Halloween

Black Island Farms. Beckam had a blast going down the big slides.

Ok, so this may be borderline animal torture. But it has become a tradition in our family every year, and this year Jib joined the party! What good sports.

More Jib and Cabin

(Note that these pics of Jib are from a few months ago before we sent him off to "boot camp" at Kory's house. He is a lot bigger now.)

This was our first trip to the cabin this year and it was Jib's first time in the water. He did really great, especially with the water being so cold. The meadow up at our cabin had flooded from all the water this spring, so it gave us some good marsh to practice water retrieves in.

Beckam's 2nd Birthday

I know his birthday was a couple months ago, but better late than never. We had a lot of fun swimming at Papa and Nana's house for his birthday. Beckam LOVES swimming!! And luckily we had JUST finished unwrapping his presents when the rain came rolling in and we cleared out. That's the way to clear out a party fast, but it was just in time. Thanks everyone who came to celebrate with us!!

These are after his birthday, enjoying his new toys!

ONe of his favorite gifts, a blower. He loves having tools of his own to help his daddy.

He wasn't too sure about putting his face up to open flame. Smart boy.

Papa, Cici, and Beckam

Racecar cupcake-cake

Cousins, Beckam and Ty

Candy table

ER #4

Well, we thought we were doing good and had broken our streak of ER visits. I have saved all of his hospital bracelets and so far we have a 15 mo, 18 mo, 21 mo, and now a 2 yr. And to top it all off, we are in between insurances right now. Our new insurance starts up in 2 days, isn't that how life always happens? My little B-Man is pretty crazy to say the least. He's just a little too brave for his own abilities. This time he jumped off the couch after asking if he could and Ryan saying no, of course he did it anyway and somehow managed to slam right into the corner of the coffee table. (PS coffee table is leaving our house this week to be replaced with a soft, cushiony ottoman) We knew immediately that he needed stitches, there was a good-size hole in his forehead and you could see the layers of skin and muscle into what looked like his skull (just the membrane around the skull). He didn't even cry either, he was pretty chill through the whole process until we had to hold him down for the stitches. He does not like to be restrained. Anyway, they did a few inner sutures since it was so deep and then 5 stitches on the outside. And besides a new scar added to his forehead he will be just fine. So far we have tallied a glued forehead, stitches to his ear, and concussion with a CT Scan, and now stitches to his forehead. Please send good vibes our way so we do not have to visit that dang ER room again for a looong time!!!

Summer activities

We've had a lot of fun as a family this summer so far. Here are a few highlights.

This is Beckam's face when he is saying "cheese" to the camera.

I filled up the tub and went to grab my camera because Jib was chomping wildly at the running water. When I got back (I was literally gone like 2 seconds) Beckam decided to get in without me-PJ's and all!!

We had a fun BBQ with my friends right before Cassie had her baby. And isn't that the cutest picture of Beckam and Carson together?

Camping Memorial Day weekend. Very cold, but a lot of fun nonetheless. We love all our neighborhood friends! The Chambers' The Skeen's and The Wall's

Beckam and cousin Ty-Ty

Beckam and his cousins: Ridge, Ty, and Austin

Ragnar Relay up in Eden. Oh how that one mile killed me!!

Jib

Meet Jib, the newest addition to our family. We picked Jib up a few weeks ago at 6 weeks old, and he's almost 8 weeks old now. He has grown so much is just a few weeks, but I guess that is to be expected for a lab puppy. He's been a great puppy so far. Of course, he keeps us at night and has had a few accidents, but overall I've been really impressed. He seems a lot more easy going than when Audi, our rat terrier, was a puppy. This is what Ryan has been waiting years for, his own hunting dog. We got him from a really good hunting pedigree line so we have high hopes for this little guy. But either way, you just can't deny an adorable puppy!

Beckam's new best friend

This is seriously how he likes to sleep. I put him on his bed, but he always inches to the wood floor where it's colder.

E.R. Trip #3

So yes, unfortunately we have continued our pattern of visiting the ER about every three months. About a month ago we went for the 3rd time. Beckam fell backwards off a swing, cried pretty hard for longer than normal, then got super quiet and cuddly (so not like him), and then he started throwing up a bit later. He had to have a CT scan to make sure there was so bleeding in his brain. The scan came back good, but he did get a concussion. So our running total equals 1 glued forehead, 6 stitches in his ear, and one concussion with a CT scan. And that is just counting our ER visits. We also got RSV twice his first winter, and we had to have 3 months of helmet therapy for his mis-shapen head. Whew!! What a handful my little boy is, but I sure love him.

Still a happy little guy even after all that!

Easter in St George

We had a great weekend in St George for Easter this year. The weather was great, which was the best thing of all. We went to the art show, went swimming, shot clay pigeons ( I hit like 4 of them!), and did some good shopping.

Beckam was shoving the candy in his mouth as fast as he could before we could take it away. Didn't care about any of the presents, just candy!

He knows there is candy in that egg!

Papa and his grand-kids.

My little handsome boy.