The Holm Family

A few recent pics that make me laugh!

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Abby's first cotton candy!!!

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Sweet boy got a haircut!

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Updates

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Mmm Cooper likes sweet potatoes!

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Snow Day fun!!!

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Little Man

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Merry Christmas

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Sweet Cooper

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Such a sweet boy, if only he would sleep through the night!

Big boy Coop

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Check out those fat rolls! Cooper weighed in at 13 lbs this morning at the doctor. He is so sweet and happy, he has been smiling at us lately.

Cooper: 1 month old!

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"Playing" with his sister

Boomer Sooner!

Cheering on the Texas Rangers!!!

Yesterday, the 19th he was 1 month old, time flies!

We are enjoying every minute with our new little man. Although I am not gonna lie and tell you that the lack of sleep isn't killing me. Ugh! But we are surviving and at least this time around we know he will sleep at night soon, hopefully very soon! :)

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He's here ... Cooper Graham Holm arrived Sunday 9/19 at 11:42 pm. He weighed 9.2 lbs and is 21.5 inches.
He is so sweet, we are so glad he is here.

Cooper Update

2010-09-13T20:22:00.000-05:00

I saw my doctor today, still no change. So we set a date to induce next week. If all else fails we will meet Mr. Cooper next Tuesday, 9/21.
Everyone, including my doctor, cannot believe I am still pregnant! This pregnancy has been a complete opposite from when I had Abby. I am so ready to get this little stinker out!

Lindsey Holm

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American Girl Lunch

2010-09-03T17:19:00.001-05:00

Abby got to have lunch at American Girl today with her Aunt Mel & cousin Kendal. I think both girls heads were spinning. Lots of fun!

Dinner conversation

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A: mommy you are getting married!
L: well I am already married
A: but who married you?
L: I am married to daddy.
A: but I was going to marry daddy!
L: oh you were?
A: well I guess I'll marry Braden then (Shuttlesworth)
Or I could marry Tiff (our sitter) or Kiki (Tiff's cat).

Hmm I am thinking marriage is a loose term to her. What do you think???
Just like her father, always entertaining!!

Baby Update

2010-08-09T12:07:00.002-05:00

Hey thought I'd give everyone a quick baby update. Went to the doctor last week, and Cooper is growing like a weed. Already weighing 5.5 lbs! Everything looks good, we just have to wait a few more weeks. Dr. said she would like for me to make it to Labor Day weekend and then we can talk about having this baby. It is such a relief to be able to see the end in sight! The heat has been crazy hot, so I pretty much sit inside in the air conditioning. I have been having contractions off and on, so she has asked me to cut back a little on life and starting slowing down. Which at this point, sounds great!
Abby just got back from a week long vacation with my parents. They went to Ruidoso, NM to visit my grandparents. She did great, getting a little home sick toward the end of the trip. But LOVED the farm animals that were on-site at the place they stayed. There was Doc, the horse, and Megatron & Vanilla, the goats. Apparently, she had to be pulled away each day after feeding them and talking to them for over an hour! She is a true animal lover, just like her father.
I'll keep you posted as we grow closer to Mr. Cooper's arrival, can't believe it is almost time! What on earth am I going to do with 2 children?!?!? Guess it is a little late for that question. :)

Summer Catch Up

2010-07-26T19:52:00.004-05:00

Well it has been a HOT summer around here, and when you combine that with being very pregnant ... then nothing really gets done. So I am trying to play a little catch up and tell you about our summer.

In May we went to Memphis for a long weekend to celebrate Nathan's grandmothers birthday. It was a nice trip, and Abby did surprising well with the 8 hour drive. She enjoyed staying in a hotel and swimming in the hotel pool. This is her at the party, not wanting to have her picture taken .. what can I say ...she's 3!

In June we went to the lake a couple of times and enjoyed swimming and being lazy with the family. Also, in June I had my bi-annual work conference in Ft. Worth. So Abby went to stay with my parents in Oklahoma for about 5 days. Of course, she didn't want to come home!

Here she is with Gigi & Papa feeding the ducks at the Duck Pond on campus.

In July we went back to the lake for the 4th of July. It was fun, as always ... you can see those pictures in the previous post. And really since early July we haven't done much. I am definitely slowing down - only have about 7 more weeks to go. And I am so hot and uncomfortable at this point. However, I try to stay in the air conditioning as much as I can!

We have decided on a first name for our little boy .... drum roll please ...

COOPER Holm

His middle name is still undetermined, but will likely be a family name from one of us. :)

We are getting excited and nervous about his arrival. And I am hoping that Abby will be a great big sister and a helper. We certainly talk about it alot, but we will just have to see.

As for Nathan he has been working like crazy this summer doing about 3 or 4 peoples jobs on top of his own. I think it is finally getting better as they have hired some help after some early summer layoffs. Also, he has been taking a class. So he is gone Monday & Wednesday nights till 11 pm. I really don't know how he does it! But his class is over in a couple of weeks, so the end is in sight.

Well more to come about the rest of the summer, or at least I'll try!

4th of July

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Princess Abby!

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Lindsey Holm Sent from my iPhone

Pictures from Lindsey

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haircut

2010-04-01T16:10:00.000-05:00

I took Abby to get a haircut after school today. Afterwards we are in the car she says ... "mom, something is wrong with my hair" as she says this she is pulling it out from her head and trying to look at it. Then she says "it's broken, she broke my hair."
I mean really where does she come up with this stuff!?

Gymnastics!

2010-03-22T16:13:00.004-05:00

A few months ago Abby started taking gymnastics one day a week. She has really enjoyed it and talks about all of the things she does there. It is really funny to hear her talk about her "coach" and all of that. She is just getting so big! Here are a few pics of our little gymnast.

Sono Pic

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We had our first sonogram last week. Everything looks great. Baby is about an inch in size and growing just as it should. We can't wait to find out the sex of this baby. But we have to wait till late April for that info. It always amazes me even at 9 weeks how much is already developed. How can anyone deny God's part in all of this. So unbelievable!

#2

2010-02-24T20:31:00.002-06:00

Well in case you haven't heard our latest news ... we are expecting baby #2 this September. I have not felt too good the few weeks, but it doesn't seem to be quite as bad as when I was pregnant with Abby. Hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks I'll turn a corner (fingers crossed).
So we are excited, but nervous too. Lots of things to do and lots of changes coming our way with 2 kiddos.

Another #2 has been a big deal around here lately as well. Actually #1 and #2 ... Abby is potty trained. Well mostly, but close. A few weeks ago we decided to bite the bullet and go for it. She did better than I expected and really only the first day was the hardest. She is VERY into Disney Princesses right now, so we rewarded/bribed her with Princess panties, stickers, treats, etc... It worked! She has been mostly accident free and I am so thankful for that. But I do carry around extra clothes, panties, towels, plastic bags ... just in case we are out and experience the big flood. :) Gotta be prepared.

Anyway, that is pretty much it for around here. Not all that exciting.

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Potty training is NO fun! Especially when your child is so stubborn. Ugh, will she ever get it??

Baby Bennett

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Now those are some proud Grandmas!

3 Generations of Graham Boys

Look at that sweet face.

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he's here ... 7lbs, 2oz ... 20 in. Born about 10 min ago ... Bennett James Graham ...pics coming soon!

It is baby day!!!

2010-01-25T12:18:00.001-06:00

Just heard from my mom they are going to induce Whitley today! Yippee we are going to have a new nephew today. I will update you as soon as he arrives: say a little prayer for Zach & Whitley today.

How old is ...

2010-01-17T19:26:00.001-06:00

So I asked Abby tonight how old she was and she said 3(not quite yet), so I said well how old is Tiffany (our sitter) and she said 2 and then how old is mommy and she said 11, so then how old is daddy ... She said 6! Ha! I said well you are right about daddy ... Maturity wise anyway! Hahaha, love it.

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Just trying this out ... Just learned you can blog from your phone!!! Maybe this will help me update my blog more often.

Prayer

2010-01-07T19:21:00.002-06:00

Abby wanted to say our prayer at dinner tonight, it went something like this ...

"Dear God, thank you for our food, thank you for our family, thank you for strawberries, bluebellies (blueberries), beans and chips. Thank you for Jesus ... AMEN (said quite loudly)."

Oh my we were so proud! We have been working on saying prayers with just thank you for our food and thank you for our family, but she made it her own tonight.

Just had to share and remind myself that we must be doing something right! It is certainly the moments like these that keep you going - if you have/or have had a 2 year old you know what I mean. :)

Hope everyone is off to a great start this New Year. I will try to catch up this weekend and blog about our holidays.

Pictures from Lindsey

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2009 Arboretum

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Busy Weekend!

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We had an action packed weekend!

The State Fair with Nathan's work ...

Arboreatum with our class from church ...

They have so much to see this time of year, but the pumpkin patch is so amazing!

Pictures coming soon ...

Abby's first slumber party ... she got to spend Saturday night with Kendal and then they brought her to church Sunday morning. It was great!! Nathan & I went to dinner & a movie. It was a fun time for all!

I'm back ...

2009-09-08T18:09:00.005-05:00

Well August was a little busy around here! Sorry for the lack of blogging, I have not been faithful!

So here is the rundown ...

Early August I had my work conference so I was gone for 5 days in downtown Dallas. All went well, but we were glad it was over! Abby went to my parents during those days while I was gone and had big fun. Got lots of "treats" ... one being a Dora big wheel ... thankfully it stays at GiGi and Papa's house in Oklahoma! Nathan spent that weekend installing a new water heater for our house ... ours conveniently died the week before.

After that I don't really know what we did the rest of the month ... but we did a lot of it. I feel like we go go go all the time and we still don't have time for everything!

The last week of August my mom was in town filling in a sitter gap until Abby's school started back in September. Then we went that weekend to Oklahoma to celebrate mine and my dad's birthdays.

I also agreed to take on a new project at work that started in August and will go through the end of the year. It was a great opportunity for me to earn some extra money and work from home. So that has been a blessing, but has kept me pretty busy!

Anyway, I hope to be a better blogger in September. Below are 2 pictures I got of Abby on her first day of "school" (mother's day out) this year. She was VERY distracted by the trash truck driving by and waving at all the trash men ... she is so friendly! And a picture of all the "girls" at the family birthday dinner. Oh I forgot to mention that I am going to be an aunt again!!! Zach & Whitley are expecting their first baby in February!!! yeah cousins!!!

4th of July Fun!

2009-07-09T21:11:00.006-05:00

It has been a very busy summer so far, so I apologize for not keeping our blog updated. But we had big fun last weekend while at the lake with Na's family. Each year their little neighborhood at the lake has a parade on the 4th. Everyone pulls out the lawn chairs and sits in their yard while the parade goes by. We have participated in the parade in years past, but this year we decided to get serious - the goal was to "place" ... we didn't care if we won 1st place, we just wanted to place.

Well we far exceeded our expectations ... we won 1st place in the small wheels division, 3rd place in the lawnmower/golf cart division and Chris won 1st place in the pie eating contest! We had full family participation ... we are so proud!!!

Grant's Truck all pimped out for the parade, notice the "rims" are pinwheels!
The girls in their red, white & blue tutu's all ready for the parade.

We put the kids in the trailer part of the lawnmower so they could

throw candy at the crowd. They really liked doing this!

Sweet Abby

Sweet Grant

Sweet Kendal

Grant driving his truck in the parade.

Chris diving into the pie, he finished it is 1 min and 20 sec! Impressive!

And our beautiful award certificates! So proud!!!

New Braunsfels Trip

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Memorial Day Weekend!

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We had a fun weekend at the lake with the Holms & Youngs. Lots of relaxing, reading, movies and eating. Oh and then finally on Monday it was HOT, so we got to do lake stuff!

The Annual Flag Shirt pictures!

Abby loves her newest cousin - baby Audrey!

Is that a cat in the tree, oh wait that is our Phouf!!!

Cutting the grass with Poppie!

Abby's 2nd Birthday!

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Abby had a wonderful 2nd birthday last Thursday! I think we had cake or cupcakes like 5 days in a row ...she is going to need some serious sugar detox. We had lots of family in for the weekend and had a party at the park on Saturday, before all the rain came. It worked out perfect!

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Cash Please!

2009-04-24T17:17:00.003-05:00

I just had to share this story ... it cracked me up and I wanted to remember it!

So Abby & I are in the car at the bank the other day. I pull up, put my check in the drawer, and tell the teller "cash please."

Then Abby starts waving to the teller saying "Hi Cash, Hi" waving at him and everything. I was laughing and telling her that was not his name, that cash is the money I was getting. She was not listening she was too busy saying "Hi Cash, Hi!" Then he moves where she can't see him and she starts saying "Cash, where are you?" - over and over ... so funny!

I don't think the teller guy had his speaker on, b/c he acted like he didn't hear her. But it certainly was entertaining. So funny!

Easter Germs

2009-04-24T17:04:00.003-05:00

The Easter Bunny brought us germs this year! Abby started getting sick last weekend and as of today we have had 3 trips to the pediatrician! Woohoo!! I know - ridiculous! This girl was really sick at the beginning of the week, they thought she had pneumonia, but it turned out to be bronchitis. Then a couple days later she starts saying "ear itch" and trying to dig in her ear and hitting her ear like she was mad at it (she is weird, I know). So this afternoon we went back for our third visit this week to confirm she does in fact have an ear infection now. Ugh! Needless to say it hasn't been our best week. Maybe tonight we will all sleep!

However, we did have a great weekend in Oklahoma for Easter. As always Momma Renee cooked up some delicious meals and Nathan & I even went to a movie. We saw Slumdog Millionaire - it was really good, I would definitely recommend seeing it.

Here are a few Easter pics.

Hippity, hoppity Easter's on its way ...

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Well, Easter is just around the corner, but we have already had some practice hunting eggs. Last weekend our class at church had an Easter egg hunt and picnic. We had a good time despite the cold wind that morning.

Playing at the park before the picnic!

I am afraid Abby is going to need a bit more practice hunting eggs, because she is not quite grasping the concept of gathering the eggs. All she likes to do is find one egg, sit down, open it up and eat the candy. That's it! We kept telling her ... put the egg in your basket, pick up your basket, look there is another egg ... on and on ... it was hilarious! So as you can see from the pictures ... mostly she is sitting opening eggs. Too funny!

Is this normal???

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The other night after dinner Abby decided to take her clothes off. It wasn't quite time for her bath, I really don't know what prompted it. But I was a little intrigued by this ... so I just went with it. First the shirt ... then the pants ... then the diaper (it was pretty wet, so she was able to push it off like panties) ... then she went and got her crocs and put them on ... then started trying to put all of it back on. It was pretty funny! Just when I think this girl can't do anything else to surprise me ... she does! What can I say ... she is Nathan's child. :)

Learning all the time!

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Sharing cookies at her table w/ friends!

Very interested in the potty lately, she likes to

"practice" ... we have had a couple of successful experiences,

but not officially working on potty training.

Abby loves to put on other people's shoes ... these are her sitter's shoes.

She really likes drawing these days, but you have to be
careful that she draws on the paper and not your table. Lovely!

Silly girl!!!

In/Out is the concept they are learning at school this month.

I think she gets it.

And ... we have some new cousins in our family since January.

This is our new cousin Audrey.
And this is Madison.

Copy Cat

2009-02-24T12:32:00.003-06:00

We are officially in the "copy cat" phase of toddlerhood. Abby is learning so many things all the time, it is so fun to watch. But you have to be careful these days because she repeats everything we say and she is even trying to do everything we do. It is pretty funny!

Abby using the mop after I used it. She gets a little mad if you don't let her have a turn.

Using her "vac vac" just like daddy does. She loves to copy our activities!

This is how we eat our snack and watch a little TV. Mom & Dad put their feet on the coffee table when they sit on the couch ... so should I!

Lookin cute before my Valentine's party at school.

Around The House

2009-01-23T20:24:00.004-06:00

Well not much to report with us. We have all had our turn with the upper respiratory sickies. Na & I still can't shake the cough. So we have been playing around our house lately.

Lookin' cute in my beads & bunny slippers

We didn't do anything we weren't suppose to!
This is how I like to eat sometimes

Playing at the park ...
with our friend Braden

I found this apple in my dad's work bag ... hmm delicious!

I like to get inside my laundry basket w/ all my animals!

Happy New Year!!!

2009-01-04T17:30:00.003-06:00

Let me start with ...I apologize for being such a bad blogger! I don't really have a good excuse, just life gets busy around the holidays.

So Happy 2009!

We had a great Christmas in Oklahoma & Plano this year. This was the first year Abby was kind of into it ... so that made it even more fun. I was worried about putting up the tree and all the decor around the house thinking she would be into all of it or pulling the tree over or opening presents, but she surprised me and really didn't do any of that. However, once she opened her first present on Christmas Eve ... it was like a light went off that ALL of them were going to be opened and then it was ON! She was ripping into them one after another. I guess I hadn't considered the fact that she didn't know what to do with them before that. It was fun to see it all through her eyes!

We really haven't done much since Christmas. Nathan has had to work, but I have been home with Abby for a little over 2 weeks. I am kind of dreading going back to work tomorrow, but I guess it's not so bad when you only work part-time. I have done lots of cleaning out of things and reorganizing projects. We had a pretty quiet New Years Eve. My parents came for a couple of days and let Na and I go out. We only made it through dinner, we're both so tired (and overly full from eating Chuy's) by 8 pm that we skipped our movie and headed home. We are total wusses!!! Really life has been pretty quiet, so we can be thankful for that! Hope you all have a great start to the new year.

Having a Tea Party with my Great-Grandmothers

Check out the cool vacuum that Santa brought me!Swinging with my cool cousing K-Liz
I have discovered ketchup ... I love it!!!

18 Months Old!

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18 months old!

Who needs toys, I will play with anything I can find!

I am running a little behind on this post, but wanted to share it anyway... I cannot believe that my child is 1 1/2 old, but it is true! How time flies!!! I have decided to tell you some things about Abby in celebration of this milestone.

Busy bee - this pretty much describes her activity level. She is constantly in motion whether it is pushing her baby around the house in her stroller, pulling things out of my cabinets, chasing the dogs around the house, climbing up on everything still and just in general busy!

Animal Sounds - her latest "party trick" is performing all of her animal sounds. She can make sounds for cow, horse, monkey, rooster, sheep, snake, cat, dog, & duck.

Night Night - this girl loves her bed and loves to sleep. She often goes to her room, tries to climb into her bed and will squawk and squaller until you put her in there ... all the while shouting "night night."

Outside - Abby loves to be outside. She will go to the door and say "out" and bang on the door. She is her father's child for sure! We try to go outside a couple times a day during the week, but when daddy is home on the weekends they spend LOTS of time out front working in the yard, digging, running and getting dirty.

Talking - Abby has really been talking quite a bit since she was 12 months old, but in the last month her vocabulary has really increased. I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that she is starting to put two words together. Although I will say that it is very obvious that she wants to say so much more than she is capable of ... she tends to get a little frustrated at times.

House work - well we are hoping we have ourselves a little worker bee. She loves to help me put clothes in the dryer, vacuum, she will help pick up her mess from the day and she likes to use her spoons and bowls to do a little "cooking" in the kitchen. We are looking forward to some child labor! :)

Snack - a.k.a. Nack, this is one of her favorite words right now. She loves to go to the pantry and open and close the door yelling at me "nack, nack." She likes goldfish, peanut butter crackers, animal cookies, raisins and various other crunchy things.

Books - this girl is a reader already. She loves to read! Abby often will sit on her own and read books, but she also will bring books to anyone she can convince to read to her. Right now she is big into interactive books - anything that has flaps or things to feel are a big win!

Barf Fest 2008 & Halloween!

2008-11-01T21:09:00.004-05:00

Well as you can tell by my title we have had a not so great week! It all started Monday night (while Nathan was out of town for work) and Abby started barfing around 1 am. Oh yes, so much fun! She and I were up all night with her barfing about every 30 minutes. It was awful! Of course we stayed home together on Tuesday trying to recover. On Wednesday morning I woke up not feeling so good, but was set on going to work since I had missed Tuesday. Well I barely made it to work, stayed about an hour and was headed home for my own barfing party to begin. Abby seemed to be better Wednesday which was good, but I thought I was dying. I haven't been that sick in a long time. Just when I began to think we were getting better Wed night ... around 11:30 pm Abby wakes up to round 2 of the barfing. Ohhh, here we go again. Luckily Nathan was home by then, because I seriously thought I was going to die. It is no fun when you are sick to have to clean up your child's barf. Oh the laundry we have done here in the last week, not to mention the can of Lysol we have gone through. By Thursday morning I was calling my mom saying "HELP!" Renee & Marsha took care of us all week - Thank you both, we wouldn't have made it through without your help!
So all of this brings me to Halloween. We are still not feeling 100%, but we are feeling some better. Abby actually had 2 costumes that were given to her by her sweet cousin Kendal. So she sported each of them briefly on Friday. She wasn't very interested in the costumes or the trick-or-treating. I guess we will have more Halloween fun next year. As for Nathan he has yet to get the barf bug, which is great ...let's hope he doesn't! He found himself a last minute costume for Halloween ... He is the Asbestos Ninja!

Our little Bumble Bee ...

Our Little Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader ...
And ... the Asbestos Ninja

VOTE!

2008-10-26T20:19:00.002-05:00

Hey I want to encourage everyone to vote! This is such an important election, it is very important for all of us to excerise this right. Nathan & I did early voting this weekend and it was super fast and child-friendly (since it wasn't busy). Early voting is still available all next week, and then of course you can vote on election day as well. Anyway, just want to encourage you to vote!

OU/TX Weekend

2008-10-16T20:43:00.004-05:00

Last weekend my family came into town for the big OU/TX game. My dad, brother, sister-in-law and I all went to the game on Saturday, and my mom stayed at the house with Abby. It was a great game and a fun time, but sadly it didn't end so great ... as OU lost to TX. SAD! Oh well, like I said we had a great time anyway.
Abby and mom had a fun day as well ... they went to the Owen's farm nearby and explored their pumpkin patch.
It was a fun weekend and we are so glad our Oklahoma relatives came to stay with us for a change! Oh Nathan went hunting with friends so he missed all the fun, but I think he had a good time on his own.

I LOVE playing outside!

I am so cool in my Uncle Zach's boots!

Reading with Aunt Whitley before bedtime.

A Fun & Busy Weekend!

2008-10-06T13:59:00.005-05:00

We had a fun time this weekend ... went to the Fair with Nathan's work on Friday and then to the Arboretum on Saturday.

The Fair has become a tradition with Nathan's work. His company takes their entire company (30ish pp) to the Texas State Fair each fall on a Friday morning. It was lots of fun. Abby really liked the all the animals in the children's zoo. She of course was trying to climb the cages to get in there with them. My favorite part were the little piglets. They were so cute, running around playing chase. Very cute, like puppies!

Then on Saturday we had our class from church fall party at the Arboretum. Right now the Arboretum is all decked out with pumpkins. It was very pretty, and we had great weather! We had a scavenger hunt first, they divided up the families into teams. Then we all met back for a picnic lunch. It was a good time.

By the way ... we noticed this sign AFTER we let the kids play on the deer. Ooops....

Climbing!

2008-09-29T15:45:00.004-05:00

The title of this post pretty much sums up the last couple of weeks at our house. Abby is VERY into climbing right now. Ever since we went a couple of weeks ago to the Galleria play area she has been climbing on everything!!! She has attempted climbing in and out of her bed, into and out of the bathtub, up the cabinets, on top of all her toys, onto the beds, on the shelves in her closet. You name it and she'll climb it ... she is wild! I have tried to capture as much of this as I can in pictures to prove to you that I am not exagerating. She is having a blast, and the more I tell her not to do ... the more she does it and laughs! I will not be surprised if we end up in the ER with a broken arm, leg or gashed open head. She is 100% her father's daughter ... no fear!

She even climbs up on her slide to watch a little Einstein!

So pretty much these days I spend most of my time trying to keep her from hurting herself. Crazy!

Life in general has been good for us lately. I am in the process of changing positions at my company so that I can continue to be part-time and have more flexibility with my schedule. I think it is really going to work out well for us. Abby is doing so good at Mother's Day Out on Tues & Thurs. I think she really is enjoying it!

Nathan & I celebrated 4 years of marriage last week. Wow, how time flies! My parents came in town to keep Abby, so we went out for a nice dinner and even stayed at a hotel Friday night. It was great! Then Sunday, Marsha kept Abby and Nathan & I got to go to the Cowboys game with his dad and sister ... it was fun, even though they lost. We had a great anniversary!

First Day of School!!!

2008-09-02T17:27:00.003-05:00

Abby had her 1st day of "school" today! She is going on Tues & Thurs to Mother's Day Out at Waterview. I think it went pretty well. They had good things to say and I think with time she will get more comfortable about sleeping there and all of that. Needless to say it was harder on me than her. She did cry a little when I left her, but I cried before, during and after! I don't know what was wrong with me! We have never taken her anywhere before so it was just different. Anyway, I think she is going to like it and hopefully will learn a few things and make some friends. Above are a few pictures from this morning!

Sleeping Beauty!

2008-08-27T15:40:00.005-05:00

So Monday Abby refused her afternoon nap for the babysitter. Well, when Nathan got home he was wanting to go for a jog. So he took Abby in the jogging stroller ...and this is what he came home with!

It is only 6:15 pm at this point, but the girl is TOAST! Hilarious! We laughed and took her picture. Then had mercy on her and put her to bed. Too funny, it just never ceases to amaze me how kids can sleep anywhere.

On another note we had some our college friends out at the lake this weekend. It was lots of fun! We had 8 adults and 6 kiddos (under the age of 4)! It was wild, but fun. We really wanted to get a group photo of the kids, but as you will see below the kids were not really happy about this! So the moms and the kids tried, but even still not very many good shots. Here are a few funny ones and then the only "good" one I got on my camera.

Back in Blog Land!

2008-08-19T16:23:00.008-05:00

Hey - well sorry for the lack of blogging lately. Work was super busy for me the last month - we just had a great show the first week of August! We had over 2,000 people at our show in Dallas. Now that things are sort of slowing down at work, our personal lives have gotten busy. I guess it is always something! :)

Miss Abby is getting so big ... she is so busy and learning new things all the time. We just had her 15 month check up last week. Here are her stats ...

Height: 31 1/2" (80%)

Weight: 20 1/2 lbs (20%)

I think she doesn't gain any weight because she never stops moving!!! She is burnin' those calories.

And the talking has really picked up as well. She now has about 15 words in her vocabulary. For those of you who haven't been around her since the talking began you need to know that her favorite word is "uh-oh." Oh my goodness I bet she says it 500 times a day!!! Even when it is not an accident she still says "uh-oh." For example ... this little mess here ... not so much an "uh-oh" since it occurs several times a week!!!

Organizing her room ...

Super sweet Abigail after church one Sunday!

Abby & Daddy

She is very proud of her new nap mat ... which she will use

at Mother's Day Out starting in a couple of weeks.

Oh so hot Texas summers ... she still LOVES to be outside!

She spends lots of afternoons in her little pool in the backyard.

And She's Off ...

2008-07-09T20:16:00.003-05:00

Well Miss Abby is officially walking! She has been taking steps little by little for about a month now and just in the last few days it has really picked up. She is all over the place. You'll see in the video she still sits down every so often ... I think she hasn't built up her leg strength yet. But it won't be long till she is running!
You will also notice all of the "talking" she is doing in the video. Last weekend she started telling me "no, no, no" and pointing at me when she said it! Umm I wasn't ready for that one!
Oh and then there was this ...
The other day we had gotten home from Wal-Mart with our groceries. I put Abby inside to play while I unloaded the car. I get all the bags inside and think ... hmmm I don't see her. Well I found her outside on the deck playing with the leaves. She had used the doggie door all by herself!!! Good girl!!! I of course was laughing b/c I knew this was bound to happen, but I tried to be serious when I told her "no, no" and pointed to the dog door. Hmm wonder where she learned to say the word "no?"

Silly Abby!

2008-06-30T21:56:00.006-05:00

This is a fairly new thing Abby has started doing in the last week. She tries to climb into her bed, so I put her in there and then ...

May & June

2008-06-16T19:03:00.008-05:00

May and June were pretty busy around here. We have been doing lots of things ... here is a recap.

Park:

We went to a pretty park with Mel and her kiddos one day. We fed the ducks, had a picnic and walked around a little. These are some large bear statues that the kids climbed around on.

Lake:

We were at the lake for Memorial weekend with the Holms and Youngs. Good times were had by all!

Kendal's Party:

Kendal had a very fun birthday party at the Scottish Rite Hospial park. It is a really cool park and perfect for a party. They even had a tattoo artist there ... so Abby got her first tattoo!

Roseola:

Abby had Roseola last week! Yep, started on Monday with a fever and no other symptoms. She felt miserable, it was pitiful. Went to the doctor and they said ... well it must just be a virus. Nothing we can do for that! So by Wednesday fever is gone, she is feeling better, then the nasty rash began to show up. It peaked by Thurs afternoon when we went back to the doctor to find out that she did infact have Roseola and yes, there was still nothing they could do. So lovely! I'll spare you the pictures ... it looked awful. By Friday afternoon she was back to her old self! Crazy!

Motherhood

2008-06-11T21:45:00.002-05:00

I was reading back through some old posts and found my 2 weeks old comments. I thought it would be fun to compare what I had learned at 2 weeks old to what I have learned now at just over a year old. Gosh, how time flies and how much we have all grown - physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

At 2 weeks old:

I have learned a thing or two about being a mother ...

1. Don't rush a diaper change - otherwise you may go through several diapers in just a matter of minutes.

2. My baby does not have narcolepsy ... newborns just have the ability to go to sleep at any moment. Odd!

3. Sleep is now a thing of the past ... sad, sad, sad!

4. Leaving the house takes an act of congress! All that stuff you have to take with you!

5. It's all worth it when she wraps her little hand around your finger!

At 13 months old:

1. Having a baby really puts things into perspective. General life is just not all that important anymore. Things at work or with family or whatever just aren't worth getting worked up over. At the end of the day I am still "mom" to someone who is really special!

2. God is so amazing! From the tiny life he creates and gives to us to raise to all the amazing things they learn to do in the first year, to the way you become someone you never knew you could be. All because God had a plan and knew this is what he had in mind for you!

3. Everything is just a phase. Gosh, how true this is! Just when I think "if she does that one more time ..." then it's gone and your laughing about how annoying it used to be.

4. Time goes by too quickly, I would slow it down if I could! I cannot believe my child, my baby is 13 months old ...where did the days go? I have learned to take time to just enjoy the moments we are together and soak it up, because it just goes by too quickly!

5. It is so worth it!!! I have a friend at work who is experiencing a similar pregnancy to the one I had (not a very fun one) and she keeps saying ... are you sure this is worth it? Oh, I wish she only knew how worth it is! I try to tell her, but until you look into the eyes of your own child you cannot know the deep love you will feel. I never knew how wonderful motherhood would be! I mean look at that face!!!

The Birthday Bash!

2008-05-12T16:29:00.005-05:00

Well I don't think anyone has ever had a better 1st birthday! We had so much fun on Saturday after Abby's birthday. We had a little family party at our house. We cooked out hamburgers and hotdogs and then of course had cake and ice cream. It was really fun for everyone! Abby got way too much fun stuff ... she has been enjoying playing with all of her fun things lately. We are so blessed to have such a loving and supportive family ... that is the best gift of all!

Now for the pictures ...

Happy Birthday Abby!!!

2008-04-30T14:36:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday Sweet Abby!!!

Where does the time go? I cannot believe it has been a year! Here are a few pictures I took of the birthday girl this morning. She is having a very happy day! I'll post more later after the birthday bash on Saturday.

Arboretum

2008-04-14T16:49:00.002-05:00

We had a fun afternoon last Friday ... we went to the Arboretum with the Pattersons. It was beautiful weather! We had a great time walking and enjoying all the pretty flowers. Jacob & Luke got lots of attention from all the other people ... it is so funny how people ask the obvious! Are they twins? Are they boys? Ummm ... yeah! :) Anyway, here are a few cute pictures. Abby loves her little boyfriends!

Abby: 11 Months Old!!!

2008-04-11T21:06:00.009-05:00

OH my, I cannot believe Abby is 11 months old! Time flies!!! Well trying to get a picture of an 11 month old is a feat in itself, but trying to get her in front of a sign is even more difficult. I really need a straight jacket to try and get some of these pictures.

It is amazing how much Abby has grown and the things she has learned to do even in just the last month.

1. Crawling like a maniac, and pulling up on everything. She was doing this before, she has just improved her speed! :)

2. Furniture surfing - she has just started this in the last few days. Pulls up on something then cruises from one thing to another.

3. Walking behind her little walker - I need to get video of this b/c she is hilarious! She gets so excited, she starts laughing and then ends up falling down. Pretty cute, if I must say so myself.

4. Eating "regular" food - we started this about a month ago and eased our way into it. But she eats 80% table food these days. We are almost off the formula ... yeah!!!

Here she is "helping" me get her food for dinner.

5. Starting to talk - she has 2 pretty regular "words" she is using ... Bye-Bye (with a wave) and Bady (for baby as she points to her own pictures or others of children).

6. The point and grunt move - she has gotten very serious about what she wants, so she points and then uh, uh, uhs until you figure it out. Pretty effective, but can be annoying! :)

7. "Asserting herself" - I am sad to say we are going to have to start discipling her. I knew it would happen eventually, but I so enjoyed not having to discipline. She has started being a little defiant. I tell her not to do something, she looks at me, then does it anyway, I say "no" again and she does it again. I finally have to pick her up and say "no" and remove her from the situation. We have even done a little "time-out" in her bed a few times for a couple of things lately. We'll see how that goes.

Anyway, I could go on, but won't. Lots of silly, happy times around here!

Easter Fun

2008-03-25T15:26:00.003-05:00

We had a great Easter weekend. The weather was beautiful! We went to Oklahoma for the weekend, then came back in time for dinner in Plano. Double the yummy food and double the candy! Yeah!
Abby had lots of fun for her first Easter!

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T21:11:00.001-05:00

Hope each of you had a very happy Easter this year!!!

Easter Egg Hunt

2008-03-15T20:44:00.008-05:00

Tonight our class from church had a picnic and Easter egg hunt at the park. We took Grant & Kendal with us because Mel & Chris had dinner plans. It was a fun time! Trying to get 3 kids fed out on a picnic table in the wind was not my favorite part, but we did all get to eat at some point. Then the fun began ... the egg hunt. Na gave Grant a "pep talk" before regarding strategy. Kendal just wanted to open her eggs - she wasn't so much into finding more than one. Grant filled his basket, emptied the contents into my diaper bag (I didn't know this till we were leaving by the way) and then reloaded! He and Nathan together are dangerous! Below are some pictures of the fun evening we had together. The only unfortunate part was the wind and the cold. We all were a little under dressed.

Finally!!!

2008-03-08T20:15:00.007-06:00

Ummm, where do I begin? I know you are thinking ... FINALLY she is blogging! We have been super busy... it has been crazy.

9 Months - Abby turned 9 months at the end of January. She is such a good girl, we really enjoy every minute.

10 Months - Abby turned 10 months at the end of February. She is all over the place these days. As you can see I had to tape the sign to her back, because I can no longer get her to sit still for a picture. Wild woman!! She crawls, pulls up, stands up and holds on with one hand then drops down and off she goes again. She loves to get into everything she not suppose to get into ... dog food bowls, doggie door, cabinets, drawers, etc...

We had to put up a baby gate to keep her out of certain areas ... menace! As you can see she doesn't like it ... she goes up to it and bangs on it, trying to push through.

Her new favorite toys ... old Easter eggs I found in the closet.

I love to eat paper or leaves or anything I can find on the floor!

In between January and February we had lots going on. I had a big show for work, so that always takes over our lives for a couple of weeks. Right before that Abby was sick - it lasted about 2 weeks. It started with an ear infection, then she got sick from the antibiotic so the doctor took her off the antibiotic and then she ended up with viral bronchitis. It was not so fun. I was sick during that time and so was Nathan. Ugh, not fun being sick at the same time.

Then last week Na's uncle passed away. Duane had been sick with cancer for a while ... it was still very sad, but we are glad that he isn't suffering any longer. We left last Tuesday to go to the funeral in Kansas. We drove through OK and dropped Abby off at my parent's house, then went on to Kansas for a few days. We are actually still in OK tonight. We will be going home tomorrow, and I am looking forward to getting back to the rountine of life. We have been so busy the last month that I feel like we are "off" our normal schedule. I hope we can get back on track this week.

Wild Woman!

2008-01-27T20:14:00.000-06:00

Abby is getting to be quite the "ham." I can see her father's orneriness coming out in her a lot lately! She really is a good baby and fun to be with, but sometimes she is a mess. I have been with her by myself all weekend, because Nathan went with him parents and sister to visit some relatives up in Kansas.

She is almost crawling forward! Yes I said forward. She has mastered crawling backward, rolling around, going from sitting to laying and then back up to sitting ... but has yet to crawl forward. She tries very hard and gets frustrated, but then she'll roll over on her back and laugh and act silly. I anticipate that she will be crawling any day now. Also, now that she is somewhat mobile she no longer has the ability to sit in my lap. She was a total wild woman at church this morning - wiggling all about. I finally had to take her to the nursery and let her play, whereas before she would sleep right through church.

And question for all of you who have gone down this road before ... is it normal that all of a sudden she doesn't want to sleep through the night? What's up with that? Not so much my favorite phase! I am so used to her sleeping good at night for so long that it is whipping me! She wakes up and starts "crawling" around her crib and sitting up whining. I have to go in there put her back on her back cover her with her blanket and then she'll go back to sleep. I guess it is the mobility thing???

Her new thing that she loves to do is scoot/walk around in the walker. Our house is actually perfect for this because we only have carpet in the bedrooms. She has gotten really good at this and chases me and the dogs all over the house. She loves being mobile! And when she tags you or the dogs she thinks this is very funny!

I cannot believe she is going to be 9 months old this week. I can't tell you how this makes me feel a little sad ... I know everyone says it, but where does the time go? Turning 1 is just 3 months away! Yikes!

Today was a beautiful day ... so Abby and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and then came back and did a little swinging in the front yard. She loves to swing and be outside.

Is this normal???

2008-01-16T11:49:00.000-06:00

Okay we had to share this video from bathtime the other night. Abby loves bathtime! But Monday night was just over the top ... check her out!

Christmas, 8 months old & New Years!

2007-12-31T20:33:00.000-06:00

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Well I believe that it was New Year's Eve last year when I actually started this blog. So in the spirit of keeping the tradition I thought I should blog tonight. We have had a busy couple of weeks ...as I am sure most of you have.

We went to Oklahoma on Friday before Christmas and stayed through Christmas morning. We had a great time and ate so much good food we were sick! We had 18 people at my parent's house on Christmas eve ... it was crazy. Abby did great and was into most of her presents ... which I wasn't sure she would be. She especially liked all the wrapping paper and ribbon!

On Christmas morning we drove back to Plano to the Holms. We had a great time with them too and it was a little more calm since there were only 10 people there.

Nathan & I have both been off work since Friday, 21st ... so we have been super productive around our house this week. It has been so nice to be home and get things accomplished ... you know all the things you put off like filing papers or reorganizing closets. Also, it has been good to be home together because we have been passing around a stuffy nose and cough ... so we haven't felt like doing much outside the house anyway.

Abby turned 8 months old yesterday! I just can't believe it. She is doing something new all the time now. She sits up very well, but now she rocks back and forth and then lands on her tummy. She "swims" on her tummy, but no crawling yet. I was very thankful that she didn't start crawling while we had all the Christmas decor out. I am sure it won't be long and she'll be mobile ...then my life will really be over!

I hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve ... we are at home relaxing watching a movie. Since we haven't been well we thought it best to stay in ... no wild parties this year!

Safe Sleeping?

2007-12-10T22:02:00.000-06:00

I had to post this picture we took tonight. Abby has started this habit of going to sleep with her lovie (blanket) over her face. Every night I go in there and she has it over her face ... it worries me that she is going to smother herself so I usually try to gently move it, but she always whips it back over her face. So tonight Nathan and I took a picture of her weird habit and I just had to share ... we think it is funny. She is a piece of work!

By the way ... please don't report us to CPS! :)

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-04T14:53:00.000-06:00

You gotta see this ... I was cracking up!

Elf Yourself - The Holms

I got the idea from Sarah Jones ... it was on her blog! I was laughing so hard I had to do one too.

Enjoy!

Abby: 7 Months Old!

2007-12-03T15:43:00.000-06:00

Gosh I have been a bad blogger ... it has been so busy with the holidays! We have been running from one thing to the next - baby showers, birthday parties, holiday parties and gatherings, etc. I am sure you are all having the same issues.

Abby turned 7 months old last Friday! On Thursday I took her to have her picture made with Santa. She actually did really well. I wasn't sure if she would be scared or what her reaction would be. She just sat there on Santa's lap looking up at him with this uncertain look on her face. It was funny! We got a good picture of her smiling though, I went to the mall at the perfect time ... when no one else was there so the picture ladies were very helpful! She did try to pull on his beard - which I thought was funny, but the problem was that Santa's beard was real ... so it probably wasn't that funny to him!

She has really picked up some new tricks lately ... she now eats fruits & veggies. So far she has liked everything so I am happy about that! Abby has always liked to eat so I figured we wouldn't have any trouble with food. Of course, Nathan likes to taste all of the food she eats - so he gives me the scoop on what is nasty and what is good.

I have to tell you one story ... I decided last week I would try to make some carrots for Abby, you know the Domestic Goddess I am! My friend at work had told me how easy it was to make her babies food. So I steamed the carrots, but I knew they had to get really good and soft before I could put them in the food processor. Well it was taking a long time so I decided to go check my email. Well awhile later I smelled burning! I quickly remember THE CARROTS! The water under the basket had evaporated and left a nice black burn on the bottom of the pan. Needless to say it stunk up my whole house! Well the carrots are nice and soft now. Oh did I mention that I don't eat carrots - so I sure wasn't going to give these a taste test myself! So I puree the carrots and they look pretty good - I mean they pretty much look like what Gerber makes. So at dinner that night I decide to give Abby a little - she made the worst face I have ever seen her make ... it was awful! Those carrots must have tasted like burned nasties ... I ended up throwing them out. Do you think this could be considered child abuse? I think I'll stick with Gerber for now!

Here are a few 7 month pictures of our precious sweet Abby!

This was taken at Thanksgiving - 5 Generations!

Abby: 6 Months Old!

2007-11-03T11:35:00.000-05:00

Where did October go??? We have been so busy, I just haven't had time to blog ... my apologies.

October was a busy month ... Abby turned 6 months old, Abby's first Halloween, we went to ACU Homecoming, Nathan had a hunting trip and I had a show at work - which always makes things extra crazy!

Abby is now 6 months old ... gosh I can't believe it. It makes me a little sad that she is getting so big, but it is exciting all the new things she can do! Like right now while I am blogging she is holding her own bottle. Greatness! I love this new skill ... it gives me a whole new freedom. She is such a good girl, we really are enjoying every minute. Next week we go to the doctor for 6 month shots and then we talk about starting solids. She has already been enjoying rice cereal for a couple of months, but next week is when we start fruits and veggies ... I am sure that will be messy!

ACU Homecoming was fun! It was so nice to see all of our friends and all their kids. It is so funny to think all of us have kids now. Just seems like yesterday we were crazy college kids ... who would have thought we would grow up and be parents?! We saw a lot of old faces, but there were a lot of people we didn't see.

Halloween was fairly uneventful ... we didn't have as many trick-or-treaters this year as usual. However, I was thankful that we didn't have all the old teenagers who don't dress up - don't you just hate that? Abby was a bumble bee ... pretty cute. She had the totally humiliated look on her face the whole time. It was funny! On Halloween our friends Rob & Rachel came over for a visit. It was our first time to meet little Nash - he is sooo cute! They just moved back to Texas this week and we are very excited about that! Abby was a total show off - blowing bubbles and being silly while Nash was just chillin' sitting quietly.

Well here is what you came for ... the pictures

Boomer Sooner!

2007-10-07T22:22:00.000-05:00

How 'bout them Sooners?! We had a great weekend ... my brother and Whitley were here this weekend. The four of us went to the OU v. tx game on Saturday, while Abby played with her cousins and aunt and uncle. We of course had to get an OU family photo before the game ... and it is a good thing we did because after the game we looked awful! It rained Saturday morning and then got hot so we all sweated our butts off - it felt like a sauna ... then just as the game was over a storm moved in and we walked about 1/2 mile to our car in the rain. Even still we had great seats - thanks to my brother - and we had a great time! Go Big Red!!!

Abby: 5 Months Old!

2007-10-03T13:01:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone ... well we were out of town last weekend so I am a little behind on posting her 5 month pictures. We started rice cereal about 2 weeks ago and she seems to be getting the hang of it. At first about 90% of it went down the front of her face/bib, but she is getting used to the spoon now. Yesterday she was grabbing the spoon every time I put it in her mouth ... I had to tell her that she wasn't quite ready to feed herself yet - over achiever! Ha! All is well with us, we have a ridiculously busy October. We are planning on going to Homecoming - so hopefully we will see a lot of you in Abilene!

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

4 Month Check - Up

2007-09-14T22:03:00.000-05:00

Abby had her 4 month check-up today with the doctor. She is growing and changing all the time ... it just goes too fast! She enjoyed smiling and cooing and laughing at all the nurses and the doctor, well that is until she got 4 shots. So sad, but at least she forgot about it pretty quickly. Everything was great, we are going to start rice cereal in the next week or so, so I am sure there will be some kodak moments from that. Here stats were ...

Weight: 13 lbs 4 oz (25-50%)

Height: 25 inches (75%)

Head: 40 1/2 (25-50%)

Sadly Abby has inherited all the allergies and nasties that I have always had. Poor Girl!!! She has had eczema since about week 1 and we are still fighting it along with another weird rash. So the doctor has now referred us to a pediatric dermatologist. Guess we will see what comes of that. We are also going to try Soy formula and see if that helps.

On another note, I have to tell you about an embarrasing moment yesterday. Abby, Molly and I went for a morning walk - it has been beautiful weather here lately. Anyway, we are just around the corner from our house walking along ... and I see an older man out in his yard. I say hello as we pass by, he responds, and we exchange a few words about how nice the weather is ... just as we are leaving his yard Molly decides it is time to leave a little present for him. Ugh I was so embarrased!!! I said, Oh no Molly, ummmm uhhhhh ... then I pretended to be talking to Abby. I decided to not make eye contact or look back, but just keep on walking like it never happened. Oh I couldn't believe it ... why Molly, why? I am sorry but I am not one of those poop scooping dog walkers, so I had nothing with me to even pretend that I was. It was awful ... I seriusly hope I never see that man again...because I can only imagine what he would refer to me as. The poop lady or something worse!

Here are a few pictures of Abby from last weekend when we were at my parent's house ...

A Scary Night…

2007-09-11T15:18:00.000-05:00

So I have to tell you about our exciting night last night…

First a little background info – since Abby was born we have used a white noise CD (vacuum cleaner cd as we call it) to help her sleep at night. We put it on repeat and it plays all night. It has been a great tool and worked wonderfully! I would highly recommend it to others, especially if you are dealing with colic. Anyway …
Last night Nathan decided that it was time to start weaning Abby off the CD. So the plan was to play it only once and not put it on repeat. I told him that I preferred to try this plan out on a night where I didn’t have to go to work the next morning, but he said tonight’s the night and he would be the one to get up with her if she did in fact wake up. So we went ahead with the plan. Abby went to sleep around 9:30 and the CD turned off around 10:30. We went to bed about 11 pm. Well to my disappointment I realized that I had become dependent on the white noise CD. I could NOT fall asleep! The house was just too quiet … I was hearing the dogs moving around, Abby moves a lot in her sleep and makes noises and I heard everything through the monitor in our room. It was driving me crazy! Around midnight I was still awake and frustrated, so I decided to go check on her because I kept hearing noises coming from her room. And then I came back and turned the monitor off in our room – she is just too noisy of a sleeper! Well then I had to pee, so I go to the bathroom – all the while Nathan is still asleep in bed. Sidebar: I didn’t put my glasses on when I got up, so I can’t see as well and it was pitch dark in our house.
While in the bathroom I hear a noise again from her room. So I finish up and head back into her room. Well just as I make my way into her room a MAN is coming out of her room!!! (It was Nathan) I screamed, gasped and my stomach fell, I started backing up down the hallway with my hand over my mouth in shock! I realize at this point that this “MAN” is wearing familiar boxers and saying to me “Lindsey, Lindsey it’s me!” UHHHH – he scared me to death! He grabbed me and I started punching him in the arm saying “what are you doing up, you scared me to death” My heart was pounding in my chest, I almost started crying … it was just a total shock because I thought he was still in bed! It is a wonder we didn’t wake up Abby. Anyway, we have been laughing about it today – how Nathan tried to kill me in the night, but oh my goodness he scared me bad. It took us both forever to go back to sleep because our adrenaline was racing, so we ended up turning the vacuum CD back on!
Basically, the moral of the story is Abby doesn’t need the CD, but we do!

Under construction right now

2007-09-06T23:59:00.000-05:00

Bare with me here, I am experimenting with HTML and other things ...

Abby: 4 Months Old!

2007-09-05T15:11:00.000-05:00

Well I am a little behind in getting this posted, but Abby turned 4 months old last Thursday. She is really starting to get her own little personality ... which includes squealing/screaming at us when we aren't doing things they way she likes it! She is a piece of work! I tell Nathan all the time we are in trouble. We take her back to the doctor next Friday for her 4 month visit. I am curious to see how much she weighs and all of that. Plus she will start cereal after that visit, and I am not sure but I think we even start veggies and fruits not long after as well. I am sure some fun pictures will come of that!

Last weekend we celebrated my 30th birthday while we were at Nathan's family reunion. We had a nice long weekend at the lake. Turning 30 wasn't so bad after all!

Here are a few pictures ...

Road Trip!

2007-08-22T12:19:00.000-05:00

We took our first family road trip last week to visit my grandparents in Ruidoso, NM. We left Wednesday night and then came back on Sunday. It was a LONG drive! 10 hours! Those of you who know me know that I do not like to ride in the car for a long time, so it was a whipping! But, I was very proud of Abby. She was great! I really think it was the perfect age to take her on this trip. If she had been a little older and could move around she would not have wanted to be in that car seat. She was a good girl!
We really enjoyed the time with Barb and Henry ... grandma's cookin', the beautiful weather, lots of relaxing, going to the horse races (we won $30!) and playing games. It was a fun trip, we wished we could have stayed longer.
Abby learned a new trick while in Ruidoso. We have been blowing our lips and she thinks it is really funny. Well, now she does it herself and she drools all over the place. We think it is pretty cute!

Happy 30th Na!

2007-08-08T09:40:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to my older husband! He claims he is 29 again, but we all know the truth! Oh well I am not far behind you dear. I thought in honor of Na's birthday I would share a few of my favorite photos of him. He always says this blog is all about Abby, so today it can be all about him! I love you smooch!

Swimming

2007-08-06T16:36:00.001-05:00

Abby had her first swim this weekend! She loves to take a bath and splash around, so I thought she might enjoy the pool too. Here are a couple of pictures of her short, but fun swim at Cookie & Poppie's house on Saturday.

Oh and yes, Nathan is trying to teach Molly to "surf." Poor tortured dogs!

Abby: 3 Months Old!

2007-07-30T22:44:00.000-05:00

Well Abby is 3 months old today! I can't believe how fast it is going! She is getting so big and changes every week. Last week she started sleeping 8-9 hours a night consistently. It has been so great! Gosh, just a few weeks ago I thought this time would never come and now we have arrived! Hello sleep...I have missed you!
I haven't been as good about pictures lately so here you go... Oh and by the way several are blurry because she moves constantly! And the big eyes are funny, she just started doing that when the flash goes off! I think it is funny lookin'.

P.S. I saw on our friend's blog - Tiff & Caisson that their son Maddox is already rolling over! He is a few weeks younger than Abby ... so we have been working on rolling over this week! I thought a little healthy competition would be good for her... you know, positive peer pressure. So I'll let you know when that happens ... I mean she can't be out done, she has got to keep up her skills!

Baby Praise Videos

2007-07-26T17:32:00.000-05:00

Today Abby discovered the world of videos! Last week we got a set of 3 DVDs called Baby Praise from Bob & Olena Reid. Well today I put one on to see what she would do. Needless to say she liked it! It was great... She laughed, cooed at the TV and kicked and moved her arms in delight! Too cute! I had to share some pictures and even a little video of her new interest. Oh and by the way...I am a big fan too! Do you know how much you can get done during a 30 min video! WOW!!!! Thank you Olena!

Baby Praise Video

Abby's ABC Adventure Video

2007-07-17T09:24:00.000-05:00

I love Shutterfly! Here is something new you can do with your pictures on Shutterfly. I thought it was funny so I thought I'd share.
For some reason the html code wasn't working ... try this link.

http://www.myabcadventure.com/index.htm?movieid=437F49D1-3FF2-4104-9344-A2E601B0C3CC

Doctor Visit

2007-07-14T13:18:00.001-05:00

Yesterday we went for Abby's 2 month check up ... and they told us what we already knew ... she is pretty perfect! Ha!

Weight: 10 lbs 9 oz (50%)
Height: 23 inches (75%)
Head: 38 1/4 (50%)

She is doing just great, growing and changing just like she should. The only sad thing was that she had to have 4 shots yesterday. I was glad that Nathan was there to hold her down, because I felt so bad for her. Anyway they had 2 nurses give 2 shots each in the legs at the same time and boy did she scream! However, Nathan picked her right up and got her calmed down pretty fast. It was later that afternoon when she woke up from a nap that she really told us how mad she was about it! The doctor told us to give her a little Tylenol to help with the soreness so we did that and it seemed to help. Not much to report this time, we are still using the Zantac - which has really helped her - for acid reflux. She is a lot less fussy and gassy. We go back to the doctor at 4 months and that is when she gets to start trying cereal and other solids.

Play Time!

2007-07-12T16:32:00.000-05:00

Well I made it through my first week back at work. It wasn't so bad after all...my mom was here until Wednesday evening keeping Abby and helping with the transition. It was nice to know she was in good hands, but still sad that our little time together was over ... now we are in a new phase. I am so thankful though that I will be able to be home with her on Thursdays and Fridays!

So today we have had lots of fun! We went for a walk this morning and met daddy for lunch at his office and then this afternoon we had a little "play time." Abby is finally getting interested in playing a little so we have been working on "kick the ball!" I guess this is where the teacher in me comes out because I have been reading this book that tells you what skills they should learn each month. This month she will discover her hands and feet, smile/laugh (if she hadn't already - she's advanced) and begin to make more "talking noises" in response to us talking to her. It has been fun! You can really see her concentrating on kicking that ball and moving those arms around ... so funny. She has definitely discovered her hands because last week she started licking her fist like it was a lollipop...the strangest thing...at first I thought she was hungry and then I realized she was just having a little fun...I guess that hand is tasty.

Here are a couple of pictures from our play time today...

We head back to the doctor tomorrow morning for her 2 month check up ... so I'll have to post again and let you know all the details of that tomorrow. Until then...

Abby: 2 Months Old!

2007-06-30T17:59:00.000-05:00

You know everyone says ... "it goes by so quickly" or "they grow up so fast" - well now I understand! How can it be that she is already 2 months old? I remember saying ... "oh, she is 2 weeks old!" Well today Abby is 2 months old, and she is changing every day. Just this week she has started sleeping more at night - Thank goodness! And now she smiles/laughs at us on a daily basis. She particulary likes it when Na makes up funny songs about her and the dogs or whatever and sings to her.

I have one more week at home and then I head back to work on the 9th. I have very mixed feelings ... I want to be home with her, but I am still interested in my work and enjoy what I do. I am fortunate that I am only going to be working 3 days a week - so I'll be home with her the other 4 days a week. I know it will be a difficult adjustment, but I think after a couple of weeks it will be good for all of us.

Here she is sporting her 4th of July outfit for her pictures this month!

Fun with Cousin!

2007-06-28T19:59:00.000-05:00

Abby and I have had a fun week. My cousin Jessica and her little boy, Robby, came on Sunday to visit us and went home today. We went to the park one day, we went with my sister-in-law and her two kids another day to an indoor playhouse, but mostly we stayed inside because it has been raining here for days. Nathan & I enjoyed Jessica being here because she helped us so much with Abby! It was nice to have an extra set of hands. Robby is such a good boy that we always like having him here. Here are a few pictures from the week ...

Happy 1st Father's Day!

2007-06-19T09:32:00.000-05:00

We had a good weekend in Oklahoma visiting with my family for Father's Day. Nathan & I actually got to go to the movies Saturday night while my parent's kept Abby. Mostly it was a relaxing weekend with good food cooked by Momma Renee.

Abby is starting to smile - as you can see in this picture. She is growing so fast, I can tell she has gotten bigger in the last week or so. She is 7 weeks old and has started looking at lights, fans, our faces, and some objects/toys we put up close to her. It is amazing to see her little brain learn and grow. We are looking forward to her being able to play and interact with us more, which I know is only a few more weeks away. We worry that she is already spoiled because she loves to be held ... this is problematic when I am home alone with her so I rely heavily on the Baby Bjorn so I can get things done. Overall, she has been a good baby and we hope it stays that way!

Bad Hair Day!

2007-06-07T17:12:00.000-05:00

This is a picture of Abby's first (as I am sure there will by many in her life) bad hair day. Last night Nathan gave Abby a bath and then got her ready for bed. It was so nice of him and I really appreciated it - but you know how Daddys don't do things like Mommys do ... well hence the bad hair day. I always brush her hair after a bath and then it lays nicely, but Nathan towel dried it and it was all spikey, now I can't get it to lay down even after a brushing. It looks hilarious! It might be hard to tell in these pictures, but it is spiked up. Too Funny!

P.S. Notice her onsie is appropriate for the occasion.

Abby: 1 Month Old!

2007-05-30T11:14:00.000-05:00

Wow, how time is flying by... Abby is one month old today! Here are a few pictures I took this morning of her. The quilt she is laying on was made by Nathan's Grandmother Faye.

A Lazy Memorial Weekend

2007-05-29T10:52:00.001-05:00

We had a nice rainy weekend at the lake with Nathan's family for Memorial weekend. Abby enjoyed lots of sleep ... and so did mommy and daddy (since extra adults were on hand to help out)! We were able to get the boat out a few times, but only between all the down pours. We spent most of the weekend eating, napping and playing games ... it was a nice time.

Below is a family picture we took - all decked out in our Old Navy Memorial Day Shirts.

The most exciting part of the weekend happened at the end - Monday afternoon ...

Nathan and Ron were checking out the duck house down by the lake when they discovered a large snake resting inside... Well of course ... Nathan had to catch it! Here is his trophy ...

It was alive when he captured it, but it has now been beheaded & disposed of in honor of saving the ducks and their eggs. In my opinion the world is a better place with one less snake in the world!

Nap Time

2007-05-21T20:29:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to share this picture I took this weekend. This is Abby napping with her brother (Jack) and sister (Molly) on the couch ... they all have a very rough life!

Pictures

2007-05-18T18:28:00.000-05:00

Here are a few new pictures from the last week or so...
Sorry I haven't been better about putting up pictures, the days go by so quickly!

Great-Grandmother Faye and Abby

My Grandmother Norene and Abby in Norman

My parents with Abby on Mother's Day: Gigi and Papa

CHEESE! Daddy trying to help her smile for the camera.

2 Weeks Old!

2007-05-15T18:05:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was Abby's 2 week doctor visit ... she is doing great. Growing and gaining weight and healthy as can be! I can't believe how quickly the 2 weeks have gone by.

I have learned a thing or two about being a mother ...
1. Don't rush a diaper change - otherwise you may go through several diapers in just a matter of minutes.
2. My baby does not have narcolepsy ... newborns just have the ability to go to sleep at any moment. Odd!
3. Sleep is now a thing of the past ... sad, sad, sad!
4. Leaving the house takes an act of congress! All that stuff you have to take with you!
5. It's all worth it when she wraps her little hand around your finger!

Abby has been a really good baby so far, we are having fun getting to know her and learning about life with a baby.

Precious Abby

2007-05-05T16:28:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures we have taken over the last few days ... thought you might enjoy them!
Abby has lots of family and friends that love her already.

She's Finally Here!

2007-05-03T20:57:00.000-05:00

Abigail Peyton Holm was born Monday, April 30th at 11:09 PM.

She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 20.5 inches long.

Here are some pictures of our sweet Abby!

It has been a very busy week, but I promise to put more pictures up as the days go by. We are still adjusting to being home as of yesterday and the lack of sleep, but we are so happy that Abby is here with us! We still can't believe we have a daughter of our own. Stay tuned for more in the days ahead...