10 Things Tuesday

In my stalking of other blogs, I’ve seen people post a “10 Things Tuesday” list. It’s a list where they include 10 things they are grateful for in their life. A good way to not be so Debbie Downer. So, I thought I’d create one of these focusing on Holton.

Ten Things Tuesday – Holton Style

1. I am very grateful that Holton is healthy
2. That he is now blowing kisses when he says good bye
3. That he grabs your face (I mean grabs your ears and pulls you to him) and gives you the sweetest little kisses
4. Holton loves our dog Gus, which allows me to tolerate him more (the dog, not Holton).
5. I’m grateful he’s only bit one kid at school so far!
6. I’m thankful that Holton loves his daddy and looks for him when we come home from school. He says da-da, da-da.
7. It’s so much fun to watch Holton attempt to play baseball with Adam. He even says the word ball.
8. Right now I’m grateful we only have one child – it’s easier to spoil him ;)
9. I’m grateful that about once every week and a half, Holton will sleep through the night
10. I do love it when Holton sleeps with us and we wake up to a very smiley Holton saying "hi" over and over

Karma

We've entered a scary new stage with Holton.....the biting stage! Last Wednesday we got a note from Holton's schoool saying that he bit another child on the arm. This was a first for us, so we were very surprised. I tried to talk to Holton about this problem on the way home, but I don't think he was taking me seriously.

















Well, karma got Holton back. When I pikced him on Thursday, I immediately saw this large bruised area on his cheek. He apparently got bit on the cheek by aonther little friend in his class. He didn't look quite as confident that day when we talked again about how biting hurts everyone.



















And the culprit that bit Holton.....it was a little girl! Don't let that get out or it might ruin his tough guy reputation.

Let's go racing boys!

A couple weekends a year Adam and I put on our best t-shirts, put batteries in our scanners, load up our coolers and we head out early to watch a good ol' NASCAR race. Adam had been going to NASCAR races for years. He begged and begged for me to go and one year I reluctantly gave in to his begging. The first time the cars went around at full speed, I was hooked! And, can we talk about the people watching? Where else can you see this type of quality action???











This year Adam and I were joined by a great crew. My little brother Patrick, his fiancé Amanda, Adam's crazy cousin Zack and his lovely wife Kelli, and Patrick's fraternity brother, Nikolas (who is just the sweetest, cutest things you single gals). We had so much fun even if Dale Jr. didn't win.

Don't let the picture fool ya, he's great.




Adam and Zack by our version of the porto-potty

Patrick and sweet Amanda


We had great seats


The start of the race, so happy and hopeful.

As the race came to an end, Adam's mood changed. How thrilled does he look with me smooching him...

Good times

Do you see this? Proof that Holton does smile in pictures!

















Last weekend we attended a birthday party for our good friend who turned 30 (Teresa) and she was smart enough to provide entertainment for the kids. Holton loved the slide and he enjoyed pretending he was one of the bigger kids. We got some great pictures, thanks to Amanda.


















Just to give Adam a good laugh and have even more reason to make fun of me......I am including this horrible picture of Holton and me going down the slide together. Can I just say it was so awkward getting me and Holton up and over that dang slide. I'm too old for that kind of thing. I don't even know where to begin with this picture. I could say so many things.