Baby Breaux: Beckham Has A First Cousin!

So as most of you know, my little sister had her first baby on Tuesday, September 8th; and I'm sure you all want to hear about it, but... I'm a couple weeks behind so I'll start where I left off and tell you all about Kate and Baby Theresa a little later!

Tuesday, September 1st, Beckham went to the baby group like he does every Tuesday and boy, did he put on a show! He was scooting his little butt all over the place and it was the first time my friends there saw him do that. I had to keep dragging him back to our spot! He scooted himself over to Leah and grabbed both of her cheeks. He even put his hand in her mouth and she started chewing on it! Every time I moved him back to our spot, he would scoot himself back to her and hold her hand. I think he's in love! Then Gina kept pulling out Leah's bottle and putting it on the floor near the mat so Beckham kept taking off after it. At that group, he weighed 14lbs 15oz... still didn't make it to 15lbs!!

Thursday, September 3rd, Joshua had to work until 10pm so I brought Beckham to his office so they could still spend some time together. One of the other Marine wives had the same idea so Beckham and her daughter, J'Lynn, played together on the floor. Joshua carried Beckham around the office most of the time and J'Lynn chased after him!

Gosh, I can barely remember what we did the rest of that week....

Oh, I started walking everyday that week and have continued since. I've been taking Beckham to Audubon park and I push him around in the stroller for 4 miles every morning. Most of the time my mommy friends, Gina and Holly, join me. Beckham doesn't seem to be a fan of the walks though. About half way through he gets really bored and fussy. I think his problem is that it's during his nap time and he refuses to sleep while we're out there. He has to get used to it though because I refuse to gain 40lbs during this pregnancy!

A week later, Beckham and I skipped the baby group to spend the day at the hospital waiting for baby Theresa. We got there at 9am and stayed until 9:30pm. Beckham was sooooooooooo good the entire day. He let everyone take turns holding him and he played on the floor in the waiting room with his cousins, Victoria and Athens. He even attacked Victoria when she was loving on him! He was grabbing her face and trying to eat her while throwing himself on her. She was loving it! I thought I video recorded it but I didn't because I suck at the video camera. I always think I'm recording when I'm not. I even did this for Beckham's first car ride home from the hospital and when we first brought him in the house.

Theresa was finally born after a long fight to stay in at 6:02pm. She weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20 inches long. And of course, she is sooooooo cute! I think she has her daddy's eyes and chin, and her mommy's nose and lips. Such a cute combination! Theresa is Beckham's first "first cousin" and Payton will be his next, expected to arrive in just one month. Yay!

The following day, I brought Beckham back to the hospital to visit with his new baby cousin. We only got to see her for a little while that day though because she didn't get back to the room until right before we had to leave. It was still so nice to see her new little face again.

The day after that (Thursday), I brought Beckham back again and this time we laid the babies next to each other to take a pic. Beckham was like a little monster! He kept trying to grab Theresa and roll on top of her. We ended up having to hold down his arms just to get a pic! Theresa was dressed like a little doll and she was so precious!

Friday night, Joshua, Beckham and I went to my dad's house as usual where Kate and the baby are staying to see the Boo Boo again. We took some more pics of the babies together and Beckham even petted Theresa. He's such a sweetie :).

Sunday, we took Beckham to visit Joshua's parents and my mom & Huey like we do every Sunday. He really seemed to have a good time at both houses. This little boy gets so much love!

Yesterday, Beckham and I went to the baby group and this time he weighed 15lbs 4 oz!! I was expecting him to gain more than 5oz over the last two weeks, but I'm just happy that he's finally over 15lbs. Skinny butt! Once again, he was scooting himself all over. I would be talking to the other moms and then be like, "Wait, where's Beckham?!". He scooted over to Zoe and kissed her then scooted over to Leah and kissed her too! He's a little player already!

Today Beckham and I went to the Aquarium with Holly and Zoe after our morning walk. We brought them to all the really bright fish tanks because they were so colorful, but Beckham seemed to like the sharks the most. When we took the babies out of their strollers to hold them up to the tanks, they were mostly looking at each other! I just love watching them interact.

Some new things that Beckham has been doing:

1.) He's been holding his bottle by himself for the past couple of weeks. It's so awesome to be able to let him feed himself while I do other things. He holds it from start to finish and I don't have to do anything!

One day last week, Joshua left Beckham with his bottle and when he came back to the room, this was how he found him (haha!):

2.) He tries to escape when I'm changing his diaper! The little booger never wants to lay still anymore so I can change him. He's always trying to get away now.

3.) When he wakes up in his crib, Beckham turns himself to where he is able to kick the wall. His foot even got stuck between the bars once!

4.) Beckham started tossing his pacifier out of the crib... well, more like dropping it through the bars. This is really a pain in the butt at 3:30 in the morning when he starts fussing for it back.

5.) He started talking a lot more. I think he was always very vocal but lately he's been making the same sound over and over again. Instead of just "coo" sounds, he's been saying "ba" over and over.

6.) He's gotten so good at scooting around! He's so fast now. He even started using his feet to help him like some babies do to help them crawl. I wonder if he will be one of those babies!

7.) He LOVES petting Bunny Boo and Alaska. This is one of his new favorite things to do. Bunny Boo comes and sits real tall next to him with her chin high and just lets him pet away at her. I think she's really liking having him around.

ABOUT BABY BREAUX #2:

I'm over 10 weeks pregnant now! I'm so close to the second trimester that I can taste it! Although we saw the heartbeat at 7 weeks, we still haven't heard it yet so I'm so eager for my next appointment which is next Friday. I'll continue to be a nervous wreck until then.

Baby Breaux #2 is like a tiny baby already! He/she has little toes and fingers, and he/she even has nails. Baby Breaux is making small, random movements, but they are too slight to be felt by me. Only about 7 more weeks until I should be feeling him/her move!

The walking was really helping with my fatigue and morning sickness the first week, but now it's like nothing can help. I've been sick from the time I wake up in the morning until the time I go to bed with little breaks in between. And when I get home from walking, I'm so ready to drop dead! It's like I'm drugged or something. It's actually been a good thing for me that Beckham hasn't been napping during the walks so that he can pass out with me once we get home.

I got the baby girl bedding in today! It's so much more beautiful than I expected it to be! I just can't believe how nice it is. Now that I see it in person, I'm in love with it so I don't think I can sell it if I'm having a boy. I'll just have to hold on to it for my future daughter!

My belly has been growing so fast that everyone has been asking me if I'm sure it's not twins. Well, yes! I'm very sure! I'm just growing so fast because my last baby was so recent. I think my body just likes being pregnant or something. Here's a pic of me from a few days ago with my old maternity clothes on. Well, they're not really maternity clothes but they are what I wore throughout my entire pregnancy.