Glee, oh Glee, oh Glee

I am fully addicted, I am talking Peanut Butter Candy addicted!

After one episode I ran to Hastings and rented the whole season.

It did not disappoint.

I cannot believe it took me this long to start watching Glee.

Where have I been?

Even Aaron couldn't stop watching, or dancing!

I love every minute of this show...

When does the next season start?

We watched the whole first season within 24 hours!

It's full of misfits, jocks, and cheerleaders

and they all come together to be friends and support each other,

But really, That's just how Sue C's it!!!

Christmas 2009

For Beckham's first Christmas we decided to start our Christmas eve out by making homemade pizza!

This is B waiting for his slice!

Aaron waiting to pull the pizza out of the oven.

After pizza we headed out to look at all the Christmas lights and spend a little time with Aaron's family.

Aaron and Beckham waiting for to go see the lights.

We had a little Christmas miracle at our house. Beckham ended up sleeping all night long!! When he woke up he helped Aaron look at his stocking (he didn't really care about his)!

He did however love his basketball hoop. Good call Santa.

After we showered for the day, cleaned up boxes and wrapping paper we headed over to Aaron's parents house for a tasty dinner and more presents.Aaron had plenty of Christmas Cheer (in his egg nog).

By the end of the night Beckham was worn out but he was still able to

help me out with opening gifts.

He also slept all night long again. I think it was his new Christmas PJ's. They have a special power to them. He is not wearing them tonight, so we will see how the night plays out,

Fingers Crossed!
We had a great Christmas. A lot of good times with Family and Aaron has a week off of work so we will get a lot of quality time together. Can't beat that!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Holiday Cheer

For the last couple of weeks I have been wanting to do something nice for someone but every time I think I know who or what we should do, it doesn't work out.

I have been feeling like I am missing the Christmas spirit and I feel caught up in the worldly part of Christmas this year.

well, the last couple of days I have been completely deflated, tired and worn out.

Beckham's teething, up all night and we are both miserable.

Today around 11:00 am, someone was ringing my door bell.

I look like a had just been hit by a bus.

I had just brushed my teeth and washed my face for the day.

It was my new neighbor

The day she moved in I took over a loaf of Banana bread and welcomed her to the neighborhood

She is from Rhode Island and a retired hair dresser!

Believe me she fits both stereo types...

LOVE HER!

Anyway, the first thing out of her mouth was, "ARE YOU OKAY?"

I know I looked like Hell

After explaining my last couple of days to her, she had the nicest things to say.

My favorite, "You're so pretty, you don't need to worry about it".

She had bought Beckham a stuffed animal for Christmas

and Chocolate for Aaron and me.

Just having her at my house for a few minutes really lightened and made my day.

I no longer felt tired or sorry for myself.

I quickly realized what she had just given my

The Christmas Spirit I had been looking for!

It didn't take her leaving money on my door or giving us presents

it was her kind genuine words that lifted me up and made me happy.

It truly is the little things that make the biggest impact.

I hope I remember this the whole Christmas season.

Thank you Germaine!

Nine months

Last week Beckham turned 9 months old.

The day started out great but didn't end up so well. Beck had his check up with the Dr and he wasn't suppose to get shots but the Dr recommended the flu shot, so he got one. He did great until we got into the car, then he just started bawling!

I felt so bad for him.

When we got home I laid him down for a nap. After about 5 minutes I went in and checked on him and this is what I found... He was wiped out!

After his nap, we had to give him tummy time. The Dr. was saying he "should" be crawling by now. So, I left him on his stomach until he started bawling. When I picked him up he had smacked his head on his toy truck and cut his eye!

After that I let him jump in his jumper. He loves it and I felt bad for him.

The next day, back on the floor

He started out in a good mood, trying his best to move and get to things he's not suppose to.

Not to much longer and he was done...

He wanted off his stomach and back on his bum or in his jumper,

really anywhere other than on his stomach!

I am glad to say he is getting mobil and I am not too worried about him crawling.

He will get it.

Aunt Mikkel was so nice and brought him a cookie from Germany.

You can't tell but he was pumped.

At his 9 month check up he was weighing at 21.13 (70%). Height 28" (41%) head 18" (62%).

He is still my little husky boy and I am loving every minute of it!

Beckham still loves empty water bottles, clapping his hands, and taking baths!

Why oh why?

I ask myself why every time I make Peanut Butter Candy.

Why do I torture myself.

No, Not from depriving myself

from gorging!

I was only making them for Christmas plates for the neighbors

but something went wrong

when the store was out of carmel

and I was unable to finish all my treats.

I was left stranded with a huge plate of

PEANUT BUTTER CANDY.

I literally ate 5...

5 pieces of candy for BREAKFAST!

Oh, I better finish the Christmas plates fast

there are only 4 pieces left,

and yes, I blame the store that was out of the Carmel!

Oh Curry...

Curry. One little spice has completely controlled my life for the past 2 weeks.

I LOVE red chicken curry from the thai food place and I have been cooking a lot more these days so I figured I should try and cook something with curry in it.

NOT A GOOD IDEA!

Everything I have made has been gross, bland, and my house has smelled funky.

I don't know what I am doing!

Does anyone have a good curry recipe?

Could it just be the curry powder I am using?

Even the one recipe we had a couple of months ago that we liked, now is gross...

I did use different curry,

until I hear something encouraging I am giving up on the curry.

I will leave the curry cooking to the Thai food place for now.

HELP ME!

Off to SLC

We finally decided the world would not end if we left Beckham while we went to Utah. My sister Deena was kind, or should I say Crazy enough to take him for the weekend so we could have some alone time.

Beckham could have cared less... This is his sad face when we were saying good bye!

Me on the other hand, I was fighting the tears (no pictures allowed).

I was able to get my hair done. That my friend is a Christmas Miracle and a gift to everyone! After that, we were starving.

It was a toss up between P.F. Changes and... Chick Fil A!

After weeks of watching College football

we had to go with the chicken!

In fact, we ate, went shopping for a couple of hours, fought the traffic, and went back for more Chick Fil A! It was pretty funny, Aaron decided to go thru the drive thru and he jokingly said,"What if the same girl takes our order?" Sure enough it was the same girl. She had to of thought we were crazy or on our way to being on the Biggest Loser!

The shame was so worth it!

In the morning we woke up and headed to Park City for some more SHOPPING!!!

Tis the season.

After we were shopped out we headed back down the canyon and the snow was coming down. I should have taken pictures... Dang it!

It was a fun weekend. I am glad we took the opportunity to leave Beckham and have a little time to ourselves.

I was also really excited to come home to see Beckham!

Ever since our little trip, Beckham is much more excited to see his Dad.

I think he is punishing me....

Thanksgiving

We were able to spend Thanksgiving with my family in Twin Falls. It

is not very often we head that way so we TRIED to enjoy every minute of it. Beckham is such a good baby but for some reason when we stay somewhere other than our house, he will not sleep. This stresses me out... But we had a great time.

My brother in-law Josh is in a band and he just had these T-shirts made up so we were all lucky enough to get them.

The true highlight of the trip came at 1:00 in the morning when Beckham decided not to sleep. We ended up getting up and driving around Twin Falls so he would close his eyes, which he did, spoiled! But we checked out all the black Friday shoppers and ran back to my moms house and reported on how long the lines where getting.

I am so thankful for our families. They help us so much and they are a blast to hang out with!

My number one thing I am grateful for is Stacey

She is the type of best friend everyone would want. She has been there for me for the past 10 years. Good and Bad, it didn't matter, Stacey was right there beside me. She dropped everything when I decided we should go to the Fiesta Bowl at the last minute. We drove all night and she was sick. You never would have guessed. We had a blast!

I even talked her into running a couple of races with me this past summer. That's true friendship.

Stacey ended up having a stroke this past weekend, at a very young age. It hit me like a ton of bricks. My partner in crime was sent down to the University of Utah Hospital for some testing and I was relived to find out that she is going to be fine. REALLY scary non the less. She is having surgery today to fix the whole in her heart which caused the stroke. DR's say, she will be as good as new when they are done with her. I couldn't be more excited. I am now ready for her to come home and be back by all the people who love her.

Hurry home Stacey, We all LOVE YOU!

Could I really??

Aaron and I have planned a trip to Salt Lake for our 2nd anniversary, it never crossed my mind to leave Beckham. We even decided to go ahead and go to a Jazz game and stay until he got too tired... Well, after talking to my friend Amy, she has talked me into leaving him for the NIGHT. I have never left Beckham for longer than 5 hours, let alone a whole day, night, and most of the next day. To be honest, I haven't completely decided to leave him. It makes me nervous.

I have plenty of family who would take him

in fact my sister Deena, who watches him all the time for me,

has offered to even stay the night at my house so he will sleep better.

The time alone with Aaron would be amazing but,

I am not sure I could leave this little guy!

Oh, the decisions.

8 months

Well it has happened. Beckham is 8 months old and time is not slowing down.

Yesterday Beckham was laying on the floor and started to make

movements like he was going to crawl.

I know a lot of people think he should already be crawling but

I had to fight the little tears that started to swell up.

I am not ready

I want my little boy to stay little!

The list of things he LOVES

Water bottles

grunting

spitting out his pacifier

bouncing in his bouncer

looking at himself in the mirror

eating whatever it is you're eating

riding in the car

sleeping in his own bed and no where else

playing with his boy parts whenever his diaper is off

books

kisses

taking baths

and being around other little kids.

Stockings

One tradition I will pass on to my kids is enormous stockings at Christmas.

Stockings have always been the best part and the most exciting part of Christmas morning. Don't get me wrong we, my family, love everything about the holiday but there is just something amazing about all the little and BIG things you can find in one stocking.

This got me thinking.

Beck doesn't have his own stocking... Bah Humbugh

I has having a hard time deciding on whether or not I should make just Beckham a stocking

or

should we all get NEW stockings.

I felt a little bit of guilt thinking this way. MY MOM spent her time making Aaron and I our own stockings and they are great.

While this was on my mind, I ran downstairs and pulled out the box of Christmas decorations.

I quickly found the stockings and as I pulled out my stocking

a ton of memories can flooding back to me.

I will spare you all the long memories and just share one.

The one that made my decision on whether or not to make new stockings.

I believe I was about 5 or so, maybe younger, my Mom was getting ready to put all the stockings out for SANTA to come.

WELL, a mouse had ate a hole in MY stocking. I was so upset, I knew for sure that this was the end of Christmas for me. No stocking, NO PRESENTS.

For some reason my little Brother Jared had 2 stockings so my Mom said it would be okay if I used one of his...

I was completely beside myself. I just knew Santa was going to give JARED 2 stockings and I was to go without.

I guess it's true what they say about being BAD.

Anyway, after a long night of little to no sleep, Santa had come and I did in fact get my own stocking!

SO... I realized I really haven't had my OWN stocking in YEARS!

This is what I ended up with

We all got new stockings

Now my little family will have matching stockings and hopefully santa will still be good to me and pack that stocking full of fun little and BIG treasures!

(Thanks Deena for helping me sew, watch Beck, and pick out fabric)

Halloween

Chicken Little with his Dad.

Aaron was pretty upset I didn't buy him a chicken costume so he had to steal Beck's

We didn't have to many stops for trick or treating

so we thought we would be home for all the

ghost and goblins to come get treats

the only ones who came were Oliva, Noah, Madilynn,

Deena, and Todd...

They looked cute as always!

Happy Halloween!

The biggest Loser

I have truly been blessed in my life.

I have had obstacles to over come but nothing that one couldn't bare.

After watching this season of The Biggest Loser I realize how lucky I am

Abby was voted off last night and watching her story is heart wrenching.

Losing your husband and 2 kids in a car accident...

I kept thinking about it and I hope I never know how that would feel.

My family is my life

From the beginning, I decided to place my family #1 priority.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

so after the show was over, I picked Beckham up out of his crib, snuggled him and gave him Eskimo kisses and laid him back in his crib. I moved into our bedroom and found Aaron the same way I found Beckham, tucked under the covers, sleeping. I slid in next to him and wiggled my way in until he cuddled me. I was so happy, just laying and thinking how grateful I was to be able to do the simple little thing of loving my family.

(Just for the record, not all reality TV is bad!)

When the men go hunting the ladies get to hang out

The weekend started off with a little drum playing with Aunt Mikkel.

After seeing how much fun the McBride kids were having in the leaves

Beck had to get in on it!

After playing in the leaves, we headed over to the bouncy house.

I think I had more fun than the kids.

I feel bad I didn't take my camera but I am pretty sure Kristi DID!

Get posting lady.

And little Beck did not come home empty handed

He has been non-stop in this thing since we bought it. He LOVES to jump. I think it wears him out because he as been sleeping like a mad man ever since we got home. It couldn't possible be the lack of sleep he had at Grandma McBrides.

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving so we can hang out with everyone again.

Thanks for the good times!

Not all battles are worth winning

The other day Beckham slept so good. He was like a little angel holding his favorite bear and snoring a little, he sounds like a purring cat.

Then today!

MR. B did NOT want to take a nap...

One thing I have learned from being a mom is, sometimes the battle is not worth winning!

U PICK

Beckham got to pick out his very own pumpkin this year, or Actually I picked it for him, but he loved every minute of it!!!

Beckham was really wanting to ride the train... Next year pal, next year!

We had such a good time I didn't want to leave...

This halloween season has been a blast! I look forward to next year when Beck is walking and he can enjoy it a little more. Until then we have PUMPKINS to carve.