Beach Bums

My friend Kjersti, her baby girl Presli, Beckham, and I headed to South Padre Island (about 6 hours from Austin) to visit the beach. Her husband is working down there for a couple of weeks so we crashed at his hotel with him. I can't say it was relaxing .. in fact, taking a baby to the beach was quite the opposite ... but it was SO FUN!!

Here are some pictures from our trip!


Beckham is belly laughing because Presli is in his carseat and is kicking him.


He changes his own diaper too.


We are so excited because we are headed to the beach!


When Beckham sits on his little tush he does theee cutest little routine of bending completely over and resting his face flat on the ground. It is down right adorable! Well he did it in the sand and ended up with a face full.


Tasted the sand & didn't like it.


Naps on the beach. It took ten minutes of full on screaming and a bottle for each of them (spiked with nyquil) and they finally gave in.


Just pondering the life he has lived.


I LOVE this face ... he likes to "play" with his teef. He slides his tongue over them, rubs them on his upper gums, touches them with his pointer finger ...


He is seriously my best buddy. I have enjoyed this stage where he sits and plays and "talks" back and forth with me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE being a mother. **Note to self. This picture is evidence that it is definitely time to purchase a darker colored base. This is a happy occasion, as it means you are tan.**


Can someone please tell Beckham to stop growing up?


Note the splattered guts. We hit a million bugs at once. Genocide?? Kamikaze flyers? Who is to blame?

Hater

I have stated time and time again that Beckham hates tummy time ...

Proof.



We put him on his tummy and he "gives up". Then comes up for air. Then gives up again. Air. Gives up. Etc.

Papa & Son

Sorry- couldn't get this picture to flip the right way.



Snuggling with Dad and neither of them are snugglers. Go figure they would choose to snuggle with each other.

Time with the primos

We LOVE our neices and nephews ... here are some pictures from a visit to the Hallows cousins a little while ago.




Left to Right: King. Lucy. Sofie. Beckham.

Convert

While in Dallas a couple months ago we got to visit one of Brian's favorite converts from his mission, Jesus. Brian served in the Fort Worth, Texas Mission. It has been fun to live close and get to visit with people who meant a lot to Brian and have him point out some of his old stompin grounds.



Jesus is a stalwart member of the church. He has an amazing conversion story and I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to get to know him. If only I were as dedicated as this man is!



Oh and he LOVED Beckham!!!

Swings

Beckham loves the swings at the park!!





My mom & Dad swear that he is sitting in a dutch oven and not a swing ... he's so cute that I would eat him up!

Time out?

Beckham needed some outside time and I just had too much too do ... So we compromised.



He sat outside in his high chair and I sat just inside doing some work. I love his dangling tootsies.

Toofs

Beckham grew some teef last week. They are about the cutest thing I have ever seen!! I tried to capture his teeth ....

Sleeping

One of our favorite things to do is to sneak into Beckham's room after he's gone to bed to look at him ... creepy? Nah.

He starts in the center of his crib and always ends up at the top, pressed against the bumper in some way or another. We love predicting what position he'll be in.





The last couple of months we put him in bed with Moxy (featured below). They are besties .. He hugs onto Mox & rolls over to one of his sides. He also balls up his blanket in his fist and sucks fiercely on it. When I get him after a nap he has usually soaked a good quarter of the blanket.

Baby Mum Mums

Beckham LOVES Mum Mums, but they make a MESS for his mum mum. (I'm lame, I know.)


He eats them by himself, but kindly leaves a thick coating of the most impossible-to-remove-goop so that I can be a part of the fun!


He loved his cousin Sofie's high chair so much that he had to copy her. Thanks Frofie!

Doin the worm ... backwards.

Beckham is SLOWLY getting more mobile. He really doesn't like being on his tummy, but we have started to force some tummy time everyday. We slacked for a few months.

When we put him on his tummy he gets his hind legs scrunched up and his booty in the air then pushes ... backwards! He doesn't move intentionally yet - like see a toy and scoot backwards for it - but hey, it's fun!

Whatever gets you from Point A to Point B, right?

Point A


Point B

I got my hair did.

Well I decided to mix it up a little and chop my hair! I was scared to death, but I am happy with the results. It's a fun summer cut ... (I know it's only March, but it is already summer weather here in Austin!)

I {heart} Jimmer.

We went to the BYU vs. TCU basketball game a couple weeks ago up in Fort Worth. We stayed the night before with Jarem, Camilla and their family. Like a fool I forgot to take pictures with them.

The next day we met a bunch of friends from Austin for lunch before we all headed to the game.



Beckham loved the game and was so happy in the bjorn we borrowed from my brother.





My brother Jarem & I.


And yes, I {heart} Jimmer.

Flip Flops

LOVE Beckham's new flip flops.

Timeline

November - Utah Jazz doing great!
Beginning of December - Brian wins a contest @ work, chooses tickets to the Jazz vs Mavericks game in late Feb!
Dec 25th - Brian gets a Deron Williams jersey for Christmas that was difficult to get!
Beginning of Feb - The beloved coach of the Utah Jazz resigns. Brian is sad that he won't be at the Jazz game.

FEBRUARY 23rd {morning} - We get ready to leave for Dallas. Brian puts on his DWill jersey and goes to watch ESPN while I finish getting ready. Brian screams! I run in and he tells me DWill had been traded.

FEBRUARY 23rd {afternoon} - We contemplate selling our tickets. Decide to go.

FEBRUARY 23rd {evening} - Have lots of fun despite the chain of events leading up to the game!