Mommyhood: A Blog

2005-12-30T16:17:00.000-05:00

And another one with the furkids

2005-12-30T16:16:00.000-05:00

And one with the furkids

2005-12-30T16:14:00.000-05:00

Family Christmas shot

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Oh what's in the Christmas sock?

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Playing with them is fun too!

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Yep, takes lots of concentration too

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Opening presents is FUN!

2005-12-30T15:45:00.000-05:00

Checking out all the goodies under the tree after coming downstairs Christmas morning

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Daddy helping him put the ornament on our tree

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Opening his Christmas eve present - his ornament for this year

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Looking adorable in his puppy coat with his new puppy mittens

2005-12-10T15:43:00.000-05:00

Baby in a sock

2005-12-10T15:42:00.000-05:00

Getting our Christmas tree

2005-11-29T19:17:00.000-05:00

The new Qdoba spokesbaby

2005-11-26T19:16:00.000-05:00

The Tigger tunnel is a source of amusment for us all

2005-11-25T19:19:00.000-05:00

Baby in a box

2005-11-20T19:19:00.000-05:00

Leaf pile!

2005-11-20T17:56:00.000-05:00

Kindergarten learning at its finest

2005-11-18T20:31:00.000-05:00

Fun at Gymboree

2005-11-18T19:16:00.000-05:00

The rocking boat is his favorite

2005-11-08T13:56:00.000-05:00

Beautiful November day

2005-11-08T13:55:00.001-05:00

Fall fun with a friend

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Fall fun

2005-11-08T12:55:00.001-05:00

We bundled him in lots of layers and took him out for a short while

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With the real doggies

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And the paws

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Check out the tail

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Adorable puppy boy

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But it doesn't taste very good!

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No fear or tactile issues here

2005-11-08T12:50:00.000-05:00

Yay, home for Halloween!

2005-11-08T12:49:00.001-05:00

Way cuter than I ever looked in a hospital gown

2005-11-08T12:49:00.000-05:00

Showing his "glow toe" (pulse ox monitor)

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His hospital stay

2005-11-05T11:28:00.001-05:00

On the farmall

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And loving it

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Riding the pony at Double JJ Ranch

2005-10-22T12:42:00.000-04:00

Sharing

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Our beautiful boy with our beautiful hibiscus

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Baby curls

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I love my doggie

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Tie dye family

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Daddy & Me

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And look what the doggie thinks of it

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Look where I am

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With his birthday twin

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His adorable swim outfit from cousin Johnny

2005-10-09T12:42:00.001-04:00

Mommy's birthday card

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Mommy's birthday card

2005-10-07T17:32:00.000-04:00

Cheeser

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Smiley as usual

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With your laugh and smile so sweet, you help make my life complete

2005-09-22T12:37:00.000-04:00

The bunny suit

2005-08-21T12:38:00.000-04:00

Feeding the ducks (when not eating the bread)

2005-08-07T23:48:00.001-04:00

Beautiful boy

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All done!

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Let me do this part Daddy

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Helping Daddy put his bike together

2005-07-25T23:30:00.000-04:00

Our prize winning baby boy!

He still crawls most of the time, and he does it well!

2005-07-25T23:24:00.000-04:00

On Saturday we took him to the Gerber baby food festival and entered him in their crawling contest and he won his round!

I'm so proud of my baby boy!

More steps every day

2005-07-15T12:26:00.000-04:00

And those 2 top side teeth are still trying to come through!

Hiya

2005-07-15T12:20:00.000-04:00

To any of our LJ buds.

:cutebabywaves:
:)

5 steps last night!

2005-07-12T12:21:00.000-04:00

Yep, he's very close now.

2005-07-06T12:36:00.000-04:00

Big baby boys get baths in the big tub now!

2005-07-06T12:35:00.000-04:00

1st time having his own triangle of watermelon - he loves it and gets excited now when you say "melon"

2005-07-06T12:34:00.000-04:00

A Father's Day pic

Not that it wasn't imminent before...

2005-07-06T12:19:00.000-04:00

But now I think it's really close.
The baby boy will be walking soon.
Monday he took a kind of step for the first time and has been doing it on and off since.

2005-06-23T12:32:00.000-04:00

The first top tooth

I know it's kind of blurry, but hey, I was holding him upside down in one hand with the camera in the other. ;)

2005-06-18T01:01:00.000-04:00

Birthday boy on his birthday with his birthday balloons and birthday presents

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He matches his cake!

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But his favorite thing was his balloon.

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During the cake

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Pre-cake

Our Baby Boy is ONE today!

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And I can't believe it. Where did the year go? At this time last year we were just welcoming him into the world, overwhelmed by how much joy such a tiny person we didn't even know yet could bring us.
In that year we've found that as much joy and love as we felt then, we can feel more every day.

We love you, Holden, and we're so thankful to have been blessed with you!

2005-06-08T13:21:00.000-04:00

"Everything I've learned, I've learned from my dogs"

2005-06-06T01:21:00.000-04:00

Looking sheepish after cousin Maggie (unbeknownst to Mommy & Daddy) fed him blue frosting from her cake)

2005-06-06T01:20:00.000-04:00

Swinging at cousin Maggie's graduation open house

2005-05-31T23:15:00.000-04:00

Finally he will sleep on Daddy's shoulder

2005-05-15T22:31:00.000-04:00

Giving the Rottie girl a kiss

2005-05-15T22:27:00.000-04:00

Holden recently found it hilarious for us to put all his shapes in the container and then dump them out

2005-05-11T17:10:00.000-04:00

Kinderplaats (The kid's activity tent) also included some animals to check out

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Beautiful tulips, beautiful boy

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What a precious shy smile

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A perfect photo spot

Tulip Time

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The weather was gorgeous.
What a great way to spend my first Mother's Day.

Some like it hot

2005-05-11T14:45:00.000-04:00

People always think it's a little strange when we tell them that Holden takes his milk cold, right out of the fridge.
It's true, most babies won't take it if it's cold.
Today I found out that he won't take it if it's warm.

Oh help us now

2005-05-07T10:06:00.000-04:00

One night this past week (I think it was Tues), Steve took the walker toy Holden has and helped him to walk with it for the first time. He didn't seem all that impressed so we didn't think much of it.
The next day, I was just sitting in the living room with Holden and all of a sudden he crawled over to it, pulled himself up it and started cruising across the room.
He's always so proud of himself when he figures out a new skill - he just beamed away.

Pat-a-cake in action

2005-05-06T22:09:00.000-04:00

Pat-a-cake

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I wondered when he'd start doing it.
It was on Wednesday, for Aunt Vay, while I was at the dentist.
It's so cute.

2005-05-05T12:56:00.000-04:00

Look at my cute puppy slippers!

2005-05-05T01:16:00.000-04:00

Look at me!

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Don't we all wish we could sleep in any position?

We were sent an angel

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I was sent an angel

The sweetest thing

2005-04-30T22:21:00.000-04:00

The baby boy is so sweet now that it's beautiful enough to make me cry.
He used to be such an un-cuddly baby, pushing away with both arms when you tried to hug or cuddle him. He wouldn't even let you console him when he got an owie or was upset about something.
Well, ever since he had a stomach bug on Easter and was so sick throwing up for 5 days that he gave up on pushing away and fighting cuddles, he must have decided that cuddling was pretty ok after all, because now he will let you hug him and not push away, will sometimes lay his head on your chest or shoulder, and my favorite - he will give kisses on his own. He is so determined to give a kiss sometimes that he will grab you and pull you toward him with his mouth open just waiting to kiss you. And when I lay in bed with him while he is drinking his milk, he takes a few drinks, stops, grabs me and pulls me to kiss him, takes some more drinks, stops and pulls and kisses me again, so on and so forth. It is so endearing.

2005-04-27T22:23:00.000-04:00

Holden's current favorite toy

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Now there are two!

2005-04-27T18:07:00.000-04:00

1st tooth!

2005-03-03T10:07:00.000-05:00

The CPF Series #6

2005-03-03T10:05:00.000-05:00

The CPF Series #5