Beckham {3 months}

Our little (I use that term lightly) guy turned a quarter of year old this month!  

Beckham 5.5.2013

2 month vs 3 month

Can you believe the difference a month makes?!? Just look at those cheeks!  This guy is officially comparable to his brother at this age.  I thought he might be our small one, but I don't think we have "small ones."  

Sleep: 
Beckham is still sleeping MUCH better than his brother.  However, I use the term "sleeping through the night" lightly because he wakes up a few times for his paci.  No big deal since he is right next to me in his rock and play sleeper, but we REALLY need to move him to his bed soon.  

Food:

He is still taking Similac Sensitive formula.  He takes 5 ounces every 3-4 hours, except for the last bottle of the night. 

{LOVES}

His tongue..

His Hands, 

His Brother,

and his tubby!!!!

I pulled a "second child" move big time this month and decided to take his 3 month pictures on my own.  Obviously, Alisann does a MUCH better job but they can't really do much at 3 months anyways so I thought I would save a few bucks (and the hubby doesn't think I'm frugal).  They actually did not turn out too awful.  However, this child is not as easy to photograph as his brother since he has a "close my eyes smile" 

And last, but not least we got AMAZING results from the sleep study.  Basically, there are no issues causing him to lose oxygen and no surgery is needed!! Praise the Lord, SOOOOO very thankful for that blessing.  He is actually starting to sound much better already, which is even more awesome!

Happy 3 months baby boy!  Mommy and Daddy love you very much! 

ROOAARRRR!!!!

Kolten is the kind of child who becomes OBSESSED with one thing/toy at a time.  Whatever is popular at the moment is ALL he wants to play with.  He had been on a cars/trains rotation for some time, but in the last couple of weeks the plastic animals have become the front runner.  Pop came over last night and brought a new Elephant, Lion, and Giraffe and Kolten has not put them down since.  His first sentence when he got out of bed this morning was "Let's go upstairs and play animals!"  Forget Breakfast..right?  Oh, and typically along with whatever the obsession is at the moment is a movie to go right along with it..right now, it is Lion King 2, or in the words of Kolten "Another Lion King, Simba's Pride."  It was a rainy weekend, so I believe we watched "Another Lion King" at LEAST 5 times.  

Luckily, we were able to get outside for a little bit today..and guess who came with us?  Yep, the beloved animals:)   I was able to capture some shots of Kolten and his animals in action..I just love these pictures because they really capture his imagination right now.  So. much. fun!!!!!

Man, I sure do love this sweet boy!  

And this one too, who was not thrilled about the volume of his brothers play today.  

 

Right Now

Do you ever have those moments when something just hits you like a ton of bricks?  Well, I had that happen today.  It was naptime and I was rocking Kolten.   I had just finished singing "Baby Mine" and was getting ready to get up and put him in his bed so I could start on the 100 things that I needed to get done around here before Beckham got up to eat.  As I started to get up, Kolten looked up at me sleepily and said "again, mommy." My normal response would be "no buddy, it is time to get in your bed and take a nap." But today something stopped me.  

I don't know about you, but I am so guilty about constantly thinking about "whats next" that I often forget to enjoy the moment that I am in today.  I have told Bryce recently that these are probably some of the best times of our life.  We are happy and healthy, our parents are happy and healthy and our babies are well..just that, babies.  We are so blessed and I don't ever want to take these blessings for granted, but am I not doing that by not being fully in the moment?  By constantly thinking about what I need "to do" instead of what I am "doing?" I mean most days I am actually super proud of my multi-tasking skills.  As I sat there, about to move on instead of fulfilling my sons "again mommy" request, a little poem I once read came to mind.  It says "Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow.  For babies grow up we learn to our sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs and dust go to sleep, I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep." 

So today, instead of moving on to the next part of our "routine", I sang it again.  However,  this time when I sang to my little boy, I was not thinking about the laundry that needed to be moved from the washer to the dryer, or the countertops that needed to be cleaned off, or any of the numerous items on the "to do list".  This time while I sang,  I looked at my precious little boy and thought about only him at that moment.  I took in every little feature on his face, watched his gorgeous blue eyes try to stay open just a little longer as he fought the sleepiness, and when he finally fell asleep I stayed there... still rocking, still singing, still holding him in my arms... thanking my Savior for this little miracle he had blessed me with.  All those items on the "list" could wait.  I wanted to enjoy the NOW, not just partially, but TOTALLY.  For it will not be long until he no longer fits in my arms, but RIGHT NOW he does and that is all that matters.