California Vacation! May 7-11 2012

In the beginning of May we went to California with our friends the Loves.  We went to the Beach, Sea World, Universal and Disneyland! It was great cause our kids are the same age.  Addison loves Tyce! Plus she always is saying she wants a baby like Rylee (you would too, she is a doll!).
We brought my little sister Katie who was a great help!

It was such an awesome time and I am still having withdrawals!!! Sea World was great! The kids loved the shows and sea creatures. I liked the shows and getting wet.  Universal was super fun! They have some awesome new rides. We were there when they were testing the Transformers ride, it was seriously such an awesome ride... best part was being able to walk on it every time!

Disneyland was my all time favorite! It really is the happiest place on earth, even if you have a whiny child.  Addi loved all the characters and posing in pictures.  Luckily for us Addison was tall enough to ride all the rides except for Indiana Jones.  She got pretty scared on all of the big kid rides but said she loved thunder mountain, space mountain and splash mountain but not when you get splashed.  Her all time favorite ride was the Little Mermaid (of course). We did take her on the tower of terror and lets just say it was terror for her. However she still talks about it and acts like she loved it.

Beckem was a good baby the entire trip! He loved just seeing all the sights and hearing all the fun music! Plus I think he liked his new drink (whole milk) I stopped nursing on this trip and it worked out perfectly! I highly recommend planning a trip to Disneyland when you plan to weaning your babies from nursing. I actually did the exact same thing with Addi and it worked out great!

All in all it was a great time with great people and I can't wait to go back!!!

THE BEACH!

 The cute sun bathers 

 Tyce and Addi

 SEA WORLD! 

 Checking out the sea turtle

 Innocent bystanders

 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Dora

 The Tram ride

 DISNEYLAND!

 World of color is amazing! Disney has outdone themselves yet again!

 He loved Snow White

 Her Idol

 LA JOLLA BEACH

The prettiest beach I have seen in California

 I think it was under the water in this photo but a sea lion would swim up real close and watch all the people on the beach! 

 End of a amazing trip!

Birthdays!

Addison, Beckem and I have all had birthdays since the last time I wrote!

Jan 21
My Birthday was great! I turned 24... such a weird age. I feel like I don't fit in anywhere.  There was a huge snow storm that day. My parents took me out for lunch. We went to Red Robins.  Jake got me the Cannon Rebel camera! I love it, but I really need to learn more about it since there are so many different settings! Jake then took me out to see a movie that for the life of me cannot remember. OH WELL.

Feb 16
Addison turned 3 this year! It still boggles my mind that I have a 3 year old! She makes us smile  everyday! Addi is our artist, singer, dancer, princess and story teller! She loves speaking spanish and chinese (knows a good amount of words) with her dad and making him proud!
Her birthday was a Tinkerbell theme. She got lots of fun things and loved having her buddies over.
I love how much she loves to make friends with anyone she meets. If you know Addi you know she loves life! We love our Addi Mei!

May 30
Beckem is 1!!! My little baby boy is already a year! I cannot believe how fast that year went by!
He is such a mamas boy.  He loves to cuddle and give hugs! He seriously can be the sweetest little guy or the BIGGEST stinker... I love him but boy can he drive me crazy. He seriously came out yelling and hasn't stopped since.  Beckem's first few months started out rough (will try to blog about that later).
He loves cars, food, toy balls, and throwing anything!
He can say cheese, dog mama and dada.  Hasn't started walking yet but hopefully soon!
We sure love him though and I cannot get enough of him and he adorable smiles!

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I SUCK AT BLOGGING!

•  GOAL: Update all that has happened in the past year. 
•  QUESTION: Does anyone follow this anymore and is blogging old news?
•  WISH ME LUCK!

Beckem's Blessing

On September 4th Beckem was given a name and a blessing. Jake did a great job and I am so proud and lucky to marries to him. He really is such a great dad and husband! It was a great day spent with family and friends... It did however make me miss my sister Jessica who is in Dominica and my little brother Jared who is serving his mission in Brazil.

Anyway Beckem is now 3 months old! I haven't updated much on him... I will though! I am a slacker, but in all honesty I have been just having fun enjoying my summer with my two kids and husband! My blog is the last thing on my to do list even though I should for journaling purposes.

Enjoy!

Love his wink smile!

Addison wasn't into the whole picture thing like I had hoped... notice in the two pictures below

Handsome boys!

After everyone left we got into our comfy clothes and relaxed in new basement!

BECKEM WADE PRUETT

On May 30th at 7:30 pm our baby boy joined our family! He is perfect in every single way!

He weighed in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long! And the big shocker had plenty of dark hair! (Addison was born with peach fuzz).

The birth story goes a little something like this... (can skip to pictures cause its going to be long)

Monday morning was memorial day and Jake had the day off... Addison decided to wake up at 8 and come into our bed. Well I was talking with her about breakfast and what she wanted and she told me a sandwich with cheese. I said well maybe we can go get some donuts or something and asked what she wanted on her donut... she said pickles.

Well I woke Jake up asking if he wanted to go to breakfast and he suggested Beez cafe in Roy.

So we got some what ready and headed out. During breakfast I started having some pretty intense contractions. Nothing like when I had contractions with Addison.

When we got home I thought I would get myself and Addison bathed and ready for the day.

As I was doing my makeup my contractions started to get really close and hard for me to stand up... I started to time them around 11 and by 1 thirty we thought we should head to the hospital. After packing some last minute things and packing Addi's bag we headed out by 2 pm. My parents met us there and took Addison while we headed up to see if they would admit me.

By this point my contractions were so bad I thought I was going to die! They checked me and I was at a 5 and a half and STAYING! I asked if I could get an epidural as soon as possible and she said yes but they had to call the DR that did it cause they were so slow that they had sent him home! I thought I could bawl my eyes out right then and there.

Good thing was he only lived 5 minutes away. So I was admitted into my room at 3:30 pm

After being in my room for an hour they checked me and I was at a 7... They started to get concerned with how fast I was progressing because I was positive for strep B and I had to have the medicine in my IV for four hours before I delivered the baby so I wouldn't pass it to him. They had started the IV at 3:30.

The next hour she checked me and said I was at an 8 or 9, so I said so Im at a 8 and a half and she was like no... more like a 9. They said the good thing is that my water hadn't broke yet and if I get to a ten and it still hasn't broke yet then I could wait till 7:30 or until it breaks, whichever happens first.

By 6 they checked me and I was indeed at a 10! However my water had not yet broke and I had an hour and a half to go. My Dr got there at 7:25 to break my water.... lets just say when he broke it I thought of Niagra falls ha ha TMI. The Dr checked and he was sunnyside up so he had to flip him and At 7:27 I felt like pushing and my Dr said to go for it. I pushed a few times and Beckem arrived at exactly 7:30!

He came out with lots of hair and it was dark! Jake and I were so surprised!

Beckem has been a pretty good sleeper and when he is hungry he will for sure let you know!

Addison loves her baby brother and whenever she hears him make a noise she will say oh my gosh... She sings to him and tells him that he is so tiny. She has been a great big sister so far.

We feel so blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy, he brings so much joy into our lives.

Ready, NOT ready

I have 3 and a half weeks left till my due date. This pregnancy has been very easy... I shouldn't complain, really I know I am lucky with not ever throwing up or ready being that sick or the fact that my baby has been healthy the whole way through! However, I am ready to see his cute face and be done being pregnant! I know I still have a couple more weeks but boy I ache, have the worst heartburn, and cant walk normal... I hate walking, sitting and even laying down! What else is there for me to do? Is floating an option?

BUT! I start to think of all the things I need to get done or the fact that Addison wont be my baby anymore... I know its funny to think but I almost feel sad that she wont be center of our universe.

I know she will be a great big sister! She loves babies! I have been blessed with her cause she has been such an easy going baby/kid... Addi is meant to be the oldest in our family. I can't wait till she comes to the hospital and meets her baby brother.

Sooo I am ready but at the same time I am not ready... I could go all the way to my due date if it wasn't for this uncomfortableness. I had my fun appointment this last Tuesday. I am dilated to a 1 and 50% effacement... The baby is weighing about 6 pounds 6 ounces and has very little moving space. I have had a few contractions off and on this past week so we will see. I am sure my next post will be his arrival.

Easter

Easter was great! Addison was pretty excited about the the candy in the eggs and new toys she got in her basket. We had a wonderful Easter dinner at my parents house, we had ham, rolls, funeral potatoes, salad, jello and STRAWBERRY PIE! Mmmm that is probably my favorite of Eater dinner... I may or may not have had more than three pieces. After dinner we had an egg hunt for the grand kids.

Even our new little LITTLE nephew Luca got to come out for the egg hunt! All the little kids were so excited to finally see him, so were the rest of us. He is so dang cute and tiny.

All in all in was a good time spent with good company! I love Holidays!

Well it looks like blogger hates me and will only let me load one photo, so that's it for now! I want to start updating more and more.

OH! And I have like 5 weeks left till baby Beckem gets here! YAY! Cant wait!