a little late but here is my baby at 11 months.

• the best thing that has happened this month is that he started dancing!! it makes me smile SO much. everytime he hears music he shakes his body or bends his knees up and down. Or if he is eating something sweet he will move his head back and forth.
• He has started going down the stairs backwards. (we have really been working on it, he is still trying to figure it out, but doing pretty good)
• He smiles at everyone and waits until they smile back at him, especially in church. He is a flirt
• Loves babies and other kids. Can watch them for days.
• Shopping trips have to be quick these days. He doesn't like sitting in the cart. He wants to stand.
• Never stops moving. Is always getting into something or trying to figure out how things work. Keeps me on my toes.
• Says "dadda" and "wuff" when he sees a dog in a book he will say wuff. I think thats his first word? And dadda could be dadda or it could be a chair. Still not sure if he really knows what it means but if I say it he will repeat it.
• has had a runny noise for seriously like 3 weeks. I wipe it constantly and the other day he got a tissue and put it right up to his nose. Smart boy.
• Did AWESOME on our roadtrip up to utah this last week. I was worried but he did great.
• Gets passed around like a hot potato and he likes it. He loves being in new places and seeing new faces. (just as long as he knows mommas close by)
• He got mad at us for the first time. It was sad, but kind of funny. We were at Tyson's wedding and he was exhausted (no nap) and he kept wanting to climb over this hill into the dirt. I kept picking him up and moving him over but he was persistant and would go straight back. So finally I just held him and he tried to bite me. Thats when I realized how important naps really are. The only time he gets cranky is when he is tired.

He is starting to get such a fun little personality and he makes me laugh constantly! I am loving this age right now. It is so so so fun!!! We love you Beck and can't believe you will be 1 in a couple of weeks.

phone pic overload

What did people do before camera phones. I feel like most of my pictures taken are with my phone and even though it isn't the best and they come out blurry a lot. They get the job done and capture memories that I would be sad without.

So we have been busy around here. Life is just busy and I like it that way. First off this little man is a walker and has been for a couple weeks now. He still looks a little drunk sometimes. But overall he is crusin. And has been getting some bruisins too!

Beck and I went out to Arizona in october for 4 days to watch my niece and nephew. I was a mother of 3 who were all 3 and under. It was busy but fun. We played with playdo. Watched movies. Went to the park. It was still blazin hot when we were there so we spent a lot of time in the nude (the kids...not me) haha but they have all these great splash pads at the parks and the kids just loved it.

Beck even started dancing. And I love the picture on the left. Always looking around and making sure I'm close by and that its okay to be playing with the water. My sweet little boy! I just love him.

Lily loved hiding in the closets and Luke loved jumping on the trampoline and making his hair stand straight up. HA

We got home and celebrated this handsome old mans 28th birthday! Aren't my boys easy to look at...I am a lucky girl. =]

We had a donut cake

And surprised Pehrson at the park with some friends.

I joined a city league all womens soccer team who plays once a week up in Glendale. It has been so fun. I realized how out of shape I am. Geez...but it feels SO good to have cleets on my feet again. Seriously SO good!!!

Beck and I do all sorts of fun things during the day...like story time @ barnes&noble.

Going to the park. He is at a fun age that he can actually do things at the park now. So it's fun for him and sometimes scarry for me cause he is a dare devil! He also loves going to the skate park with daddy. Future sk8ter.

I watch this little boy a couple days a week. His name is Paul and he is 6 months older than Beck. They play great together and since I don't have a double stroller I make them squeeze in mine for short walks around the neighborhood. I think they like it? And I love the picture on the right. Not just because of those cute buns. But Beck was like this for about 5 minutes after his bath, trying to figure out where the water went. It was hilarious I had to get a picture.

This little guy just makes me laugh all day long. Tonight I was trying to get him to bed and he was just wired. He kept laughing and playing and talking my ear off. I tried singing him some "quiet" songs and he just kept looking at me with funny faces and laughing at me. He knows i'm not a good singer. ha I thought he was sleeping finally and daddy came home like 20 minutes later went to check on him and he was just playing in his crib so we made him stand on a surf board and he thought it was cool. He also loves the sand. And even though he doesn't eat sand by the handfuls, it doesn't stop him from eating things that are in the sand...like this sea shell.

And last but definitely not least. Pehrson and I are gonna go to NEW YORK this december! I have never been before and have always wanted to visit the east coast. We are gonna go to New Jersey one day to see where P went to high school and used to live. Which is very exciting because being a military family they moved so much and I have never seen a place where he lived before. And me being born and raised in Mission Viejo he has seen every school every park, every memory I have ever had. So now it is his turn to share some stories. And I can't wait to see NY during christmas time. More excited than you can imagine. Bring on the snow and the mittens and the hot chocolate. I CAN'T WAIT!! and if you have any recommendations on what to see and do. Please let me know. Cause I am up for anything!

One republic said it best, "It is a good good life!"

I dare you not to smile at these.

Just our normal every day thing. Beck getting out of his buckle and standing up while eating with the biggest smile on his face. How can I get mad?

halloween

It was a spooky halloween in the Hawkley household this year. When Pehrson was younger and watched the movie Karate Kid he always wanted to dress up like a skeleton. Well every year I always talked him into doing something else. But this year I said we can do whatever he wants so skeletons it was...beck with his scary face on

Us at the trunk or treat...I know we look very creepy...but we had to go all or nothing.

some of the cute kids

fellow skeletons. except they are the much sweeter looking ones. HA (look how cute she made her skelton costume with her little baby inside, very clever)

It was Beck's first halloween and I would say it was a success. Although bittersweet for us, because I haven't been trick or treating for years and we finally have an excuse to go again and get some free candy. But Pehrson and I made a challenge with each other to see if we could go without candy for a year and we are only two months away. So next halloween is going to be just that much better. (i know we're crazy)

And I don't think Beck really understood what was going on but he was happy and loved being outside looking at all the people and the lights. And he sure made one cute little skeleton.

I'm glad we could fulfill Pehrsons dream of being a skeleton and I was actually something scary for once. So until next year...let the planning begin.

Our mini vaca.

So pehrson had a dental conference in Las Vegas last week for SPEA (student professional ethics association) They meet with other dental schools from all over and talked about how they can make things better in school and later in the workforce. I tagged along and spent some time with the other wives lounging by the pool and shopping at the outlet stores.

I really don't think they can get much cuter than this!

We stayed with our friends Tanner and Cami in their beautiful home. And meet their cute new baby Wyatt. Then we went up to St. George to visit family and stay with Pehrson's Aunt and Uncle in their beautiful home. They have 4 boys and 1 girl and their house is always full of neighborhood kids. I love it. I hope my house is like that someday. Just a bunch of rowdy kids running around. And their oldest cousin Pehrson was there to wrestle with them, which they loved. HA.

Our time in st. george was perfect it was relaxing and i got to be with pehrson 24/7. We went on a couple of hikes. Our first one was to snow canyon. It was very pretty and very bizarre they had red rock, white rock and lava (black) rock. Like what you see on the big island but its in the middle of st. george, Ut! But it made for some nice pictures.

look at that face, he was loving it!

Beck LOVEs to drive the car and daddy loves to play tricks so this is what it looks like when you combine them together.

Are you sick of pictures yet? Well i have some more so stick with me (if you want). That night Aunt Jenny offered to watch Beck while Pehrson and I went to see "the Help" (LOVED IT) when i went up to pay, the ticket lady said okay thats $12. And i said for two??? I was shocked. It was awesome. California is a rip-off. P and I only go to the cheap theater here cause it just gets to pricy. But $12 for two at night. It made the movie just that much better. Then the next day we decided to go to Zions National Park. It was the first time for me, that i remember. And it was a beautiful day, the views were breath taking. The first hike we did was "the narrows" we never did any research we just thought this one sounded like a pretty one. And it was! But we got to the beginning of the water and saw all these people putting on dry suits and huge water shoes. We decided we would just go and see how far we could get. The water was cold. But it was so pretty. We reached a point where the water was waist deep and that's where we turned around. So next time we will come more prepared. But it was still worth it none the less.

After the narrows. We decided to do another hike called "emerald pools" which was also really pretty. Look at this view.

It was way past nap time but there were too many cool things to look at Beck wouldn't fall asleep. He was getting cranking so we had a cracker break.

And then he finally fell asleep.

We went out to eat that night and then left the next day back to vegas for an Air Force meeting at the Nellis AFB. We got to vegas around 3 and did some walking around on the strip, cause it's been a long time for both of us. There are so many people there (and it was a thursday afternoon) We walked through some cool hotels, looked at some fun buildings, saw a lot of wierd people. It was fun. And we went to the Las Vegas temple. I love the spirit you feel there amongst so much evil that's around you. Just like the LA temple.

Later that night we meet up and stayed with our other good friends, Tyler and Sara. It was a short and sweet visit. But hopefully we will be neighbors next year!! After the Air Force conference on friday we made our way back to LA. I love traveling and being away from reality, but I was excited to get Beck back on his healthy nap schedule and not making him have to take his naps in his car seat. It was a great trip and so fun to just be with my little family of 3. Beck did way better than I thought in the car. We tried to travel during sleeping times, so that helped but we were both very impressed.

It was a great trip.

oooo down in mexicooo...

Pehrson and the crew went down to Rosarito, Mexico to do some dental work at an elementary school. They helped a lot of kids and a few adults. They stayed in these cute little homes by the beach (called "Las Gaviotas"...sp?) and of course had some perfect waves right out their door.

Not to shabby...

The group.

He came home raving about this place and said that we have to go back there. It is cheap and safe and you are right on the beach. Sounds good to me...who's in?

And while daddy was gone B and I played in the rain one day.

And the beach the next.

It was fun but we always love when Pehrson gets home.