Welcome Leah!

Well, I've kind of let our family blog fall off the face of the earth but I figured a new baby was at least worthy of a new blog post plus some pictures.

We welcomed Leah Kaylee Beck into this world on March 31st at 3:38pm! She was 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 18 inches long. She decided that she would beat out both her siblings and arrive 3 weeks early so we were a little surprised by her arrival. Praise the Lord everything was just right and we both came home the next day!

Amelia & Caleb both love their baby sister and it is a challenge to keep them from poking, prodding and otherwise annoying her while still giving them the time they need to love on her.

Welcome Caleb!

The baby is finally here! Well actually he came early and I am just now getting a chance to write and post pictures about it, but I'm getting ahead of myself.



We welcomed Caleb Joseph Beck into the world on July 1st (2 weeks early!) at 9:11pm, weighing in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 3/4 inches long. My labor was fast and we were glad to make it up to Durango before I was ready to push. The doctor was afraid he might have an infection so they kept him in the NICU for 4 days while they gave him antibiotics and waited for his blood work to come back. Praise the Lord that everything came back okay and there was no infection. It was a trying week however as Rod was dealing with Amelia (who had a difficult first two weeks) and our Sadie had to be put to sleep after being hit by a car. But God has it all in his bigger plan even if we don't understand it.



Now, back to Caleb! He is a wonderful baby. He eats well, only wakes up once a night to eat and puts up very well with an energetic big sister. Amelia loves to hold him (for about 30 seconds) and is constantly trying to pick him up, so she keeps me on my toes. I have slowly been going more places with both of them although the timing has to be just right.

They say that the biggest adjustment is from one child to two because your first has to learn how to deal with someone else taking Mommy and Daddy's time. For any kids after that, both know how share that time.

I will try to be better in the weeks and months to come to post pictures and updates more often. Our summer has been a busy and exciting one and I will try to recap it (we have some great pictures) in the next few weeks.

We're having a boy!!

We actually decided to find out what we were having this time... and it's a baby!! Ha ha!! It is most assuredly a boy (the little white dot in the middle of the right picture is an arrow pointing at the boy parts). I made sure to ask the ultrasound technician several times that she was sure it was a boy and that she could see both the umbilical cord and the boy parts separately. So now we just have to agree on a boy name which has not been an easy task. And just to keep some surprise in the whole thing we decided not to let anyone know the name we choose until he's born. You have to have something to call about besides just weight and length, right?

The picture on the left is a 3-D ultrasound picture of his face. We didn't have an 3-D pictures with Amelia and this was just part of their standard ultrasound so it was really exciting. I tried to show these pictures to Amelia but I think she thought I was showing her pictures of an alien so we stopped. She does know that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy but I don't know if she fully understands that it also means that a new baby will come and live with us. How do you explain these things to a 2-year old?