Welcome to my little angel boy

Baby Bekham Wess is finally here!  He was "forced" into the world by induction on Sunday, January 16th at 6:57PM.  He weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 19.5in long.  He is beautiful.  I find myself just holding him on my chest and starring down at this tiny little man.  It never gets old.  I know that this cuddle time will be gone way too fast and I'm striving to just enjoy this infant stage.
Daddy is so in love with him too.  He walks in the door and can't sanitize his hands fast enough to hold his new baby boy.  Who knew this little man would be such a blessing in our lives and he could change us so quickly.
The boys are adjusting nicely and I don't see much jealousy happening.  Well, that's it for now because I have a baby to hold.
 

2010 is over and we are ready for new beginnings...

I can't quite believe that 2010 is over and we are heading into 2011.  How does time move so quickly I ask again?  It seems that 2010 literally flew by, but now it is going to go back to snail time because we are waiting for baby to make his appearance.  We thought he would make his show on New Year's Day, but the contractions decided to make a disappearance after making Momma suffer all night long.  UGH!  I guess that is how it goes.  Tomorrow we meet our new OB and we'll hopefully discuss dates for induction because with my track record I doubt this guy will come willingly on his own. 

Christmas morning was perfect and then of course, the phone rang and Daddy had to run off to work... again, and again, and once again.  Needless to say, we cherished our morning with him because he was gone the rest of the day.  The boys got everything they had asked for (luckily they didn't ask for a whole lot) and we got a whole lot of smiles from them. 

The Christmas break was filled with Nerf wars.  I am finding stray nerf darts all over the house on a daily basis.  Crazy boys!  Mason even bought a new one to add to his collection last night. 

I never would have guessed he'd spend his Christmas money on a Pillow Pet, but that's exactly what he chose.

 Trae reading Jamison's new book because he already finished his own.

Jamison being a smart pants, but I think I win because I captured the expression...

My newest sewing project completed (and yes, it was done on my brand spanking new sewing machine!).  I made a car seat swaddler and a car seat cover.  Can't wait until we can actually use them!

Cloth Diapers

I've been seriously thinking of doing part cloth and part disposable diapers with this baby.  I am entering into a contest to win some, which would be great to give them a try.  If you are interested in cloth diapers and their current giveaway, then please check out Cloth Diaper Utah's website. 

Cousin Time!

We have thoroughly enjoyed our cousin time this past week.  I have loved getting to know my little niece and nephew.  They are such characters and I love them even more for it.  I hope the kids can keep building on the bonds that they have started with one another.  I know it will be difficult because they are so young and live so far away, but it has been amazing watching all of them play together.  We are truly blessed with the strength of our family.

Jamison had a choir performance at the Ogden Tree Festival this past week.  It was a last minute invite, but all the family came to support him.  The place was packed, and the pictures are blurry because all I could do was hold the camera over my head, stand on my tip toes, and hope I got a picture of him singing.  I could have been the circus show after their performance.  The kids sounded great though.

After Jamison's performance the whole family went to dinner.  The kids were very well behaved... unless you count the fact that Conner slid down in his chair and got stuck.  I should have taken a picture of it, but I was busy pulling on his arms, while Shannon was pulling on the chair to get him unstuck.  It took quite a bit of maneuvering, but we were finally able to free him from that monstrous Conner eating chair.  I'll also not mention that he did the same thing during Thanksgiving dinner.  I don't know how that monster found him again!  He must taste good.

Miss Cassidy has been dying for all of the kids (especially Trae... are you seeing a pattern here with Trae... Ha Ha!)  to wrestle.  So we finally let them just go at it.  Cassidy would just take flying leaps onto her victim, while Conner would twirl around until he found a victim to plop himself down onto, my boys, well, they fight dirty and made it a free for all.  We just laughed and refereed the entire thing.

An Uncle Brett sandwich, or is that a Cassidy sandwich?

That foot you see being held captive is Trae's.  Can you find him??

Who's arms and legs belong to whom?

I just had to add this one because Mason's expression cracks me up.  Looks like Conner was trying to hold him back, but with no luck. 

Thankful for Thanksgiving

What a busy Thanksgiving.  We finally got to spend Thanksgiving with the whole family.  We haven't all sat around the dinner table in years and I loved every minute of it!  We woke up to lots of snow and Mason couldn't wait to get his little boots into it.  He talked his cousins into going out with him; Conner lasted all of 5 minutes and Cassidy tried her hardest to be a trooper, but when Trae ignored her princess in distress squeals she decided to throw off her coat and go inside. 

Trae, Cassidy, and Mason stacking more branches from the fallen tree to make their fort.

















Shannon and Conner

Brett and Isaac

The kids trying to stay focused and finish their dinner, but I'm afraid that it just isn't possible. As you can see we've already lost one or two.

The adults having some kind of discussion. We are having no issues eating our meal.

Our November so far...

November has brought the sick bugs to our house and in a major way.  Pneumonia has made its pass through our household, which is crazy because pneumonia itself is not even contagious.  Well, whatever it was that we all started with, we ended it with antibiotics.  Poor Jamison got it the worst because of his asthma and ended up "wasting" half of his day away doing breathing treatments, but at least he was able to stay at home and comfortably rest. 

Our neighbor threw us a neighborhood baby party last weekend, and it was more appreciated than she will ever realize.  Baby now has clothes and diapers thanks to our generous neighbors and friends.  I'm not sure why, but it seems we are just taking our sweet time getting everything ready.  I guess we need to get going on preparing for his arrival because we have at the very most 9 weeks left before he'll be here.  I just can't believe that our newest little guy will be here so soon.  See what I mean by life going by too quickly?  

Life is going by so quickly... OCTOBER 2010

I can't believe that it's already November, can you?  I really need to get back into my old blogging habit and keep up with all the Smith's goings on, but it's so hard when your life is going by so quickly.  So, what I think I'm going to do is try to break it down into the month of October and then get started on my November.  Otherwise picture overload is going to be going on, but don't think this is going to stop me because I have a ton of pictures to post.
 
First of all, Happy 13th Birthday to our Trae!  He's now officially a teenager!  I just can't believe that time has gone by so quickly.  He even went to his first haunted house with some friends this year.  It seems that it was just yesterday we were spending hours bouncing him on our laps because he could not sit still.  This is still the case, well not the bouncing him on our laps part anymore, but not being able to sit.  He loves activity.  















Mason's Fall Soccer Season:

Mason shaking his booty out on the field!  Ha Ha!

Jamison's Fall Soccer Seaon:

Trae's Fall Lacrosse Season:
Trae had an amazing lacrosse season.  His team made it all the way to the championships and conquered!  It was such a great challenging game and they really deserved their win.  

October marks our annual family hunting trip.  It was cold, rainy, snowy, and semi-miserable.  It was great spending the time with family and we shared some wonderful memories. 

Here are all my guys on the last day of hunting, and of course, the sun finally decided to make an appearance!














Trae's lean-to for a scout merit badge

What else is there to do when it's cold outside and you are stuck in a trailer?  Play dominoes or build with them.

Jamison on a short hike with Daddy and Trae

Jamison target practicing

Trae and Grandpa shooting the big gun

Mason taking his turn at target practice

Someone asked what has happened to my blog, why has it been left alone for so long, and you know, I'm not sure if I have a definite answer to that.  I guess it would be a accumulative of things; busy, tired, still having a hard time getting over Ellie, not enough pictures to share, trying to get my home back into some kind of order, dealing with a teenager, family reunion, camping, and I've been working on a baby blanket.  Is that enough excuses?  Haha! 
The dealing with a teenager part has taken over my life.  I knew jr high would take its toll, but who knew it would be such a challenge for both he and I.  He is actually pulling pretty decent grades now, but this is after lots of yelling, grounding, rule making, and threatening.  Thank goodness I can pull his grades right off the internet and the teachers actually update them pretty well, otherwise I would be lost in happy oblivion and completely side swiped when grades came in the mail.  Now to start planning his 13th birthday party... can I tell you how scared I am??  He wants to invite both boys and girls... AHH!  Not sure I'm ready for this.
My baby blanket project turned into a bit of a fiasco.  It was one of those projects where you wonder what next am I going to pick apart because I completely screwed up.  My family will be happy now that there will less fluff balls floating around the floor because I was able to wash the material and hopefully dispense with some of that extra fluff on it.  Still not sure what I think about it, but it is so soft and cuddly.  It will have to do. 
Front 

Back

Speaking of baby, I went to the "big" ultrasound the other day.  This is the one where they do all the measurements and make sure everything is growing that should be growing.  Let me tell you how pissed off this little man was!  The ultrasound tech was even apologizing for his painful little kicks.  He wanted nothing to do with her poking and prodding him, he just wanted to suck his thumb and take a nap.  It was amazing though, watching that thumb come out of his mouth so he could kick a little harder. 

I was a slacker on the picture department, but here are a few of my cute boys: