J U L Y

We kicked off July with a week in Orange Beach. Since it is a long car ride for Holt we broke the trip up and stayed in Leroy the weekend before and after.

 

We got some beautiful sunrises and sunsets!

 

 

 

And had a blast with Daddy, Anomonna and Granddaddy!!!

 

 

 

 

 

We had a FABULOUS week in Orange Beach (even though we felt like the Griswold's with a broken air conditioner and filthy dirty floors in our condo when we arrived and a couple days of rain). Holt loved the sand (especially eating it) and the water! We enjoyed some delicious food, celebrated the 4th and kicked off my 31st Birthday festivities! We were spoiled rotten by Anmonna and Granddaddy and have them to thank for such a FUN time!

 Sorry for the picture overload but it was hard to narrow down! I loved them all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So many sweet memories made and can't wait to add to them with our next trip!

 

Back in T-Town we had a belated Birthday dinner at Hokkaido!

Holt was quite entertained by our cook and cracked us up propping his bottle up to drink it! And of course we had cookie cake. A must have for my Birthday! Granddaddy Holt even snuck Holt a few bites...and he loved it! 

 

 

 

Last week our good friends Amy and John welcomed their baby girl Mary Camden! We are so excited she is finally here! She is itty bitty and oh so precious!

 

Holt Man started swim lessons with Swim Kids this week! He absolutely LOVED his first lesson! No fear of the water...could hardly wait to get in and sad faces when he had to get out! Holding this 27 pounder for 30 minutes straight in the pool was a workout for me. I am feeling sore today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE O V E R L O A D!

Blogging has been pushed to the side the last few months...we have been BUSY with ballgames, showers, birthdays, playing on the lake and more!

Holt is constantly on the move and has a happy and contagious spirit. He has such a  joy-filled and fun personality!

Holt Man is growing like a weed and weighed in at 26.4 pounds at his 9 month checkup! (He loves to eat and Mommy and Daddy's arms are nice and toned!)

Our pediatrician was a little concerned about his size and sent us to Childrens for an MRI of the brain because Holt's head size had jumped some. All results came back perfect and we just have a B I G boy on our hands!  Praise the Lord for a good report! (Maybe an Alabama Football Scholarship in his future?!)

He did have to be put to sleep for this procedure but he took anesthesia like a champ and downed a bottle of apple juice when he woke up!

We have spent lots of time on the lake with our friends The South's since the weather is HOT and Holt looooves the water!

We also have been playing "pool side" in our backyard!

We have spent a good bit of time at the ballfield in Hueytown watching cuzzie Will play summer ball and also took Holt to his first BAMA game.

We have also had FUN celebrating special occasions and  

people the past few months!

Andrew's Birthday!

Shower for my SWEET friend Amy and little Miss Mary Camden who is due to arrive in July.  (She is Holt's Future Girlfriend! )

Rachel and I took a day trip to Mississippi for our Cousin Julie's Wedding Tea

First Mother's Day

First Father's Day

We have plenty more festivites planned for the summer with a week at the beach, showers and weddings... To finish it off we will celebrate Holt's first birthday at the end of August!

Spring Has Sprung

Orange Beach and Leroy are both a little Heaven on Earth and we were happy to spend Holt's Spring Break visting both last week.

With warmer weather finally arriving we headed to OBA for Holt's first beach trip and our first vacation in almost a year! It was much needed and went by waaaay to fast but we enjoyed each and every minute and all of the sweet memories we made. The best part was watching Holt laugh and play  as he discovered new things like the sand and his first taste of chocolate ice cream.

Holt turned 7 months on the 29th and we snapped his mothly picture! According to his last checkup our Big Boy is in the 98th percentile all around and well on his way to being a future
BAMA football player ;)

We spent Easter in Leroy. Holt loved all the Easter festivites and his first trip to

Creek Bank. As always, we enjoyed spending time with all of our family and friends there!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Holt!!!

We celebrated Holt's first six months yesterday.  He LOVED when we sang happy birthday to him! He was full of giggles.  I can't imagine how excited he will be when we have lots of people singing and he gets to eat cake when he turns one.

Holt's Dedication

Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

We had Holt's dedication at church a few weeks ago. I think our attention getter liked having all eyes on him. We may be a little bit prejudiced but he really is the cutest, sweetest, happiest, most snuggly baby I have ever known. And we get to be his Mommy and Daddy-So Blessed!!

We had a group of about 25 including, parents, grandparents, siblings, nieces, nephews and cousins. Holt Man is loved and spoiled. We celebrated after Church with a yummy lunch at Wintzells.