Monday, July 22, 2013

A name and a blessing.


Our sweet Beckham James Taylor was blessed on July 7.  It was such a perfect day for our little family and Josh gave Beckham an incredible blessing that we will love forever.  We blessed Beckham at my parent's home wearing the same blue and white nike's that Josh was blessed in.  We sure feel blessed to have this perfect little boy as part of our family.  It's impossible to think of our family now without realizing the huge part the Beckham is, and always has been.  We've had many tender and special experiences with this little babe so far and he has already taught me more than I could ever have imagined.

Beckham is the sweetest, most easy-going, happy baby.  I've been spoiled beyond reason by his calm and constant temperament.  He slept through the night early on and continues to sleep 11-15 hours a night, with one early to mid-morning feeding, amazing boy.  He has made this rough transition to 2 as easy as he possible could for this new mama.

Being a mother is the greatest gift.  I often sit as I feed Beckham or play with Maddie and feel completely humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude for these two precious little ones.  Gosh, we are lucky!




Monday, July 1, 2013

California (part two)


I probably could - and should - have combined this into one post, but I had the hardest time narrowing down pictures that I decided to just post a bunch in two posts. One of the evenings, we decided to head down to La Jolla Cove to show Madds the seals.  Despite a pretty bad fall and a scraped forehead, she loved them and kept calling them whales.  After we stopped and got ice cream and started driving back home (on the drive I discovered Josh's deep love for the top hits of the 80's and I loved it... he never stops surprising me).  As we passed the beautiful San Diego temple, Maddie said "It's a princess castle. I want to go there and dance with Daddy in a pretty dress!"  Obviously we headed straight there as that's a request that no one, especially Josh, could pass up.  She was completely in heaven dancing around the temple with her Daddy.  It was one of those moments as a family I hope to never forget.  

Family vacations with little ones are probably more work than vacation but totally worth it!