Family history...

Dad and mom's history -
November 2005 - When it all began...we met, we laughed, we walked, we ate, we fell in love
November 11, 2006 - Engaged...surprise ring, surprise dinner, and surprise party
June 30, 2007 - Married...let the rest of our lives begin
March 2009 - PREGNANT! WHAT?!!...now really let the rest of our lives begin
June 2009 - New town, new house, new nursery room

Baby history -
December 10, 2009 - A happy, healthy Scarlett is born.  6lbs11oz, 20 1/2 inches
February 2010 - 2 month checkup...lots of shots and lots of crying
March 31, 2010 - Enjoys her first tasteless bite of rice cereal
April 2010 - 4 month checkup...12lbs., 25 inches...more shots, less crying
May 2010 - Sitting up on her own
June 3, 2010 - 6 month check up 15lbs 13.5ozs, 27 Inches (50% of weight, 90% of height...I'm pretty sure she will be taller than me next month)
June 2010- FINALLY decided to she wanted her toys bad enough to roll over
June 20, 2010 - Little tooth trying to make its way into the world while helping Scarlett set a record for the worlds slobbery-ist baby
June 2010 - Introduced to "real" solid food
                   Peas - big thumbs up
                   Carrots - enjoyable
                   Avocado - a little if-y
                   Green Beans - no way that is going to happen...lots of dramatic gagging
                   Grass - yes, just because she can't crawl doesn't mean she won't find a way to grab the
                   enticing green grass surrounding her blanket when her parents aren't watching. This
                   also received a response of dramatic gagging followed by spit up.
July 14, 2010 - Tooth score to date = one on top and one on the bottom...I have taken to calling her snaggle tooth (in the most loving way possible of course)
July 15, 2010 - Doctor appt. for crazy never ending diaper rash - 17lbs. 1oz, 28 inches
August 2010 - Top tooth disappeared and another bottom tooth took its place...insert fevers and a very sad, tired baby (and sad, tired parents)
August 23, 2010 - Standing up A LOT, still no crawling, tried taking your first step without mommy's lifting your leg off of the ground for you today...success.  Now you think you can stand without holding anything...nice try.
September 5, 2010 - crawling...the world will forever be different for all of us.
September 10, 2010 - we found you standing on your own in your crib today...let the walking begin
September 13, 2010 -  Your dad clapped, I clapped and then you clapped.
September 16, 2010 - doctor visit...17.5 pounds, 29.5 inches, first x-ray taken of your abdomen to figure out your serious problem going #2
September 20, 2010 - gave the sign for milk this morning when you woke up. Signs to date: Milk, more and eat
October 12, 2010 - Third and fourth tooth breaking through
October 19, 2010  You are climbing stairs...thank you Auntie Gretchen for teaching this to her...let the constant watch begin.  
November 26, 2010 - First time eating by yourself...you LOVED it.  And you might have taken one tiny little step toward the bathtub.
December 9, 2010 - 1 year check up...30.5 in. (90th percentile), 18.5 lbs. (3rd percentile)...apparently you are not eating enough...or we are bad parents and let you play too much.
December 10, 2010 - Happy Birthday Scarlett
January 8, 2011 - Walked for the first time...just like that, no warnings.  Good thing we were ready with the camera.
March 3, 2011 - Doctor for refusal to eat...21 pounds, 31 inches...healthy happy little girl
June 2011 - Doctor visit for 18 month check up and shots...21 lbs., 31 inches...doctor a little worried about lack of growth
September 1, 2011 - first plane ride 
December 10, 2012 - Scarlett turns two
March 7th, 2012 - BABY #2 on the way! Sick, sick, sick mommy.
March 15th, 2012 - Doctor for cough and extreme head cold - 26 lbs
June 6, 2012 - Baby Becher is a ... boy!
June 19, 2012 - Scarlett on her way to being potty trained...inconceivable. Especially after this EPIC fail.
September 11, 2012 - Gestational Diabetes confirmed...baby boy is causing mommy trouble already.
November 1, 2012 - 3 year check up for Scarlett 29 lbs (37%) and 37 inches (50%)
November 5, 2012 - Baby boy Becher (Dominic Martin Becher) is born at 5:18AM.  7 lbs 12 oz, 21inches
November 27, 2012 - Time for a check up.  Dominic weighs 9 lbs and measures 23 inches.  Growing baby boy.  Diagnosed with something called a hip click.  Have to triple diaper him...yes this is as annoying as it sounds.
March 2013 - Sold our first home on account of our growing family
March 2013 - Rolling, rolling, rolling - you beat your sister to the movement punch by two months.  But she was also speaking in sentences when she came out of the womb...we all have our strengths.
April 2013 - Moved into my parents front yard - biggest regret...not throwing a raging white trash party.  I left that up to the neighbors teenage daughters.
May 9, 2013 - Baby food trial run
May 2013 - Two teeth cause a stir in our new homestead
May 10, 2013 - Got the keys to our new home sweet home...and ran with it
June 21, 2013 - A tooth tally - 4 tiny teeth and 4 tired humans under one sleep deprived roof
July 22-26, 2013 - Dom is crawling
August 3, 2013 - Dom takes his first tumble down the one stair that we have at our home. 
August 16, 2013 - Two more (top) teeth are making their way into the world.
June 2015 - Chris gets a job offer in WA
July 2015 - Sell our house in CA and buy a house in WA
August 13, 2015 - Moved to WA
September 17, 2015 - Scarlett starts preschool
End of September - We are pregnant...baby number three...wait what?
June 12, 2015 - Maxwell Christopher Becher is born 7lbs 19.5 inches
August 18 - Max check up 4 months - 12 lbs 23 inches
2015-2018 - A lot of things happened...but mostly it rained
May 2018 - Chris gets job offer in CA...back to Valley Christian, but this time as a VP at the HS
June 2018 - 2 week road trip to our new/old homeland...So Cal here we come
July 8, 2018 - Stuffed all of our boxes into our new rental garage (aka my parent house) and settled into a fully furnished home...now how do I make this feel like it's ours?
June 2019 - Becher family goes to China
March 2020 - Pregnant with baby #4
September 2020 - Eloise Joy Becher is born in a whirlwind labor. 3 lbs 12 oz and 10 weeks early
December 18th 2020 - Eloise has her first brain surgery and placement of a VP shunt
March 2021 - Eloise has her first revision surgery.  The first shunt broke after 1 week of her first surgery.