Christmas 2013

Shortly after our last blog post, we received some pretty tough news.  We found out that one of our twins, the baby boy, had passed away.  It was a shock to us and our doctors and we will never really know why this happened.  It has been a long month and a half of healing and reflecting for our family.  We believe that everything happens for a reason, and we know our little boy will always be with us as a little angel in heaven. We feel beyond blessed that our baby girl is still doing well.  We had an ultrasound yesterday and found out that she is continuing to grow and thrive.  We are at 30 weeks today, and she is in the 75 percentile for weight, which is great!  Thanks you to everyone for your continued support, thoughts, and prayers...it has meant the world to us!  Besides the health of our baby girl, we have had a lot to celebrate as it has been a wonderful Christmas season!  We have been fortunate to spend a lot of time with family...

Beckett opening his first gift on Christmas Eve morning from mom and dad...a matchbox car race track!

Christmas Eve with the Have Family

Boompa, Nana and the Grandkids

 Cousin love!

Beckett loved his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Reading a new book with Mom

Coming down the stairs Christmas morning...ready to see what Santa brought him!

Christmas Day with the Jansen Family

Beckett and Brookie helping pass out gifts

 Beckett got an awesome new Mickey Mouse bike from Grammy and Papa!

 Papa made super cool growth charts for the grand kids!

 Playing

Giving Brookie a kiss

 Grammy, Papa, and grand kids!

Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year full of fun festivities!  The fun began at the toddler Halloween party at the Karsnick's.  Beckett played with his cousins and others, ate some treats and ran wild! On Halloween night, he went trick-or-treating with "Dada."  Even though they only hit up about 4 houses...they had a blast.  Beckett learned to say "Happy Halloween" and "Trick-or-Treat"  We even let him have a couple pieces of his candy right before bed :)  All in all it was a very fun Halloween!  Check out some fun pics below as well as an adorable video of Beckett talking to himself in the mirror.  He can't quite say Beckett...instead it comes out as Babbit...it's too cute for words! 

All the toddlers getting cookies at the Karsnick's party...like flies on a pig roast ;)

Beckett and Kellan...mischief!

 Beckett insisted on wearing his fireman's hat during dinner on Halloween

 Our "Littlest Pet Vet"

Our vet with his patient the squirrel dog

A close up of Bean the squirrel dog...dressed as her nemesis...she loves us! 

Babbit!

Nugget News and Beckett's Fun Fall

We had our 20 week ultrasound of the twins yesterday and it was amazing!  They are big and healthy and everything looks great...which was the best news we could get :)  Another exciting piece of news is that we found out we are having a boy and a girl! Beckett gets a brother and a sister...lucky little dude!  We are so excited for what our future holds! Check out some ultrasound pictures as well as some of our fun fall activities!

Baby A is our girl

 Baby B is our boy

 Here's both of our nuggets snuggling :)

Minnetonka Orchards with the Have Family

Severs Corn Maze with Josh's co-workers

 Loving the corn pit!

About to enter the maze!

This is awesome!

 Hey...I found an apple!

 They had the most amazing petting zoo...giraffes and kangaroos!?  Are you serious?!

 Driving the tractor...just like Boompa's!

 Loving that apple and Daddy of course!

20 Months and Going to be a Big Brother!

Beckett is 20 months old and is growing like crazy!  Every day he picks up a new word or phrase.  It has been an absolute joy watching him grow up into a fabulous little boy!  We are sure that he will be the most amazing big brother in the world...which is great because he will be a big brother to TWO siblings in February! That's right...we are expecting twins!  We broke the news to friends and family at the end of August.  We are so excited to welcome two little nuggets into our family.  Enjoy some pics below! :)

This is how we told the Facebook world our big news...

Twin A

Twin B

 Both Little Nuggets :)

Beckett throwing leaves up in the air...he is loving fall!

18 Months & South Dakota Family Reunion

Today was Beckett's 18 Month doctor's appointment.  He weighed in at 35 pounds and 36 inches long! The doctor predicted that Beckett will be at least 6'4" but thinks he'll probably end up closer to 6'6"...As you can imagine, it was no surprise to us to hear he was going to be a tall boy. :) On another note, last weekend we had the Jansen family reunion in Aberdeen, South Dakota.  We ended up flying to Aberdeen, thus Beckett had his first plane ride!  He did great and we learned that the secret to a successful toddler flight is the iPad and lots of snacks! :) The reunion itself was great. It took place at Wylie Park/Storybook land which was a fun little amusement park.  It was wonderful to spend time with the Jansen family.  Check out some pics...

 A little pre-flight meal at the DQ airport.  He's dipping toast in honey mustard...hey, whatever works! 

Chillin pre-take off with Mommy

 Storybook Land!

 Swimming in the hotel pool!

The whole Jansen family!