The Holt Happenings

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sweet Hunter

He is 23 Weeks in these pictures. Looks great and is getting the rolls. :) Still a little behind developmentally, but compared to everything that has happened, he is doing awesome!! Check-ups coming up and hopefully everything will look great with lungs!

Kids are Crazy!

The top picture is me and Hunter and Reag is taking the picture, the next thing I know, major blow-out and Reagan yells it stinks and jets upstairs. The next thing I hear is a loud crash and "Mom, help"! And the next picture is what I see. And yes, I did make her sit there and wait so I could get the camera to show Nick evidence of his daughter's craziness!! :)

First Solids

Wow, I didn't know if we'd ever get to this point, but really it got here pretty fast. For the longest time I was just ready for everything to be "normal", now I just want time to slow down! We tried baby food the other night and he did pretty good. Since then, not so much!

Summer Fun

So, if there's a good thing about Vegas, it would be all the fun things we get to do in the summer! :) Bowing, the drive-in, movies in the park, music on the lake, etc. We have such fun friends and family and we always have a great time together!! This is Reags first time bowling!

When dads are watching kids......

The picture says it all. Notice Eric is also feeding Gaby. Why can't husbands multi-task like this when we need things???

Holy Cow!

For all of you that know Reagan, you know that she is a blankie kid, so I had to post this to show how much she loves Hunter and how sweet and protective she is of him. She is actually sharing her blankie on her own free will! Hallelujah!

I'm getting old!

Reagy graduated....from 3 year-old preschool. But still, the time has flown by and seems to never slow down, which means she'll realy be graduating before I know it. Her teacher did really cute things for them and of course I forgot the camera, so these are when we got back home. A friend took pctures for me so I'll post those when I get them from her.

I love both the men in my life....

Reagan's Birthday

Reagan turned 4 in May! It's so weird to think that I have a 4 year old. Really though I say that at all of her birthdays! :) Truly though, she's getting so big and so much fun. She's my little buddy and talks so old and is such a great helper. After our crazy month, we decided to have a low key birthday. We had some friends and family over for dinner and cake. We didn't do games or treat bags, which was sad because I love doing those things, but nice for the stress level! Reagan had a blast nonetheless and got spoiled. We are so blessed to have great family and friends here!!!!

Something to Strive For.........

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.”

― Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Come what may and LOVE it!"

--Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just ordinary people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride."

--President Gordon B. Hinckley

"I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and you will be alone with your husband. You had better be sure you are developing the kind of love and friendship that will be delightful and enduring. Let the children learn from your attitude that he is important. Encourage him. Be kind. It is a rough world, and he, like everyone else, is fighting to survive. Be cheerful. Don't be a whiner."

--Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley