The Holden House

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Avery - 10 months

Avery is double digits... well in months at least. From a development standpoint, she had a big month. Her first tooth is solidly in, she is moving more and eating up a storm. Avery is starting to try and pull up on things. We moved all the toddler toys out from storage after the floors were in so she has a lot more room and more fun things to climb on. And we still haven't found a food she hasn't liked.

Her favorite things this month are her family, dogs, pink chew stick, bottles, books and balls. She has settled into a good schedule with bedtime at 7, up at 7, two naps a day, 5 bottles, 3 meals and two snacks.

We are in the process of packing up her 9 month clothes and pulling out the 12 months ones. She's a sweetie and we all adore her!

Sunday, May 31, 2015

May

With trips, parties, graduation, sports and holiday's, May was a packed month. Here are some pictures of what the kids were up to over the past month.

Avery (9 months) - Avery is growing tired of basic chew toys and her latest obsession is books. She likes to read the same ones over and over only taking time to chew on them in between.

Speaking of chewing, Avery had her first tooth pop through this month. Other milestones included being able to push herself up to sitting, crawling on all fours and standing on her own for a few brief seconds. She is a busy girl who doesn't like to sit still!

Unless she is passed out in the car!

Or her jumper!

Parker (3 years, 6 months) - Parker is all three year old - adorably sweet, incredibly opinionated and knows exactly what he wants. He finished up soccer this month and despite not always seeming to enjoy it, he talked us into Tee Ball for the summer. He is best friends with all the girls at school, has developed a recent obsession with stickers and wants to do art projects or ride his tricycle all day. He is also in a mom phase (after 6 months of dad, dad, dad) culminating in asking mom to be his wife when he is "grown up and a farmer."

Too cool

Getting his soccer trophy

Team Mickey

Woke up at 7 to see Parker's lights on. He was sitting in bed reading.

Headed to the nail salon with mom

Movie night with Addie

Carter (5 years) - Carter had a big month! Birthday, end of baseball, trips, graduation. Goodness. He keeps trying to grow up on us as much as we keep trying to get time to stop. His latest practice is waking himself up, getting dressed, coming downstairs, getting breakfast and turning on cartoons. He is incredibly excited to start kindergarten though probably a little nervous underneath. Carter loves Avery and is fabulous at making up songs to keep her entertained.

Making Ninja Turtles from Play Doh

Sleeping hard

Army of 3-5 year olds take down Mr Mike

Boys...

Celebrating the start of summer - snacks outside

Birthday party fun

Siblings - As always, the kids are so much fun to watch. A recent favorite activity of the boys is playing Master Chef. They cook up a meal for mom and dad to taste. Parker puts green beans in everything and tends to make tacos. Carter likes to make lots of things stacked on top of each other and typically declares himself the winner. Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying hanging out together.

Art time

Long day!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Pool Party

We had an open evening and great weather so the Gomez family came over for a pool party. The kid had a blast and the girls (Addison and Avery) didn't mind showing up in matching outfits!

Matching Lily

Monday, May 25, 2015

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy family Memorial Day weekend this year. It was the only weekend of the month that one of us wasn't traveling which should mean downtime but that didn't quite work out. We decided to have new floors put in the house. No where to sit meant lots of time out of the house.