Close Enough to 6 Months

So for the past couple months Beckett has been really interested in what we are doing and wants to do it as well. Like when we're eating or drinking he freaks out, starts panting and anxiously grabs for whatever it is. He loves sucking on our cups especially. Here's a couple videos of it from about a month ago. The second video- I was bad and let him suck on my apple for a little bit. He cried when I took it away from him. I now have these cool contraption/ teether things, where you put the food in the net and you don't have to worry about choking on it.

I was filming it again today while he was in the ExerSaucer- he freaked out as soon as he saw me pick it up- he's not normally so wobbly in that thing- but it looks like he could get whiplash from reacting so quickly.

So for the past few months Beckett has been sleeping horribly during the night- worse than when he was a newborn- waking up every 1-3 hours. A few weeks ago he was doing a lot better- doing 4 hours- then 5, 6,7, and even 8 eight hours. He did really good for about a week. His naps also for a couple weeks were getting longer- instead of 45 minutes he'd do over an hour- sometimes even two! I was real excited about having a bigger chunk of time.

However the past two weeks he has digressed again and I'm not sure why. He's horrible to put to bed for naps or bedtime- he throws a fit- and even though he's tired and falling asleep- he gets mad and refuses. Instead of it taking me 5-10 minutes with a little fussing- it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours to get him down. And after all that, he naps for 30 minutes. I'll put him down for bed and he wakes up 30 minutes later. I then try to put him back down for the next few hours.

I'm not sure why he's doing this all of a sudden- I've tried many things- but he gets so worked up that the only thing that will calm him after a few hours is nursing him. I try not to- because I don't want that to be the problem- I've tried the let him cry and come in and reassure him every so often- but nothing really has worked. I know they recommend not starting solids until 6 months but I was ready to try something else to see if that helps with his sleeping. He's only a couple weeks off. I was going to lose my mind if I had to keep doing this every day. Just the past couple days he's gotten better about some things- but tomorrow is another day. It seems to be hit or miss- I'm trying to make since of what is affecting his sleep. I don't really think solids is the answer- but we were ready to try him on it anyways. I still worry he doesn't get enough from me.

Beckett Trying out his new high chair.

Dan trying to get some of the rice cereal to stay in Beckett's mouth.

Beckett trying to figure out what to do with this big spoon. We need to get smaller ones for him.

Beckett playing with the bowl when we were all done. Of course it ended up being a game of "Oops, I dropped it again!"

Pretty in Pink

A friend of mine, who has three girls, gave us a couple baby items for Beckett to use. He and I both love them. Dan wasn't so sure about them at first- especially the pink Tea for Me ExerSaucer. But realizing we can put Beckett down and the toys stay in one place so they keep him entertained for awhile, Dan changed his mind. All last month I was working on making a Beckett calendar. At first I would have lean Beckett up against something and hope he doesn't topple over before I could take a picture or catch him. So getting the purple Bumbo seat solved that when taking photos.

December 2009

At the beginning of the month Beckett started rolling over. The same day we had him laughing pretty hard for the first time. Since then he is constantly rolling and we hardly have heard him laugh. He smiles non-stop but with all our attempts we've only got a couple half chuckles. Now with his rolling over and constantly having to grab things, everything is a wrestling match. It makes feeding him and changing his diaper loads of fun.

Ward Christmas Party

Beckett was trying to remove Santa's disguise and show a little more of his face.

Family Pictures

Playing in the Snow

Christmas

This year for Christmas we decided just to stay in Rifle. Since we weren't going to be with anyone for Christmas we got our presents early- and opened them all when we got them. That was going to make for an uneventful Christmas- just us and no presents to open. Dan's parents decided to come down and visit us at the last minute- which we hadn't told them we already opened all their presents. But it was fun having visitors. We told my parents we opened all their gifts which they weren't thrilled about. But on Christmas a friend of mine brought a package of gifts over to us from my family. My mom hunted down a friend's information off the Internet and mailed them the package and told them not to tell me or give it to me until Christmas day.

Beckett enjoying the yummy wrapping paper.

Thanksgiving Pictures

For Thanksgiving this year we went to Provo to visit family. We had Thanksgiving dinner with my family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We had fun introducing Beckett to them all.

Jess, Sarah, and Beckett.

Beckett checking out his second cousin. They are one day apart and Beckett is about 3 pounds lighter. It was funny to watch them together because they had very similar mannerisms- both doing what 4 month old babies do.

When we had them on the floor together Beckett kept grabbing at Tian and trying to almost roll on him.Beckett is watching the ceiling fan while Dan does Sudoku.

Tamara, April, and Beckett.

Adam and Beckett.Beckett wants to grab everything and put it in his mouth. We let him use our spoon.

Grandma, Great-Grandma, and Beckett.

Grandpa, Austin, and Beckett.

Trying to get a picture with Beckett and Austin. Take 1: Beckett refusing to look at the camera.

Take 2: Austin trying to force Beckett to look at the camera.

Take 3: Beckett finally looking at the camera and even smiling- but barfing at the same time.

Take 4: This will have to do.

On Saturday we went to the BYU vs. Utah football game. Beckett wasn't so sure about it at first. Too noisy and cold. But he surprisingly ended up sleeping a lot of the game.

My mom got tired of him soaking all of his clothes with drool, so she bought him a BYU bib to wear.

Beckett more interested in April's sucker than getting his picture taken.

Beckett loved watching the scoreboard with all the moving pictures and flashing lights.

After the game we went and stayed at our friends Kim and Mark's house to meet their new baby boy.

Natalie, Kim, Ty, Beckett, and I. Beckett was really into checking out baby Ty.

Weekend in Denver

Dan had a library conference in Denver this past weekend so Beckett and I came along for fun. This was the first time we've been to Denver since Beckett was born. Beckett was able to meet some of his cousins for the first time. I was able to run errands and leave him with grandma!

Beckett with his cousin Emily and his new teether- which he loves to chew on.

Pumpkin (the dog) and Beckett trying to figure each other out.

Pumpkin, Dan, Beckett, and cousin Matthew- he loved messing with Beckett, trying to make him smile or something.

I got a haircut while grandma watched Beckett. I was trying of my blah hair. It's a little bit of layering and a half attempt at bangs. I can still push them to the side and look normal. Dan thinks I should have got shorter bangs- but I'm not that brave.

Beckett, Emily, and Aunt Andi.

Beckett with his cousins.