Everyday Edwards

Friday, June 24, 2011

Please work

The title of this post was plea to blogger to please let me post some pictures. I have been trying for four days. Lots of wasted hours waiting for pictures to upload.

On to happier things...

My niece, Buggie, meeting Beck for the first time. She was awesome with him and even accepted my help holding his head. She got to bottle angle and head support down perfectly, and in the blink of an eye, she became a baby expert. She proceeded to tell my mother how to hold Beck and his bottle at the appropriate angle, when it was time to burp him, and that it was her turn to hold him again.

I met Ollie on his way down the steps from his nap. He was about six steps from the bottle when I rounded the corner. I asked him if I could hold him. He nodded his head and held his arms out for me to hold him. I ate it up. We plopped down in the den, and he promptly handed me his pacifier (a new pacifier rule is in place apparently). Ollie totally loved Beck and repeatedly called him a "her". As in "her's got burps!", and "I can burp her!" It was not until my sister pulled aside Beck's diaper to show Ollie the proof he needed. Then he exclaimed, "He's got peepers like me! Mine is bigger." Love that boy.

Snoozing right through Father's Day festivities

Saturday, June 18, 2011

You Wouldn't Guess

This sweet little precious one has got some lungs, folks. He kept us up for 2 hours last night (or should I say early this morning) screaming because he had gas. The doctor confirmed my biggest fear today.

"It sounds like colic."

I thought it would make me cry, but I have to admit it was a comfort to know I had tried everything I knew and it had nothing to do with me. Poor Beck is pitiful when it hits though. Tight tummy. Arched back. He even makes actual tears. When he finally settled down, his eyes were puffy and red.

So I will enjoy this picture (since it is our computer's background) when my boy is screaming his head off because his belly aches. Bless.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Knit Together

Our adoption counselor from Bethany, Jeanette, came for her first of three visits yesterday. I believe going to visit and hold newborn babies once they have been placed must be one of the best parts of her job. I told her that if she needed an assistant, I would be glad to take over this duty for her.

Jeanette and Beck

Jeanette brought Beck a blanket that a group of women had made for Beck. She said this group makes a blanket for all of the new babies as a gift. The coolest part is that they also made one for Beck's birth mother that is identical to the one they made for him.

I labored over the perfect gift or memento for a birth mother or birth father long before we knew anything about Beck. Then when we found out that his birth mother was not interested in meeting prospective parents, I completely dropped my search.

The blanket, however, is a perfect idea. Beck's birth mother was notified about the blanket and was excited to receive her's in the mail. This is such an amazing gift and it will be so helpful to Jeff and I when we want to talk to Beck about his birth mother, and how they will always be connected.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Some moments

Talking to Aunt Carrie on the phone with UC

Must be having sweet dreams

Couldn't resist

snuggle time with daddy

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

New Friends

Beck has been meeting many new people, but in the last week, he made some of his first friends.

Meet Milly. I taught across the hall from her mother this past year. She is one month older than Beck. They had a little meet and greet at the end of last week. Milly slept through most of it, but right when she woke up, Beck decided to have a little snooze. We expect to have many play dates with Milly because she lives very close by.

Meet Kuy (pronounced "Ki"). He is 10 days younger than Beck. His mother, Amber, and I used to teach together about 4 years ago. Kuy and Beck spent most of their meeting taking naps. Kuy's dad, Russ, narrated this conversation between Kuy and his mom:
Kuy: Mom, can Beck come over?
Mom: Sure. What are y'all going to do?
Kuy: Take naps!

I like this picture because it looks like they are taking turns with their arms. Kuy is being the bigger man and letting Beck have his arm up for now.

Meet Leah. She just turned one in March. Although she is an older woman, she can teach Beck the ropes, like how to sign for "milk" and "please" and how to gain control of an adult's cell phone. Leah was not really excited about Beck because he was definitely invading her territory, namely the territory known as "mom". When Leah's mom held Beck, Leah made a beeline for her mother and climbed right into her lap to get a closer look at this baby her mom was holding!

Friday, June 10, 2011

JSE.5

There is a fabulously cheesy song by Brad Paisley entitled "Then". It talks about different moments in his relationship with his wife when he thought he loved her so much and he thought he wouldn't be able to love her more. Then another milestone would occur, he would think back over the past, and he would think (or sing) "and I thought I loved you then".

Recently I have had several "and I thought I loved you then" moments. I remember the day Jeff proposed and I thought I loved him so much then. I can remember staring into his eyes at the altar and thinking I could never love you more than I do now. I remember crying day after day and night after night over still not being pregnant. He would let me cry on him, never getting frustrated and sometimes crying with me. I thought I could never love him more than I did then. Now Beck is here and the love for Jeff is spilling over. There is nothing like watching your husband and your child interact, bond, love on each other.

Jeff was made for his new role as Daddy. He wears it well. So well that I feel completely comfortable leaving the two of them at home together. I can even leave without giving step-by-step instructions for how to handle Beck. Jeff's intuition is spot-on with his son.