The "Worm Crawl"

This is Corbin eating sweet potatoes, which he is not so found of.

Time Flies!

I can't believe I have not posted anything since Corbin was 6 wks old, he is now 6 months old! We have had a busy, fun summer and I'm realizing I have not taken to many pictures...lol
 In June, we celebrated Lily's 3rd birthday and went camping that weekend at Potato Creek with some friends. In July, we celebrated my 30th birthday and happened to be camping again at Potato Creek with whole Beebe clan, yep, all 27 of us. That's always a fun adventure! =)
 In August, we drove 6 hours to Iowa for David's cousins wedding. We left the girls with my mom and dad so the ride went pretty good. We had a great time seeing most of the Kupferschmid family and enjoying a weekend with only 1 kid. =)
 September has been our busy month. We visited Ludington, MI over the long Memorial Day weekend. This is our 5th year going up there with David's sister family. We always have a great, relaxing time! This year we added David's brother Mark's family to the mix and it was super fun!! The weather was a bit crazy with LOTS of windy days on Lake Michigan. It made for some really need picture of HUGE waves! Although, I didn't get any...haha.
 THE BIGGEST NEWS.....I started homeschooling Laisa!!! We are just finishing up our 2nd week and it has been going pretty well. She really enjoys Math =)
 Corbin has been becoming active VERY quickly! While we where in Ludington he started pushing up on all 4 and rocking. Now, he is getting around slowly but well! He is doing what I call a "worm crawl" at the moment. But, I know in the next week or so he'll be going full force, he gets a little better everyday! Once he figures it out I'm going to be chasing him all over, I just know he won't stop!! I'll try to post a couple video I took of him this week.

Lily holding Corbin.

Laisa loves reading to Corbin. =)

Lily posing with my sunglasses on. =)

Updates....

Hi All! Here are some fun pictures from the past few weeks. Corbin has been doing great and we've been adjusting well :) The girls LOVE him and can't get enough of him. Laisa loves to pick out his "outfits" and comes to his bed every morning to ask what PJ's he is wearing, because she is normally in bed before he has them on. :) A couple days ago I got him ready for bed early so she was what he was wearing. That night I had to change him, for whatever "messy" reason, she woke up the next morning and asked "why did you change him mommy?" LOL That girl cracks up!! Such a little fashion diva :)

Corbin, 6 wks old

father, son bonding time =)

They really do love him! :)

Daddy and his kiddos

Laisa very proudly holding Corbin


Cuddly little buddy, 5 wks old

Corbin James

Corbin James finally arrived on Friday March 19th @ 10.35pm. Weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 21" long. Friday morning my water broke, I wasn't completely sure it was my water because I was having absolutely NO contractions. So, I called the Dr. office to ask and they told me come in so they could double check. The only problem was I had let my mom borrow my van and David had his truck instead of his work van that morning. Uggg....So, I had my sister take me to the office :) I had my mother in law pick up the girls because I figured if it was my water then would make me stay at the hospital. Well, they confirmed it was my water and then said I could go home and wait it out. :) I went home ate lunch, look a nap and then started watching Rachael Ray :) At about 3.30pm my contractions started and quickly became strong but where still 6 minutes or so apart. David was still at work so I ended up calling him and having him come home. It was really had being at home alone was so nerve racking!! We finally headed to the hospital and got there at about 6.45pm and he was born about 4 hours later. He did great the first 5 hours or so after birth! BUT (and that's a huge BUT!!!) at about 3am the nurses came in to wake me up and tell me he had turned blue 2 different times. They had to give him oxygen both times. They took him down to the NICU because they did not know what was wrong. Thankfully I had him in the nursery with the nurses so they where able to see this happen!! It was a VERY scary time for us! David was already at home sleeping and he had turned down all the phones so no one would wake him up in the morning. It took me about 30 minutes to get a hold of him. Thankfully he finally thought he heard something and went to check. So, the rest of that night was really long for us!! After blood tests and cultures and chest x-rays. The NICU Dr. came in at around 8 am or so and told us he has pneumonia and it's not life threatening. That was the best news we could have ever heard!! He told us he'd have to be on anti biotic for at least 5 days. We had to wait for the blood culture results to know for sure the severity of the pneumonia. Over the weekend they also did a spinal tap on the poor little guy to rule out meningitis, it was negative.
So, I was discharged on Sunday evening and was able to stay in a "parent room" at the hospital. This is a room they provide, free of charge, to parents with children in the NICU. David had a really busy week of work. (Which has been slow since Christmas so he couldn't really turn it down) My sister Marissa ended up taking off of work for us and staying with the girls. We feel very blest to have her there to help us!! It was really hard for me being away from the girls and David for that long!! They came to visit of course but it's not the same. I was really glad I didn't have to go home without Corbin though, that would have extra hard to deal with!! Plus, I was nursing him so that would have made it difficult. The girls where not able to see him the first couple days. On Sunday they saw him for the first time but could not hold or even touch him. They where so happy to see him though!! :) We finally got to bring him home on Wednesday evening.
So, he is 2 weeks old today and is doing so well you wouldn't even know he was sick. :) I'm adjusting to much less sleep and the girls just LOVE their new "baby budder" as Lily says :)

This was an oyxgen "tent" that he had to be under for awhile.

1st picture with Daddy just after he was born

Testing out the carseat to be sure he's ready to come home.

Buckling up for the big ride home :)

Just a cute picture of him :)

Laisa's Birthday

Here are a few pictures from Laisa's b-day.
Pink Poodle Cake

Laisa's 5!!!

My little girl is 5 today. It's amazing how quickly the time goes! She is such a sweetheart and always wanting to help mom and dad, unless it's picking up her toys :P She's a great big sister and I can't wait to see how she'll be with the baby! We had both sets of her grandparents over for dinner last Saturday to celebrate her 5th birthday. I wasn't sure what would be happening on her birthday. :) But, today was just a normal day for us. We had MOPS this morning and she helped me make mini cupcakes to take to her class. They sang Happy Birthday to her and she thought that was pretty special. Then we had some friends over for lunch and later my sister came over with her kids and we sang again and gave her presents from us and them. It was a beautiful day so they spent a lot of time playing outside. Just before bed Aunt Anna, Lauren and Jacob stopped by to drop off a little something for her. Plus, the fun birthday cards she's received in the mail over the last 2 days with a little something extra in them. She was feeling pretty special today! I'll try to get some pictures posted soon. But, I should head to bed for now.

Patience....

Ok, this isn't the best picture of me but I thought I'd share it anyways.

Well, I'm convinced that the end of pregnancy is God's way of teaching me patience! It's so hard not knowing when this little one is going to arrive! I only have 3 days until my due date and I'm getting so anxious to see him, hold him, kiss him!!! It doesn't help when you have friends having babies all around you and yours is still nice and comfy inside. :) The good news is, I found out yesterday, if I don't go into labor on my own by Wednesday the 24th they are going to induce me. Yay for knowing that I won't go longer then that!! :)

Hot Tub Fun!!

David decided to take the girls in the hot tub this afternoon, they love going in there! It started to snow just before they got in. Although, you can't see the snow in the pictures.

Random Pictures From This Winter

Laisa & David sledding down the hill in our backyard.

Snowmobile rides :)

Lily playing outside in the snow storm.

Lily only cared about eating the candy :)

Laisa, very proud of her decorating abilities :)

Hanging out at Michael & Susan's house.

Lily all bundled up, playing in the snow.

Laisa and Lily Christmas morning

Hello!

Well, for those of you that don't know. We are having a baby BOY! :) I have about 7 wks left and we are still undecided on what to name this little guy. We didn't have this much trouble naming the girls. I'm going a little nuts not knowing his name yet! As long as we find one we can both agree on one we really like BEFORE he is born, I'll be happy. :)
Life has been busy and slow for us. Some weeks are crazy and other weeks I have absolutely NO energy or motivation to get anything done! I hate feeling like that! I'm sure it's partly the weather and partly the pregnancy. Hence, another reason I only post something on our blog once every few months.....haha...sorry about that. Well, that's all for now, I'll have to post some pics of the girls playing in the snow this winter. :) Hey, a little motivation just hit me. OR is it just a good way to avoid housework?? ;)

It's a BABY......

Well, in our blogging abcents lots of fun & exciting things have happened. Including me being PREGNANT!! :) I'm due March 21st and we are all very excited!! More posts of our summer fun to come soon....

Laisa's 4th Birthday

Laisa turned 4 about two weeks ago, March 18th. I can't believe how quickly the time goes! We had a few of her cousins and friends over. She had a Strawberry Shortcake birthday party. Here are some pictures from the party.

Ava, Laisa and Malia playing with the stuff Ava brought in her purse. My rushed attempt at icing a cake. I'm almost embarrassed to post it. I was still icing it as people where showing up for the party. I knew I should have just used one of those eatable pictures!

Playing "Pass the prize box"

Making their own pizzas.

The party girls...Diana, Lily, Laisa, Malia, Ava & Reagan

LONG Time No Blog!!!

Hi Everyone,
I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted! I've been incredibly busy with the family and Tastefully Simple through the holidays. January, I've just been lazy :)
Anyway, life is good for us and I'm finally starting to get back into the swing of things the last week or two. I promise I'll keep everyone better updated and post picture much sooner then I have been.
Well, one thing I can say is that I just returned from Chicago. I attended Tastefully Simple regional conference with 8 other ladies from my team. It was a BLAST and we learn lots of great things to help with our biz and also all the FABULOUS items coming for spring/summer! I'm really excited about them all. On the other hand, I think the current fall/winter line is the best they've had since I've been around and will be very sad to see at least 4 items leaving :( I will be stocking up! Sorry no pics of this great event but hope everyone is well and I'll post more soon.

Toddler Costume Party

I had a costume party the day before Halloween with some of our friends and their kids. The kids dressed up and had fun eating lunch, decorating cookies, "trick or treating" to different doors in my house, dancing to fun music and playing outside. It was a beautiful day! Here are some pictures of the little tykes.

Best Dressed! (Ava)

Eating candy, Jacob and Malia (my sisters kids)

Cookie decorating

Dancing to the Monster Mash.

Group picture.

Candy Fun!

trick or treating with cousins, Lauren and Jacob

Lauren and Laisa

Trick or Treating time.

Kitty cat and Pocahontas

Lily would not let anyone help her hold her bucket. Even when she could barley carry it.

David's masterpieces :) I love the oval pumpkin.