Beckett

A few more pictures of our new little buddy...

Party of Five

We are so excited to introduce our sweet son Beckett!

Beckett Jace Pearson
Born July 29, 2013 at 4:24am
6lbs, 15oz and 19in

I was blessed with a peaceful and easy delivery and he is just perfect! He has lots of dark hair, big almond shaped eyes, long fingers and toes and the cutest chubby cheeks. We are all feeling well and enjoying our first day together.

We are simply smitten! More photos to come.

What Dads do

I always see Dads throwing their little ones up in the air, and the kids are usually screaming with delight while the moms are cringing with fear. I was talking to my mom about it once and she had read something that explained why they do this. Apparently it's their subconscious way of teaching kids, "the world is a dangerous place, and the world is a safe place", as they rise and fall back into Daddy's arm. Maybe so...but this seems more like it:

But...who am I to get in the way of fatherly traditions. Here are our photos:

Take me out to the ball game

Cole had a blast during his first year playing T-Ball. It was so cute seeing how all the kids improved in such a short amount of time and really started to understand the game. We loved his signature thumbs up that we would get from the field. Go Mariners!

Waiting on baby

We are on official countdown waiting for our little baby boy to arrive. We are getting so excited to meet him!

After some pre-term labor symptoms, I have been on bed rest for going on four weeks now. We are so thankful that baby has stay put and we have made it past the 34 week mark.

Here I am at 33 weeks:

Oh yeah, we Pearson's grow 'em big. Baby is measuring about a week ahead, as I have with my other two. As my OB noted at my last appointment, this is what happens when a Great Dane marries a Chihuahua. We had a good chuckle over that one.

Being confined to my bed has been extremely boring tough, but I am again reminded that we are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives. I don't know we would do this without all of the support from our family and friends. We have had both of our parents doing an amazing job helping out with the kids. Cleaning our house, making meals and spoiling our kids rotten with all kinds of fun activities and special attention. Friends in town have brought us meals, special treats and gifts for baby, and also helped out with watching our kids. My friends and family farther away are always checking in with me, keeping in touch and praying for our little one. And of course, Jeff has been amazing stepping in as super Dad to take over the normal morning and bedtime routines. We are truly blessed.

I don't think it will be long now as I am certainly running out of room for this babe to grow much more. He is currently doing a number on my ribs with what I imagine are some sweet some little feet kicking away.

Thanks again to ALL of our treasured family and friends from near and afar who are praying for our family. We feel it!