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This morning Beckett woke up early, 5:15 am to be exact YAWN!  Things went normal from that point on both kids woke up, ate breakfast, and got dressed.  I went to change Beckett and get his jacket on, I laid him on the bed with Allison so I could grab his car seat.  Cooper came into my room and laid on the bed too.  I glanced over and thought look at my babies all together, then I thought I better grab a picture of this!  I love being a mother, my kids give me such purpose in life.

A little side note, today is Cooper's half birthday! My baby is 4 1/2 today, to close to 5:(

New milestones

Beckett has been doing some new things lately.  Last Monday while we were in Midland at lunch my mother in law was holding Beckett and I guess the lil guy couldn't see me so he was getting a bit upset, and he reached for me.  Then a lil later after lunch while at my sisters house Beckett was on the floor and was getting upset so my sister went to give him a toy.  When he was still fussing I went down to the floor to cheer him up, well Beckett actually reached for me!  I was shocked.  Mostly because Beckett seems to want everyone else's attention but mine.  Well this week my lil guy has been reaching for me with both arms, I know its not a big deal but I just love that Beckett wants me!

I find it fascinating how when babies are born they have exact needs eat, sleep, diaper change.  They are uninterested in anything.  But it doesn't last long, soon there eye sight improves and not long after that toys come into the picture.  Beckett has been interested in his toys, but know he wants anything he can see and I mean anything: the control in sisters hand, the phone in daddy's hand, or the computer in my lap!  To a baby a toy can be anything!

Last Monday I could tell that Beckett had caught my cold.  Friday and Saturday Beckett was pretty whinny.  My baby is totally laid back, everyone says he is the most chill kid.  To see my baby cry at the drop of a hat was strange.  I could hear my kid cry and think man someone needs to go get there baby, wait its my baby crying.  I was very thankful Richard was home this weekend.  Turns out towards the end of Saturday I noticed Beckett had his two bottom teeth!!

  

RIP Tiger-Lily

Wednesday night our rabbit passed away.  Richard and I were shocked!  I instantly began to cry, how in the world would we explain this to our daughter and would she ever recover.  I know I am being a bit dramatic, but words can not explain how much my daughter loved her rabbit.  Richard and I sat numb in the living room trying to decided what to do.  Finally we came to the conclusion it was better to wake her up and tell her the news instead of trying to console her before school the next morning.  Allison was in tears, Richard held her while she cried for 35 minutes.  We even moved her into our bedroom for the night as she cried her self to sleep.  The tears didn't stop there through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Allison would listen to her ipod the song my immortal by evanescence and cry.  Tiger-Lily was wrapped in several garbage bags in a box taped several times.  Allison would go to the box and cry.  It was heart wrenching, it was so hard especially since there was nothing we could really do.  I told Richard can you imagine Allison as a teenager crying over a boyfriend, this kid is EMOTIONAL! 

Since Wednesday Richard had been looking for another rabbit.  Technically its not rabbit season until mid February into March. Friday night we found another Minny Rex rabbit the same brand as Tiger-lily.  This rabbit was a boy but he was black too, and was born in November.  Sunday we made the drive to Tatum New Mexico to pick up our new rabbit which Allison named Toby.  Allison is in love and I am thrilled she is happy.

Piano Lesson's

Allison started her piano lesson's!!!  I found a great piano teacher here in Hobbs.  Thanks to my mom we have a ton of sheet music for Allison to practice with.  Allison's piano teacher was very kind and I love her method of teaching.  Allison took very quickly to her instructions.  When we left the lesson's Allison said "Mom I am going to practice so hard that I know this new song perfect."  I am a little worried about adding piano lesson's to our daily list of homework, reading, and soon soccer practice!  Although I know it will be worth it and Allison just loves music.

Craft Day

Monday was MLK day and Allison and Cooper had no school, so I decided to drive into Midland to finish up a few things for my sister Heathers baby shower.  A day dedicated to crafts!  I woke up at 5:30 and rushed to get ready and the kids ready and out the door and on the road by 7:30.  I of course load and prepared everything the day before.  We were successful, 7:32!!  I pulled into Midland about 9:45.  I drove straight to my sisters and worked for nearly two hours until we took a little break and had lunch with my in laws, nephew, and his girlfriend.  It was a nice little break, it had also been a while since we had seen my in laws.  Grandma and Grandad even rewarded Allison with 5 dollars per A on her report card.  After lunch Allison went and spent some time at my sister and brother in laws house, they also purchased a few special things because of her good grades. While Allison was busy the boys and I stayed at my sisters while we worked on the bath towel, wash clothes, and a few other surprise items for my sister Heather's baby shower gifts.  At 4pm we packed up, picked up Allison, and drove over to the jump party.  We played for an hour but left because there were a TON of kids.  We grabbed chickfila and then headed back to Hobbs.  It was a quick but another fun day spent in Midland!!

Allison's first slumber party!

Saturday was a busy day.  A ton of things I had already committed to before Richard's schedule changed.  First up a baby shower and swim party for Allison.  I was suppose to bring a few dishes to the shower.  Well I hadn't manging to make what I originally wanted to cook so I loaded up all three kids and went to the store early and dropped off the food a half hour before the party.  Then we headed to the high school for a swim party for Allison's little friend.  I dropped Allison off at the party and had to drive home since I forgot our swim bag with the towels in them.  I drove home and headed to the baby shower to chat and drop off my gift.  The boys were so well behaved I stayed for an hour.  Then we headed back to the swim party when I suddenly remembered I left Cooper's swim suit on the table and had to drive all the way back home!  We finally managed to get back to the pool and Cooper swam with Allison and her friend Madison for an hour.  I ended up chatting with Madison's mom for a while who begged me to let Allison spend the night for the slumber party, which I had already decided against.  None of the 5 girls Madison invited could spend the night.  After asking a billion questions (I am sure she thought I was a way paranoid mom) I allowed Allison to spend the night.  Richard actually got off at 5 and we packed Allison's bag and dropped it by Madison's.  It was an interesting night, I worried about Allison the entire night.  I was so ready to pick her up the next morning.  Allison was so happy and told me every detail of her sleep over.  Which included playing with makeup, painting nails/toes, and staying up late.  I glad she had fun but I think I will have to wait awhile before I allow another slumber party!!

12 days..

2 weeks ago Richards work schedule changed.  I knew it was coming people have moved up and moved off.  Richard was assigned a new route and new hours come with that.  He know works 10 days on and 4 days off:(  He is still suppose to work 8 hour days.  Which is 7:00-3:30, with a 30 minute lunch. Lets just say he never rolls in the door until 4:30.  But since he is learning a knew route which has some hicups, he has not made it home until 7:30 or past 9!  They wanted Richard to start on this schedule right away which meant he had to work 12 days straight instead of 10.  It has been a huge adjustment.  I think if he actually worked eight hour days, it wouldn't have been so bad.  But the poor guy got called out at least 4 times of the past 12 days, one day he drove home from work we were about to eat dinner and he got a call and had to drive back to work!  A few days at 3 am and 4:30 am Richard had to leave to work early.  I struggled to keep everything up, but after a few stressful days I decided maybe the house and car were not going to be as clean as I want.  I could tell the kids missed Richard, they were pushing boundaries.  Then to top it off I got sick (sinus infection), then Allison got sick, and my poor Beckett also caught what we all had!  Well we finally made it to Friday and daddy is home for the next few days, and we are going to soak up all the time we can.

This picture is of Beckett and one of his lil friends.  The picture was taken on Saturday while Richard worked and I had a baby shower to be at.