An apple a day

Waiting for the pediatrician is always fun. Yes, I am the type of mother who will give my child a closed Tylenol bottle to chew on if it makes him happy. Here is Holton doing just that while waiting to see his doctor.


We went in for Holton’s 18 mth check up. Here are his stats:

• Weight – 24 pounds
• Height – 32 ½ inches
• He is still rocking the 50% for height and 25% for weight.

Holton is at such a fun age right now. I wish I could freeze time. He is talking more and more. He says "o" when he wants to see his "show" which includes the Backyardigans or Wonder Pets. His vocabulary also includes - biscuit, bubbles, Gus, a mumbled version of Somba (our outside dog), go away birds (something I often yell at the terrible birds on our patio that leave lovely presents behind and eat the dog food) uh-oh, hi, and he just loves to say da da over and over.

At this stage Holton laughs a lot, loves to blow kisses to everyone, gives the best hugs, dances to almost any music, claps his hands when people do the same on t.v. (he loved the American Idol finale), and he is just growing up so fast and it's so much fun to watch each new thing he does. He is the best thing in our lives and we adore him. Even when we take him out to eat and he's done after 5 minutes, we still love being with our little Holton.

Our Canada Trip

Sorry it's been a while since our last post. Adam and I just returned from such a great vacation.....without our precious little Holton. We spent the week in Canada with our friends Annie and Adam. We have to call the other Adam "Greg" because it's just way too confusing.

We started our trip in Calgary and then went over to the beautiful resort town of Banff. This place was so amazing and pictures truly don't do it justice. Now, if you know me at all, you know I am not an outdoors girl at all. I am what you call a city girl. But, I would go back to Banff in heartbeat. I highly recommend it. Just bring a lot of money for food...they are very proud of their culinary skills.

Although we dearly missed our baby boy, we had such a nice time being kid free. It was great to have long dinners not having to worry about high chairs and the ever lurking threat of Holton throwing food - ha. A big thanks to Holton's Na Na and Pa Pa for watching him while we were away.

Getting to know the locals

Really? Is this necessary? Must be a hot issue in Calgary.

Poutine - have you had this exquisite treat? I loved it!

Annie and Greg

Our first day in Banff.

Adam and Greg in front of our hotel. Kind of romantic, huh?



Adam wants to sell screen savers to Microsoft



We're about to go into the hot springs

The manly mountain men

The good old gondola ride. I wasn't even scared.

Banff's first patio day of 2008


Another pic of downtown

The fantastic Fairmont hotel in Banff. If you have a cool $650/night, you are set.

Hanging out at the Fairmont....pretending we have a lot of money :)

The views were just amazing!





My Vana White pose

Patio Time

One thing I love about our house is the upsairs patio. It's so nice to sit outside and enjoy the view. Around these parts we have about a one month window to avoid the 100 + temparature and this was one of those perfect weather nights.

Here is Holton sitting on the patio with us in his own special chair.

















This is when he got he a little crazy with his chair. That was our clue to promptly put him to bed.