BeCkHaM...

Here are a couple pics of Beckham at the hospital right after he was born, he already has changed so much. He has been so much fun and he is such a good baby, we feel so blessed for this new addition to our family.


This is Beckham with his little cousin that is only 6 weeks older then him, they are going to be best buds. Me and my sis are so excited to raise these two together.

This is Beckham at three weeks old, hasn't he changed a ton? He is chunking up so fast.

WeLcOmE bAbY bEcKhAm...

So here is my birth story of baby Beckham (this is mostly for my personal record but I would love to share it will you all). Sorry I have no pics yet, I don't have the right software to download them onto Cade's laptop and our computer is still in the shop so I will post them as soon as we get it back.

Beckham was born on Feb. 6th at 8:58 a.m. He weighed 7lbs. 9oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. It all started on Thursday the 5th when I went to my doc. I had gone in on that monday and she told me I was a 4+ and if I didn't go on my own before Thursday that I could come in in the morning and she would check me again and if I was a 5 by then they would admit me to the hospital and get me going. She also said if I wasn't a 5 she would mess with my cerivix and see if she could get me to a 5 so either way she made it sound pretty optimistic that I would have him on that thursday. I went in on thurs morning and I was still only a 4+ and she couldn't get me to stay at a 5 on my own so she sent me home. I was so dissapointed, even though I was scheduled to be induced a week later I was anticipating him coming that day so it was a big let down. Plus another week at that point in your pregnancy feels like forever. My doctor told me to go home and pump and that could help me go into labor on my own. I wasn't going to do it but as the day went on I got desperate and decided to give it a try. Well, it worked. I started contracting right away and they never stopped after that. At about 2:30 in the morning I got out of bed and started timing my contractions and they started getting about 3-4 minutes apart and they were strong. I checked into the hospital at about 4:45 and had him here by 8:58. It all happened so fast that it was hard to take it all in. He is so perfect and I am so relieved that everything went so smoothly. I feel so blessed to have him here safely and with no complications. He is so much fun and I can't get enough of him. Mais is getting more used to having him around. She has adjusted fairly well, you can tell it has been hard on her but she is starting to want to hold him and kiss him so I think she is doing better. We are all adjusting well and loving this new little bundle of joy. I will post pics later. Sorry it was so long but I wanted good record of it for my own sake.

So Sorry...

that I haven't updated my blog in forever. We have had a bunch of computer problems so I haven't been blogging at all for like 2 months. I will have to put my Christmas pics on but I need my computer fixed first so for now I will just post a quick update. We have been so busy finishing our basement before this baby comes that we really haven't been doing much else. It is finally pretty much done (we got carpet last week) and we are loving it and so relieved that we are done with all the hard work. So now we are working on getting the babies room ready and transitioning Mais to her big girl bed, which has been quite the challenge. She seems to like playing more than sleeping, imagine that! She is very proud of her bed and big girl pillow though.

As far as the pregnancy goes, it is coming close to the end. At 35 weeks I was almost dialated to a 2 and 50% thinned and now I am just a couple days past 37 weeks and as of last thursday I was a 3+. My doc says I could go any time but I am scheduled to be induced on the 12th if I don't go on my own before then. We are getting excited to meet this little guy. We have finally agreed on a name... Beckham. So that was a huge relief, since we had a very hard time agreeing. I will post some pics and updated of Christmas when we get our computer back and I will do better at keeping everyone updated.

P.S.

Does anyone know how I can take off the brown background on my header, it seriously just appeared one day and I can't figure out how to get it off and it drives me crazy. Thanks!

ThAnKsGiViNg...

We had such a fabulous Thanksgiving this year. It was our year to go to Cade's familie's and it was also my dad's year so we split the day up between the two. I love Thanksgiving for so many reasons... I love it that it gives me a chance to reflect on all that I'm thankful for and I love spending the time with our families and I especially love all the yummy food. We enjoyed dinner at Cade's parents and dessert at my dad's. It was a great day. I just wanted to quickly reflect on a couple things that I am especially thankful for. I feel so blessed to have Cade as my husband. He works so hard so that I can stay home with Mais and I know that sometimes I don't always show him how thankful I am for his hard work. I am so thankful for Mais and the special spirit she brings into our home, I can't even remember life without her in it. I am so thankful for our family and friends and for the gospel in our lives. I know that we are blessed because of it. Sorry to ramble on but I felt like I really needed to share my thanks to you all. I hope you all had a wonderufl Thanksgiving!

rAnDoM rAmLiNgS oN tWiLiGhT mOvIe...

*Warning: you may not want to read if you haven't seen the movie and plan to.

-Edward was such a let down... he was not my beautiful Edward I had pictured in my head.

-I'm so glad I read the book first (if I wouldn't have I'm not sure I would've even wanted to after seeing the movie)

-What was up with the scene where Bella see's Edward in the sun for the first time? Wasn't that supposed to take place in the middle of the meadow, the same meadow they play baseball in?

-Did anyone else feel like they were watching a comedy? Everyone around me was laughing through the whole thing.

-Overeall it was an okay movie but didn't quite live up to my expectations, but I kind of figured it wouldn't. How could it?

CaRrIe UnDeRwOoD...

I went to Carrie Underwood last night, and let me just say it was such a great show. I'm so glad I didn't miss it. I wasn't exactly planning on going because we are saving our money for our basement but Cade knew how badly I wanted to go so he secrectly planned it for me. What a nice husband, huh? I went with my cousin, her daughter, and her daughter's friend. So I had great company and a great performer, what more can ya ask for? We had so much fun and were so entertained the whole time. "Little Big Town" opened for her and I was actually really impressed with them, they were really good live. Here are some pics from the amazing show...


Yes we were at Denny's in this pic, we wanted to do dinner before but everywhere near by was completely packed and had like an hour wait so we made a quick stop to Denny's!



Countdown to Carrie Underwood...





Let the show begin...

ReAl PrIdE...

We were lucky enough to go to the Real game this last Saturday night. We were so dissappointed when they lost but it was such a fun and intense game to watch. Real dominated the whole game and had so many chances to tie the game but couldn't put one in the net. Cade was hoping that he they would win so he could take a road tript to Cali for the finals. Maybe next year...

GrEaT dEal...

I just wanted to fill everyone in on this great deal Modbe is doing right now. You can recieve 30% off your entire purchase. All you have to do is go to my website (modbeclothing.com/kelsey) and shop and once you go to total out your shopping, type in the code MSHM69DF into the slot for coupon codes. It's that easy! Hurry and get your orders because it is for a limited time only. Also sorry but this cannot be applied to previously purchased items.

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn...

Sorry I have been slow posting my pics from Halloween, I have been so busy this week. As you all probably know I am such a Halloween fan, I just love it! Well this year was fabulous. We went to the trunk-or-treat with Mais and she had no clue what was going on but it was still fun to take her. After the trunk-or-treat my fam came over for some soup and we just had a fun little party. It got a little crazy with everyone over but it's always fun to get together with my family. I was glad that I didn't run out of candy (my worst fear, I know kind of dramatic). Overall it was a great Halloween for us and I can't wait until next year! Here are a couple pictures of Mais in her costume, I was really trying to catch one of her with her ear's on (it was quite the task).

hAlLoWeEn FuN...

This past weekend we had so much going on. My mother-in-law has the funnest halloween party every year with just our intermediate family. She always goes all out and makes all sorts of good halloween decorated treats and we have soup. The food is always yummy but her games are even better. She had the funnest little games planned for the kids along with a couple crafts. She had so much stuff to do that we ran out of time. It was a lot of fun though and we are already looking forward to next year.

Then on Saturday night my sister hosted her annual halloween party. She rents out Roy Rec center and has it there so there is lots of room for fun and games. Me and Cade dressed up as a pregnant nun and he was a priest. We were kind of lame this year but I was limited with being prego and all. Everyone dressed up in the best costumes and we played lots of games. We had a donut eating contest (I chose to opt out of that one), we had a little relay where we had to pinch a penny between our legs while trying to walk and then had to drop it into a pumpkin, we wrapped up a team mate in toilet paper like a mummy, we passed balls to eachother only using our legs. It was a lot of fun, my fam is pretty competitve so the games get kind of crazy. I love Halloween, and am so glad I have these fun traditions with our families. Here are some pics of our fun weekend and if you can't tell Mais is a kitty but its hard to tell because she won't keep her ears on and I didn't get around to painting her wiskers and her nose.

These are the two winners of the costume prizes...

I had to share this pic though because I thought these two were good...

Black Island Farms...

One of my friends invited me to go with their cute family to Black Island Farms last night for family night (unfortunetly Cade had school so he couldn't come). It was so much fun, Mais loved it so much. We went to the courtyard and did the slides and the train ride, Mais is a huge fan of the slides. The hayride was a blast, Mais just held on and looked over the edge the whole time. We also got to pick out pumpkins, what a fun family activity. Hopefully Cade will be able to join us next time. Here are some pics...