The Beckman Family: Daily Life

Time for January pictures!

We did Christmas with Eric's parents in early January..... the kids got some more great stuff they've been enjoying!

Just hanging out one morning

Poor Cole got another nasty cold around the 4th of January. Here we are in the steam room again, trying to breathe. (I also ended up with it about the same time, so this was helping to clear out both of us!)

I took him to the doctor that afternoon because something just didn't seem right. Look at his poor little eyes while seeing Dr. Nail. Glad I trusted my instinct and took him in because we had our first ever ear infection. Neither Carter nor Ella have ever had one, so this is a whole new thing for me as a parent. We got on antibiotics right away.

His eyes and sinuses continued to swell that evening. Poor baby boy. So pitiful and miserable.

He didn't really want to sleep anywhere except on Mama, so on Mommy he slept, all night long. In the recliner upstairs, and then in the lovesac. I think he actually ended up sleeping pretty good. Mommy on the other hand, not so much. Especially because I was fighting the yuckiness too.

Still a little snuggly and clingy the next day. We did a lot of laying around. (In our warmest clothes, I might add, because it was 20 degrees outside and freezing inside, yikes!! Rocking the giant hoodie here!)

Feeling much better the few days after, and up for a little playtime. Ella always includes Cole in on whatever she's doing.

Toasting bread with a monkey strapped to her chest. :)

Playing salon and giving Mommy a new do.

Sweet face.

Oops, hat got turned. It's dark in here, I guess I'll just go to sleep!

Enjoying a meal at our favorite hibachi place.

Cole in Ella's baby stroller.... he looks huge! I wish we would've thought to put him in it 2 months ago, I'm sure he would have fit perfectly!!

He loves his baby brother something fierce.

Cole's starting to wiggle so much on the floor that he's spinning himself around and he'll end up in a completely different spot than where you put him. The beginning of mobility!

Cuddled up watching The Smurfs together.

Cole's almost too big for Ella to hold anymore.

Bath time smiles

Cole loves to look at himself in the mirror.

He smiles so big at that cute baby he sees, it's adorable!

Cole is so lucky to have this boy in his life. I know Carter will always have his back.

We got this play money with Grandad's face on it at the company's casino party. The kids thought it was hilarious, and Ella loves to stash it in her purse.

Ella and I had a girls day recently, complete with painted nails and hair cuts. Fun with my girl!

It was her first trip to the nail salon, and she loved it. :)

And she did great for her haircut by Ms. Heather. Such a big girl!

Loving on Cole.

Cole's first nap in his room, Thursday 1/15. It took him a few days to transition. He was a little restless at naptime and woke a few times during the night those first few days, but he's done great ever since then.

He loves tummy time now! He often rolls to his back and sometimes struggles to get back to his tummy again, so he fusses until someone flips him back over.

Cutie pie.

He also has found his hands recently, and always has them in his mouth! Which makes for a slobbery mess.

Ella set up a tea party for her and Cole.

He doesn't look so sure about the tea.

Loving tummy time.

Hanging with Carter

Cole rode in the stroller for the first time (out of his car seat), and he seemed to love facing out and watching everyone, except for the sun in his eyes on the walk back to the house from the park.

Looking so big.

Enjoying a beautiful MLK day with picnic and play at the park. Great way to spend a day off of school for the boys.

Loving her lemon cake from Starbucks. Mmmmmm.

Watching Carter do homework. Exciting stuff.

Cole's very interested in toys lately, and Ella loves to bring him LOTS and LOTS of toys, ALL the time. HA!

Silly girl at dinner one night. Who teaches her this stuff???

Carter dressed up as a train conductor for community helper day at school. Cute boy.

Cole loves to be tickled and Ella loves to tickle him!

Eric participated in Career Day in kindergarten along with 4 other parents. They had a fire fighter, a physical therapist, a Navy pilot, a nurse, and an electrical engineer

Ella dressed Cole up as Joseph using his burp rag. LOL!

Sweet smiles.

Ella is obsessed with make up, and Eric bought her a cheap little make up kit. It's suuuuuper messy, and she went a little crazy with in one day!

She loves to push Cole in the stroller, even if it is just in circles!!

Eric bought himself a toy for his birthday.... a remote control helicopter. He and the kids sure have had a lot of fun with it. It's hard to see, but it's that tiny spec in the middle of the clear blue sky. It flies easily 100 feet up in the air if there's little wind. Pretty cool!

Cole watching the big kids swing

More messy make up.

More helicopter fun

Running around watching it fly low....

Ha! She knows what goes where at least, for the most part. Never seen blue blush before, but hey....

Ella has had a sticker chart lately for her behavior (YAY, age three!!). When she gets 5 stickers, she get to choose a prize from a prize basket I put together for her. It's really helped a lot. She's earned two prizes. The first she chose was chocolate milk chapstick. (It lasted approximately 48 hours before it was ALL gone), and the second was this Frozen memory game. Lots of fun! And we're pretty proud of her for having so many good days lately!