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. He is soooooo precious! You should call us when you are in Denver next time.
ReplyDeleteThank you all!
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