Thankgiving

Christmas Pictures

Christmas Pics

Here are the kids Christmas pictures...

Doing Great!

Thanks for all the emails and calls! I promise to return them...eventually:) Evan and I are resting this morning while the rest of the family is at church. Thankfully our church has an Internet campus so I am able to "be there" virtually.
Evan is sleeping as well as can be expected for 4 days old! He doesn't like to be alone in his crib so we spend much of our night alternating patting him on the back and rocking him. He is sleeping quite contentedly right now next to me in our bed though! I feel amazingly well, thanks to all of your prayers! Still sore, of course, and wear out easily but knowing what to expect with each c-section makes it easier.
Ian and Abbie Grace are doing wonderful with Evan. No real issues...though they may come:)

The Big Meeting

So the introductions went well:) They ran in the door and I met them on the stairs and we had our hugs before Evan was introduced. Abbie Grace was very excited to see Evan and immediately touched his feet (daycare has been working with her and babies and that you only touch their feet). Ian said he was cute and then wanted to move on. Evan brought Ian and Abbie Grace coloring books and crayons which they have really enjoyed playing with.

Evan is Here

Evan Joseph Becker arrived Wednesday November 14th at 10:58 am. He weighed in at 8 lbs 14 ozs and is 19 in long. He is the smallest of all our Becker babies! He and I just got home from the hospital today (Friday) so he hasn't been introduced to Ian and Abbie Grace yet...that is coming in a couple of hours. He is a sweet little boy though and loves to be cuddled!

I am doing well after the c-section. I am definitely feeling all 32 years today though! As soon as we got home I went straight to bed for a few hours! Joe is awesome, o,f course and is taking care of both of us.

More pictures to follow after Big Brother and Big Sister are introduced!

Rare Moments

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got a couple of pictures of Ian and Abbie Grace this morning when they were actually playing together and not hitting one another!

39 Weeks

Only 5 more days and Evan will be here! Here is the last picture in the Evan Belly Pics series! Next you will get to meet the little guy! On Sunday we measured my waist and it was 48 inches...yes that is 4 ft around!

We go in on Wednesday at 5am and hope to go into surgery pretty quick after we get there but it will depend if any emergencies happen that push me back. Please pray that I will stay calm and that the delivery will be safe for all!

Joe's mom will be here with Ian and Abbie Grace. Please pray for them as well. Ian sorta gets what's going on but Abbie Grace is clueless! She just doesn't know how her world is about to change:)

Trick or Treating

Trick or Treating was a success for us! Abbie Grace was quite content to go to a couple of houses and then come home and eat her candy while I passed out to the other Trick or Treaters. She tried to help herself to more candy at each of the houses and tried to go into a couple as well! Thankfull they were neighbors!

Popie and Grandma took Ian around to lots more houses though (Joe is out of town). He came home with a full buckets and lots of stories about skeletons! Ian wanted to eat his candy when he got home too but somehow I convinced him that carrots were better! So he ate a bowlful of carrots after his big night! That will probably never happen again!

Neighborhood Halloween Party

We had a halloween party in our neighborhood this afternoon. Ian is Spiderman and Abbie Grace is a pig:)

Pumpkin Carving

Joe and the kids carved our first pumpkin last night. Ian did not like the feel of the inside of the pumpkin so he used a spoon to scoop it out!

37 weeks

4 weeks and 2 days to go

We are on the home stretch! I go in for an ultrasound tomorrow to see just how big Evan is getting!

Cox Farms

I took the kids to Cox Farms (http://www.coxfarms.com/) on Saturday. It is a 90 acre farm with lots of fun stuff for kids to do. We went on a hay ride (a bit bumpy for a pregnant woman) and Ian went down lots of slides. Abbie Grace was too small to go down the slides by herself and I wasn't about to go down them with her. (We want Daddy to be home for the birth of Evan!!)

Why you don't leave the room during dinner...

Joe is out of town for a few weeks so tonight I made the kids dinner and then ran outside to start the sprinkler. Here's what I walked back into:

Abbie Grace's Baby Doll

Aunt Kerry sent Abbie Grace a baby doll and stroller. She has finally figured out that she can't sit in the stroller and loves to carry the baby doll around by the head...not sure what this says about how she will do with Evan!

National Book Fair

We went to the National Book Fair this past weekend. The PBS characters were there as well as the Magic School Bus. Ian had a great time...Abbie Grace...not so much. She was not a big fan of the large characters! They enjoyed running around in front of the Smithsonian Castle afterwards though, where we had a picnic.

Cute Pics

Singing Ian

Ian loves to sing! His favorite song these days is "If you have faith small as a mustardseed".

ABC Song

Abbie Grace loves the ABC song. We have many toys that sing the song and she loves to sit on the floor surrounded by them and sway back and forth to the song. She is such a funny girl!