Wide-Eyed Wonderment

Yesterday evening, storm clouds rolled in and saturated the sky. Then, that great deep thunder resonated throughout the backyard. We headed inside and watched as rain poured in. Oh, how I love me a good rainstorm! It makes me feel like a kid again. Beckett has seen a rainstorm before, but this time he was so fascinated. We stared out the back door for awhile and took it all in.

Pea & Carrots

We have been enjoying this new phase of Beckett eating solids. It's so fun to watch his expressions when he gets his first bite of a new food. Overall, he has liked almost everything we've given him, even though the photos below aren't too convincing. Which one do you think he liked more?

Peas



or carrots?

Fun times at Granny and Grandy's

Beckett has discovered that he doesn't really need toys at Granny and Grandy's when he has:

a new perspective on the world (he's sitting up now)...
bright green grass to discover for the FIRST time...

a newspaper to read...

leaves to touch...

and his favorite so far, a musician (who just happens to be his grandpa) to listen to...

we made it....pheeewww!

Yesterday, Beckett and I set off for a second trip to Ohio. As excited as I was to get back, weeks before the flight I also started to get nervous. Then as days approached, I started to get real nervous. And as we walked into the airport, baby in arms, saying prayer after prayer, I experienced pure terror. Beckett was a perfect angel last time we flew to Ohio but times were a-changing. He has what we call "almost 6 months active boy syndrome" and I feared the following:

1) that the close quarters of an airplane seat might not be adequate for 4 hours
2) that I might run out of breast milk (and he doesn't take a bottle or even a pacifier)
3) that he would get a dirty diaper and I would have to attempt changing it in the germ-laden miniature bathroom
4) that he might cry, drawing negative attention in my direction. Let's face it, bringing a baby on an airplane already casts negative attention in your direction. Everywhere Beckett and I go people stop me to coo and make all over Beckett. "How old is he?" "What's his name?" "Oh, his smile is SO cute!" Then, as you approach your gate, you see the pure distaste for my sweet baby. You know they are questioning, "Is this baby on OUR plane?" and thinking, "I hope he's not seated next to ME!" I see it written all over their faces. And no one gives him an ounce of attention. Even the airplane stewardess gave me "the look"

All of these fears came true...

And on top of #3, he wet through his clothes forcing me to change his clothes in that bathroom, which is like wrestling an alligator in a closet. When #4 occurred, I pulled out toy, after toy, after every stinking toy I had crammed in my diaper bag. When that didn't work, I resorted to pulling out the baby food. And all I have to say about that is: don't attempt baby food on an airplane! NOT a good idea.

We survived and I thanked the dear Lord when we landed, breathing in a sigh of a relief. I'm happy to be here in Ohio and look forward to catching up with family and friends. And getting a little break, thanks to my parents. I scheduled a massage for tomorrow morning, which I think is much needed after yesterday's events. :)

Top Two Tuesday

Top Two Favorite Activities from this past weekend...

1) Riding and flying a glider for the first time. Even though I got pretty air sick (no puking though-thank you!) I was so glad I got to take part in this awesome experience! We had Spouse Fly Day on Saturday and all of the spouses got to enjoy one of the many flights our hubbies go on. The pilot even let me fly for a little bit. Something I'll never forget!





2) Garrett and I took our first date since having Beckett. It was AWESOME! It's funny how we took "dinner and a movie" for granted pre-baby. Now, it was like we were in a different world. No diaper bag, no car seat carrying, no interrupted dinner, adult conversation in a nice restaurant! After our delicious dinner, we saw Date Night. It was a movie about a couple who had gotten in the rut of day-to-day life/taking care of the kids, and finally decided to take some couple time--a perfect theme for the night. We love our time with Beckett but realized a date night is more than needed every now and then!

And the verdict is...

Beckett likes his rice cereal. He tried solids for the first time today. At first, he didn’t seem too sold on it, as you can see in the video. But after a few bites, he started fussing if I wasn’t getting it into his mouth fast enough. He finished the entire bowl.

Wordless Wednesday

Guess what day it is?

So for top two Tuesday today, I thought I would post two of our recent family photos.  These definitely aren't my favorite, though, because Beckett looks less than happy in both.  We're finding it's pretty difficult to get a 4-5 month old to smile AND look at the camera.  Between Garrett's busy schedule and not always having a camera around when we're with others, we rarely get a family photo so we'll take what we can get. :)

This shot was taken after our spouse photo.  All of the spouses of Garrett's Test Pilot class took a photo together that will go in the Test Pilot School, along with every spouse photo since the start of the school.  We got to take it in front of the planes that his class flies, and since our class motto is bunnies, we all wore bunny ears. 

This other one was taken at the poppy fields close to where we live.  They were gorgeous and only bloom like this for a couple of weeks.  It was freezing this day (I know...in the desert!) so we were only able to snap a few shots before poor little B froze.