Happy Birthday Gary!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!! We love you so much and are so grateful to have you! You are a wonderful husband and father! I couldn't ask for anyone better to spend my life with! We love you OLD MAN!!!

Merry Christmas 2010!!

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday! I love all the traditions that are involved. We had a wonderful Christmas and are so sad that it is over already! It was so much fun having two babies to spoil and share our traditions with! We were all spoiled rotten! We couldn't have asked for a better day! (Warning!!! Lots of Pictures coming)

Our Christmas Eve Pajama picture! Amazing we were all looking at the camera and even got our cute puppies in the picture!

Us in our new Christmas pajamas!

Look at that cooperation!!! Jax and Bennett loved opening presents and both did surprisingly well.

That is the face of serious concentration! Bennett caught right on, there was no messing around with this kid! Seriously I think he did better with the present opening than Jax.

Jax and his daddy are ready to hit the hills

Jax loved opening presents! He did pretty good, but was very easily distracted with other toys, presents and tree ornaments. His present opening was a bit longer of a process!

Not only do we have to spoiled boys we also have two very spoiled dogs. I love how Jax is helping them open their presents (seriously like he didn't get enought of his own)!

After opening presents at our house we went to my dads for more presents and a yummy Christmas breakfast.

Jax has very helpful cousins!

Getting so close! I am soon going to have 2 constantly on the move. Bennett does not want to miss out and is ready to keep up with his brother and his cousins.

My sister and her family gave us the best gift. She found a willow tree with a couple and 2 little babies. I love it!

Spoiled Spoiled! Here are some of their favorite presents

Bennett loves his Sing-a-ma-Jig that his grandpa gave him. Really as annoying as this toy is, it is very addicting!

Although his face doesn't show it, Bennett loves his puppy! It is so funny to watch him talk to it when it barks at him!

Jax got a tent with tunnel from his cousin Brayden! He loves it and caught on very quickly on how to go in and out of the tunnel and to hide in it!


Merry Christmas to all!!!

Milestones and Differences!!

15 and 6 Month MilestonesJax is now 15 months and Bennett is 6 months. We had their well baby check ups! I can't believe how differently these 2 boys are physically!!

Jax is my tall and skinny boy!!
Weight: 23 lbs 12 oz (30th %)
Height: 32.5 inches (90th %)
Height to Weight: (15th %)

Head: 47.7 cm (60th %)

At 15 months Jax...
-RUNS RUNS RUNS (especially when he knows someone is chasing him)
-Talks (he says mommy, dada, out, Mya, No No, Go, Ya, Vroom, Hi, Hey, Boo etc.)
-Gets into cupboards constantly (he loves to carry around spatulas, wooden spoons and anything else his mom doesn't want him to)
-Plays hide and seek and Peek-A-Boo (he says boo all of the time)
-Goes up stairs (over and over I might add)
-Laughs and is very Ticklish
-Blows Kisses
-Gives hugs and kisses
-Teases his parents (He gets into and does everything he knows he is not supposed to and he make sure you see him and he smiles as he does it)
-Carries around phones up to his ear
-Plays with his brother

Bennett is my Short and Squishy Baby
Weight: 17 lb 10 oz (55 th %)
Height: 25 3/4 inches (25th %)
Height to Weight (80th %)
Head: 45.5 cm (90th %)

At 6 months Bennett...

-Is getting very close to crawling (I am giving him less than a month), he will get on all 4s and then rocks back and forth.
-Sleeps 12 hours each night
-Smiles and laughs all of the time (he is seriously the happiest baby I know)
-Loves to interact and play with his brother (Jax is always making him smile and laugh)
-Sits up on his own
-Loves his puppies and loves to grab at them
-Hates eating cereal, but still loves loves loves his milk!!
-Hates being by himself and will cry when he sees you walk out of the room.

As completely different as these 2 are, I love every bit of each one!! These boys are my life and world!! I can't imagine a single day without either of them!! I love you two babies so much!!

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

Every year we try and make it downtown to visit Temple Square and see the beautiful and amazing Christmas lights and displays. It is so beautiful and definitely brings the spirit of Christmas. We had a great time.


The Salt Lake temple is so beautiful, the lights around it just make it even more so! I feel so lucky to be surrounded by so many temples.

Our little family! When seeing the temple I can't help but think about how grateful I am that I get to be with my family forever!! I love them so so much!

Bennett loved the lights and the fountains!

I may be just a little biased, but I think I have the cutest little family ever!

Beckstrand Family Christmas Party

Every year we get together with my mom's family and have a Christmas party. This year my family was in charge. I think we were pretty successful. It is always nice to get together with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins that you don't see very often. We had a yummy dinner of ham, funeral potatoes, salads, and pies!

For the activity we played minute to win it games, which got a little crazy! Here are some pictures of the big event.

Brayden, my cute nephew actually did really well and was quite the little competetor.

Here are my grandparents with my kids!! I am so grateful that I have them in my life and that my kids have the opportunity to love them as well!!

The Beckstrand family is quite competitive and I think I found the underlying cause!

I have a wonderful extended family! I am so grateful for them!

Bennett's 1st Cereal Feeding

So we broke down and finally decided to give cereal a try. For some reason I have had a hard time wanting to start solids with Bennett. He is a great breatfeeder and is having no issues gaining weight, and I don't want to screw his feedings up. My baby is growing up. I don't know how much he actually got in his tummy, but he seemed to enjoy it. I am afraid I definitely have a Lowry on my hands, he loves his food!!

1st attempt at giving Bennett rice cereal! Not too bad!

2nd attempt. I think he is getting the hang of it. I guess cereal is a keeper!!

This is a face that loves cereal!!

Bennett is already trying to show his independence!! He kept trying to grab the spoon from me. This kid has quite a grip and in turn ended up spilling cereal all over himself and his chair.

HEY!!! WHAT ABOUT ME!!

Jax was feeling left out, so here he is trying to return the attention to himself!

Really who couldn't love a face like that!! What a GOOF!! What a classic face!!