Daxtin is ONE week old today :)

The first week has come and gone much like I expected :) I am trying so hard to soak up this precious time with you. This "baby" stage is so precious and comes and goes way to fast. Having gone through two years with Grayden I have realized this stage you are in has got to be my favorite. You are so delicate and helpless and need mommy and daddy's help for every thing. I LOVE THAT :)

You are seriously a perfect baby in every way! You hardly ever cry unless you are having your diaper changed, getting dressed, or having a bath. You hate being cold !! Grayden LOVED his baths right from the Getgo .......and then theres you :) You HATE them :) So other than that you sleep all day and love to be held. You do have a bit of a fussy time right before dinner around 3pm where all you want to do is nurse for HOURS. You pretty much sleep through the night which is AWESOME! We usually don't get to bed until 11:30 PM and you don't wake up at all until 6 or 7 am and then we do a feed and bum change and were back to bed until 10 or 11am ! I am one lucky mommy :) Grayden STILL doesn't sleep through the night.

It hasn't been all that hard adjusting to a new baby in the house. Were just slowly learning about you and getting to know your likes and dislikes and what sort of schedule you like to be on. The hardest thing so far is getting Grayden used to the fact that he isn't the only one that gets mommys and daddys FULL attention anymore. He is having a hard time with that especially when he sees me nursing you. He comes up to me and pulls my shirt or my finger to get me to come with him. Sometimes when I pick you up he falls to the floor and starts crying. I also caught Gray sucking his thumb for the first time. He also started doing little things to "fake" hurting himself like hit his head a bit against the wall or slapping somthing and pretending his hand hurt. He makes sure you see him hurt himself and then comes over to you and goes "AWWWW" and needs it kissed better.:( So that is the hardest part right now for me. Feels like a stab in the heart everytime (sniff, sniff) So I try to make an effort a few times a day where I take Gray downstairs alone and play with him or read him a book ......what ever I can in my condition right now :)

Grayden LOVES to give you kisses and pet your little head :) Its so sweet because he will be playing or doing whatever and all of a sudden he will come up to you and kiss you on your lips and walk away and repeat that over and over. He is such a sweet big brother and although he gets jealous at times......he LOVES you :)

You had your first Doctors visit January 26th at 6 days old. You looked perfectly healthy! You weighed 8 Lbs 13.5 ounces and 20"long. We are so blessed to have 2 healthy boys :)

Thanks for being such a good BABY Daxtin :)
Mommy and Daddy love you with all our heart

Heres a few pics of Dax's first week :)


One week old




Brotherly LOVE !


First doctors visit




First bath at home

23 months old!!

Well Grayden you are officially a big brother now!!! WE brought your baby brother home on your 23rd month birthday! You met him for the first time on January 20 the evening he was born. Papa, Auntie Lynnie, and Aunt Debbie brought you to the hospital to see me and your baby brother. It was the first night I have ever spent away from you and I missed you like Crazy. I was a little worried about how you would be but you love your Papa and Auntie Lynnie so much that you had no problem. It was a little tough to get you to bed because all you want to do is play with Aunt Lynnie and she doesn't help either because she just wants to play....so Papa had to be the bad guy that night :)

You are such a sweet big brother already. When you first saw him you were petting his head so gently and resting your head on him and giving him kisses..... you warmed up to him right away and it was soooo adorable to see. You are going to be such a good big Bro!! When Dax was born and you came to see me in the hospital I felt like crying when I gave you a hug....It just made me realize how much you really have grown and are no longer that baby boy...You looked and felt so BIG!! .you have grown up so much!

So whats new with Gray this month?

Well Talking STILL hasen't been much of an improvement yet....... As a mom it sorta makes me worried or makes me feel like we've done something wrong but you are seriously SO SMART and I just have to remember that every child develops at there own rate....there own pace and I know one day here soon you'll just be talking your face off :) You have started to say a few more words but AGAIN you just decide not to use them........I think you've started a language of your own actually.....you'll go off on these little rants of babble talk every now and again and It makes us laugh so hard......the other day we were telling you its time for bed and you looked at us and then looked side to side and just started talking jibberish or somthing with SUCH attitude. Mommy and Daddy laughed so hard...LoL

You are STILL nursing before bed and when you wake up! I said I wanted to make it to two and looks like we will accomplish that goal FOR SURE! To be honest...I don't know how Im going to get you off!!! Especially now that Dax is here you are constantly coming up to me asking me for milk. When you see me nursing Dax you get really upset and try to grab me away so you can nurse. You are getting to big to still nurse so next month I think we'll be trying to wean you.

You LOVE to eat my dear! You are such a big eater!!!! You still love your veggies. the other night we had lasagna and you were picking out the spinach and eating just spinach....ODD but it makes me so happy you are such a healthy eater! Your favorite snacks are FIGGS, PRETZELS AND POPCORN. Your Favorite breakfast is french toast with home made blueberry sauce. And your favorite supper is hay stacks (RICE).

You have an OBSESSION with Dinosaurs and CHOO CHOO TRAINS. We have a train by our house that you can vividly hear and whenever it comes by you FREAK out and we run you to the door and take you out to watch it go by or the nearest window....You start screaming and grab who ever you can to take you out to see!! Its so much fun! Other fun things you like to do is twirl around the living room and make your self dizzy and laugh hysterically when you fall :) You love it when we play with you :) YOU LOVE TO LAUGH and make others laugh :) You love to be centre of attention!

You are a true definition of the word BOY! You love to wrestle and get rough with your dad. You love to play dinosaurs (especially in the bath) and slam them together like they are fighting. You love to play hide and go seek or the "chase" game. You are just so much fun right now!

Daddy is officially on parental leave!!! YAYYYYYY! We have him home with us for the next 9 months!! We are so blessed to have that here in Canada! It's going to be so nice to have him around! Daddy has been so helpful around here!! He lets mommy sleep and nap whenever she needs to. He's constantly picking up after you and cleaning the entire house! He has been so good to mommy!

Well Grayden this is probably the last "MONTHLY" post that I will do. After you are two I will probably update every 2-3 months! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE TURNING TWO NEXT MONTH!!! Gahhhh that is just crazy baby boy! I love you more than words could possibly express! You are my joy, my life, my everything!!

xoxox
Happy 23rd month Gray
Mommy and Daddy

Welcome to the world baby Dax!!

FINALLY my new man is here!

Daxtin Randall Beecher was born on January 20, 2010 at 3:35am Weighing in at a whopping 8lbs 8.5 ounces and 20' long!!

Daxtins birth story-
On Tuesday January 19th Mommy had a doctors appointment at 3:20 PM. I was 5 days overdue! Dr Lupul said I was 3 cm and my cervix was really thin and expected me to go into labour in no longer than a few days. She stripped my membranes a bit to maybe try to get things going and that was that. About half hour after my appointment I started to feel some contractions coming on but I thought nothing of it because I figured they were just from the check up. Well they continued and seemed to be getting stronger but not by much. Papa and Nana took Aunt Deb to see AVatar at 6:40 and by then they were a little stronger but nothing more than they were saturday when I thought I may be going into labour. So anyway off they went and by 7:30 I was starting to think MAYBE this could be it but of course still doubting myself. Cody was sure I was going to be induced so he was convinced it was just braxton hicks. By 8pm they were about 5-6 minutes apart and alot stronger to the point were a couple of them were bringing me to tears. By that point I said to Cody we should be getting ready to go because there is no way Im in this much pain and not in labour. So he started getting things ready but I wanted to wait just a bit longer until my parents got home (which wasn't until 10ish) by about 9:30 I just couldn't take it anymore and had no idea why I was sitting around waiting in so much pain where if I really was in labour I could be getting an epidural :) So off we went and arrived at the hospital at about 10pm. Everyone from the movie met us at the hospital and waited to find out if this was really it. They checked me in and waited for my doctor to come and check to see if I was really in labour or not. Dr. Lupul was actually on call that night so she came in and said I was at 5cm and that we were finally going to have this baby!!! I was so excited that this was REALLY it and that we were going to meet you in just a few hours!

Witthin the first 30 minutes they started prepping me for the epidural. I was so lucky that the anathesioligist was right there and that I didnt have to wait. At 11:30 Pm I got my epidrual :).......They are seriously a miracle!!! At 11:45 they broke my water and figured I would have this baby by 1:30am. Around midnight I was 7cm and pretty much stayed that way for a while. The contractions were getting farther apart and I didnt seem to be making any progress so at 1:45 they started me on the oxytosen drip (or whatever its called) the same stuff they use to induce you.

Around 3 am I started to feel a lot of pressure sorta like I needed to go to the bathroom :)...so the nurse JENNIFER said she would check me in a couple minutes. The pressure kept coming on and I felt like I was about to go to the bathroom right there on the bed. I told her that I think I need to push so she checked me and I was 10cm at 3am. They had me push a couple of times but your heart rate was dropping and so was mine so they brought Dr. Lupul in right away. I pushed for about 20 minutes and you were born :) Your were born at 3:35 am on Wednesday January 20th, 2010

They put you on my tummy for a few seconds, daddy cut the cord and they took you to get you all cleaned up and make sure you were alright:) It was such an unbelievable feeling to finally meet you :) you were 8Lbs 8.5 Ounces and 20" long. We were all shocked at how much you weighed since they have been telling me all along to expect a small baby :)

Daxtin You have stolen the other half of my heart already :) You are perfect in every way and a perfect addition to our family. I am so in love with you already. I had wondered how I would feel after having a second son and it is amazing the love that I feel for both you and Gray. Even though we have known and loved Grayden for the last 2 years. We love you just the same ....It amazes me how much love a mommy can have for her babies:)

We love you so much Dax! You are so precious and we are so blessed to have you in our lives
xoxox mommy and Daddy

Baby #2 Update

So baby could be here any day now and boy are we getting anxious!! I am 39 weeks and 5 days pregnant right now and ready for this baby to be out! It honestly has not been that bad except for not being able to move around like normal and getting out of bed or a chair for that matter is extremely difficult with this beach ball in the way :) I remember at this point with Grayden I felt like I was dying!! I was at least 15 pounds heavier with Grayden and has that ever made a difference! I have been extremely blessed with this pregnancy everything has gone so perfectly and I am so grateful!!! I haven't had a single charlie horse :)

We have felt completely un-prepared for this baby!!! We JUST put the baby's car seat in the car and washed his bedding and clothes just a couple days ago. My over night bag wasn't even ready until yesterday! If this baby decided to come early we would have been running around like chickens with there heads cut off!

With Gray I had no signs that my body was getting ready to go into labour. I may have had one or two contractions that didn't hurt at all but this time I have been having contractions for 2 weeks now and they are painful. Im hoping that means SOMETHING but who knows!! Anyway now that we are ready we have just started doing a few things to try and get this baby out. We started the long walks last night and I have been drinking the raspberry leaf tea. Walks are horrible because I have constant contractions the whole time. The tea doesn't seem to be doing anything and when Grayden nurses before bed it sure gets the contractions going as well.

Im feeling anxious not only because Im a little uncomfortable but If he doesn't come by Sunday....Cody has to go back to work and switch back into a nights schedule AND my parents are only here for a week so if this baby is as stubborn as Grayden was and I end up being induced ( which wouldn't be until the 25th) my parents wont be able to see the baby when he is born!!!! So we are all counting on him to make an appearance this weekend!!!!

Please come in the next couple of days little one!!!! xoxo