{ONE}

 I can't even believe it but my little guy just turned ONE! We had such a fun day celebrating with our Cops and Robbers themed birthday party. Of course Aniston had a hard time understanding that it was Beckham's birthday and not hers but don't worry she has taken ownership of all his new toys.

 When I hear people say they are expecting I get this first instinct of like jealously and than I think about it for a minute I'm not jealous that I am not pregnant! Its more of a jealousy of the experience of those first days. I know it sounds crazy but the whole process of labor, the first moments of seeing your newborn, seeing the people you love meet them for the first time, it all holds this special place in your heart! But Birthdays take me back to that experience and that feeling and I love it. And I love all the memories we have had in this first year. Thanks for coming into our lives Beckham and blessing us so much.

 

These family pictures pretty much describe our life right now, busy chasing after a crazy two year old and holding & cuddling our chubby cheeked little guy. Sometimes it isn't an easy task but I love it!

Mr. Beckham {Seven} Months

Six {Months}

*Has hints of red hair
*chews on fist, fingers, & binky at all times
*drool, lots and lots of drool
* Happy baby
*still doesn't like to lay on his belly* Awesome bumper pads made by his aunt Kellie

Christmas Portraits 2012

2 1/2 months

After Beckham's two month shots we had a rough couple of weeks, he was whinny and wanted to be held constantly.  I got my happy go lucky guy back and about two weeks  later we had the worst night of all time. I remember one night laying in bed thinking about how good Beckham had been and  I thought there is no way he will ever have a rough night like we experienced with Aniston. But oh was I wrong, this night was by far worse, I think we slept a combination of an hour the whole night.

It's moments like these when I am so thankful for the priesthood in my life because after a full day with no sleep and sick fussy baby this mama was about to lose it. We gave Beckham a blessing and 30 min later he settled down and fell asleep on my mom. My mom stayed the night with me to help take shifts in case of another bad night since Travis was out of town. We were so scared to move thinking that he was going to wake up but he ended up sleeping through the night. I think that was the first time I didn't care waking up at 6 a.m because I was so grateful  that had I got some consecutive sleep.

Before the "bad night" he was pretty much sleeping through the night, we are now back to getting up twice a night. But hey, I'll take waking up in the middle of the night if he is this sweet, smiley boy all day.

{What A Blessing}

Count Your Blessings

Name them one by one:

Being a mother to Both Beckham and Aniston is one of the greatest Blessings in my life.

  

A loving Husband who works so hard for our family so that I can stay home and raise our kids.

   

{Best family portrait of all time!}

Our Families

We are so grateful for their continual Love and Support.  Aniston loves all her aunts, uncles and cousins 

And she especially Loves her Grandma's& Grandpa's

{there's our sweet girl we know & love}

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We are so grateful for our generations of examples

Our Friends

Geakon as Aniston would call him. We are so grateful that we get to live so close to these guys, when we are having a rough day it can always be turned around by letting her go play cars with Deakon. 

We truly have so much to be grateful for! I love having days like Beckham's Blessing day that remind us of everything that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with! 

 

Recipes from the Blessing

For all the Family & Friends who asked for the recipes from Sunday my sister put it on her blog and I thought that was a good idea so I stole it. So here they are; Thanks for coming and sharing the special day with us. Enjoy!

Quiche

Pie crust
3 beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup onion
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3/4 cup ham, bacon, sausage
3/4 cup spinach
1 1/2 cups swiss, cheddar, or mozzarella cheese
1 TBSP flour

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Place meat in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and stir well. Prick holes in a pie crust with a fork and pour mixture into pie crust. Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Butter Syrup

½ cup buttermilk

½ cup butter

1 cup sugar

Melt

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp coconut extract

Paula Deen’s Pecan Praline Baked French Toast

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Recipe type: Breakfast, Brunch

Source: Food Network

Serves: 6-8

Weight Watchers Info: Don’t bother if you can’t splurge

Ingredients

• French Toast
• Ingredients
• 1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
• 8 large eggs
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Dash salt
• Praline Topping, recipe follows
• Maple syrup
• Praline Topping
• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for Baked French Toast Casserole.

Instructions

1. Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
2. The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.

{Did you know Jef from the Bachelorette lived in PG}

 Ok so I know that I am obsessed but did you know Jef  from the Bachelorette lived in Pleasant Grove? Also did you know that a cupcake shop from Pleasant Grove competed on Cupcake Wars? Oh and Melody just met Cody Brown from sister wives at the ice cream place down the road!

PG is the place to be especially cause that's where Melody, Brian & Baby Hadley live so we had to go visit. Don't worry we didn't run into anyone famous or really even leave the house cause tantrums were running wild but at least we got to spend time with Mel.

 We did go to a Korean restaurant in Provo that is so slow but so good, for example we sat there for 2 hours with 2 babies and a busy 20 month old to get our food but it really was worth it.

 Aniston loved the Beef Bulgolgi { she loves spicy foods just like her mom}

 Melody showed off her culinary skills and made creme brulee, {She let Aniston help}

 Aniston wearing my only purchase for the weekend, since shopping is quite hard with 2 kids we walked into Forever21 had enough to find these glasses before we had to walk right back out. But we survived!

 

As Aniston would say Luv You! See ya later...