Baby Talk

I LOVE my evenings with my little man.  Each night when we get home from work and Ms. Linda's we spend the evening talking.  He tells mommy how much he loves me and he tells Daddy all Mommy's secrets.  At least that's what Daddy thinks.

Happy Easter and 3 Month Birthday Little Man

What a wonderful and blessed day to turn 3 months old!  Holden is definitely very special.  He got to celebrate his very first Easter with so many loving family members.  He was a good boy so the Easter bunny came to visit him.  He got one basket full of books and another basket with some new outfits, bath toys and beanie baby chickens!

Then we went to church.  The storm that blew through last night took all the power out at the church, so they moved everything outside by the lake.  It was really nice, little windy, but tooter slept through most of it.

So handsome.

Mommy and her favorite little man.

After church we went to Grammy and G-Pa's house for lunch.  All the kids hunted for Easter eggs while I took a nice comfy nap.  Next year, they better look out, cause I'll be ready to get the "prize Easter egg."

First "real" Night Out

Chuck and I had our first real day/night away from Holden.  Our friends Alex and Zeydi got married yesterday, it was an ALL day affair.  The wedding was at 1:00, but the reception didn't start until 6.  So Grammy came over around 10:30 to help with Holden while I got ready, cause daddy had to be at the hotel by 11 to take pictures.  The wedding was really beautiful.  Since there was such a time gap between the wedding and the reception I decided to come home and just make sure that Grammy and Holden were OK.  Grammy did great!  And so did Holden.  I guess it helps that me and Grammy have a very similar voice, Grammy knows all the songs that mommy sings cause she's the one who used to sing them to me AND she listens to everything mommy says so she remembers the little tricks that mommy uses when I get fussy or sleepy.

Needless to say, Chuck and I had a really good time.  I only called and checked on Holden and Grammy twice during the reception.  The first time was shortly after his "grip water" time and Grammy held the phone up to Holden's ear and I could him coo as I talked to him.  The second time was shortly after I thought he had gone to bed.  Both times Grammy had everything under control.  Not that I knew she wouldn't, but it makes it so much easier to leave him for a period of time when you know that he is happy.

I'm not so sure that mommy will be letting daddy get out as often though, or maybe I should let him out MORE often.  He are just a few pics of our evening, for some reason I think our friends might leave us at home next time, or at least Chuck.

This was obviously taken at the BEGINNING of the reception.

And this one was taken towards the END.

Such a Big Boy

So I've really been weary of the bumbo chair.  Holden has done really well since he was born at holding his little head up, but I wasn't sure he was ready to try out the bumbo.  But recently he loves to sit up in your lap and coo and talk.  I think its because he can see you better.  He has really been capturing our attention.  He locks eyes with you now and can just carry on a conversation for a while.  We just love it!  It's the best part of our days.  I need to get him on video.

So anyway, we got the bumbo out last week and Holden loves it.  He thinks he's big sitting up.  He still can't hold his head up really well, so we just prop a pillow up behind him.

You can see here that he doesn't quite have the whole "how to I keep my head from falling back" down yet, but he'll get there.  Of course it doesn't help when I'm standing over him with the camera.

Such a happy boy.  Just melts my heart when he smiles.

 He has discovered his tongue the past few weeks.  So he constantly sticks it out at us.  It's really funny when him and daddy sit and do it back and forth with each other.

That's better, thanks for holding my head up mommy.

Now, that's better, I think I can get the hang of this.  Such a cool little dude.  Got the whole swagger going on, leaning back, just chillin'.

I love this little baby so much.  He has my whole heart!

Big Brother......

Scared ya'll for a minute didn't I.  No, we're not pregnant.  Come on, Holden is only 2.5 months old.  This post is about Zeus.  He is such a good zuppy when he wants to be.  He loves Holden's bath time.  I honestly think he would jump right in and bathe with him if we'd let him.

Chuck took these pics last week.  I LOVE how serious Holden looks when he focuses on Zeus.  I always wonder what he's thinking as he looks at him.  I guess, Zeus is probably thinking the same thing, "What is this thing????"

Zeus also makes a really good pillow.  Normally we don't let Zeus get too close to Holden, not because we think he'll hurt him or anything, but Zeus has an obsession with licking kids.  He doesn't do it so much with adults but I guess kids always have that sweet taste that he can't get enough of.  So we try to avoid putting Holden is the "slobber" zone, we figure he'll get plenty of zuppy baths when he's a little more mobile and Zeus is chasing him around the house.

But when we're there to keep an eye on them, we like capturing sweet moments of Holden and is puppy dog.

Holden loves his puppy dog and his puppy sure does love him to......

Family Fun Day

I LOVE our time together as a family.  Chuck usually has to work on Saturday's so when he has a long weekend I try to get him for at least one full day for us to spend time as a family.  We started to day just cuddling in bed with our little man.  He is such a morning baby!  I love when I'm getting him ready for Ms. Linda's and he just coos at my while I'm changing him.  Well, daddy really got to see just how fun Holden is starting to be. 

I took advantage of Chuck being home and really let them have some time together.  I actually took a shower and got to shave my legs!  This was really exciting for me.  Most times, it's only a partially shaved leg and then out I go.  It was such a blessing to see Chuck and Holden talking to each other, I foresee many more talks like this in the future.

After being lazy and cuddling the morning away, we got dressed and went to take family pics in the bluebonnets.  I was really looking forward to this because we haven't had pics as a family since Holden was a few weeks old.  So yesterday was such a beautiful day to be outside and thanks to my friend Matilda, we got some really good pics!

After pics in the bluebonnets, Daddy and H2 went home for a nap and Mommy ran to Target to get a few things.  We were going to Beau's baseball game and I needed to get the tooter some sunscreen.  And a few other essentials to prepare him for many more baseball games and fun in the SUN!~

I am so thankful for days like yesterday and look forward to many more FAMILY FUN DAYS!  Today we hung out with Grammy and G-Pa for a few hours while daddy was playing golf.  Good thing we took pics yesterday and got our fence replaced, cause the wind is really blowing out there.

Really loving my little family.  So blessed to have the two most wonderful men in my life~ My Husband and My Baby Boy.