Hello, I'm Weston Beck, I'm a PA

May 18, 2015 is a very important date! All of Weston's hard work has payed off, and now the real work begins. HA! We sure are proud of this man though. He works hard but also plays hard. When he had that spare time he would waste no time getting down on his knees and playing with the kids and spending time with us. He's the greatest husband, father and person anyone will come across, of course, I am biased but you know him. I think you would agree. ^_^

PA Beck!

  

Mama Beck and Papa Beck came for the occasion. Proud parents right there!

You can't tell, but that's Stephen Colbert delivering his commencement speech. Hilarious!

Weston's PA buddies

Everyone in sync!. We coordinated without planning.

We celebrated this special occasion with Krispey Kreme! YUM!

Eleanor has a poop explosion and my lack of preparedness meant some creative wrangling of a scarf and Krispey Kreme hat.

 I know it's 2016 but I have quite a bit of updating to do.

And Moses Parted the red sea....I mean Lake

Weston types really fast. At least it seems like it. No wait I'm just as fast if not more accurate. HA! Anyway not the reason why I am on here. I wanted to update the familia of the new and exciting changes that will be coming soon. We went to Moses Lake for a job interview for Weston and they have offered him a position. Soooo...we will be moving back to the west coast! Moses Lake, WA. It's a quaint little town after living in Philadelphia. It seems as though we are slowly moving down on the population scale. Winston Salem is big, certainly not as large as Philly and now Moses Lake, a city that resides approximately 21,000 other inhabitants, slightly large than Burley, ID. Moses Lake takes it by roughly 10,000 more. Anyhow there you have it. We haven't really worked out all the fine details of everything in terms of moving but we will definitely be driving and make an adventure out of it. We will all be sick of the car by the end but eh, fun memories will be made I'm sure of it. We love you all and hope to hear some more of your adventures too!

I'm Awesome! So is my family!

Man! Life goes by FAST! AND I totally agree with you Mike! Lets live life to it's fullest..and that's exactly what I am doing. I am seizing the moment where all children are asleep at the same time I thought what better way to spend it than updating my family. I should also share that I'm doing this while on the toilet. How much seizing am I doing right now! I'm AWESOME!

Anyway! Mom, Dad thank you thank you thank you for coming out to help me. I think I would be a little worse for wear right now, so THANK YOU again!

We just got back from Moses Lake, WA and the HR person told Weston that she is very confident that they will be giving him an offer and should be expecting one at least by the end of the week. OH BOY! It's exciting to know that they want us. Hopefully this HR person isn't lying to us. We also have an offer here in Winston so we could end up staying here. I will say that Moses Lake though puts up a convincing position for us to go with them. Alas we shall do some pondering and consulting with the higher powers and we'll let you guys know. We love you all!

Babies...BABIES EVERYWHERE!

I'm so eternally grateful for all of you! First it was Nori, then it was Millie. I'm just happy everyone is safe and sound! I've been working a lot in the PICU lately and I'm just super thankful that God was watching over Michelle and Valeria, it could've been worse, but it wasn't. I love that the term "Squishies" has caught on, because well. I was to squish all of my nieces and nephews. I want to be a doctor already so I can spoil all of them silly! It's only been a quarter into the year and 2015 is proving to be super eventful!

Utah had a freak blizzard yesterday. Finally, because we've had spring since after Christmas of last year. My boss said that her bishop wanted to pass on a message from the First Presidency and they were encouraged to fast and pray for the weather to normalize and for world peace. I used to be so annoyed by those pageants, "I just want WORLD PEACE", but lately, yes, that is all i really want, WORLD PEACE. More so for the kids, I want them to experience this beautiful life! So, just don't forget to put world peace in your prayers!

It just hit me that I'm on the last leg of my 29 years of life. I've been alive almost THREE DECADES. Gross. I'm extremely grateful and blessed to have each and every one of you in my life, and I'm forever sure that my family is the best. I think I will make a more detailed introspection as the day gets closer. My twenties were definitely filled with many opportunities to grow and challenges to help strengthen my character. It wasn't easy, it still isn't easy, and my idea of a great weekend is a good hike, a good brunch, and relaxing in the movies in the afternoon. Even though I've left the crazy party life behind, I'm more passionate about things that enrich and uplift my life now. Spiritually, I could use a little more meditation, prayer, and yoga. Physically, CrossFit has made me feel like an athlete (425 lb deadlift WHAAAA?!), Socially I am constantly surrounded by quality people who are positive, negative people are immediately cut, and temporally, we are given one life to live. Live it to its fullest and always with kindness.

Remember, the moment you lose your ability to get angry, that's when you've lost your passion.

I love you all! And yes, for the future of our kids, I pray for world peace!

Zombies!

Yes that's what we are nowadays....zombies. It has been so much fun to have Eleanor home with us and it definitely makes pumping much more worthwhile HOWEVER it's hard juggling everything else. And apparently I am very willing to do everything during normal hours of the day and night, come the wee hours of the night I'm quite irritable according to Weston. ^_^ Mom has come to the rescue and since she has been here we both have enjoyed some more extended sleeps and it's nice to have an extra hand with the kidlets.

Oh and I should add how adorable the kids are with Eleanor. They are both just so smitten by her. Before bed, if we remember and have time for it they both each get some cuddle time with her on their beds. It's probably one of my favorite parts of the day, besides sleeping. Oliver and Madeline are caring and kind. Sometimes I just want to squish them they're so cute.

 The day we brought little Miss Nori home. Mads wore her welcome home dress. She was thrilled to finally have her home. 

 Both kidlets trying to get some cuddles in and pose for the camera.

Little Miss Nori sporting her cute preemie outfit from Auntie Laura and Uncle Cameron.

The little lady gaining some chunks around her cheeks. AAAHHh! Don't you just want to suck on them. So cute! 

I love our family! And I love you guys! And I know this is clearly pass due, but just to have it recorded somewhere, CONGRATS to the Texans in our family to their little addition. Welcome to the family Amelia!

Little Miss Nori

God is GOOODD!!!. He is amazing and I know it. Before little Nori was born I was given a blessing from Stephen and our neighbor, Austin. They came to the hospital since I was still in the labor and delivery floor. When Stephen gave the blessing he felt inspired to say that the baby would be healthy and that I would be safe during childbirth. Soon after the blessing I felt that I was going to have the baby soon. I couldn't tell how early but I knew it was coming. It is amazing to see how these blessings were fulfilled. Since her birth baby Nori has been healthy. Of course there were a couple little things like her jaundice but definitely minor compared to what other preemies have to battle through. I did have worries at times, but then I kept thinking back to the blessing and it brought me peace. Over the next few days after her birth I was seeing how merciful Heavenly Father is. When Nori was born she had the cord wrapped around her neck and I felt that had she been fully term I felt strongly that I may have had a cesarean.  I know that babies can be born with the cord around the next and be perfectly fine but it was just a feeling I had. Baby Nori also has her very own physical therapist that does some range of motion exercises with her because her feet tern inward a bit. I asked her if it was a genetic issue but she said that it from how she was positioned in utero. Baby Nori does put her feet in neutral position but it tends to turn inward. She'll be fine with some exercises. The PT did say that had she been in there longer it would take longer to correct. Another blessing, I believe. This other discovery is the kicker for me. So after she was born and the placenta had come out, it was confirmed that I did have an abruption, about 10% and then they sent it in for analysis. It turns out my uterus also had an infection! I believe that Heavenly Father helped me get far enough along that baby Nori would be safe and healthy but early enough so I could be safe and healthy as well. He has the bigger picture and when I kept praying that I would be able to carry up to term I kept feeling that it wouldn't happen. He was talking to me, preparing me and the moment I left it in His hands and I said, I TRUST you, I will Follow you, everything came in to place the way they should. He has a plan! He is aware of us! And most importantly, He LOVES us!

This is her today! She has gained another 46g and is working on bottle feeding so she can come home. So far she's doing great but she does get tired sometimes which who can blame her really. AAwww LOOK how cute she is though! LOVE HER! SQUISHIES!!

 This was from yesterday. This one is for you Ma, Pa. She's got her eyes open for her Lolo and Lola.

 She's only three days old in this one.

 I like this because I feel like you can see how far she's come, weight wise. She's five days old in this one.

MCAT and Babies...Oh my!

Hello family!,

First, congratulations to the baby girl Beck! She is adorable!!! I love her already! Soooo....before every niece and nephew was born I always dreamed about them. I should start writing them down, because they are quite funny. To go into a little more detail of what I saw in my dream. There was a baby girl in a laundry basket crying her lungs out. She had crazy troll hair going every where. Think of despicable me...the crazy purple minions, that kind of hair.

I'm just so thankful Michelle and the baby are fine :)

MCAT....well....let me just put it this way. Girl next to me had puffy eyes from crying. Several of the kids who took the prep course with me didn't finish their sections. I finished, how confident was I on those answers? well...we'll find out next month. There were some I felt really good about and some questions I just wanted to scream. My favorite was when all of us got to the same question and you can just hear everyone curse under their breath hahhaha.

Anyway, I know Weston and Michelle are trying to find a name. I found a satirical piece of pediatric names. Caution: Choose your names wisely (Mom, Dad, the article is a joke)

http://www.gomerblog.com/2014/09/pediatric/

I love you all! God is gooood!