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Beckham has been spending some time with Daddy at work! For the past couple weeks, I've been bringing Beckham to Joshua's work for lunch a couple times a week. We go straight from our morning walk so I'm already tired but when I combine that with lunch, I can barely keep my eyes open! Beckham loves it though. He's always so excited when he sees his daddy.

On Friday, September 18th, Joshua had a work party so he came by the house to pick Beckham up to bring him (spouses were not invited). He carried him around in a baby bjorn and brought him up to different things for him to feel. Joshua said he loved feeling the trees, leaves, bricks, Tyson, etc. Someone even took a pic without Joshua's knowledge. I was so excited to get it! haha!

Also on that Friday, Beckham had his first sippie cup! I put about an ounce of grape juice in it with 3 or 4 ounces of water and he did really well with it. It seemed like it was coming out a little fast for him because he was letting a lot of it pour down his mouth. The cup I gave him had handles on it so he was a little confused as to how to hold it because he's used to holding his bottle. So since then, I bought him some without handles and he loves them. He goes right for it and knows exactly what to do with it.

On Saturday, Spetember 19th, Joshua and I brought Beckham to East Jefferson Hospital to visit a friend of mine who just had a baby girl. I was so excited for this visit because she is an online friend who had supported me throughout the many months I was trying to conceive Beckham and then through my entire pregnancy, and since. It was my first time meeting her in person and I was so happy to be able to celebrate the birth of her own baby with her. We really enjoyed the visit and meeting their family for the first time. Beckham was so good. He sat in his umbrella stroller for the most part just watching my friend in the bed. When he started getting fidgety, I took him out and Joshua held him. He looked so cute when I was taking pictures of the baby and looked over to find him chewing on his bib. I love when he does that!

On Monday, it was so hot during our walk that Beckham really threw the wrench. He's already whiny during our walks because we go during his nap time and he can never manage to take one while we're out there. He ended up screaming so bad that Holly and I had to cut the walk short and head straight for her house to get him in some cool air which was closer than my car. He ended up calming down on the way to her house and once we got there, he was totally fine and ready to play. He and Zoe were so cute together. First, they were grabbing each other, holding hands and sharing toys. Then, they started fighting over the same toy and it was so funny. I was able to get them on video but I missed all the good stuff.

On Tuesday, Beckham was a little booger at the baby group. It starts at 10:30am and he was due for a nap at 9am which he refused to take. So of course, he was fussy and rowdy. The good thing was that he was sooooo tired by the end of the group that he slept through the whole lunch with my momma friends. Despite his boogerness at the group, I was able to weigh him and he was 15lbs 12oz. It took him forever to get from 14lbs to 15lbs and now he's almost to 16lbs already!

Thursday, Joshua's office had another little party so I brought Beckham by. There's this one lady who works in his office that Beckham adores. She immediately makes him smile and he has a blast playing with her. She calls him "Jumper" and you can figure out why. Ever since he figured out how to use his Jumperoo, he constantly wants to jump when he's in someones arms. I can't complain though because it's a really great workout!

I finally have Beckham's 5 month pictures done! We took him to Jackson Square and fortunately, there weren't too many tourists around. When we first got out there and were figuring out where we were going to put him, an older gentleman offered to take a family pic of us in front of the monument. I was so happy because I hadn't even thought of that!

My camera shoots really fast so it catches everything and I mean, everything! I caught a pic of Beckham that you may not want to see but I have to share it because it's hilarious! If you're eating or about to eat, skip the photo below!

Despite Beckham's upset tummy, we ended up with a nice set of photos. You can view them at www.Staceybreaux.com/fivemonths.html.

ABOUT BABY BREAUX #2:

I'm going to be 12 weeks tomorrow which means only one more week until the second trimester! I'm mostly excited because this means that I have an even less risk of miscarriage but I'm also psyched because I'll finally get to dye my hair. Haha! I can't believe that I could feel the baby move within just 4 weeks! I felt Beckham at 16 weeks and my doctor told me that he wouldn't be surprised if I feel this one much sooner. I must admit, I'm more excited to feel this one than I was the first. During my first pregnancy, I was just obsessed with knowing what the gender was; but this time, I'm just dying to feel it move. I guess it's because we really don't care what the gender is so although I'm incredibly anxious to know, I'll be more concerned with that after I feel the baby.

Friday was my second prenatal appointment! We brought Beckham with us and he was so entertaining while we waited to see the doctor. He was cracking up laughing the whole time. It was really so special having him there during the first time we listened to the baby's heartbeat. The three of us were holding hands which kept me distracted while the doctor was trying to find it. Once he did, I was able to breathe again and the sound was so beautiful. It was 160bpm so Dr. Von Almen called it a girl. I turned to Joshua and said, "So it's a boy!". The doctor laughed because he knows how he's always wrong. He told us Beckham was a girl and he told Kate and Sam that their daughters were boys. Haha! Of course, it's impossible to know what the baby is based on it's heartbeat but it's fun to play around.

At my last visit, I had gained 3lbs making me 128. This time I lost 2lbs so I'm back down to 126 which is only 2lbs more than I weighed at this time during my last pregnancy. I started 10lbs heavier than I did for Beckham so I'm extremely happy that I've been able to even out. The crazy thing is that my belly is so much bigger so I must of lost some weight in other places. I'm posting my recent Belly Pic below but you have to check out the Belly Pic page to compare it to last weeks... big difference! www.StaceyBreaux.com/bellypics.html

I found a website that has 4D videos of 11 week old fetuses. It's so cool to watch them move and roll around like little babies already, and that's what my little one looks like. They're so cute! Check them out at http://www.ehd.org/movies.php?mov_id=198&cell=6.