Sooooo Big!!

The boys just seem like they are growing so fast!! My friend Katrina came for a visit and brought lots of goodies. The boys got some fleece track suits that make them look like little boys!! Not babies!! (Reed)

Grant just looks like he is about to start training for the NYC marathon or something!

So we've been trying to learn how to feed ourselves again. Ever since I got back from Texas I have been determined to teach the boys. Their friend Ava feeds herself so I thought they needed to learn. Here's one of our first attempts with applesauce.

Clearly we need a lot of practice.

So we tried again. This time with pudding. It went over better, but they still insist on playing with the spoon and grabbing the pudding.

Not to mention the fact that the pudding ends up ALL over the place.

And lastly the bowl becomes a hat or a micraphone for screaming. Hopefully one day they will get it. Or Kindergarten will be very embarrassing.

We have a Walker!

Grant has started taking lots of steps. We have been trying to catch it on video and haven't been too successful. This video is only a few seconds long but hopefully you get the idea. :) We'll keep trying and hopefully he will start walking for longer periods of time.

It's Getting Cold Outside!

The weather has gotten colder and we officially have to bundle up to go out for a walk. The boys don't seem to mind too much though. Their jackets taste good. :)

They got some really cute snow hats from Katrina. They look so handsome in them! (Reed)

Happy Halloween

It's been a super fun week around the Beck house. We started off by trying a dum-dum for the first time. Soooo yummy.

We've been going for a walk with our friends in the neighborhood and loving it. We had to show off our new halloween outfits, so cute it's scary!!

On Thursday, we got ready to carve our pumpkins. It's sooooooo exciting.

Grant was too nervous to touch the inside but kept peeking.

And then he needed to taste it.


So cool!! Mom's not going to win any pumpkin carving awards, but we think they're good.

We put them outside just in time for halloween the next day.

The coolest pumpkins on the block.

Then on Friday we got ready to go to our friends house to trick-or-treat. Here's Mr.Grant in his costume.

Everyone got dressed up. Archie was an army man and Deetz was a bumble bee. She was too embarrassed to look up at the camera.

We went to our friends' the Carrick's for trick-or-treating fun. Here's Emma as a scary spider. She's our walking role model.

All set to go.


The after photo. The boys were so tired on the way home they passed out.

Last night they got to have some of their candy after dinner. Can you say gimme a break, break me off a piece of that kit kat bar. (Reed)

Grant was a little better about getting it into his mouth as opposed to all over his face. :)

They're Gett so Big!

And they're getting into everything. Grant found the stack of CDs and dumpped all of them out. But he also put them all back in the tower so I guess it didn't hurt anything. :)

The weather has been really nice. We've been able to sit outside and play. Reed likes to bounce his ball on the step.

He (Reed) also likes to do a little BBQin'. They couldn't get over how fun it was to stand up at the BBQ and hit it.

Until Grant came along and knocked it over.

We have all just enjoyed the sun and are trying to soak it up before it's too cold to sit outside.

Grant did some gardening. If you consider pulling leaves and flowers off and eating them gardening.

He (Grant) also tried to help daddy fix the AC unit by banging it over and over again.

Jeff and I went to a Halloween party as Shaggy and Daphney from Scooby Doo. The costumes came with wigs and we couldn't resist. Here's Reed at Shaggy.

And Grant as Daphney. Too cute!

It's so neat to see them with hair since they have very little. :) They are such big boys maybe hair will come soon. They just came from their check up and are 22 and 24 pounds and 30''. So big!

Grangie Comes for a Visit

The boys had a blast with their "grangie" (Jeff's Mom) this weekend. She came all the way from Houston for a visit. It was so nice to see her and the boys had such a good time being spoiled by her. :) They loved cuddling up to her on the couch right before bedtime.

The day after she got here, we went to the pumpking patch. Grant didn't care for the hay. He was not happy sitting there getting his picture taken. Reed was just fine with it.

It was sunny out but chilly. The boys got to wear their new robeez boots for the first time. They really keep their feet warm.

The pumpkin patch was HUGE! But lucky for us they put all the good pumpkins up front so we didn't have to walk too far.

The boys got to pick out their own "little" pumpkins. They loved them so much that they insisted on holding them in their carseats on the way home.

While she was here, Anne bought the boys some really nice coats and vests for the winter. They look so cute in them. Grant looks like such a big boy.

Reed didn't want to be shopping but atleast he looks cute in his new vest. Thanks Grangie. :)

Bath Time and Mohawks

The boys still love bath time. Every night they crawl up the stairs and go nuts when I turn on the tub.

Grant keeps trying to find a way to fling his leg over the edge and get in himself. They are so ready to walk it's crazy!!

Our problem used to be that it was hard to get them to sit without falling over. Now, it's that all they want to do is stand up. They know the word sit-down very well. (Reed trying to stand)

We have this fab. faucet cover that makes a waterfall. The boys love to stick their faces in it and get a mouth full of water.

Their hair is getting longer. Not long enough to cut or anyting, but longer. SO, I decided to mohawk it. It's so thin (like mommies) that it just looked funny. (Grant)

Reed would only hold still for his picture while he played with the strings on my hamper.

Spoon Feeders, almost

We have a tradition that the boys watch their Baby Einstein video right before bed to help them settle down and get ready to go to sleep. Well, ever since we switched to one nap a day they are very sleepy at the end of the day. Sleepy means very snuggley. (Grant and Jeff)

Daddy and his boys watching the movie. It's so nice when they are happy and calm and not hurting eachother.

Grant loves to walk like this. It's so funny. He stick his butt way up in the air and walks like a caveman or something.

So I was reading in one of my books that they have to start learning how to use a spoon and fork. So I thought it would be good practice to try and eat a smoothie out of a bowl. Bad idea. Not only was it too cold but they were more interested in the spoon as a toy.

The other problem was the it was so cold they couldn't touch it with their hands. Grant got so upset and frustrated towards the end that he started to cry. :( Next time maybe we will try somthing like yogurt.

Grant has gotten really good at saying no, or atleast with his head.

He also plays a mean game of peek-a-boo. For some reason he has decided that he needs to smoosh his nose in and make that weird sound. Now Reed is doing it too. Reed can say "boo" when he does it but I haven't been able to catch it on video yet. Stay tuned!