Hannah Kate is 8 Months Old!!!

Another month has come and gone in a blink of an eye. Our lives have been pretty busy lately with the arrival of Harlan and Thanksgiving. Hannah has been growing and growing. She changes all the time. She has become such an outgoing baby and laughs and smiles all the time.

Stats from this month:
Weight & Height? Last time we went to the doc you weighed 19lbs
-You wear all sizes now. Mostly 6-9 months though
-You were sleeping great for about a month. 7pm-6:30am! But we've had a few hiccups with our sleep routine the last few nights and you started waking up again to eat :( It wears us out but I know it's just a faze.
-You take 4-5 7oz bottles a day
-You eat a fruit and oatmeal baby food in the morning and enjoy a veggie at night. You love all foods.
-You "talk" all the time and have said Dada several times. Wish you would've said Mama first. Ha!
-You love to sit up and play, but lately you are on the move. You started crawling backwards and rocking on all fours. I just know you are going to start crawling all over the place any day now. You also are a rolling machine. You roll all over the place, front to back then back to front.
-You cut 2 teeth in the last few weeks. It was a lot of work but they finally popped through. You look so cute :)

You are our angel and we look forward to all the wonderful memories we will make with you this 1st Christmas season. We love you so much HK!!!

Here are some pics from her 8 month shoot.

Welcome Harlan

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
~ John 1:16 from NIV

Our precious new and perfect gift arrived Friday, 11-18-11 at 4:47pm. My guess that morning was that he would be born at 4:36pm. Pretty good guess!

Mom and I got up early Friday and drove to Dallas. We got to the hospital around 12:30pm. I left Hannnah with Brandon. He's such an amazing dad so I knew he could handle it for a couple of days on his own.

Mr. Harlan Frazier Holmes entered the world with ease after a successful induction. Brittany and Jonathan got to the hospital Thursday night and by Friday mid-day she was laboring on her own. And at 4:47pm he was born. He weighed 7 lbs 12 oz and was 20.5 inches long. We were all so excited and nervous waiting out in the lobby for the good news.


We waited all day and around 6:30pm Jonathan finally brought him out for all to see. It was so special. My brother looked so proud of his baby boy and I'm so proud of him and Britt.







I was only in Dallas for a short time, but I got to hold him the day he was born and the day after and that meant so much to me.


Here are some photos they took in the hospital. He's so precious I can't believe he'll be already a month old the next time I see him. I miss him already :(

11/11/11

Today is Veterans Day. I would like to remember and honor my two grandfathers, Eddie Holmes and Ernie Frazier for their service during WWII. I don't have a picture of him, but I would like to remember and honor Brandon's grandfather, Tella Walker, as well for his service in WWII. I would also like to thank all the brave men and women who have fought or are still currently fighting for our freedom. May God bless you and keep you safe.

9 Days

Only 9 days til my sweet nephew is due to arrive. We have been looking forward to his arrival for so long and it's so close. Can't wait to see what he looks like.

If he looks anything like my brother this is what he might look like.

This is a pic of my brother after he came home from the hospital.


I don't know who he will look like, but I do know...

That he's a precious gift from God.



And that his parents really are looking forward to meeting him :)


And that he has a super cute room to come home to.






And that his autie Jennifer loves him already and can't wait to hold him!!!

We love you Brittany and Jonathan and will be praying for you as you welcome your sweet boy into this world.

Because I can't post without a picture of Hannah, here you go :)

Halloween 2011: Our Crazy Adventure Continues

Well we made it through another 1st holiday, Halloween :) I had Hannah's costume planned for a while now. Pics of her in the chicken costume are in my last post. You see, Brandon has called Hannah "Chicken" since she was really tiny. I thought it was only appropriate she be a chicken for her 1st Halloween.

I looked at a few chicken costumes online before finding this one for less than $10. I thought it was such a steal since some of the ones I saw were $30 or higher. She didn't really care for wearing her costume, but I thought she looked so sweet in it. I was happy I got so many cute photos of her wearing it.


I wasn't so sure how Monday night was going to go. The plan was to leave work at 5pm and pick her up from day care. Then we would go over to my grandma's place and show her off while all the residents were eating. Then we would go out to Gary's church for their fall festival. I was hoping then we would be back early enough to show her off to the neighbors before she would be ready for bed.

Well, I should have known everything wouldn't go as planned. I picked her up a little after 5pm as planned, but soon as I got her home she was ready for a bottle. After feeding her, I put her in her costume. My co-worker and his wife stopped by to see her after that. They love HK :) We were running a little late but we managed to get over to Mamere's before 6pm.



She wasn't really happy to put the costume on, but all the "old folks" thought she was the cutest thing ever. I would have to agree.

We stayed about 15 minutes and were off to our next location. But on the way to the church we heard a loud wet exploding sound come from the back seat. I knew at that moment, we had had a blow out. Oh no!!!

What you are about to read may be too much information. Reader discretion advised!!!

We got to the church and we were going to change her diaper, but as Brandon unbuckled her we saw a trail of watery poo covering her backside. It was everywhere and I knew our night was over.


We went home and changed her. Most parents would probably call it quits after that, but I was determined not to let a little poop ruin the "plan". So I put her back in her chicken costume and strolled her around the neighborhood. We were outside a total of 15 minutes before she started crying. It was pretty unpleasant to say the least. But she sure looked cute :)

I know there will be many more Halloween's, but I wanted to document her 1st. My baby is growing up, but she's still a baby and she sure did act like it this night. She makes our life so interesting. There is never a dull moment and I wouldn't trade it for anything. We love you little Chicken :)