What’s for lunch?

(and, yes. I did attempt to color coordinate the food with his plate.)
I don’t really know what the normal consumption for 5 month old baby is. Obviously it probably has more to do with their size than their age. But here is a typical lunch for Holden. I normally just choose 1 veggie for him. But I only had 1 ice cube of green peas left that I wanted to finish off and I knew that wouldn’t cut it. So today we began like normal with 7 ounces of formula. Then it was on to the green peas, sweet potato and apple. And after he finished all of this I actually gave him some peaches because he was still acting hungry. I mean, I’m not trying to make my child another statistic in the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. ;) He tight lips it when he is full (that is our communication method for now). And so until I get a tight lip from him, I keep feeding. He is just a growing boy!
And the damage is done . . .

Lookin' Festive

After running a quick errand yesterday, look what I found on my doorstep.
Well, no. Not this cute little baby, but the cute little outfit that the baby is wearing. I’m a huge believer in online shopping. Even with a small shipping charge, I think it often saves money. So I made a couple of purchases for Holden and some Christmas gifts at Old Navy and they arrived yesterday. So Holden will be wearing his little Halloween get-up as much as possible in the next couple of weeks. And after getting him dressed this morning, I got a little carried away and we had a photo shoot. Enjoy!

God showed mercy

A couple of weeks ago we were invited to a friend's house for the OU/Texas football game. I was a little hesitant. I prefer to stay in the safety of my home with like-minded fans for this particular game. And it is one of the few football games I watch all season. I wouldn’t have ever called Jeremy and I huge Longhorn fans until we moved here and it seemed everyone assumed that we would be. Since we are from Texas and that is the only major University in that state. *sarcasm* So the last 5 years of living in Oklahoma has developed a loyalty in us to the University of Texas. I’m pretty sure, a loyalty that will stick around no matter where we live. Maybe more so for me, than for Jeremy. (I did mention last week to him that I wanted to pray for Texas to win this game. And Jeremy got on to me for sharing those thoughts.) Back to my story. We agreed to join our friends for the game and realized that a few other Texas fans had been invited. We thought it would be a mixed crowd. Well, it wasn’t. We were outnumbered, as we were the only orange shirts in the house.
OU was ranked #1 (before today) and UT was ranked #5 or #6, I believe. So I didn’t have much confidence in my team. But low and behold, Texas pulled it off (and possibly God answered my secret prayers). And for the record, we were very non-obnoxious fans. Just our normal quiet mannered selves. :) And the OU fans were the same. Surprisingly, it was a very pleasant experience. And here are a few more pictures from our fun game day!
Sooners and Longhorns can be friends, as proven below.
Here is some intense game watching.
Holden was so excited for the Longhorn win!
One particular girl was not such a good sport. ;)

cute little pumpkin

Jeremy was off work a little early today, so we took Holden to a nearby pumpkin patch. It is such a neat little place for kids! I know Holden will like it next year. And he will absolutely love it 2 years from now. But this year, I guess the entertainment was more for us. We were doing more of the laughing and it was quite a bit of fun. Here are a few pictures from our afternoon at the pumpkin patch.

New Toy

I’m not really sure what this little toy is called. Maybe it’s a jumperoo? My friend, April (yeah the same friend that sent me a ton of her boys clothes) gave me this fun toy, a walker and some other big things items. We finally pulled this out of the garage last night. And Holden loved playing in it this morning after his bath. I think he loves the independence of being able to stand without holding our hands. So it seems like our living room, is slowly but surely looking like a daycare. Except there is only one baby living here. I purposely didn’t register for a lot of these items, thinking we wouldn’t really need them. And in truth, we don’t NEED them. But Holden is enjoying this fun toy and we are very grateful for all of it!

Documentation of the roll

Well, Holden has been rolling from front to back since around month 3. You know how sometimes they do it when they are teeny tiny by a fluke? But somehow I never actually documented when he became so consistent with the roll. I let him nap on his belly and so he has always (since around 3 months) rolled to his back once he wakes up from his nap. Since we have the wood floors he is always on a thick pallet, which I noticed made rolling quite more of a challenge for him. But now he is even consistent on the thick pallet. So here is a recent documentation of Holden's roll.
enjoying some tummy time

getting in the head down position. (he pushes off the surface with his head.) notice fingers in mouth. they are now ALWAYS in his mouth. more teeth to come, i suppose.

bottom's up and ready to roll. fingers still in mouth.

action shot: mid-roll

and now, we're on our back and able to view the world (or the ceiling)

So now we just need to work on back to front. He rolls from his back to his side, but really has no interest in staying on his belly anymore. Unless, he can view himself in his little mirror. He still thinks that little reflection looking back at him is so funny!

mirror mirror on the wall . . .

Visiting with Family

We spent the weekend with some of Jeremy’s family in Texas. On our way to Texas, we stopped by to visit with Jeremy’s mom for several hours. This was her second visit with Holden and I am pretty sure it made her day. Here is grandma and Holden.

Then we got to Jeremy’s dads house late Friday night. He was excited to see his little grandson. And Holden was full of energy after the long drive. Somehow we never got a picture of the 2 of them together. We got to spend some time with Jeremy’s granny on Sunday. She is quite the professional at baby talk and got lots of smiles from Holden.


Saturday we were able to visit with Jeremy’s sister a little (again we didn’t take pictures). And then Sunday morning we got up and drove back home. It was a good weekend visiting with family. We are well aware that everyone cares to see Holden a bit more than they care to see us. :)
There is just something homey about driving through the Dallas area and specific places - Frisco, McKinney to name a couple. Towns that I have never lived, but places that feel like me. It's not good for me to drive through these places, because then I just want to move there. But every time we head this direction, I inhale as we drive through and take it all in. As Jeremy complains about the traffic. Traffic - smaffic. There's a reason there is traffic. There is so much to do and see. People actually want to be in these places. And I guess we can always visit . . .