11 Months

Once again, I am a good 2 weeks late on updating the blog! Holden hit the 11 month mark on Nov. 24 and wow, I feel like so much has happened in the past month. He started fully walking just after he turned 10 months and he's all over the place. It's hard to take him anywhere, like the store, because he wants to walk all around and grab things and then he throws a temper tantrum when I pick him up and try to carry him or put him in the shopping cart.

Let's see, he is now walking, has 5 teeth, says no no no to all of the things he's not supposed to touch or play with, brings us books to read to him (especially when he's getting tired or just waking up), and sleeps through the night (for the most part). He still loves dogs and kittens, loves his truck and animal picture books, loves tractors and big trucks (really gets a kick out of watching the garbage truck), loves finger foods or whatever we are eating, really LOVES smoothies from Jamba Juice, loves being outside, loves playing with other kids, and still loves to play with all balls...baseball, rubber, bouncy, football, basketball, and soccer. He still hates getting dressed and his diaper changed and gives mommy quite a struggle to do either, and he does not like to go to sleep and gives a good fight to stay awake.

I can't believe he's almost a year old!!!

Loves drinking with a straw...maybe I should put milk in that!

Grandpa pulls him around the house on this car....

And outside

Loving the swing with Grandma

First carousel ride. Hard to see but it's mommy, HJ and Adi

Checking out the "tractor" (fork lift) in the warehouse at work

Trying to climb up the slide...always have to keep an eye on him

Loves to play with (or rip to shreds is more like it) mommy's magazines

Sliding around with the magazines

Loves the laundry room because there are so many fun things...the dog door, washer and dryer doors to slam and the garbage can.

I gave him the cereal container to entertain him for a few minutes and the turkey got it open and dumped it all over the floor! The dogs loved it!

Good Friends

My dear friend, Lori, whom I have known since the 2nd grade, came into town last weekend with her three kids. Lori and Allison are also friends, as they were college roommates. We got together so the kids could all play together. It's so crazy and neat at the same time that I used to play with Lori when I was little, and now our kids are playing together! I think that's pretty cool. Later that night, the three moms got to go out for dinner and a drink! It was a ton of fun!

Holden and Brayden

Adi, Jaylen, and Kambria

Adi, Brenden, and Jaylen

Dominic chillin' on the pool table

Chopped

Adi decided to chop her hair off up to her chin! Just last week she told Lance and I that she wanted to grow it out long. But her and mommy spent Veteran's Day together since they were both off and mommy took her to get a trim and Adi said to cut it short! It's really, really cute, but man does she look so much older!!

10 Months!

Loves playing chase. Mommy is chasing him down the hall in this picture.

Holden, what are you doing?.....

Who me? Nothing mommy!

Helping mommy empty the dishwasher

Holden is 10 months! He just had his well-baby checkup and he now weighs 21.5 lbs and is 30 inches long! He's in the 50-75% for weight and 75-90% for height. He is beginning to thin out a bit, which I'm sure is due to his constant motion! He is all over the place these days! Loves to walk while holding on to things and he took his first couple of steps just the other day! In fact he took 3 steps! So we are thinking walking is right around the corner. This is definitely the time for exploring - he's into everything - the dishwasher, doggy door, cupboards, fridge, under the kitchen table, clothes hamper, sissy's kitchen, the bathroom...you name it! Oh, and he wants to be outside all the time, rain or shine! One of his favorite things right now is this car that we push him in everywhere! He loves it! Still hates getting his diaper changed and getting dressed.

Summer 2009

Now that fall is officially here (yeah! I love the fall!), I thought I would recap our summer. Wow what a fun and very busy summer for our family. We did a lot and I wasn't able to find the time to blog about all of it so I have included some pictures. Let's see, we went swimming at Grandma's and Grandpa's quite a bit, the kids were baptized, Gran and Gramps came out for a visit and we all went to Fort Bragg/Mendocino, took a trip to Arizona, Zander Henry was born, we went to Roseville for Gracie's 2nd birthday/Labor Day/baseball tournament, took the kids to Six Flags, and to Mt. Lassen, and Adi started playing soccer and 1st grade!

First day of 1st grade

Gracie's 2nd birthday

Bouncing in the jump house with Grandpa!
(They both loved it!)

Brad got to visit for a couple of days

Grandpa pulling 4 out of 6 grandkids

Having fun at soccer

Holden loves it when sissy squeezes him, can't you tell?

The stinky sulphur pits at Mt. Lassen

Adisyn Is 6!

Wow! Adi is 6 years old! What a big girl! Adi started 1st grade in August and she's loving it so far. She heads to school at 8 and has breakfast and then her class starts at 8:30 and ends at 2:20. She then goes to an after school program until we pick her up sometime around 5. It makes for a long day for her and she is usually pretty darn wiped out by the end of it.

She lost another front tooth and has a very cute gap on the top. She's enjoying soccer, singing cheers to me (C-C-CHI, I-I-ICO, CHI, ICO, Gooooo Chico is now stuck in my head), learning cursive, playing with the neighbor kids, and being a big sister to Holden. She has developed a little sassy attitude over the past few months, but for the most part, she's such a delight to be with. She has a zest for life and is going at it full speed ahead. We love you so much Adi!

We celebrated her birthday with our nephew, Gavin, over at my parent's house on the 15th since Gavin's birthday is September 17th. Grandma made them yummy (and yes, vegan) cupcakes. Then on Saturday the 19th we had her birthday party with some of her friends -Dominic, Brayden, Lucca, Siena, Braden, Graysen, Jacob, Lauren, Holden and Sidney. She had a blast!

Opening gifts on Tuesday at Grandma's and Grandpa's house

Cupcake time!!

The cupcakes I made for her party on Saturday to go along with her Madagascar Escape 2 Africa party

Dominic giving big smiles while eating his pizza. Such a cutie!!

Having tons and tons of fun in the giant Cheetah bounce house, compliments of Gran and Gramps!!

And having tons of fun in the pool