Gobble Gobble...HaPpY TuRkEy DaY

Needless to say, Holden was stuffed.  Not only on some yummy Thanksgiving grub, but on love and fun with his new toys from Pop and Nonna.  Since they may not see him on Christmas, they wanted to watch him play and enjoy his presents.  I cannot wait to see him on Christmas morning, as excited as he was to see his new toys this past week I can only imagine how he will light up with a lit tree, presents, stockings and all the joy and excitement Christmas brings with it.

We all had a really nice Thanksgiving.  It was relaxing and we enjoyed the company.  Holden discovered he enjoyed feeding himself, or at least attempting to feed himself.  He did pretty well, not ALL of it ended up all over his face, some of it did make it into his mouth.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.........AND.......HAPPY 10 MONTHS!!!!!

Holden's Dedication

On Saturday, Nov. 19th, along with our family and a few close friends, Chuck and I made a promise to Holden and to God, to raise Holden in a home that follows Christ and serves in his church.  It was an amazing day.  My most favorite part of the evening was when we were praying with the pastor and Holden reached up and touched my face with his little hand.  I lost it, I had done so good the entire evening until that moment.  I love my baby boy so much.  He is the light of our lives and we are so blessed that God chose us to be his mommy and daddy.

"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it"
Proverbs 22:6

We are also so blessed that Holden not only has 6 loving grandparents, but he also has 3 GREAT grandparents the love and adore him very much.  We are so very lucky that Holden will get to know them and have their influence in his life.  My Mimi wasn't able to make it, as she traveled to Kansas with my Aunt Rocky to see my cousins.  But Great PawPaw and GG (which is short for great-grandmother) were there.  Love these memories that were made today.  Just seeing how my grandparents light up when they see Holden.......

Grammy and G-Pa, Pop and Nonna and Uncle Bo were also there.

Thank you everyone for sharing this day with us.  It meant so much to have our family and friends there to support us and to know that so many love and cherish our little boy as much as we do.

What do we have here?

So I know one day Holden is going to be mortified by my hilarious blogging abilities and I will probably have to bribe him in some way to allow me to continue.  Actually, up until this point, most of my post have been very sweet and just show him in his ages/stages.

However, last night was just too funny not to share.  While giving Holden his bath, he discovered a little something in the water.  This something was so amusing to him, that he completely ignored the other bath toys to explore his new discovery. 

**Please note, I tried my hardest not to capture in the video certain private areas, but slipped a few times.  I promise I'm not trying to exploit my son.**

Of course, I also took this opportunity of him actually being confined to one spot to capture his "bye-bye" which makes me so proud.  Next up, blowing kisses and of course teaching him that it is NOT ok to "explore" this area in public.

Mommy really loves her little man, every moment is an amazing memory that I will hold in my heart for always and forever.  Some memories he'll probably wish I'd erase.