Katie's hit the half year mark!

I can't believe how much faster time goes by the second time around. Katie is already 6 months and can sit up unassisted! She loves playing by herself as long as she has plenty of toys around. Christopher is well on his way to being potty trained. He tells us when he has to pee and will go pee on his potty. He also tells us when he has to poop but will only go in his diaper. HA! We had a great 4th, Chris and Daddy did a "firework" display that included sparklers and pop its!

6 months!
Happy 4th!

Stomping the pop its!

He loves getting in Bessie's crate

Loving feeding herself

Katie's pool ("hot tub")

Our nephew, Clark came for a visit from OK and Katie and Chris both loved him so much. Here Katie and Clark were having a blast with each other:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQoSOOlIGE0

BFF

Christopher and Bessie love playing together. Where he goes she goes it is really so cute, they are best friends forever! Katie is 5 months and is getting the hang of eating, she loves squash, carrots, peas and bananas. Her and Chris are starting to interact and it melts my heart to watch, they take turns squealing and laughing at one another and Chris even gives her kisses on the cheek. He is such a good big brother! His speech has really taken off and he repeats everything he hears. The cutest thing is without a doubt him singing yakety yak he says "don't talk back." LOL! Life with a toddler and an infant is such an amazing journey. I am so thankful for them both, we are very lucky parents.

Katie eating for the first time (late post):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hWJBDZmpEs

BFF (you know you are white trash when your toddler is running around in a diaper with your bassett hound puppy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKKL38by-0

The Holder's pool opening day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW5eJeaWt1s

Sandbox:


The Holder pool is officially open for the season:
Our happy girl is 5 months:

Cupcakes!

Lunch time:

Our big girl is 4 months!

Katie hit the 4 month mark and we started solids. So far she has tried rice & oatmeal cereal and she is not digging either. We think she really wants chicken, see pic below...LOL! Christopher loved Easter this year, although he still doesn't like candy (I know weird right) he loved dying & finding the eggs and liked the toys the bunny left him. He is finally starting to realize Katie is a little person, he will even give her a hug if asked. I'll admit I bawled the first time he did, it was so sweet.

Dying eggs

The Easter Bunny came!
The egg hunt


Chris is such a good big brother

Our big girl
She is really starting to like the jumperoo
I want chicken!
She thought she was getting a plate

Happy Birthday Christopher!!!

We had a very exciting month! Christopher turned 2 and had a vocabulary explosion! He talks nonstop now and I am proud to say we can understand a lot of what he is saying. He not only can count to 10 but he can also recognize the numbers! He is even getting more adventurous in trying new food! Katie turned 3 months and is growing so fast, our big girl is already wearing 9mo clothes! She is trying to roll both ways but hasn't quite got it down yet. She is sleeping a little better (knock on wood) so we decided to add more madness to the Holder household and get a puppy! A little basset hound, Chris loves her so much! He kept petting her and laughing. We pick her up Easter weekend!

He had a great time meeting all of the puppies:


Katies 2 month spring photoshoot:

Family walk to the park in the big double stroller!


Happy 2nd Birthday Chris!


She doesn't quite get the jumperoo yet


Our big girl is 3 months!

They are growing so fast!

Another month is behind us already! Katie is two months and Christopher will be two this month! Christopher still pretty much ignores Katie most of the time. I think he is too busy to realize she is here. Katie is without a doubt our little princess. She's always switching things up to keep us on our toes.

Drinking from a big boy cup!

We opened the closet to let him get a snack and he decided to build a tower:
Soaking in the big tub:

Tummy time:

Loving the play mat!

Bumbo!



2 months:

Life as a family of four!

Katie is a month already! Time has just flown by, I'm assuming because the first few weeks were a blur. Katie had her days and nights mixed up so we didn't get much sleep. She slowly getting on a better schedule and we are getting into the groove of being a family of four. Christopher is starting to realize Katie is here to stay and is becoming very attached to me. Besides wanting mommy to do everything with him Chris is an awesome big brother. He samples her bottles and pacis to make sure they are good before giving them to her, he helps wash bottles and gets diapers.

The day we brought Katie home Christopher decided he was a big boy and would not need his crib anymore, so he jumped out. We moved him to a toddler bed and he hated it. He cried most nights and I would have to go in and calm him. We finally figured out the toddler bed wasn't big enough and bought him a full size bed and he couldn't be happier. He goes up to bed on his own and lays down! It is great! Chris has also started going pee on the potty SOMETIMES. He doesn't really get it yet, but he will sit on the potty and if we are lucky he'll go.


Katie bear saying hi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVxQ-3ht390
Christopher and Rosco playing chase!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om7ZCPdd978

Our baby girl is already a month!



"Hey what is that?"


"Grrrrrr, I'm gonna bite your head off" growls Katie bear:

"I need a king size pillow top crib!":

Her first bath:

1 week:

Chris going potty and Katie hanging out
Chris coloring a picture:

Lego bucket boat:
Playdough!

First big brother/little sister pic:

Leaving the hospital:

Updates coming soon!