Blessing Day

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We blessed Beck on March 1st and the best part was was that he did not end up wearing a white undershirt! I went shopping with my friend Ashley and we found a cute white polo and white pants which was a huge relief! For some reason the whole blessing bid really stressed me out but lucky for me I have a great mom, mother-in-law, husband, and grandma who pretty much took care of everything for me! We did homemade Cafe Rio salads and I was worried we wouldn't have enough food, but I was also worried that nobody would show up. I probably should have planned something a little more simple for the dinner but in the end everything was perfect which I can't take any credit for. We didn't invited a ton of people so if you weren't invited no need to be offended (and if you were invited consider yourself lucky!). But I was grateful for and excited to see Dane's family that came down and for all of our friends who came! Of course Dane gave him a beautiful blessing and Beck only let out a few snorts during the blessing when his bink fell out...FYI, Dane has given Beck the lovely nickname of "pig" because when he cries or eats he snorts, I love the snorting but not so much the nickname. But anyways in the end it ended up being a perfect day!! Except we did miss Shelby & Trevor,and we wished that Dane's brother and sister and their families lived closer so that they could be here for all these little special occasions too! (Ashley A. and Nicole R. I missed you guys too!!)

Just a few pics

Gosh he's cute isn't he. I had to go back to work last week and it was so hard to leave him!! I missed the girls I work with like crazy so I was excited to be with them again but I'd rather just hang out with them outside of work and sit home with Beck all day. It's so nice to get home after a long day of work and see how excited the babe is to see me though...jk - but even though he doesn't show it I know he does See this pic of the white onesie? This is what Dane wants to dress Beck in for his blessing (no offense for anyone that has done this, believe me I can relate to starving student phase) but personally this little number isn't my number one choice...so wish me and Beck luck for his blessing day please cause Dane is not joking. Hahaha Dane kills me

I love my boys!

Shocking that this little boy is almost 2 months old! I really wish that I could freeze time right now cause I love it!! I think the only complaint I can think of is I wish he would not only sleep at night but sleep in his cradle. He will only sleep with me or in his car seat and every night I tell myself that I will not let him do it again but by 2 a.m. I don't care anymore I let him do whatever he wants!



We know that the reason he likes to sleep with me is because he hasn't learned what it is like to be put down yet. He is constantly being held by somebody and it is usually me, I just can't put him down! If there is any way I can find a way to do a chore while holding a baby, I do it with him in my arms!!

Anyone who knows Dane will not be at all surprized that this was how Dane spent his Christmas break...is my husband not tons of fun?? Beck is going to be one lucky boy, I think it's a common thing for little boys to want their dad's to play with them but I think that Dane is going to be the one doing the begging for Beck to play with him. Again, if you know Dane you already know this but let me remind you of some of the things that Dane lives for (I'm making another list). 1 - Fireworks on the 4th of July - if I would let him he would spend every dollar we have at the fireworks stand, and to see the joy it brings him to watch them it might be worth it one of these times 2 - Carving pumpkins at Halloween - he could carve pumpkins for days and usually just to carve one takes him days because he won't stop until it is perfect, but I will say that his hard work always pays off and his pumpkin always turns out to be incredible! 3 - building snowmen -which get bigger and better every year, the one above got many compliments from all of my parent's neighbors. 4 - Decorating cookies - we decorated sugar cookies at Christmas time and once again Dane's cookies put the rest of ours to shame, who cares if he only frosted one in the time the rest of us had done like 10. 5 - Chili's - one of Dane's newest passions in life, whenever we go out with friends no matter where we decide to eat Dane makes sure that we all know that Chili's is an option, and when we do go to Chili's he gives us many recommendations of what to get. 6 - DISNEYLAND! - I don't even know where to begin when I talk about Dane's love of Disneyland words cannot express the love that this man has for Disneyland...no matter what our financial situation is, he always has money set aside for a trip to Disneyland. He really is so much fun to be married to!

Beck's first Christmas

Christmas this year was the perfect ending to a great year! It would take forever if I wrote down all of the highlights of the year or even of Christmas so I'll just name a few (and in no particular order): 1 - Beck was here 2 - Shelby and Trevor were here 3 - breakfast casserole, cinnammon rolls, chex mix, coconut bread, lemon bread, and sugar cookies (all thanks to my amazing mom) 4 - green chili eggs, donuts, Christmas fruit slush, and sparkling cider eaten with gold silverware (all thanks to Dane's amazing mom) 5 - festival of lights 6 - Christmas Puzzles 7 - watching every Christmas movie ever made 8 - a video camera 9 - acting out the nativity as a fun reminder that Christ's birth is the real reason to celebrate

Meet the newest member of our family!!!

So it's been 2 weeks since the big day but Beck FINALLY got here!!! I new I would love being a mom but this is even better than I could have imagined!!! I cannot put the little guy down to do anything and I mean that pretty literally I think the only time I put him down is to shower and go to the bathroom and I have even cut my shower time in half (I don't skip washing my hair or anything) I just try to go super fast so that I can get back to holding him...it seriously doesn't get old!

My delivery went SOOOO well I was induced at 6 a.m. had maybe 20 min of contractions before they numbed me up and he got here at 11:40 a.m. the nurse started laughing at me when I told her I was shooting for getting him here around noon cause she thought I was being a little unrealistic and I thought that I was being sarcastic too but apparently not!

He is sooo much fun to have in our family!! And now when we walk in the door of mine or Dane's parents house they act so much more excited to see us than they used to haha. He is already a super spoiled little boy by his grandparents - which spoils me and Dane too...we haven't had to buy too many things for him on our own so a huge THANKYOU for that!!

Anyways and I think that I will end with the most typical thing that I could possibly end with-but I'm sorry I mean it!...WE HAVE THE CUTEST KID ON THE WHOLE PLANET!!!!

PS - we couldn't get any pictures with his eyes open so I am aware that the 2 we have are not the best pictures but it's the best we could do for now!!