Happy Second Birthday Holly!!

I can't believe our baby is two! Here are some pictures from her birthday.

Eating her red velvet cupcake:

Playing with Grandaddy, with her balloons...... she had so much fun. She was loving every minute of it:

Reading in her pretty pink dress:

Getting Ready for MDO and Birthday

We went to our first meeting at Holly's School (SVDP Learning Center). Holly stayed in her classroom with her teacher Ms.Carla (she'll also have a teacher Ms. Beverly), while we went to a parents meeting. Holly totally loved being in her class! She had fun and cried when we made her leave!!

Between now and next Tuesday (when class starts) we have a lot to do to get ready! Holly's birthday present from us is her backpack and lunch box (plus a rolling backpack) that has her name on it. It's so hard to believe she'll be in school 10 hours a week. I am looking forward to having some of my time back. There are so many things to do, I don't even know where to start!

We've also been getting ready for her birthday party. My friend Sherri made a dress and hat for her (you can see them here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arlington-TX/Chloes-Wings-by-Sherri-Kring/126631011794?ref=mf#/album.php?aid=106051&id=126631011794&ref=mf - hers is the pasiley with green). The theme this year is Tinkerbell.

Lucas is Here!

Our friend Lucas Clark Baker is here! His Mom is Rene and his brother is Colin (for those of you that are familiar with our friends.

Holly LOVES riding the carousel!

Pictures at Pojo and Gigi's!

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Holly's Summer Fun

Holly has been having a ton of fun all summer long! I'm so sorry that I haven't updated this blog in so long! Can you believe Holly will be two soon? She's saying some really cute things now days. She has two and three word phrases and often tries to repeat my sentences. She still has some cute baby words.... for example, when she hugs me she says "Gug, Gug!!" and when she wants to snuggle she says "Nuggul!".... oh it melts my heart! The above pictures were taken at Pojo's house. The little boy is Holly's cousin Matthias.... he's 3.

Holly Cutenesss

These first two pictures are from our trip to the botanic gardens in Fort Worth

No way am I posing in the roses..... MAMAAAAA..... pick me up!!!
Playing with her best little friend, Miss. Katie Keating

Holly looking cute in her play clothes

Summer Fun

Holly and Adam Cole Jr. playing with connector blocks Brushing Tinker Bell's Hair

No way was Cleo (the cat) going to let Holly have all the attention ;-)

Holly's latest talent..... holding things between her toes...

Sittin' in her hat box....

Fake Laugh

Video of Holly's new fake laugh.

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated.... I have all kinds of pictures I need to put up!

Easter Cakes

For those of you that asked what my Easter Mini-Cakes looked like....

They were fun to make and decorate. Hopefully they'll get a little better each year. This year I accidentally got the "fluffy" icing, which was hard to make look smooth and decorate over. Next year I'll know better.

Randomness

Random pictures...


Looking too cute in one of her summer outfits.



Playing with Daddy!!

Huggin her Daddy.

This is Holly with Charlie or in Hollyeese - "Chaw-wee!". This is a cat that was her Uncle Joel's when he was a child, which he graciously let her have.

Holly sitting on Sherri (Lily's Mom's) lap at the Twins' (Camden and Grayden's) birthday party at Little Gym.

Pics from Palm Sunday

Pictures from Palm Sunday -- Grandmommy and Grandaddy's visit:

Playing with her Easter Hat and gloves before the big day!
Getting lots of attention from Grandmommy and Grandaddy!

Daddy and Holly before church

Looking pretty in her Palm Sunday dress.

Easter Pics.

Here are more Holly pictures from Easter:

Opening her Easter basket goodies

Eating one of her goodies Playing with her Easter loot after her Easter egg hunt

Showing us the Elmo and Cookie Monster Toys that came from her eggs

Trying on her rain coat, which Marmee gave her for Easter.

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone!!
Holly had a grand time Easter egg hunting, playing with her Easter loot and being showered with attention!


Below is the video of her Easter egg hunt. See if you can hear the words Egg and Hat.

Playing with Cleo

This is a super cute video of Holly playing with Cleo (Cleocatra our calico cat). See if you can hear when she says Cleo... it comes out sounding like "GO".

Love, Tea and Cats

Last night, prompted my my encouragement, Holly told me she loved me "uv moma".... it was the most precious thing ever spoken.... my heart melted!!!

Below are pictures of Cleocatra kneeding on Holly and Holly actually NOT attacking her and trying to kiss her..... a first. Holly does love her kitties.

Today I had Tea at the Adolphus with my Mom, Sister, and Peggy Pate. Mom took me to celebrate my birthday. It was a lovely experience. Holly wasn't allowed, too young. Daddy took care of her at home. David read to Holly from TS Elliots book of practical cats, which is what the musical "CATS" is based on.... particularly they read about Rum-Tum Tugger.... my favorite cat from CATS.

Lovins

A special treat.... something very difficult to catch on video..... the illusive "Lovins" given by Miss. Holly Lyn. She used to do this all the time when she was first learning to walk, but lately she hasn't done much of it, so we thought we better catch it on film!

For those of you that don't already know.... I've finally finished reading the last book (Breaking Dawn) in the twilight series. I really liked it and I am still firmly planted in team Edward..... that's not to say I don't like Jacob just fine.

Holly's Tummy & Valentine's Day

As you all know by now, Holly's had tummy troubles. We found out (via a miserable upper GI) that she has Reflux, which most children eventually grow out of. Her formula has been changed (by her new pedi.) and she has not thrown up in two and a half weeks.... that's the longest she's gone since December 19th..... woo hoo!!

We think that when you combine the Reflux with the formula and some food intolerances, as her little body learns to adjust to "table food", you have the answer to why she's been so sick and why she's doing better, now.

Also, we now know that what her other pedi thought was an eye infection is actually eye allergies. We have been given allergy eye drops to help with that.

Going back a month or so (sorry I'm so delinquent) here are some pictures from Valentine's Day.

Her Daddy gave her flowers, which she loved smelling and feeling.

Our visit to the Arboretum

Over the weekend Holly, Marmee and Mommy took a trip to the Dallas Arboretum. It was a lot of fun and a perfect day -- cloud covered but still warm.



Here's Holly at the entrance in front of some very lovely daffodils.





Holly was fascinated with the misters that kept the plants moist.

The tulips in this picture were Holly's favorites.

Holly liked to sniff the purple hyacinths.

Her favorite part of the day was running around in circles in the beautiful grass!