Merry Christmas Grandparents!!!

Hi, I'm New Here

To Make A Long Story Short

Merry Christmas everyone!!! And Happy Birthday Lindsey. We did not anticipate having another little one right before Christmas, but he felt he was ready. Codilyn went to the doctor on Wednesday the 17th and just like with Xander she was dialated to a four already. He told Codi that she would be having a baby that night. So we thought we would be able to sleep just one more night, but by 10, we called my mom to come up and watch Xander. So when they pulled up we took off for the hospital. She was at a five. By 8 we were both ready to meet this little guy so she asked to have her water broke. By 11 the nurse checked again and she was ready to push. She pushed for maybe 5 minutes and we got to meet our second little one.
He weighed 8 lbs 10 oz, just as much as I did. He has brown hair, but we all know that it will change blonde. They came home Saturday and we were ready to take on the challenge of having two kids. He is a wonderful eater and has been sleeping pretty well.
We feel so grateful to have two healthy little kids in our life.
When I brought Xander to the hospital he walked into the room, yelled "baby", ran up to Blayne, gave him hugs and kisses. He is really gentle with the new baby and we could not be luckier. We are grateful that both of our mothers could come and help us out for a little bit, it is hard to take a lot of time off right before Christmas and they willingly helped out. Love you guys!!!!
The First Encounter

OOOHH Baby Baby

Well, Codi went into labor 11 days early. We will tell you the story later but, the Becks are proud to announce the birth of another little Beck boy......

Blayne Oscar Beck

Born 11:43 a.m. on Thursday the 18th.

He weighs 8 lbs. 10 oz.

Everyone is doing well and we are ready to handle two kids, or at least we think we are.

OOOOPPPPSSS

I think I might have jinxed everything with my last post......STAY TUNED IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!!

Holding Out!!

So I know that this baby will come whenever he is ready, but I am counting down the days when I want him to come. I hope that he does not come before Christmas, and for his sake hope it does not happen on Christmas.

Flashback

I feel that I have ignored and forgotten all things Russia for some reason or another, but I wanted to share this with all my Russian friends, why do I love this song so?



P.S. This is the only appropriate video I could find of him.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

So.... as I stated in a previous post, we are experiencing a whole new life with Xander. He's growing up and doing all kinds of new things. Some things are very exciting, and some are tiring. For example... he is now in the big boy bed, and doing quite well, which is good because that means that when his little brother comes we won't have any fighting over the crib. The bad part about this new development? He can now get out of bed whenever he pleases and his sleeping times have shortened. He now wakes up an hour earlier, and takes 1/2 of the nap that he used to. The latest development that has been quite the trial.... opening doors. He can open each and every door in our apartment, even the front door with the dead bolt (we're going to need to get a chain for the top of the door). So I am constantly on door patrol and sometimes end up sprinting to stop him in whatever act he's about to commit. This especially applies to the bathroom doors. See... he loves the toilet. The good thing about his love for the toilet is that he has now gone #2 in the potty 3 times! He isn't consistent, but at least he's showing some interest. The bad thing...he thinks he needs to play in the water, and of course... the toilet ALWAYS needs a good flushing especially if he's found a dryer sheet that needs to be disposed of. Finally, after a few close calls, and moments where my actions lead me to believe that I was going to have baby #2 that very moment, Zach and I decided it was time to out smart the little guy and buy some door covers. You know what I'm talking about... those annoying little plastic bubble things that make it so kids (and some adults) can't get the door opened. After little Mr. Xander went to bed the other night I made a trip to the local Walmart, bought the goods, installed them, and went to bed with the satisfaction that my toddler chasing would be cut in half the next day. We woke up the next morning and decided to inform Xander of the newest additions. This is what took place:



As you can see it took him all of two seconds to figure the covers out. HE DIDN'T EVEN PAUSE!! At first I just thought that the door wasn't fully closed but after 10 successful openings I realized that wasn't the case. I guess that's what you get for trying to outwit your toddler. To add insult to injury... not only can he still open all the doors but I believe that the covers have made it even easier for him to open the doors. He goes into the places we were trying to keep him out of twice as much as he used to, increasing my toddler chasing three fold. It's almost as if he's trying to punish me for trying to ruin all of his fun. Basically, I must admit defeat, and continue my exhausting door patrol. Parenting. What more can I say?

Yee-haw!!

Xander got into our closet the other day and decided to go country. Even though he could barely move in his daddy's boots, he still thought they were the coolest things ever. Giddy-up!

I'm Just Sayin'

There is this lady that I work with who has smoked for probably 75% of her life and she has this really deep and raspy voice and she has this terrible habit of saying, "I'm just sayin'" after being completely blunt with people. For instance, she says things like, "that shirt makes your neck look fat, Im just sayin." and "shouldnt you look in the mirror before you leave the house, Im just sayin." Its like the modern day version of, just kidding.

So in honor of her, Codilyn's stomach (and in no way do I mean Codi) looks like she will have the baby a lot sooner than December 30th, Im just sayin.

Big Boy Bed

Zach and I decided that before Baby #2 gets here, we should definitely get Xander into a Big Boy Bed. Xander loves his crib so much that we figured we had better have some time to get him used to the fact that the crib would no longer be his. We found this great deal on a twin over full bunkbed and decided that we would go with that so that if we ever had guests they could have a place to sleep as well (Aren't my parents lucky? Come December they will get to go back to their childhood days and sleep on a bunkbed!!!). For two days Zach diligently put together the bunkbeds and when he was through Xander's excitement was hard to contain. He kept climbing all over the bunkbeds just laughing and giggling. I thought "Wow, this whole bed transition thing might be easier than we thought." and ended up jinxing ourselves horribly. Yesterday we spent the day getting all the items necessary to have Xander sleep in his Big Boy Bed for the first time. When bedtime came he even seemed excited to be getting into the bunkbed.

Then it happened....
THE HOUR AND A HALF LONG TORTURE TEST. Yep, he cried and kept getting out of the bed and either opening the door to his room, playing with toys, or begging to be put back in his crib. We did the Super Nanny trick and just stayed vigilant with picking him up and placing him back into bed, and switching off every three turns. At one point in the middle of the whole ordeal we thought we had won until we heard a strange sound. We opened the door to find that he had figured out a way to climb into his crib. The child never tried to climb out of his crib, but put all of his might and effort into finding a way to climb into his crib in the dark.

He finally stayed in the bed and slept through the night, only to sneak out of his room this morning and wake us up early. Cross your fingers for us that this refusal to sleep in anything other than his crib won't last too long. I guess we should have seen this coming considering the fact that any time we returned home from being out of town he happily ran to his crib and "cuddled" up to it as soon as he was placed inside. Oh the love of a boy and his crib.

"Wonder"ing what we did for Halloween?

This year for Halloween we decided to take Xander to the Pumpkin Patch, and trick-or-treating at the Zoo. The Pumpkin Patch had a big blow up slide, a hay hill, a few plastic play houses, a "train", and pony rides. Xander had a fun time with daddy going down the big slide, and enjoyed making friends in the little play house area, but he was especially privileged to have an extra long pony ride all to himself (no other kids were in line when we got there). He was having a great time but we had to head off to make it to the zoo before the big lines started forming. As soon as the pony ride was over and we said we had to go... he began to cry. I thought he was upset about leaving the ponies or the big slide, but he was more upset about leaving the little plastic play houses. Go figure. He just kept pointing to them saying "More", and then signing "please". We got to the zoo with perfect timing and had a really fun time walking through the park. Xander definitely got the love of candy gene from his dad and wanted to shove everything he got into his mouth as soon as possible (mommy ended up holding the candy bag). We ended the night getting dinner at this adorable place called Tally's Cafe on Route 66, and heading straight to bed when we got home. All in all, it was a good Halloween for the Beck family.

"The left side is my good side"

Last Sunday Xander helped me pick out his clothes for church, and was very adamant that he was going to wear his red tie. Although it is much too big for him I gave in rather than put up a fight. Even with the tie down to his kneecaps I still thought he looked adorable and decided to take some pictures of his Sunday getup. After taking the first photo he suddenly turned his body to the right making this adorable pose. He continued on a few more times and I ended up having to redo some of my eye makeup from laughing so hard.

KILL THE BOY....

Codi here. I'm not sure how many of you listen to, or have ever heard Bill Cosby's comedy routine titled "Kill the Boy" but that is basically how I felt this morning. I guess I should have seen this coming with all of the warning signs present, but I ignorantly thought "No... he just wouldn't". Well family and friends I stand corrected because YES HE DID.
It all started with the, ever so innocent, stripping of clothing....




It then escalated to figuring out how to work those tricky zippers...


Followed by an occasional "I think I'll take my diaper off" trick (Sorry, no pictures. We want him to retain some dignity)
With the Piece de Resistance being...... yep, you guessed it! Peeing all over his crib.
I was sitting at the computer waiting for him to wake up when I heard a strange "water" hitting wood sound. When I realized which room the sound was coming from it didn't take me long to figure out what was happening. I ran into his room, turned on the light, and caught him in the act. As soon as he saw me he said "Cool." When I replied with a "NO. NOT COOL." He was intelligent enough to try and save his own skin by saying "Uh-Oh." (Cool, and Uh-Oh are his favorite words lately. I keep trying to explain to him that it's not an Uh-Oh if you do it on purpose, but he's not seeming to catch on to my theory.) As I surveyed the damaged and picked up the unused diaper in the crib it occurred to me that he must have been naked the entire night because there is no way he could've done that much damage in the few seconds it took me to storm the room. As I went to work stripping his crib down and throwing things in the washer, he followed me "gabble talking" and using expressive hand gestures in what I'm guessing was a desperate attempt to explain his reasoning for what he did. It wasn't until I was sitting on the ground washing off his stuffed animals and had said to him "You did a naughty thing, and you are in trouble mister." that he slowly made his way over to me, placed his hand on my shoulder, and leaned in to give me a sweet little kiss, that I decided I would call off "the hit" until he was in his teenage years. After all... who can resist a face like this?

P.S.

Oh, yea and here is a pic of the incident. And Xander went #2 in the toilet. So sad that our most exciting thing this week is when our son poops on the toilet.

SOOO SICK

So no one in the Beck house has had any sleep for the past couple of weeks. I thought that Xander and I just had really bad allergies because of the sneezing and runny noses we had, but then a couple of days ago Xander threw up twice and started coughing really bad. He is a great kid when he is sick because he just becomes really clingy, and a little whiney, but I love the clingy part of it all. One day he came out of his room with just diaper, shoes on and a pair of shorts on his arm. This is a just a couple of pictures of Xander trying to play hide and seek with me and the camera. Do you spy, a pregnant Codi???

My Favorite Part of the Day

Do you remember when you dad or mom would come home from work and you would run to do the door yelling, "dad's home" and then would run and give him a hug? OH MY GOSH, THAT IS THE BEST FEELING EVER!!! It makes me feel so good to hear Xander yell dad and run to the door with open arms to see me. I feel bad that I ever stopped doing that to my dad and am sad for the day when Xander stops doing that to me.

Things have been very good for us here in Tulsa. My job is going great. I am having to play catch up and it is a little overwhelming, but I will have an assistant starting Monday and that will help relieve a lot of the pressures that I have. Codilyn is doing well. She has finally stopped throwing up so much but now has tons of heartburn. Which by the way can you take heartburn medicine when you are pregnant?

Xander is doing great. He loves to listen to music and is getting really good at dancing. He has learned so many new words and he has learned how to open all our of doors. We have caught him open the pantry and start eating snacks. He comes and interrupts us during our private moments in the bathroom and he has learned how to get onto our patio. The other day this is what we found. Him sitting in our chair reading. Gotta love the kid.

Codilyn's Disclaimer and Apologies

Before I get any hate mail from any of my Utah friends with phrases such as... "You were in Utah and didn't tell me?!?", or "Well, I can see how much our friendship means to you.". Let me just say that the trip to Utah was extremely last minute. So last minute that it was talked about on a Friday, decided on Saturday, and began on Sunday. I barely even had time to pack. When I did get there I made the decision that this trip would just be all about spending time with family. "Why?" you may ask...
Reason #1: We rarely get to see or spend time with my family.
Reason #2: I really wanted Xander to get to know and spend as much time with his little cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents as possible.
Reason #3: I didn't have my own source of transportation and didn't want to monopolize my parents.
Reason #4: Please remember that not only is it very difficult to get anything done with a toddler, I am also a sickly pregnant woman who most of the time really doesn't feel like doing anything at all.
I hope that my reasons were understandable, and that none of my friends are left with any anger, animosity, or miniature Codilyn voodoo dolls. If for any reason my explanations left you with no feelings of sympathy or forgiveness for me whatsoever, please take a moment and reflect upon this.......




P.S. If the adorable baby picture of Xander didn't completely melt your heart, then you are made of stone.

One of the Funniest

My little sister Lindsey is one of the funniest people we know. I love her humor because it is never derogatory or crude. She is just really witty, but not a lot of people get to see that side, but I just wanted to make a little post just about her. While Codi and Xander were up in Utah, Lindsey was quickly loved by all the Kendell Kids and by Xander. She went on all these little kid rides with everyone and Xander had a blast with her. While going through all the pictures I found a whole series of pictures of Lindsey and had to post some of them. Codi said that she asked her to take some pictures of her and so she did, and this is what follows. We love you Lins and miss you.

A LOOONNGG MONTH

This has been a really long month. We got the news that we needed to move and within a week had to move. It was a little rushed, and we did a horrible job planning and packing, but thank goodness we had some great help.

Things are changing really quick around our place. Right after we moved to Tulsa Codi and Xander made a quick trip to Utah so I could set up the new place, because it is really hard unpacking with a toddler around and so that I could play catch up at work. There they had fun with all of the Kendells and with my two sisters who are up there right now. He had a great time, at least it looks like he had a great time in the pictures, and came back doing things he had never done before, like having a whole new vocabulary, only wanting to feed himself, only eat what the adults are eating and crawling in his highchair when he is hungry.

Things are going great up in Tulsa but we miss our good friends in OKC.

Xander Will Have a Baby....

Well, what is everyone's guess? Are we going to have a girl or another boy? Before we tell you that good news, we have some other good news. I got promoted!!! After only 4 months I got promoted to another store. We will be moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I have to be there on Monday so I will be going alone, and hope to find a place to live within a couple of days. It is a lot of stress for Codi having to finish packing here at home and me looking for a place up there. But, we are so very excited. We hear that Tulsa is a lot prettier than OKC, but we will see. So this will be a very busy couple of weeks, but we are ready for it, so bring it.

And we are having another boy!!! Here will be here just around Christmas so we still have some time to go, but this kid hates food and still wont let mommy keep anything down.

Water Park and More...

Codi was introduced into the local water fountain park that surprisingly just down the street. Xander had such a great time. So here is a cute picture.


Also, we just celebrated our 3rd year anniversary and man it seems like we are already one of those old married couples. And, we are finally making the announcement that we are having another baby. Codi is now 14 weeks along and you would think that the morning sickness would subside by now, but she is puking at least once a day and has had some really tough days with this pregnancy. So either it is a girl, which would explain the change, or this baby just does not like food. It is so bad that in a matter of three weeks she lost 10 lbs. The doctor said everything was ok and that the weight loss was explainable because she has been so sick. We should find out the sex in about a month. So now Codi can wear this shirt loud and proud.

Guess Who Is Feeding Themselves?

I am sure that only Grandparents will love this, but if you are bored enough take a look.

NEW PICS

Just A Thought

Since I started Facebooking a while ago I have recently noticed that a lot of high school and college friends of mine are posting pictures of themselves drinking. They talk about how fun it is and it seems as though that is the most exciting part about college or even their lives. I have never fully understood people who drink. What is the point? From the way it smells I cant imagine that it might taste good, not to mention that it costs so much to drink all the time. The only reason people would want to drink is just to ignore and get away from their own lives. I dont get how people do not see that you can have so much fun without alcohol. I just could not imagine how annoying I would be with alcohol. Needless to say. I hate hanging out with people who drink, hate hearing people at work talk about getting drunk that night, and cant stand hearing people complain about not having enough money when they just go out and blow their money on alcohol. Thus ends the rant session from yours truly.

SALE, SALE, SALE

Hello Everyone,
My wonderfully creative sister-in-law is having a great sale on her jewelry that she makes. It is wonderful. It is now 50% off. Please check it out. Here are some pictures of what she does.

Plumage Designs

Its My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

So my 25th Birthday was probably the worst birthday I have ever had. I had to work all day and did not come home until 10:00 that night to no cake. I complained the entire week to Codi and just got more and more bummed, but by Saturday night I blew it off and focused on other things. Then, after church on Sunday some really close friends surprised me at our door with cake and ice cream. This was the first time in our marriage that Codi has actually surprised me. I am still a little kid. When she has any presents in the house I find them within two days, or any fun nights, I find them before the day even comes. So thanks Codi for surprising me. I enjoyed it. Too bad we dont have a big enough place to hold more people.

P.S. If you look close enough Codi forgot candles so we used toothpicks. They work just fine but go out in a matter of seconds.

THINGS COULD GET WORSE

If after looking in the mirror and get disappointed about how much weight you have gained after having a baby, or sympathizing so much with having a baby. Or just realizing that after three years of marriage you look nothing like you did in your wedding pictures, just look at these pictures and know that things could get worse.




P.S. To get a better look at these beauties, click on the pictures. Thanks Corey for the hotties.

R&B King

Where in the world does he learn how to dance like this. Codi and I do not dance around the house much, but somehow he picked it up.

A dedication to all the other mothers out there....

Recently I have noticed a trend on the blogs of some of my friends. It's a trend that seems to be catching on quickly with all the little ones. What's this hot new trend, you may ask......

TANTRUMS.

Yep, the little ones are not only raising up, but raising their voices as well. My friend Sara is dealing with fits, my friend Bekah is trying to "find a happy place" while her little one perfects the art of the tantrum, and our little Xander is leaving me quite dumbfounded. Now,  he isn't participating in the usual arch the back, throw the head, and flail the arms while screaming technique.... instead he has decided that biting his own hands in anger is his preferred method. 

Yep, I have become the mother of the dreaded biting child. Now, I must say on his behalf that he hasn't bitten anyone besides himself, and me(only once or twice). Yet. I've checked many sites that say this is a normal stage that children go through, and it will eventually fade away on it's own. Until that time however... I promise to not be offended when I see many of you turning to run the other direction when we come your way.

In conclusion, I just want to say to all of you mothers out there... HANG IN THERE!! We'll make it through together. And if not.... I'm sure Bekah will save us all a seat on her flight to some remote tropical island. Coconut oil here we come!!! 

I Hate Being an Adult!!!

So I finally got a job.  I gave myself an ulcer while looking, but the end result is all that matters.  I am currently working for Dillard's.  It is a great start.  I am managing the cosmetics department.  I help manage over 75 employees and the second largest department in all of their stores.  Codi loves the perks.  So instead of moving into a house we decided to buy two new cars.  We went in for one Saturn Vue and came out with two, because Codi loved my car so much she wanted one for herself.  But the whole car lot experience was the worst thing we have ever done.

Xander got his first haircut at this really cute place and he loved getting his haircut.  Codi got a new due also, but at a different place.  He still loves dancing and is getting taller and taller.  He can now get on the couch by himself, which scares us.

So for now Oklahoma City is our home, but who knows what the future will hold for us.  Thank you for all of your prayers.

He loves Kanye West, and if you watch close enough you can see him smack his head, which cuts his dancing short.

The Hate Won!!!

After a very hard week for the both of us, we have opted to delete the challenge from our blog and instead of public embarrassment we decided private embarrassment works for us.

Love-Hate Relationship

So I officially love and hate the Hinckley Challenge.  It helps remind us everyday to read the scriptures together and it helps quite a bit, but on the other hand, it makes me feel so guilty when we have missed a day.  So when I get on the computer, it is a constant reminder of how lazy we can be.  Why is it that I have so many love-hate relationships with things?  I have a love-hate relationship with food (because it makes me feel good and bad, both fulfilled and fat), cars (because they make me get places faster and cost so much money to get fixed, $1500 to be exact) and Sprite (because it feels so good going down and I might need to go to rehab to eventually get over my addiction).

A Walk In the Park

I think that sometimes Xander thinks we are hermits, because its too cold to go out yet, and lets face it, we are too lazy to go anywhere else, so we took him to the park today and he could care less about swinging and going down slides.  But what was so interesting is how much he wanted to walk on his own.  There are two reasons why Xander has taken a little longer to walk, #1 he is freakishly tall and it is hard to balance when you so tall, (so that is why midget kids walk when they are 7 months) and #2 because he does not like walking on carpet, on solid ground and grass is what he prefers.  

Also, he helped do our taxes.  Should I worry that the online tax helper shows that we should be getting 5x the amount back we paid in taxes?  Audit here we come.