After Beck was born, 17-months ago, my sister stayed with us to help out since I had a C-section and I'm so lucky that she was around because the recovery was very painful. After 3 months, it was time for me to go back to work and I couldn't bear the thought of leaving my precious son with a stranger. Wendy begged us to let her keep him during the day so that's what we did for seventeen months.
On Friday, September 11th, Wendy moved back to East Texas because we decided it was time for Beck to hang out with other little ones. Brent found a wonderful couple to watch our son...Linda and Mark Ronck are the owners of Love and Lollipops. They turned their garage into a little play area and currently have 10 kids. All of the kids are so cute! They focus on one subject each month and this month is all about apples.
This is a huge adjustment for Beck and very difficult for me. Every morning he hangs on to me like a leech and it makes me so sad because I know he's scared. He screams and cries when I leave so I've learned to not put make-up on until I stop crying. I'm hoping he'll feel comfortable at the new place soon.
I want to thank Wendy for all of her help and I know Beck will miss you.
This is our first day at Love and Lollipops...this was the only day Beck didn't cry when I left. 
On Friday, September 4th, Beck took his second flight this year. (The first was to Orlando, FL for Jeff and Jill's wedding.) We took a 1.5 hour flight to visit Jody, Jennifer and Noah in McAllen, Texas. The Rio Grand Valley is a lot like being in Florida...all of the palm trees and stucco houses. 
After we landed, Jody took us to their house on the golf course (they are located on the 10th hole) then we ate dinner at a fabulous Mexican restaurant (Costa Messa). Authentic Mexican food and they even had a Mariachi band to boot! Noah burned up lots of energy by running up and down the ramp located near our table. We started with a cup of soup and Beck ate the veggies from my soup (carrots, zucchini and potatoes) then he ate a cheese enchilada and loved it.
Our bellies are stuffed so off to the grocery store we go for some weekend food at HEB. Jennifer got cupcakes and Noah enjoyed every bite!
The next morning, Beck woke up REALLY early so we took off in the golf cart to keep from waking up the entire house. It was still dark outside...
Beck spotted an orange tree and picked one but it was still green...not ready yet.
There's an awesome park near the Mask's house but I think it was to overwhelming for Beck because he didn't play like he usually does at the park near our house. He sat on the edge of the slide, played with the rocks and had fun being on the swing with mommy...
When we got back to the house, we decided to check out the pond near the 10th hole to discover that Nutria's live there. Don't know what a Nutria is...well, it sort resembles a beaver. Beck got pretty close to a brave one...
On Saturday morning, Jennifer was going to cook waffles for us but we forgot to get vegetable oil at HEB last night so we decided to cook them the next morning. We ended up not cooking the waffles on Sunday morning because it was too late to cook them and we wanted to hit the road to get to the beach. On Monday morning, we finally cooked the waffles. But, there was no brush to put oil on the top part of the waffle maker so the first waffle was stuck like a truck in mud. Jody made pancakes instead. But, we didn't have any butter!!! The waffles that never happened made us laugh and we will always remember this funny moment. One morning, Beck and Noah spent so much time on the patio playing with trucks and annoying the golfers. At one point, we had to take them inside because the golfers were glaring our way.
I discovered that Beck thought it was hysterical for me to act like I was going to "get him" by pushing the popper toy towards him. He has the sweetest laugh and hearing him laugh will make you laugh...it's contagious!
