We have a 3 year old and a walker!

Our baby boy turned 3 and had a blast celebrating. First on his actual birthday we went to Frying Pan Park to see the baby animals. The following weekend we had his Cars themed party at the moonbounce place with all of his friends from school. He quickly adjusted to the 3s room, it only took 1/2 day. He is such a go with the flow kind of guy. Katie is WALKING!!! At 15 months she said enough with the crawling and decided to go for it. There is no stopping her now! It is so exciting but at the same time heartbreaking, she is officially a toddler. I just can't believe how fast time is going by. Easter this year was a lot of fun. They both really liked making a mess with the eggs and dye. See video below. LOL! We also did am egg hunt outside which they both really enjoyed. As they are getting older we are excited to be going out and about more. We did the Baltimore Aquarium last week and it was funny to see how they both reacted. Katie really got into looking at all of the animals, and Chris was more excited to ride the escalator. We did the whole place in an hour he was going so fast! HA! Overall is was an awesome time, no fits!

Eating Bday cupcakes on the way to the farm

Cars cupcakes again that night!

 

Cars cake at his party

Cars Pinata!

Click here: Easter time!

She loved the animals at the Aquarium

Chris liked riding the escalators

Cruising around the house together

Eek! Where has the time gone?!?!

Here it is almost March and I've yet to post Xmas and Katie Bear's b-day pics! Life has been crazy hectic lately. Katie is a comfortable "cruiser" if she has anything to hold on to she is happy walking around. She has great balance and stands unassisted all the time. But if you put your hands out for her to walk to you she goes to the floor laughing and crawls over :)

Chris is quickly approaching 3 and is counting down the days until his party at the moonbounce place. He will be moving up to the 3s room at "school" and we all can't wait, he's outgrown the 2s. He is such a big boy now, he can dress himself, knows the alphabet, count to 20, count to 10 in Spanish and is working on phonics! We are so proud of him.

Xmas came and went and I will admit Xmas with 2 toddlers is an adventure. There were a lot of "MINES" and gift exchanges. Whatever one of them has the other one wants.

Katie got her 1st haircut last month and didn't mind it at first. Towards the end she got a little upset because the woman was taking way too long. But I was proud of her, she was a big girl and sat in the chair all by herself!

Xmas!
Chris liked wrapping gifts more than unwrapping
Santa brought bikes!

Birthday girl!
12 month pic, what a big girl!
Katie's birthday party!
The balloon drop at her party!
Katie counting her birthday cash
Visiting with cousin Clark!

Chris "checking his email" 1st haircut

It's beginning to look a lot like Xmas!

Christmas is quickly approaching and the Holders have been busy preparing for the holiday season! Katie is finally crawling! YAY! She started right at 10.5 months. Christopher isn't exactly thrilled with the idea. Now she can take things from him and sharing isn't his strong point. Chris continues to be Mr Independent, he helps with cleaning the house, cooking the meals, picked out our Christmas tree and even helped at my work Xmas party. All of my coworkers we shocked by how much he really did help! He makes me so proud! So the countdown is one for Santa, lets see if the Holder children made the nice list this year ;-)

Our cute little reindeer!

Chris picking out our tree

Decorating the tree


Loving her powdered doughnut

First Halloween as a family of four!

Our bee and Dr had a great time on Halloween. Christopher enjoyed ringing the door bells and passing out candy....Katie enjoyed eating the candy! She ate 2 lollipops and a kit kat! Christopher of course wouldn't eat the candy but he was very stingy handing it out. He only gave 1 piece a person then would say Happy Halloween and shut the door!

Katie can now get to sitting from her belly and is SO close to crawling! We keep telling Chris he is gonna have to look out she she becomes mobile! Christopher is using full sentences and is becoming very strong willed! I wouldn't say "terrible twos" more like "testing mommy and daddy twos."

10 months! I am in denial that my infant is almost a toddler!
Carving our pumpkin
testing out the lolly pops
Our Dr and bee


Trick or Treat!
Who ate the last kit kat?

Typical Saturday morning at the Holder household...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN10t9ACnMw

They really enjoy playing together now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TQiIaoXNR8

The only way Katie gets around! LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPaHkx-ERYc

Fall is here!

Summer is over and we are welcoming fall with open arms. There are plenty of activities to enjoy around town. Christopher is pretty much potty trained except for night and naps. We were going back and forth between pullups and underwear until he came home from daycare one day and told me he wanted to wear underwear! He hasn't had any accidents since! His vocabulary and intelligence wow us each and every day.

Katie is still doing things on her own terms. She has yet to crawl but has decided she won't crawl from her belly she tries to go from a sitting position and falls flat on her face all of the time (hence the huge scab on her nose). She is finally sleeping through the night and mommy and daddy are VERY happy!

9 month shot:


The pool turned back into a ball pit


Daddy and Chris sliding at Cox Farms


Eating a snack on the tractor
Big boy sliding by himself this year!
Unlike her brother Katie LOVE sweets!
We ditched the highchair and moved to the booster!

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: