Lazy Weekends....

Because of how Michael's schedule is at work, he has had to work every weekend in February so far. At first, I dreaded having a rambunctious ALMOST 16 month old by myself all day. As it turns out, Colten and I have had a great time. Of course I've had those days where I watched the clock praying for 5:30 p.m. to get here. Cleaning house, doing laundry, and entertaining a small child and a hyper dog all at the same time is exhausting. But overall, Colten and I have had a great time. Next Saturday I have to work all day, so Colten will have that special time with his daddy. Colten has been such a mama's boy that I wondered if he would ever cry and want his daddy the way he cries and wants me. He's getting closer and closer to his daddy every day. Just yesterday he walked to the front door and said "Da da?" I had to tell him that "daddy went bye bye." He was so sad! But we are so grateful that Michael has a great job that he loves...and that allows us to have FREE HEALTH INSURANCE!!

Today, I did the impossible! I took Colten out to eat breakfast at Burger King. We sat inside and had a NICE, QUIET MEAL! No screaming, no food throwing, no sippy cup tossing. He was such a good boy! Afterwards, we went to Food Lion to pick up a few things. After that, we went to the park and played on the slide and the swings! We even saw three little dogs. Colten immediately started barking back at them. It was so cute! We came back home and had a great time playing outside before lunch and naptime! Such a perfect Sunday with my little man.

His newest works are Cookie, Cat, and Yucky (or as he says it, CUCKY).

Be sure to check out the video above! It's from our messy lunch today!

My Little CLIMBER!

So it looks like I have a climber on my hands! Colten has figured out to how stand ON TOP OF my Dining Room table. I spent half of the day today trying to keep him from climbing on top of the chairs, the table, bar stools, and couches. He's very adventerous and seems to show NO FEAR. I can tell he's going to be a passionate, fearless person, just like his mommy!

Colten's daddy has to work all weekend, so we are getting lots and lots of quality Mommy-Colten time. We had fun today! We watched the Wiggles, had a nap, and Colten helped Mommy clean the kitchen and living room. He's such a good helper!

Colten learned a new word today...BOO! He doesn't actually say "BOO"....it sounds more like "BEE!" He likes to jump out and yell "BEE!" It's so cute!

Here are some pictures of Colten I took today:

No, no no!

So the other morning during breakfast, Colten shook his head at me and yelled "No, No No!" I guess he wasn't in the mood to eat his banana. I can't believe how much he is growing every day! He's picking up new words really quickly, also. Just the other day he brought me his shoes and said "Toos, Toos." We went to the playground today, which usually turns into a full-out scream fest when it's time to head home. When it started getting windy and cold, I told Colten: "Say bye, bye Colten. It's time to go home." He waved bye-bye and began walking home without fussing!

He is such a dream come true! Here are some pictures of me and of my 15 month old heart breaker!


My new haircut and highlights:

We're Back!

Michael and I are so glad to be back in the world of the internet after a brief hiatus. Our old computer died on us and we lost dozens, probably hundreds, of pictures. Thanks to the world of Facebook and Myspace, most of our favorite pictures were saved! My parents bought us a laptop for Christmas and we love it!

Colten is getting so big! He's over 25 pounds now and is in the 85th percentile for his height. We are predicting that our son is going to be tall and buff! He's learning new words and has, unfortunately, inherited his mother's hard-headed Holman gene. I was hoping it would skip a generation! He can say a few words, including:

Ball
Dog
Hey
No
Night Night
Mama
"De De" (his daddy's name)
Nana

Michael now has a new job at the same place that I work at, Northeast Florida State Hospital. He is a Mental Health Security Specialist. He works in the Security department as an officer. Since we are both State employee's for the great state of Florida, our health insurance is FREE!! Michael loves his new job! We finally both have secure, steady jobs. We're looking forward to a better year in 2010. 2009 was very rough for us!

Colten will be going to Nemours Children's Clinic to see a Urologist on the 13th of this month. He has a birth defect, Hypospadia, that might require surgery. We are asking for your prayers!

Here are some videos from Colten's Christmas. He was a good boy and Santa brought him lots of great toys! He especially loves his Little Tykes car. He wants to load his car up with all of his favorite toys before going for a ride.











One afternoon, the UPS man visited us with BOXES AND BOXES AND BOXES of presents from My parents, great grandmother, and Aunt Lisa. Colten had a blast playing in the boxes and paper!