Beckham's First Halloween

When I last wrote on Tuesday, Beckham was sick but starting to feel much better. Well, the very next day he was feeling bad again. His nose was leaking like a water faucet all throughout day and he was waking up repeatedly during the night. Because of this, I kept him home for the rest of the week so he would be better for Halloween and he was. He's too young to take anything other than Tylenol so I had a humidifier running all night and day hoping it would make a difference. By Friday, his nose was all dried up and I really thought he was ready to "trick or treat". I was even feeling so much better! I was barely coughing anymore and thought for sure it was the end of our colds.

Halloween was such a lovely day! The weather was perfect and Beckham was feeling well. I just wanted to be outside because it was so nice so that afternoon, Joshua, Beckham and I sat outside while Joshua carved a pumkin for Beckham. Beckham liked feeling the pumkin and he tried to eat it a couple times, but he got bored when he was only able to watch so Joshua brought his exersaucer outside for him to play in. One of the neighborhood kids hung out with us for a little while so we had him take a pic for us. When Joshua was done, we sat Beckham next to the pumkin so we could get a picture of him with his first pumpkin. He wanted to play with it and kept rolling it over! I just love my lil pumpkin!

Halloween night, we took him to a party at my dad's house. Joshua, Beckham and I went as members of the Scooby Doo cast. Joshua was Shaggy, I was Velma and Beckham was Scooby Doo! Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes and we all had a great time. Joshua and I took Beckham trick or treating with Kate and Theresa, Brandi & Louis and the girls, Danny & Toni and Maria, and Sam. We had a big gang going door to door, and it was so much fun. After a little while, I noticed Beckham's nose had started running again and he started getting a little fussy so some of us headed back to the party early.

As tired as Beckham was, he managed to stay up most of the night. He was crawling around a lot and pulling himself up on the coffee table. He even got his first bloody bo bo at the party! He was holding himself up on the coffee table and fell forward, busting the corner of his lip. Instead of a cry, he was making the strangest little animal squeal. I think he was just mostly scared, especially since everyone hurried around him. The next day, we could barely see his cut.

The next day, Beckham was in a great mood and looking well so we took him to Pet Fest to see all the animals. The weather was beautiful and so many people were there with their dogs. I can't wait for him to be able to walk around and play with them.

After Pet Fest, Joshua and I took Beckham to the River Walk where the above booth photos were taken. He was so funny in the photo booth! He was mesmerized by his image on the camera and stared at himself the whole time. Of course, he only smiled in between pictures!

Although the weekend was a lot of fun, I think we did too much again. Beckham was really sick when we went to bed last night and he woke up every 90 minutes screaming. We were thinking that maybe he had an ear infection but I haven't seen him grabbing at his ears or anything. Today he had a fever and wanted to be in my arms all day. He even took a couple of really long naps which is unusual for him. This time I'm keeping him home until I know he's better!

I'm even coughing like crazy again! This is horrible! Friday was the only day I went without coughing. How long can this last for?!

About four weeks ago, I took some Halloween pictures of Beckham to use for a greeting card and to have as his six month pics. I finally have them all up and ready to be viewed! You can see them at www.StaceyBreaux.com/sixmonths.html.

ABOUT BABY BREAUX #2:

I'm 17 weeks today and getting so close to the middle of my pregnancy. This past week, the lower back pain that I had in the very beginning has returned. I've also been having some other back pain that I didn't get until the very end of my last pregnancy. I just wish someone could walk on my back for me. The round ligament pain that I didn't get until I was about 6 months pregnant for Beckham has been getting me already for weeks now. It feels like cords popping in my belly, like the baby has come "undone"...lol. I know, it sounds weird but it feels even weirder! Whenever it happens, I jump because it feels like someone just poked me really hard in my stomach. It's crazy!

Some info about the baby: He/she is about 6 inches long already! The limps have all pretty much evened out and will now grow at the same rate. The baby is now able to react to sounds although the hearing is not fully developed. So amazing! And this little booger has been kicking me a lot! I love it!