Mom's Milk

My mom is getting tired of feeding me...so, now it's my dad's turn.

I've been good lately. Back in action at daycare and having a blast. Mom has been working lots at her job at night so I've had a chance to bond with my dad at night after dinner. We've been watching hockey, tying flies and doing boy stuff like that. I'll post new pictures of me this weekend. Promise. I'm getting these super chunkadunk rolls on my thighs. It's very cool.

Happy Birthday Beautie (Auntie) Ellie. I can't wait until I turn 6 years old too! When I get older, I promise I'll play ninjas with you all day long.

Grammie California

Wow, this week flew and I didn't even have a second to blog. Where is all of my time going? Well, this last week, much of my time went to being a rascal and FUSSING. Grammie California was here all week taking care of me (awesome) but, I got a super bad eye infection in BOTH of my eyes. While mom was feverishly trying to keep up with her new job, Grammie took me over to the cute doctor MaryBeth to get some eye drops. I'm all better now! We have had a great week - playing, bathing, strollering (grammie and i went on a walk outside), driving (my race car on the hardwood floor), eating (I'm eating 30+oz/day now and my mom can't keep up) and just lovin' life. I'm eating my hands like crazy now days. They taste so delicious. I like doing "so big" with my hands above my head. And, I look more blonde every day of my life. Oh yeah, forgot to tell you. I'm getting huge now. When I was at the doctor on Wednesday AM, I weighed in at a whole whopping 12.6 lbs. Watch out -

Driving around in my race car on the kitchen floor is tiring. Whew!

When I was fussing earlier this week, there was one thing that would chill me out. Gopher Basketball. I hope you can see the video below. I like sports.

My ears are starting to stick out like my dads when he was little and my parents think it's the funniest thing. Check out the pic of daddy below when he was little. I'm tellin' you, I have NO feminine characteristics. I'm 100% boy. I like girls, mud and trucks. Hey, dad. Nice sweater.

GGB (Great Grandma Becker): I've been thinking about you all week long. I hope you're feeling better. Keep resting and continue to keep all of those crazy friends of yours at Kingswood under control.

To Grammie California: Thank you for watching me. It's been great to have you here in Minnesota!

The Hershey Squirts, a Rollover Machine and an Alien.

Hi people. Boy do I have some fun things to tell you about. Well, my daycare ladies Shelli and Kari are now off to some place warm getting a sweet tan on a Caribbean cruise and I'm stuck here in snowy Minnesota just all locked up like hermit. I just CANNOT wait for it to be nice so I can go on walks with mom in the neighborhood and check out all of the hot chicks my age. Well, back to my story. Because Shelli & Kari are on vacation, this past Friday I got to hang out with Fuzz all day long. Fuzz's mom Rye took care of me. (I guess her name is Katie but mom told me to call her Rye because it's a nickname, just like all of the girls call my mom Becker)

Right when I got there to his house, Fuzz game me knuckles to welcome me to his home. It was so cool.

This is me right before I took a nap on Rye's bed. I was so happy about being able to nap in a bed for once (my parents do not allow this) and being able to wear my jammies all day long, that I just smiled really big at Rye.

And, then Fuzz helped Rye feed me. He even helped her change my hershey squirt diaper! That's what Rye calls it when I poop in my diaper. She's so crazy. As you can see in the pictures above, I LOVED checking out their pots and pans. They have them hanging from the ceiling. Now - that is WEIRD! Fuzz, if you're reading this...thank you for playing with me on Friday. I had a blast. Can I come again soon? One thing I almost forgot - I rolled over AGAIN when I was at their house. Yup, from tummy to back. This rolling-over-thing is so easy. I don't know what all of those 12 week olders are complaining about. It's not that hard. (Shh, don't tell mom but I kind of do it on accident but she thinks it's for real)

We spent this morning at #2 session of New Member Orientation at church. We found out today that this church as 1200 kids under the age of 18. Yeah, you think I'm lying? Um, nope...I'm not. My parents think I'm going to make some really good friends at VBS during the summer. Tonight we did something so fun. We went to Space Aliens again with the Murphys! Cooper is just one funny dude and Crosby. Man, he is one hunky guy. Crosby is two weeks older than I am but his cheeks are SO BIG.Me and my mom at Space Aliens. I was a little fussy.Here's my dad with Crosby. Check out those cheeks.One happy Space Alien family.

And, I learned one thing tonight from Dad and Brandon (Coop & Cros's dad): Women, girls and mommies like to eat ice cream. Holy crap...look at the size of that bowl. I wanted to let you know that they finished ALL OF IT. Another day tomorrow. Wait, I just remembered! TOMORROW is a special day! Grandma Durham is flying in tomorrow all the way from California for a whole week! Yes! She will be taking care of me all week while mom and dad are working. Love you all. Good night.

My big blues...

Hey everyone. I just wanted to show you my blue eyes. Sorry I can't write more but mom says I have to go to bed now because tomorrow I get to go and play at Fuzz's house ALL DAY LONG because Shelli is on vacation. Good Night.

12 weeks old and livin' the dream

What do I mean by "livin' the dream", you ask? Well, I have a great life. I have the best mommy and daddy in the whole world. This past 12 weeks has been just great! I'm learning so many new things. I was just thinking the other day how grateful I am every day for my family (gpas, aunts, cousins, friends), our health and happiness. Here's my 12 week old picture below. I'm smokin' hot.

And, me with my daddy. I have a feeling I'll look like him when I get older. I have his little dimple chin n' all.

And, here's a video below for those of you who haven't seen me in a long time. I hope you're able to see it. Nothing special - but, atleast you can see what I REALLY look like!

Today Mom, Dad and I went to church...on a Saturday! When I asked why they told me that we were going to "new member orientation." Once we got there they dropped me off at the nursery and I was so excited that I barfed all over the church lady who was watching me while mom & dad were in class. It was so freakin' funny.

Brady Skates

A special day at the rink on Sunday celebrating Vday and Gma Lisa's Birthday! She's always the photographer so I didn't even get a chance to snap a photo of her - she's so cool. Happy Bday Gma Lisa.

My first day of hockey! Well, not really but you get the idea. My lightening fast feet touched the ice for the very first time, EVER! I loved every minute of it until the crazy rink mgr came over and yelled at my dad for having me on the ice. Back off lady! I have many more hockey wounds & black eyes to look forward to in my life.

Here's me and my Gpa Becker. Know what he has in his hand? Yep, that's Bully the Bull Frog. I got him as a gift from my Aunts Zoie & Ellie for Valentines Day. They're the ones named him "Bully" too. I will sleep with him every single night of my life (until I'm thirty) After the long day of skating, I was soo tired.

Then, on Monday since it was Presidents day and daycare was closed for business, I got to spend the day with Gma and Gpa Sherck! I was so happy that I got to see them before they leave on Wed for a MONTH of traveling. I was so happy to see them that I slept, um, NOT AT ALL while I was there. I'm a little rascal.

One last thing I wanted to show you. When I giggle, I just cannot help but stick my tounge out. It is so freakin' funny.

My RED V-day Bibs

Happy Valentines Day Everybody!

This is the outfit (a hand-me-down from my main gal Jade) that I wore to the Valentine's Day party at daycare yesterday. Thank goodness that mom snapped a shot of me in the morning before I messed up the entire outfit and Shelli had to change me into one of my "reserve" outfits on hand. By saying "messed", you know what I mean...

Today, went shopping with mom for a bit this morning, now going to run some errands with dad. Tonight all three of us are cooking a romantic dinner here at home with lots of wine. Tomorrow we get to go see gma & gpa becker and the beauties (aunts) Zoie and Ellie! Yes - we're going ice skating downtown Mpls at the Depot and then out for lunch. I love weekends!

I love Shelli & Kari

Wow, I’ve had some pretty busy last few days!

Sunday we had visitors! My new friends Zach and Tyler came over (with their mom & dad) and we played. I was so sleepy when they were here I was zonked out in my swing. BUT…mom had a chance to get a picture of smiley Zach!

And, Tyler playing his DS. Hey, Ellie – think you could beat Tyler?

This is Zach and his daddy, Jimmy. I guess Jimmy and mom have been friends for years! Monday didn’t start off so hot. Know why? Because my dad had to WAKE ME UP! I have never had that happen before but he said I had to go to daycare. And, guess what? It was so much fun! I love Shelli & Kari! As soon as dad dropped me off in the morning, Shelli grabbed me out of my car seat and I just smiled at her. The reason that dad had to wake me up was because, uh-hem, yes, I slept a full night of sleep. I went to bed at 10:30pm and he woke me at 7:15am. It was awesome. Monday night I slept from 9:30pm – 5:00am. At daycare, I’m learning all of names of the kids. I like Shelli & her daughter Kari because they have blonde hair just like my mom. Know what they told me? We get to paaaaarty on Friday! Yep, Valentines party at the daycare joint. Shelli told me I have to wear my valentine’s outfit too. I’ll see if they will take a picture of me with my new kid friends. Mom – please don’t dress me in a pink outfit with hearts on it. I bought stickers for my daycare friends to give as valentines. I wanted to get the candy but the “woman of the house” (mom) said it is bad for their teeth. Whatever, mom.

Shelli & Kari: Thank you for taking care of me and being so sweet like sugar.

And, this picture of me and my mom. I’m so happy that I stole her blue eyes. And, dad – I wore this “gone fishin’ shirt while you were out fishing on Sunday. Last night mom and I went out for sushi downtown Minneapolis and I got to see all of “the girls” I love chatting about The Bachelor. NOT.

Last picture of the evening. Remember my friend Cooper? That’s Crosby’s big brother. Well, his dad sent this picture to my mom. Cooper--What are you doing? Okay, gotta go slam my bottle. Bye.

A Sat night full of cheeseburger pizza...

I'm pretty cute, huh? Yeah - yeah, I know. In the picture above I tried to give a thumbs up and wink at the same time but it was too hard to do.

Wow, I had a crazy last week. I stayed over night at Gma and Gpa Shercks house all week! My mom is FINALLY home from her trip to Ohio. I had so much fun but, boy - I am happy to have her home. Hey, cousin Michael, Happy Birthday dude. You're so old ...three years old!

News flash - I go to daycare on Monday! I'm very excited but a few people have told me that I'll probably get sick. Oh well. I'll be sure to wash my hands (in my mouth) as much as I can to prevent getting sick. My mom already has a "daycare" bag ready for me with a bunch of stuff to leave at Shelli's house. I hear that I am going to be meeting a bunch of new friends and I cannot wait. It's good that I'm going to daycare too - because my mom is going to be very busy at her job. Her company is crazy! She tells me that she's excited and I wish her the best of luck.

I thought I'd make a quick post tonight because dad is at the Trout Unlimited banquet and mom is making cheeseburger pizza. I'm just hangin' out watching her. Tomorrow we have the Moore family coming to see me before dad heads out to Pelican lake again to go fishing with the boys. This has got to stop. I get so freakin' jealous that I can't go fishing I just cry and cry when he leaves. I can't wait until spring when I can go along in the baby bjorn when daddy goes fly fishing on the river.

Look what I got in the mail two weeks ago? Know why this hat is so special? Because it came in a box shipped all the way from Africa. Mom's good friend Cracky (yes, that's her nickname) lives there and had a woman knit it for me for 30 cents! What a deal! It's a little big but I promise I'll grow into it soon. Thanks Cracky-dackly. I haven't met you in person but I just know deep in my heart that you're one cool chick.

Other than that, I'm just spending my time eating, sleeping, pooping, playing, talking and yes, smiling. It's really very fun. See in the picture below? I have this piece of hair that always stands straight up on the top of my head. Dad calls me Alfalfa all of the time. Sheesh - he's a funny guy.

I miss you mom.

My mom is in Ohio this week for her new job. Boo-hoo. I miss her.

I'm lovin' up Grandma and Grandpa Sherck while she's gone. Don't tell her, but they're TOTALLY spoiling me this week. They let me stay up late, barf on my clothes, listen to Jazz music and Gpa holds me all of the time! Daddy's here taking care of me too at night which I love, but those 3am feedings just are not the same without my mom here.

I love you mom! I can't wait until you get home!