Holden's 1st Birthday Party

We had a great time at Holden's birthday party and the weather was perfect. I am so glad we we're able to celebrate with family and friends. Holden was wonderful the whole party. Here are some pics from the day.

Holden with Paw and Mimi

Mommy, Holden and Daddy

Paw Paw Steve, GB and Holden

Great Granddaddy Wilbur (100) , Holden and GG

Poppa Bill and the birthday boy

Great Granny Maycle

Holden's Monthly photos 1 moth to 1 year

Birthday banner I made

His yummy cake

He didn't know what to think at first

He loved his cake

Cousin Nathan and Holden

Cousin Blake and Holden

Dave's the big 3-0

Dave had his golden birthday on September 30th. We celebrated by having a bowling party. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed hanging out with friends. Here are some photos from the night.

Dave getting iced, the first time, from his wonderful wife :)

Dave's friends icing him. He couldn't believe he fell for it again. For those of you that do not know what icing is you can read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icing_%28drinking_game%29

Holden's 1

I can't believe my little baby is already one. Time sure has gone by a lot faster with Holden then it did with Carson. Holden is so sweet and very easy going. He rarely cries and smiles at everyone, he is not shy at all. He loves his big brother and tries to do everything he is doing. He is walking and starting to try and run. He can sign "more" and "all done". He hasn't started talking yet, but if he is anything like his brother, one day he will just start speaking in full sentences. He loves for people to read him books, he will get one off the shelf and bring it to you and sit in your lap. I think he would let you read to him all day. He can point out certain things in books like kitty and banana. At his one year check up he weighed 20 lbs 7 oz (15%) and was 30 1/2 inches (73%). His party is Sunday so be watching for a birthday party post. And finally, here is some recent video of Holden.

First ER visit

Well we had our first visit to the ER Wednesday night. Carson was in the basement playing when I went upstairs to switch the laundry. I then heard a crash and crying; but having a boy, this happens often so I didn't think much of it at first. However, when Carson wouldn't stop crying and kept complaining that his arm was hurting, I thought we should probably get it checked out. Once Dave got home from work, we headed to the ER. Luckily, we were able to leave Holden with my mother-in-law. They got Carson in right away when we got to the hospital and started doing x-rays. Carson was such a trooper, he didn't cry at all. The nurses kept saying how cute he was and how great he was acting. It turns out that he broke his arm right above his elbow (humerus bone), a hairline fracture. Thank goodness it wasn't bad and he doesn't have to have surgery or have it set. They put him in a temporary cast for the time being.


Update: We saw the Orthopedic Specialist Thursday and they said Carson's arm looks good, and he will not need any surgery. We will have to go back in a week and have it looked at again. She said he should only have to wear the cast for 3 weeks. When it came time to decide on what kind of cast to get, he decided he wanted soccer balls.

Ring Bearer

Carson got to be the ring bearer in his Uncle Nick's wedding last Saturday. Carson did an awesome job, he was so good and he smiled the whole way down the aisle. He did great for all the pictures after the wedding and he even got his groove on at the reception. He requested that the DJ play Baby by Justin Bieber, because he has Bieber fever. I think I can say that my son is not shy at all. Here are some pictures from the wedding and the video of Carson dancing.

11 months

I can't believe in a month my baby will be one! I feel like this past year has gone by so fast. Holden is making a lot of progress in walking. Hopefully by his birthday we can say he is officially walking.

Preschool

Carson had his first day of preschool. I can't believe it is already time for him to be in school. He is going on Tuesday and Thursday's from 9-1. He really enjoys going. On the first day of class he was having so much fun that I had to ask him to tell me goodbye.

Holden 9 months

Holden turned 9 months old on July 4th. He just had his checkup on Wednesday the 13th. He is doing great. He weighed 18 lbs 5 oz (13%) and was 30 inches long (91%). I think they are off on is length I think he is only 28 inches. Here is what he is currently doing.

He has been crawling since he was seven months so he is very fast at it now.
He cruses the furniture and loves to use his walking toy.
He loves to climb the stairs.
He has two teeth and two more that are about to break through.
He plays peek-a-boo.
He gives kisses, mainly to his brother.
He waves bye bye.
He is a very happy boy and it always smiling.
He loves his brother, Carson. Carson can always make him laugh.
He sleeps 10 hours at night and does two naps a day.
He is nursing 4 times a day and eats 3 meals normally one jar at each feeding.
He has also started liking to watch Yo Gabba Gabba.

4th of July

We had our 2nd annual gathering at our house for the 4th of July. When we moved into our house a little over a year ago our neighbor told us that we had a great view of the fireworks from the park near our house, boy was he right. It is so nice to not have to fight traffic and crowds to watch fireworks. We had family over and shot off some fireworks of our own and then enjoyed some homemade ice cream while watching the fireworks show. I am sure we will continue this gathering for years to come. Here are some pictures from the evening.