Friday, January 15, 2016

6 months

Beckett vs Jensen
 

What have you been up to? 

Definitely not sleeping. Your sleeping has gone downhill in the last few months. There was a time when you were a fantastic sleeper. But, those days are long gone. You never really recovered from Thanksgiving, so I'm not sure if we just really jacked up your schedule or if this is just a brutal battle with sleep regression, or maybe a mixture of both. You still really like to sleep, but you wake up several times during the night. It will probably improve again the week before you start teething...

Things you like: Beckett

Things you don't like: people, places, things, your crib, your room, diaper changes, baths, church nursery, car rides, socks, shoes, being alone, being in a crowd, etc etc etc

You are so stubborn. You like things a certain way and if you don't get what you want, you scream. I have been called out of church the past two Sundays because of your screaming tantrums. I can't leave the room without you crying. You want me in your sight at all times and are terrified of being left alone. I took you to daycare for a few hours this week to try to get you used to being away from me for a little while. The first day you stayed for 4 hours and spent most of that time in the front office with the director. When I walked in, she was answering the phones and you were chewing on the phone cord. You were pretty proud of yourself for running the place. The second time was a little better. They said that you were happier (it could be because they fed you 5 times in 3 hours, but since it kept you from crying and kept them from calling me, I really didn't care). Hopefully we will see some improvement in the nursery this weekend!

You absolutely love your brother. You laugh at every single thing he does. He is pretty fond of you, too. You are just now starting to get into his toys, so we will see how that affects your relationship.

So, in conclusion, it is a really good thing that you are so darn cute.

5 months

Beckett vs Jensen

What have you been up to?

You rode on your first airplane on your 5 month birthday. You weren't as thrilled to fly as your brother was. We took an evening flight and you attempted to sleep through the flight, but the pilot spoke loudly over the intercom and it woke you up several times. By the end of the flight you were a little frustrated with being unable to sleep, so you let the entire plane know about it. You weren't bad, just cried a few times. It could have been better, but it could have been much worse. We spent the night in a hotel and you slept through the second flight.

You chew on everything and drool constantly. You suck on all of your fingers and your big toes.

You learned to roll over. You aren't really a people person. You like to party from a distance. You don't mind watching the party, but prefer not to be in the middle of it. You really enjoy food.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

4 months

Beckett vs. Jensen

What have you been up to?

You are a pro at holding your head up and can sit up really well with little assistance, so the doctor recommended starting you on foods. You have really enjoyed trying out the new foods and we haven't found anything that you don't like yet.

You love Beckett and start smiling and looking for him as soon as you hear his voice. He can easily make you laugh, while you make the rest of us work really hard for them.

You like to smile, but can go from smiling to screaming in a quick second. You have a pretty wicked stink eye that you give to the majority of the people that you meet. You have a pretty concerned face most of the time.

This has been one of my favorite months so far. I love how you are starting to interact and respond the world around you.

Santa: First Take




Santa 2015

We had a couple of Santa photo opportunities at Blake's
work this Christmas. 
Same reaction both times.
On the third time, she tolerated him.

More Family Photos

  






Family Photos

It's very rare that our entire family is together at the same time. Blake's team happened to be playing USC during Thanksgiving break, so we got to be together for two whole days. We took that opportunity for a family photo shoot.