Another month behind us!

Katie is now 8 months and Christopher will be 2.5 this month! Katie's top teeth and other 2 bottom teeth all came in! She gets around either scooting on her butt, on her back and she can push herself backwards on her stomach. I'd imagine she'll be crawling within a month or so. She finally rolled both ways last month! She is such a big girl! Her vocabulary consists on Dada, Mama and Nana (not that she knows what it means but its cute to hear).

Christopher's potty training is going great! His teacher talked us into putting him in underwear and so far so good. He is in his "I do it" phase and gets very mad if we try to help him with everyday tasks, so although it takes us forever to get out the door Chris pretty much does everything for himself.

8 months!


Riding the animal merry go round at the Reston Zoo


Feeding the pigs at the zoo

Feeding the goats

Watching nemo together


Chris and his first "tat" he didn't like it at all! He kept saying off!

Enjoying the summer!

As the kids get older the Holder family is getting out and about more and enjoying spending time together. Katie cut her bottom 2 teeth last month and they are almost all the way up. She looks like a cute little bunny. We think the two top are not far behind because she has been drooling up a storm lately. Christopher amazes each and every day with how quickly he picks up on things! Not only does he know his alphabet and numbers up to 20 but he also recognizes them. He knows most of his colors and can count to 10 in Spanish! We are so proud of him.

An afternoon trip to Toys R Us




At the pool:







New shades!


Cooling down with some kool pops



At the farm:

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: