So far Beckett is a baby with very few, but very intense, interests. If we had to chose only two words to describe Little B's first 4 months they would be, without question, zebras and standing.
Beckett's love of the zebra has been well documented on this blog. His interest in the awesome black and white stripes has waned somewhat as his ability to see colors has increased. However, this has not stopped us from taking full advantage of Beckett's first love. I couldn't resist this cute zebra outfit that seemed made for our baby.
His grandparents have gotten in on the zebra-fun as well. Here Beckett sits in his zebra outfit, on his zebra blanket, with his zebra stuffed animal-- both gifts from his Grandma Dorothy.
While the zebras' popularity may have diminished, standing, Beckett's other favorite thing, has lost none of its glory.
Beckett started standing at 5 weeks. Now he will hardly ever sit down for Nate. Almost every time Nate carries the boy, he insists on standing. Below Nate gets lots of love (dare, I say too much) while Beckett Hops on Pop.
All this standing has helped Beckett become an expert at this baby trick. Here he shows off while giving you a sneak peak at his Halloween costume.
Beckett's love of standing has also helped to make this new toy a hit.
In the past month we've seen Beckett's interests slowing expand to include a tiger that sings to him, an elephant that rattles, the taste of his hands, and, although he prefers to stand, he is now not entirely opposed to sitting.
(Beckett was placed here for photographic purposes only.)
At 4 months he is, all in all, a really happy boy. (Although, Jessica, he obviously has his moments.) He recently decided that tummy time is not so bad (as long as his tiger is singing to him) and has rolled over 5 times from his stomach to his back.
He's also a big boy. At his 4-month check-up he weighed 15 lbs. 4 oz. and was 25 in. long. (75% for both.) I can hardly believe that he's gotten so big so fast.
He's pretty pleased with his progress on his tummy as well.
Here Beckett looks like such a big kid in his flying tigers t-shirt and cargo pants. (Don't be fooled those pants are size 0-3 months.)
B is really starting to enjoy reading books. Seeing as I'm both an avid reader and an art historian, it doesn't matter to me whether it's the story or the pictures that interest him.
In this last picture Beckett does his best to look his age.
Beckett had issues with his costume. Back in August when I was visiting Colorado we bought Beckett a skeleton costume. But come October 31st, it no longer fit. So we squeezed the baby into the outfit for a few pictures, and then regrouped.
We went to a couple of other stores looking for a bigger skeleton or a cute costume and left empty handed. Enter: Jen Hinze. She brought us a darling giraffe costume from Texas. And, as we know, Beckett loves his African mammals, so the giraffe was a perfect choice.
At our ward's Halloween party Beckett found a fellow safari animal. Here's Beckett and Benji as a giraffe and a lion. Benji's grandma made his amazing costume.
On Halloween we passed out candy to all the kids in our new neighborhood. I also made a pumpkin and sweet potato soup that could become a Halloween tradition.
After a while Beckett had to take a snooze to recover from all the excitement of the evening.
Little B was a pretty cute baby giraffe.
Friday was spent recovering from the trip and playing at home. Savannah and Will fought it out on the Wii.
On Saturday we divided and conquered. The boys went to see the church sites.
Here's Rod's obligatory in-front-of-the-Spring-Hill-sign-photo.
Will stood in a corn field.
Stop #2: Far West
Rod stood in front of the Law of Tithing sign in his "Capitalist Pig" shirt.
Stop #3: Liberty Jail
Back in the car, Rod asked Will what he was doing, and Will said, "being sad." Will knows that Liberty Jail is the most depressing Church History Site.
Meanwhile the girls (and Beckett) went to the Deanna Rose Farmstead. 
Savannah wondered why baby boy Beckett was allowed to come with us.
Stop #2: The Dairy Barn
Stop #3: The Pony Ride
Stop #4: The Baby Goats
Stop #5: The Mini-tractors
The girls and the boys met up at home to get ready for trunk-or-treating.
So far Beckett is a baby with very few, but very intense, interests. If we had to chose only two words to describe Little B's first 4 months they would be, without question, zebras and standing.
His grandparents have gotten in on the zebra-fun as well. Here Beckett sits in his zebra outfit, on his zebra blanket, with his zebra stuffed animal-- both gifts from his Grandma Dorothy.
While the zebras' popularity may have diminished, standing, Beckett's other favorite thing, has lost none of its glory.
Beckett started standing at 5 weeks. Now he will hardly ever sit down for Nate. Almost every time Nate carries the boy, he insists on standing. Below Nate gets lots of love (dare, I say too much) while Beckett Hops on Pop.
All this standing has helped Beckett become an expert at this baby trick. Here he shows off while giving you a sneak peak at his Halloween costume.
Beckett's love of standing has also helped to make this new toy a hit.
In the past month we've seen Beckett's interests slowing expand to include a tiger that sings to him, an elephant that rattles, the taste of his hands, and, although he prefers to stand, he is now not entirely opposed to sitting.
(Beckett was placed here for photographic purposes only.)
He's also a big boy. At his 4-month check-up he weighed 15 lbs. 4 oz. and was 25 in. long. (75% for both.) I can hardly believe that he's gotten so big so fast.
