Dancing Holton

Stew and a new ride

We spent the weekend in Sulphur Springs visiting family and attending the World Famous Fall Festival!!! This event lets the good people of S.S. cook different types of stew over and open fire in the heat of September. Lucky for us the weather was perfect this year and we had so much fun showing off Holton. He even ate some of the stew - such a country boy!

In keeping with that theme, Adam picked up his new four wheeler in Texarkana. He is beyond excited about this. He's already teaching Holton how to be a true outdoorsman below.

Check out Holton's serious look

Holton the Hunter

Whether he likes it or not, Holton is going to be a hunter. He has no choice in the matter! A little family background here – Adam and his Uncles went hunting each year on his Grandpa's land in Oklahoma. Adam still loves to hunt and talks about how great it is just to be outside and enjoying nature. I also grew up with my dad hunting every single October in Colorado. He would never dream of missing that one week a year. There is even a picture of me as a little girl hunting with my dad and having a good time (shocking to those that know me as the epitome of a city girl).

So, I understand the importance of camo, deer stands, the right binoculars and yes, even growing the beard in preparation for the annual hunting trip. With all of this hunting history Holton is bound to follow in his family’s footsteps. So to start preparing him now, my mom and dad got him his own camo overalls. He's on his way to make all the hunting men out there proud.

Notice the lack of a shirt
















Such a dirtbag picture with Uncle Patrick
















Our cute little hunter and his Dora sticker

Holton's New Toy!

How great is Costco? We found this awesome toy for Holton while shopping for bulk supplies of paper towels, dog food, and cheap wine. Who knew they had such fun toys?


We were going to wait to give this to Holton for his first birthday, but with his recent health scare, we felt he deserved it right now! Not to mention that he's 10 months old and is crawling all over the place and wants to stand up on any random piece of furniture. Anything that will give us a few minutes of peace and quiet is priceless. So is seeing the smile on his face!

Couldn't be better

For those of you that may not know, we had quite a health scare with Holton this past week. During this horrible time of uncertainty we had so many friends and family praying for us and you have no idea how much it helped us.

Well, we got the news yesterday that Holton is just fine! He has a low white blood cell disorder called Chronic Benign Neutropenia (sounds fancy, doesn't it). We just have to watch Holton if he gets a really high fever and we'll have to check his blood levels every 3 - 4 months. But, he's just fine!

Adam and I want to thank our friends and family for their support and prayers! We couldn't have gotten though this without you.

Looking for a few good women

Remember when I said that Holton has so many Uncles (six to be exact) that love him? This post is dedicated to the hopes that he will one day have some lovely Aunts in his life to spoil him. All of his Uncles are handsome, talented, intelligent guys. I’m just waiting for one of them to "pop the question". No pressure guys! I’m just saying that Holton would sure make a very cute ring bearer some day!

Anyway, here are some recent pictures of Holton with my brother Patrick and his girlfriend Amanda. Don’t they look so cute? Again, no pressure………I’m just saying……..

Amanda and Holton

Looks like Amanda is doing all the work here!

Holton is really trying to get Patrick's attention.
You be quiet, Patrick! You're going to listen to my "love" advice and like it.
It seems that Holton is praying on Amanda's legs.
"Please let me have an Aunt, please let me have an Aunt."

Busy, busy baby!

Hello everybody! We've been swamped with work and haven't updated in a while. Holton has had a busy couple of weeks! He is now saying ma ma, standing up in his crib, trying to drink out of the sippy cup, trying to eat big people food and he's had quite a few visitors.

Holton is blessed to have so many Uncles that love him. Adam's brother Chris came down from NY to spend some time with Holton. Chris is going to Culinary school so he even cooked for us (I tried to learn a few things, but it was hopeless). His Uncle John also stoppped by to spoil him.

Then, my dad made a last minute visit last weekend. Dad really enjoyed seeing Holton and kept saying how cute he was (well of course). It was great for Holton to spend time with his Grandpa. We only wish that Grandma and Grandpa weren’t so far away.

Anyway, here are some of the recent pictures. You can click on each one if you want a larger view.

The handsome boys! Adam, Chris and John
Chris doing his thing in the kitchen
A cute picture with Uncle Chris
Grandpa tickling Holton
Uh....his new favorite toy is the wine rack. Hmmm.....
Holton finally likes his swing
Trying to learn how to use the sippy cup (most of the water is on his chin)
He loves his rocking chair! Thanks Barry and Carol!