A little song & a little dance

Just a few videos of the kiddos. Griff loves to sing to Channing....Channing is starting to sing back. I also got her giggling today & had to post it. Nothing better than hearing your little ones laugh.



We've been trying to keep Griff in his bed at night. We've stayed strong & not let him sleep with us for more than a week now, but we had to resort to bribery to keep him out of our bed. Every morning he gets a present if he stays in his bed all night long. Thank goodness for the Target $1 section & Griffin's love for cheap junk. Tonight he asked if he could have a football if he stayed in bed. I said sure thing kiddo---then he proceeded to ask if he could also have a dress. What am I going to do with this kid?

Randomness & an S.O.S.

 Go Cubs Go! 

Thank goodness she's a Cubs fan

...we might have had to give her back.

A while back Griff had a biting problem.  It wasn't like he was taking chunks out of people...and we weren't concerned he was turning into a vampire..... he would just get angry (usually if someone took his toys away) and sank his teeth into the first thing he saw.  We had numerous talks about not biting.  We bought books & made him repeat this little phrase every day before going to daycare...."no biting, no kicking, no hitting, no pushing".  Today as I was telling him goodbye & reminding him to be a good boy at daycare (the kid hasn't been biting for months...thank goodness), Griff says to me "no biting, no kicking, no hitting, no pushing, and NO GUNS."    

Glad we've got that covered.

So, blogger changed on me a bit.  I'd like to upload some videos, but I can't seem to figure out how.  Anyone else run into this problem?  I'm not diggin' the new set up.  I also gave up candy today and am feeling a bit irritated.  I need to get off this blog before I throw the computer on the floor.  Seriously, how do I upload videos?  HELP.

Puppy Love

Today Casey invited us out to see the puppies. Griff loved the little pups. But thankfully not enough to beg for me to bring one home. We have enough chaos in this house, definitely don't need to add anymore right now. They sure are cute though!

B & Griff had a good time together. B showed us his farm animals. We saw the sheep & the baby lambs. We also got to see the cows.

It would be great to live on a farm.  Who am I kidding?! I'm a city gal. I couldn't survive one day of chores. We'll just go visit Casey & B when we need our farm fix.

It was hard to get Griff to leave. He loved following B around.

Thanks Casey & B--we had a great time on the farm!

Invasion of Thomas The Train

Since the weather took a turn for the worse & we are AGAIN cooped up inside, I decided to pull out Griff's Thomas tent....partly because I needed to get a little cleaning done, also because once in awhile I need to tend to my other child, and maybe because Momma wanted to blog a bit.

Selfish, I know.
Don't judge.
Just so you know, Channing is napping right now & Griff is sitting next to me getting Doritos crumbs all over my clean kitchen floor. So, I'm not really ignoring my children.

The train is perfect for our basement, but might be a tad bit large for the upstairs.

Who cares, the kid is in heaven.

Last night Griff had his first ice cream sandwich. (I know, wow, I feed my kid healthy foods....again, don't judge.) Many would say it really isn't ice cream weather, but in our house, it is ice cream weather all year round.

When I took this picture it hadn't started to snow yet. Unfortunately when we woke up this morning the ground was covered with the white stuff.

I've been noticing lately that Griff writes....ok, more like scribbles, with his left hand. He holds his eating utensils with his right hand & I've seen him hold the baseball bat & golf club with both. Might have an ambidextrous kid on our hands.

Griff has really started to love his sister. He likes to read to her & can't go to bed at night without giving her a kiss.

He LOVES books.

He's quite partial to Thomas The Train books, Good Night Moon, Big Red Barn, & The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Channing loves to sit in her exersaucer. She's starting to move around more & rolling to her side & loving it. She still needs to be swaddled at night, eating like a little piggy, & is no where close to sleeping through the night. We are practicing some tough love with Griff. Since we brought Channing home from the hospital we have been doing the terrible thing of pulling him into our bed when he wanders into our room in the night. Dumb move on our part, but hey, you do what ya gotta do to get some sleep. We've recently decided that the 30lb kid is taking up too much room in our queen sized bed. Either we invest in a king size bed, or the kid sleeps in his own room. We decided to go the least expensive route & are working with Griff to get him to stay in his room at night. Based on the bags under Hubs' & my eyes, you might say that things aren't going great. It has been a rough few nights, but we're certain it will pay off in the long run.

I keep telling myself that one of these nights we will ALL sleep through the night. Please send us some good sleep vibes. We could use all the help we can get!

Nana & Papa B. Love

One of Griff's favorite things to do with Papa B. is pony rides. Papa seems to enjoy the pony rides too.

One of Channing's favorite things to do with Nana is stare & smile at her. Nana seems to enjoy staring and smiling also.

Channing's Baptism

Hey, hey--as promised

Lots-o-pics

Channing Grae Becker was baptised today at St. Paul's United Methodist Church by Pastor James Parks. I'm not very pleased with this picture from the church, Channing's hiding under the blanket. It was nap time & the girl needs to be swaddled.

Aunts & Uncles
(Dustin, Kelly, Krista, Keith & Rachel)

My family

Jason's family

It was great to be surrounded by family today.

Channing 3 months old

Channing is 3 months old today. Can you believe it? Time flies when you are getting no sleep! Even though this little sweetie wakes us up once (sometimes twice) a night, we wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. She's loud & demanding, just like her mother! She's got personality & we wouldn't want it any other way. Last week we got a package in the mail. My good friend Michelle sent us this pretty sign for Channing's room. I hung it up immediately. It matches the decor in her room perfectly. Thanks Michelle, Jeremy, Zach, Sam & Sydney!

I love it!
We also recently received another special something for her room. Hubs' co-workers made us these 3 quilted/stitched lovelies. I know, I don't have three shown--the third is in Channing's bathroom. I didn't have enough room on the wall for 3.

I had to move Channing's "C" to another spot.

I think her room is finally complete--good thing, because I'm out of wall space.

I'm so happy we were blessed with a little girl!

Can't wait to show off her baptism dress (not exactly the traditional white)...family is coming this weekend for the big event! I'm sure I'll have lots-o-photos!

This & That

Friday Channing finally had her 2 month check up....well, more like 2 1/2 month check. She handled her shots like a champ. She screamed while the nurse held her legs down, but as soon as the shots were over, Channing was fine. I'm used to seeing her mad, so it didn't phase me at all. (I still shed a tear when Griff gets shots).

About 2 weeks ago Channing got her first nasty cold. Lots of snot & lots of coughing. Good times. We tried a few nebulizer treatments, but they didn't do much for her except agitate her. With all the RSV going around, we're thrilled she just had a bad cold & NO ear infection!

Channing has been much better on the Prevacid & we ended up going back to soy formula. She hated that Nutramigen. It smelled like dog food....I won't even tell you what it smelled like coming back up. YUCK! She was a puke machine with that stuff. So, back to soy. Much cheaper & it smells better. She's been eating more & seems more content after bottles.

She's getting plenty to eat. Her weight was 12lb 5.8oz (70th percentile). Height was 23 3/4 inches (80th percentile), and her head circumference was 15 3/4 (75th percentile).

Very well proportioned.
The little stinker still wakes up once a night to eat. She still has to be swaddled at night (super tight), thankfully she still likes her swing, & now she loves sitting in her jumperoo. Saturday night we got away & spent the night with my family. Nana & Papa B. watched the kids (THANKS!). We met my family in Des Moines & surprised my Dad.
He turned the big 6-0 last week.
It was great to spend some time with my sisters, brother-in-law & parents.

What was even better was that Hubs & I got to sleep through the night & sleep in!
We needed it.

We had such a good time.

I'm just mad mom wasn't in this picture!

Love ya family!

Happy birthday old man!

We were happy to get home & see the twerps. Channing gave Nana & Papa B. a hard time....thought maybe she'd start sleeping through the night while we were gone. Nope, no such luck. Griff was a good boy though. He slept in his bed (almost) all night long.

Before coming home we stopped at Homemakers in Des Moines. Sometime in the near future we are going to replace our basement furniture. I didn't decide on the basement furniture, but I did see this little desk that fits perfectly here in the kitchen. Actually it caught Hubs' eye first & he pointed it out to me. Very impressive dear.

We still need to get a little stool for it & it needs a little loving decor, but I think it looks great there.
I also FINALLY finished my cork board. My MIL spotted this frame at her mom's house & thought I could do something with it. I painted the frame black, distressed it a bit, stapled some cardboard to the back & hot glued corks to it. That thing took A LOT of corks. I would like to thank all my friends & family for so kindly drinking all that wine so I could make my masterpiece.

Not only am I jacked that it is March & Spring is just around the corner, I'm also pretty excited that Girl Scout cookies are here!
I love me some thin mints!
P.S. I quit The Bachelor.

Dumbest season by far.

Really, I'm done this time.