New Baby

He is here! And his name is...yet to be determined...Ira, Finn, Dean, Henry??? Opinions anyone? Well, whatever his name is, he was born on October 3 at 12:42 in the afternoon. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. The labor went well. Jess did great and it was much easier than the first. I believe it was about 6 hours from start to finish.

Onto the important part...the pictures.






Insert thought bubble..."So this is what my life has come to?"


That is right Dave, you made the cut.

More photos are coming...the hospital network does not handle uploading images very well.

Snap Shots

It has become quite difficult to get Beckham to take a picture. He is way more interested in the camera. Here are some random snaps that I got of him. I figure I need to get as many as I can before he looses some fame to a younger brother.

Utah State Fair 2007

It is our tradition to attend the State Fair here in Utah. This year was fun because Beckham loved the animals. He was overwhelmed by all he had to look at. Maybe he will be a farmer one day and join the FFA. I do know that he is not quite ready to be a Rodeo Clown. The crowd was a little too wild for his taste as you will see in his bawling picture.

Labor Day

It seems we need to escape the Valley pretty often and what better place to head than St. George. It is our home away from home. We got to spend a few days there with my family. Needless to say Beck was taught some new things. His dad is the one who put him on the motorcycles naked. I think he may take after his Papa and uncles with the dirt bikes. We tried to get him to try on some gear at the store but he is tough and prefers no padding. We taught him to say thank you and Zachy and Drew. Mostly he just copies what we said. He is really into riding on bikes and he found this little iron decorative bike and tried hard to ride it around. It was a riot to watch. He entertains us constantly and is sure getting a mind of his own.

Aspen Grove

We went up to Aspen Grove with Jon's company for the summer party for a couple of days. It was very pretty and Beck loved being in the outdoors so much.

Bubba

Shipley Caribbean Cruise

We had a lot of fun with all the Shipley clan on a cruise this summer. Beck really had a great time with his cousins. He spent a lot of time eating ice cream and pizza.

Lake Powell

This was Beck's second trip to Lake Powell. He loved every minute of it. He spent a lot of time on the boat because it made a good play pen. He loved to go on boat rides and especially like driving the boat. His uncle Alex taught him a new word "Nandy" which means "Candy" and Beck ate his fair share. He also learned how to say "ouch" He liked to point out the moon and stars to us each night and can say "moon" I love to hear all the new little words that he is learning. " Oh" is still a big part of his vocabulary and I hope it stays that way for a long time. Beck gets a ton of attention especially from his aunts and uncles and grandparents. You can ask him where people are and he points them out. He is very lucky to have so many people who love to be with him. He is the first grandchild to invade our vacations on the Helm side and so far he is faring well.

Fun in the Sun

We spend most of our days out in the sunshine. Beck loves to get wet and learned from Grandpa Helm how to drink out of the hose. He thinks that is pretty great.

The Farm

We visited Thanksgiving Point Farm today with some friends. Beckham started singing Ei-Ei-Oh as soon as he saw the animals. I must say he had the most fun just running all around and playing in the toys for sale so needless to say he went home with a tractor.

Aunt Robyn's Wedding

Aunt Robyn's wedding was in May and all the Shipley clan came into town. Beck got to be with all his cousins at once for the first time. It was a beautiful wedding!

Fun on the Slides

We like to meet Dad for lunch and go up Provo Canyon to the park. We do have park at our new house but it is much more fun with Dad!

St George

Beck is a water baby and could spend all day in the pool. Since it was too cold we heated the hot tub at Great Grandma Walkers and he swam for hours. Grandma Walker cannot get enough of her boy.

Easter

Easter has come and gone but I thought I better post a few pictures of Beck.

Our Cute 1 Year Old

These are some great pics our good friend Dave took for us. He is good to take a few fun pics of Beck when he can. Not to mention Beck will probably marry their new baby Eisley we hope:)

Happy 1st Birthday

Well it has been a while and we are very busy with our little 1 year old. He is so much fun and is growing up so quickly. Here are some pics of his big day! Note his nice bruises of his first stair injury on his birthday even.

1st Christmas

Well we have had a busy few weeks. We moved into our new home and it is sooooo great!!! We love it. Then This past 2 weeks I have been babysitting a family in Farmington with 11 kids. Luckily I only really watch 7 of them plus Beck so that has been busy. We finally made it to Santa and got Beck's picture.

We are lucky and get to go to Cancun for Christmas to pick up Uncle Alex. So we are all looking forward to warm weather and a good sun tan.

Merry Christmas

Our Beck

Splish Splash

You need a rain slicker during Beck's bathtime. He goes crazy in the water. He sits and splashes and splashes. I am so glad that he loves the water.

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Trick-or-Treat

I thought this was such a great shot. He likes suckers and has figured out how to eat them.