The happenings at the Holmes'

Since I last blogged, before the February rant about mom brain, Haley has turned one, Jason's dad now resides in Heaven, I've turned a year older, we are expecting another kid, Christmas 2010, Thanksgiving 2010, I started an adjunct position at CBU, we shaved Wyatt's head, and many other things.  But more importantly, I have many awesome pictures of my family. 

At the end of November, my mom, Mary, Emily Rickard, and myself made an advent calendar.  It was way too much fun and they turned out awesome.  We used one of Wyatt's cars as the date marker. 

Christmas 2010 was fantastic because Wyatt just kept saying "presents".  He liked to pass them out, to open them, and to shake them.  We really tried to use every opportunity possible to bring u pthe name Jesus and what Christmas is all about.  Pretty soon he was seeing any baby and calling it "baby Jesus".  It was too much fun to wake up Christmas morning and enjoy the time with my family opening (I mean having Wyatt open) gifts. 

 

 



Winner of best gift!



 So Haley has turned ONE.  I kind of snuck up on us because it is 4 days after Christmas.  We had all the Christmas stuff put away by that day.  She'll appreciate that effort sooner or later.  She was awesome with the cake.  I was holding her standing up on my legs with the cake in front of me.  She just dove in with her hands and brought them straight to her mouth.  Pretty stinking funny. 

At one point in December we put up a doorway bouncer.  Wyatt begged to get in, so we put him in.  Oh, goodness, do we have amazing pictures and a video or him just bouncing away.  There will be pictures, but as for the video, I have been sworn not to share it with the public.  Sorry!

Jason's dad has been very ill for about a year and in February he passed on to be with Jesus probably sharing all about plants and bamboo, and palm trees to anyone who will listen.  Ron will be deeply missed by myself.  The main thing about Ron that I want to pass on to my kids is that he was a servant to everyone.  He constantly wanted to ensure that everyone around him had sufficient food, drink, entertainment, enjoyment, and anything else. 

Haley is crawling with on her knees and hands finally. She has spent many weeks army crawling all over the house. She will still drop down quite often and just take off because she is amazingly fast on her belly pushing with her feet and pulling with her elbows. She is pulling to standing much faster now and around everything. She is almost starting to purposefully sit from the standing position. Pretty fun to watch her blossom in her gross motor skills.

Wyatt has spent about 6 months with a speech therapist and she, Michelle, has done wonders. Wyatt is articulate and really says some hilarious things.  I know that young kids say funny things, but it was taking Wyatt forever to get there. Now, some of the things he says I just hope that I'm the only one around because his dad is really teaching him some funny words. Wyatt is also in the process of potty training/learning. He has taken to it very well and is only in diapers for the night. Way to go parents!

 I had a birthday, but that's no big deal anymore. I did get to go get myself a new pair of shoes. They're black dress shoes with a ruffle on the top near the toe.

We are expecting another kid!!!!!! Jason and I are super excited. The thought of only having two kids, a boy and a girl, was just to wearing on us. We felt the need for at least one more. Of course if it was our timeing this might not have happened for a few more months or years. But, in August we will be bringing home a new kid. People keep asking how I feel about having another kid after what we have been through. I am so completely content in whatever is going to happen that it is awesome. After Wyatt I didn't want another kid because of everything. Then along came Haley. We were sure nothing unexpected would happen so we really didn't plan on being in the same position as with Wyatt, a 15 week early baby. But as every nurse and Dr said, "girls almost always do significantly better when born early." Well, after early baby number 2 we just couldn't stand the thought of another baby born early so we considered some drastic action. But, no insurance so no drastic action. Then it began to wear on us that we didn't feel complete. So here we are. Don't know gender yet, but will find out soon enough.

 Just some random pictures that are too cute! They are way out of order and I don't want to take anymore time to try to organize them.  Enjoy.