Interactive Play

This morning Houston started playing with Holden. Up to this point, if Holden approached him, Houston would lick him all over and run away. But this morning was different. Holden was playing with one of my pink puffy socks while I was getting ready. Houston went over and started pulling it out of his hands and throwing it around. Holden would pick it back up and the game would continue. They got a few rounds of tug-o-war in there too. Eventually, Holden crawled away and went to play with my cell phone. Houston brought the sock next to him, and they had played independently next to each other. It was so cute. Then Houston went to his bed, and Holden followed him. They couldn't leave each other alone. It took me a little longer than usual to get ready today because I couldn't stop watching (and taking pictures of) them. They were so adorable together!!!

Little Boy in a Basket

Eating is So Much Fun

The faces Holden makes while eating are priceless. Trey and I laugh so hard we cry (well, I cry from laughing so hard - I don't think Trey does).

Holden's also learning to self-feed with finger food. Below he's trying to eat Veggie Puffs. In the first picture, he got the puff in his hand, but can't you tell he's thinking, "Now how do I get this in my mouth?" I'm not sure if in the second picture the puff made it in. He gets about 1 puff in his mouth for every 6-8 I put out. The rest land in his high chair or on the floor where Houston "vacuums" them up. I do have to admit though, he's getting better. Today when I picked him up from school, they asked if I could bring in finger foods for him. I guess he tries to steal everyone's snack - Aiden's puffs and Natalie's green bean bites. The workers said they feel bad for him because he has to sit and watch, but he really wants to eat with his older friends. I'll send some in tomorrow.


We all know that Houston is one smart cookie. He's learned that Holden is learning to feed himself, so now he just hangs out by his high chair during meals. Well today, Holden discovered how to feed Houston. I'm not sure if he'll ever get another puff into his mouth. He squealed with joy as Houston licked the sticky puffs off of his hand.

Halloween Art II

The Pumpkin Patch

Holden got a little nap after our shopping expedition (see post below), so Trey and I took our little pumpkin to the Pumpkin Patch. He didn't love it. He cried every time we tried to put him down next to the pumpkins. He didn't even want to look at one when we tried to hand him a little one. Oh well, we'll try again next year. At least we saw some cool pumpkins in the process.

A Whole New Level of Shopping

Yesterday (10/14), I went to the mall and Target with Michelle, her two boys Caydan and Gavin, and Holden. At the end of the busy day, I reflected on how different our shopping experience has become.

First of all, gone are the days of picking each other up and chatting the whole way to the mall. We drove separate cars so we wouldn't have to move our baby's carseats.

When we got to UTC and loaded the kids into their strollers (she still has the Snap and Go - I'm so jealous!), we started our spree in the Nordstrom baby department. I needed to buy shoes for Holden. As soon as we got his feet sized and the shoes purchased, the boys let us know that they were hungry. Well, Holden did - Gavin is an angel child. I didn't hear him cry once the whole time.

Our next stop was the Nordstrom Mother's Lounge. We fed and changed the boys, and about thirty minutes later we ventured back out. We contemplated going to Pottery Barn Kids, but decided we were over it. It seemed like too much work. We headed back to our cars, got everyone and everything packed in, and headed to Target.

Once we got there, we stopped into the new Babies R Us which just opened next door. I purchased a Buggy Bagg shopping cart cover. We immediately put it to use on the Target shopping cart. We LOVED it! (I think this is going into my Top Three Favorite Baby Items - #1 and #2 being the Snap and Go and the high chair.)

Target was packed. We no longer browsed the aisles like we used to, instead we divided and conquered. We each took turns heading down aisles, while the other stayed with the babies. We made it out of there in one piece and were happy to head home. It was a fun day spending time with Michelle and her boys, just a very different experience than it used to be!

Holden and Gavin get ready for the Babies R Us adventure.

Holden literally shops at a whole new level. He loved being up high, and was entertained by the sights and sounds of his fellow shoppers. Shopping was easy with him, so in my book, the cover was worth every penny.

Halloween Art

Holden, our budding little artist, has created three Halloween art projects this month. His childcare workers have shared that he LOVES playing with the paint in between his fingers and hands, but is not a big fan of having to put his handprint or footprint onto the paper. So far, he's created a little pumpkin patch (his little feet and toes are the pumpkins), a black and white ghost with googly eyes (a foot print again), and this glittery ghost. We've only brought home the glittery ghost so far, the other two are still hanging in his classroom. I think it's so cute that they do art with the little babies!

Weeeeeeeee!

Trey and I took Holden to the swings at the little park near our house this week. Holden loves swinging through the air!

More Hat Fun

I think one of the reasons God gave us babies was to play dress up with them. Trey and I really get a kick out of dressing this little peanut up.

First Tooth!!!

Holden just got his first tooth! We woke up on Monday, October 2nd and there it was poking through. I was so excited! You see, I've been thinking Holden "will have his first tooth tomorrow" since he was 3 months old. I was off by about 4 months, but that's ok. I'm new at this whole mothering thing! We had fun trying on hats this morning, if you look really closely you can see the little newbie tooth.