We're Alive!

Just in case any of you thought we had all fallen off the face of the earth...

I won't lie. Going back to work full time has been a really hard transition for me, hence the lack of blogging. I was so used to my part time schedule and probalby didn't appreciate how good I had it until it was gone. The first few weeks were especially tough...I cried on most days because I just missed my baby (well...technically he's very much a big boy but I'm his mommy so he will always be my baby!). But this has become our new normal, at least for now, so we're trying to make the best of it.

Despite working too much and playing too little we have managed to take a few pictures and enjoy some much needed family time on the weekends.

Aunt Jenny came for a visit at the end of the summer, and Beckett was all about Aunt J. It may or may not have something to do with the fact that green is his favorite color, and Aunt J packed an entire wardrobe that consisted completely of green. Not that she needed the bribe...he LOVES her!!!

When we weren't soaking up rays at the pool, we spent some time in the backyard shooting hoops and trying to drink like the dog does out of the water table. We like to keep it real around here so that's why Beckett's pants are about to fall off...I mean he was playing basketball...what do you expect??

After we got all the manly basketball playing out of the way we spent some time walking around the house in Mommy's favorite red shoes. Beckett might kill me for posting these one day, but it's a risk I'm willing to take because they are so darn cute/funny!

Love this pic...you can't tell but he's checking out his reflection in the dishwasher!

Stay tuned for some more pics coming shortly...I'm determined to catch up one of these days.

Trip to N.C.

For my mom's birthday, Beckett and I decided to treat ourselves to a trip to Charlotte, NC with Char to visit Aunt Jenny and Uncle Chris. We were able to sneak away for about 5 days so it actually felt like a vacation. We had so much fun visiting, and to say that Beck loves his Aunt J and Uncle C would be a huge understatement. He adores both of them and made himself right at home in their new crib.

Aunt Jenny took off work our first day there so we took a trip to the Children's Museum downtown and met Chris for lunch at a fantastic pizza place. A day in the life of Beckett can't get much better than this.

Then on Saturday they took us to the best pumpkin patch EVER! We could not have asked for more perfect fall weather, and of course we stopped at Starbucks on the way to pick up a pumpkin spice latte to set the mood. B loved playing in the pumpkins, climbing on the pumpkins, and throwing the pumpkins. He was not such a fan of posing with the pumpkins or smiling at the camera...good thing he's cute either way!

He loved playing on the huge tractors they had out there, and it was a fight to get him off of them to give the other kids a turn.

They had lots of animals for us to see, and this was probably Beckett's favorite part of the whole trip. Since I don't do the whole goats/sheep/whatever licking your hand thing Uncle Chris was a good sport and showed B how to feed them.

B even got brave and decided to feed them on his own!

After he fed the animals he discovered the cows...probably his favorite animal right now (besides our dog of course!). He walked right up to the cow pen and screamed "Moo!" trying to get the cows to talk back to him. It actually worked. He was amused until one of them took a huge poop. Beckett then announced that the cow went poo-poo and needed a diaper change. As you can imagine, the smell was quite overwhelming so that ended our visit with the cows.

We ended the trip with a hayride...where again B screamed at passing cows trying to get them to moo back.

We spent the rest of our trip hanging out at the park and eating lots of yummy food. Thanks so much to Aunt Jenny and Uncle Chris for being such wonderful hosts. We can't wait for our next visit!!