Thursday, March 11, 2010

After work thoughts...






















Just got done with work. Sitting here watching Jeopardy and watching Ethan play with his toys. Its truly amazing how quickly this little boy has grown and changed. As his personality develops and he starts to become more personable, I fall more in love with the little guy every day.. does he know that the word he's constantly repeating is "dope"?... when he crawls into the kitchen looking for food, does he know its innapropriate to try and pull down my pants in his effort to get food?.. does he know crying at 2 am isnt what humans do? his obsession with bread and bananas makes me laugh. Will he ever know how cute it is when he laughs around his binky? Or how sweet his open mouth kisses are? or how it breaks my heart when i have to tell him no for sucking on the laptop computer.... Not till he is a daddy himself some day i assume..


He loves it when we read books and sing him songs.. if you pause your song he will grunt in his cute little way to ask us to continue.. and i love his silly little giggle when i set him up to walk accross the room with his little car..silly boy.
He is such a blessing. God is smiling me when i look at my little boy.

On another subject. Seth and I went to a blazer's game a few days ago.. Mike and Molly had some tickets available. It was so nice to get out and do something new. and they won. no free chalupas though :(. (thanks for thinking of us M&M) :)
we were also able to get away last month for a day and go snowboarding for the first time in 2 years. ( i was busy being pregnant last year) we discovered how 2 years was too long. gotta get on that elliptical... but we had a great day nevertheless... mt hood is beautiful. and it was completely clear and sunny!
So looking forward to spring. I want to help finance some seedlings for moms' garden (considering all i have is a porch, no yard) really craving some garden fresh veggies, and some summer fruits.. its so scary buying produce anymore with all the awful salmonella outbreaks. if you havent seen the movie Food Inc. We HIGHLY reccomend it.. great documentary.
Enjoy these recent pics. :)











Saturday, March 6, 2010

HAITI CONCERT







Last night there was a benefit concert for raising funds to help Haiti,

here's a crummy couple of photos from my cell phone.. Josh at the drums.. Erics' dancing around, thus the blur.. Josh H. and James at the guitars :)..

completley unrelated-- a super cute photo of Ethan playing in the bathtub ;)






Monday, March 1, 2010

February is gone...

where did it go? 28 days seem like 2 lately...

I dont have any recent pictures to post, but i will throw in a quick update..

Seth and i continue to be busy with work, but try and make time weekly to spend time together with the help of some really great babysitters.. We are both involved in worship team at our church and really enjoy it. Seth started the "biggest loser" contest at work and has already lost 22 pounds in just 8 weeks! unbelievable! i got back into pottery, joining a local co-op that i go to weekly..we both are love being a mommy and daddy. Speaking of Ethan, he is growing rediculously fast.. changing every day, his personality, mobility, and vocabulary. He likes to say "dope" a lot. real cute. not sure where he picked that up.. his favorite activity is taking baths, which, he will try and crawl in at any time.. along with "fishing" for toilet paper when we forget to put the seat cover down. oops.

he is walking easily with assistance, and will take 1-2 steps alone before sitting, but he's on the move for sure! he is just starting to show signs of seperation anxiety and shyness around people, which i realize is a normal phase, but i thought for a while it wouldnt come.. he was always so chipper and sunshiney around people. When i took him in for his 9 month well child check, the poor kid panicked when they were measuring and weighing him. understandably so, as they stripped him naked to put him in the scale. poor fella... speaking of measurments, his current height is OFF the charts, at 30 and 3/4 inches long, however he did lose a pound since his last appt topping off at about 19 and 1/2 lbs. so tall and skinny dude. :)

alltogether, a happy and healthy Holmes family, very much looking forward to the summer. :)