Blessing week

This is us on Beckett's blessing day. I found the cutest matching ties for Matt and Beckett, and I love how the pictures turned out. I wish I would have gotten a few of just Beckett, and a few of just him and his Dad, but it was cold out, and Beckett had had enough of the picture taking. Matt gave him a great blessing though, and it was such a special day. Even though there was craziness surrounding the lunch for 50 people at our tiny house, I think it's a day we'll both remember forever.

During the days after Beckett's blessing, we were lucky enough to hang out with some of Beckett's ourt of state cousins. We went swimming and had a BBQ for Sadie's b-day, and we had a great time catching up and spending time with all of Matt's siblings together. Matt and Sadie at the pool. I hope the kiddos had as much fun with Matt as he had playing with them!
I wish I had gotten a better picture of Beckett's suit! Obviously he didn't get in the water, actually he slept through the whole outing, but his little froggy full body swim suit was the best!

Matt and a few of the other kids at the BBQ. I thought I got a picture with Beckett and his cousin Jackson, but I guess not.

Beckett and his Grandpa Phillips chillin at the BBQ

Catching up...

It has been a crazy few weeks around here, but it seems like I'm always saying that. In the last few weeks, we have had Beckett's Blessing, had tons of fun with some of our favorite out of state visitors, spent an extra long weekend in Yellowstone with some of our other favorite people, celebrated Matt's 25th birthday, and had Beckett's 2 month check up. Like I said, it's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm going to try and blog about all of it since I have about a zillion cute pictures of Beckett and as a Mom it is my duty to show them off, right? That's what I thought. Here's an update on the little man: At his 2 week appointment, Beckett weighed 6 lbs 5 oz, which was in the 5th percentile, but at his 2 month check up a few weeks ago, he weighed 11 lbs 12 oz, which is in the 55th percentile so he is doing awesome. He also finally decided that staying up all night was old news, and is now on a (fairly) more predictable schedule which includes sleeping in his crib in his room at night, and I have to say we are definitely all sleeping better. Hallelujiah! I was afraid there for a while he'd be sleeping in our room until he was 5. He still sleeps a lot better when he's in with us, but we're making great progress and he seems much happier during the days now that he's on a schedule. He makes us laugh every day with his funny faces and we live for his smiles. I just wish I could catch one on camera!

Here are all my latest attempts:

This last one is my absolute fave. His new thing is that he doesn't like to be cuddled unless he is trying to fall asleep. At all other times of day, he wants to sit up and see the world, which is why he is on my lap in this picture.

Our Little Male Model

While Matt and I scratch our heads and try to figure out how our baby could possibly be one month old today (?!?) please enjoy these pictures of the little man himself.

Nursery

I know I'm a little slow, but better late than never, right? Here are some pictures of Beckett's room. It was a collaborative effort, but I think we're both equally thrilled with how it turned out.

This is a close up of the dresser Mike made for Beckett. We love how it turned out, and we love the baseball knobs!

Matt did this, which I thought was cute. (Yes, we know he can't sleep in it this way! But I thought it was cute that he put all Beckett's little buddies in his crib to hang out and wait for him to be born

Okay, okay we'll share him!

This will most likely be a short post word wise, but no one really wants to listen to me blather on anyway, right? No! So, I will cut to the good stuff - pictures of our little hunk! At 3 weeks old, Beckett likes to:

melt our hearts... make us laugh...

sleep all day,

so he can party all night... play with his Daddy... sleep like his Mommy...and pretty much just look cute all around.

We are loving our life getting to know Beckett, and figuring out this whole parenting thing. He definitely keeps us busy and on our toes, but we are loving every second of it. But neither of us can believe he's already 3 weeks old! Time is flying by so fast, and he changes every day. This picture is from my first Mother's day. When we first snapped these pictures I thought they were pretty cute, but as I have looked back over them, man we look tired! haha. As far as Beckett's stats go, he was born on the small side, but he was back to his birth weight by the time he was a week old. At his 2 week appointment last week, Beckett weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces (5th percentile), and they measured him at 20 inches long (25th percentile). We are so happy to have him as part of our family and can't wait to watch him learn and grow.

PS - yes I know this post is edited weird. I tried my best to get all these stupid spaces out, but they keep adding themselves back in there. Sorry!

Beckett Arrives

I have so much to blog about, and I've fallen so far behind, but now I have a good excuse to be behind. Before I sit down to catch up on any of the old things I need to post (giant belly photos, and pictures of our finished nursery), I thought I would introduce our little studmuffin first and try to get a few pics out to our friends and fam that haven't been able to see him yet.
This is Beckett Matthew Phillips. He was born Tuesday night at 11:52, and weighed 5 lbs, 13 oz, and is 18 1/2 inches long. He is definitely his father's son, and so far the only thing it looks like he inherited from me is his super long toes and feet. Poor little guy, haha. However, he did get his dad's curly hair, the Phillip's nose, and of course, his dad's butt chin, which we love. We are so excited, and I probably will fall even further behind with the blogging now that he's here, but I'll try to keep up on it a little better so we can share the little man's cuteness with the world :)

Sneak peak

Okay, so Amber (our fab photographer) just put up these photos on her Facebook last night, and I had to post them on here because I'm about to implode! I'm so excited! So here they are... check out how huge I am!

Taduh! What do you think? I love them, but the last one is my absolute FAVE!!! I have been trying not to call her ever since our session and it is getting harder and harder to be patient because I know they will be great (and it would be nice to see myself looking cute! haha)

More to come!