The Holbrook Family: May 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Look Who's Walking!

Kenya has been taking steps for about a month now but she's really starting to take off! She's also learned how to crawl down the stairs and doesn't want to stay away from them. I can't believe how busy she is. She was such a calm newborn, I thought she would stay that way but I was wrong! She's just as busy as Charlie was, she crawls all the way up slides at the park and gets to the tallest slide and wants to go down and gets so mad when I snatch her before she makes it. Despite all the busyness she's still a sweetie.

This is a video of Charlie walking, just for a fun flash back! He's about 10 months old.

So this is Kenya with her cute new bows in an attempt to have two little piggies. I just did her hair right before this picture and right after this picture we stuck her in the car and gave her a bottle....

5 minutes later when we pulled up to our destination Mark looked back to find this! Now you know why we call her stinkerella!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Kenya Camille is One!

Happy Birthday to our baby girl- Kenners, Ya Ya, stinkerella, Kens, babies, little stinker, little sweetie, KC, spaz, our little cutie pie!

Thanks for putting smiles on our faces all day long
Thanks for the sweet hugs and pats on the back when we pick you up out of your crib
Thanks for the spazzy right arm that's always going when you're being carried, it always makes us laugh!
Thanks for giving us those cheesy toothy grins!
Thanks for being such a sweet good newborn and infant! I don't know how I would've made it through those first months if you were anything but.
Thanks for being my probably one and only blondie!
Thanks for letting me be your mom, it's such a joy!
We love you baby, Happy Birthday!

Friday, May 23, 2008

Birthday Bash!

Kenya and her cousin Greta were born 3 days apart so my sister in law Amy and I decided to have a combined birthday party for these little cuties. We had it on Greta's birthday the 22nd since Kenya's is over the holiday weekend on the 25th. Since both of us are in the process of building a new home and living with parents right now Amy's parents Allen and Linda Sumsion were kind enough to let us have the party at their house, thank you! It turned out great and the best part was Greta and Kenya eating their cupcakes and doing the jig to Greta's favorite latino party music! (Or what was that song!?) Greta got so happy when it played, it was hilarious! Thank you to all who came and for the cute gifts too!

Two twin cousins.

Kenya of course wouldn't sit still for a second

Greta was quite content wherever she was.

Singing "Happy Birthday" and clapping after.

We let them dig into their cake, they were pretty girly about it though, Kenya did manage to knock over a tower and take a bite of the chocolate bridge.

Eating their cupcakes , they attacked these much better!

The masterpiece castle cake that Amy and her mom made!

These are my cupcake bites, aren't they so cute! Thanks to Erianne for helping me out, although they're fun and easy to make they do take a while but they're worth it, so yummy! I got the recipe from bakerella, she's got great ideas!

I also made these cupcakes, this was my first time decorating anything and although they are very amateur they were fun to do, I think I'll be decorating my own cakes more often, anyone want to take a class with me?

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

It's Getting Hot In Here...

Last night I went to go check on Kenya before I went to bed and as my eyes were adjusting to the dark I saw this...

This silly girl somehow managed to take off her shirt and throw it out of her crib!

We were just laughing as we were imagining her trying to get that shirt off. :)

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Craft Day!

Paige and I were talking yesterday about our kids first birthday and she was telling me how she wanted to make a birthday hat for Brock, I then invited myself to make one with her and we tackled a utensil holder that she saw on Studio 5 at the same time! And it only took us 4 hours! :) Yes we had breaks for picking up kids, feeding babies and kids and ourself, wiping away tears, and of course changing some diapers, but all in all I'd call it a success! Thanks Paige for letting us crash your house!

I know they're for the babies but they weren't going to keep them on for a picture! (Yes that is the reason why we made them but we'll wait for the actual day to struggle with that!)

The Zoo

We went to Hogle Zoo on Tuesday with Jayme and Samara. Charlie hasn't been for a year or so so it was like the first time all over again! He loved seeing all the animals but especially the elephants and bears.

Charlie and Samara in front of the giraffes

Ahh...young love. Look though, she's already taking control!

Kenya was restless sitting in the stroller and was so excited to get out and see the elephants (ok, just to get out, she really didn't notice the elephants.)

Trying to get a 1, 2 and 3 year old to smile and look at the camera all at the same time? I don't think so! :) I think this is even cuter though.

We ended the day with the train ride, I think both my kids were sick of the camera by then. :)

Monday, May 12, 2008

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a fun weekend enjoying the sunshine, yeah! We went to Kangaroo Zoo with Paige and her boys on friday, that is the best place to get a 3 year olds energy out, actually anyone's energy out! On Saturday Mark took Charlie to get a baseball glove. We had a hard time finding one for him since he's left handed but he came home so excited that he found the "right one!" We took him to the park so he could practice. He's pretty good at hitting but needs a little work with the catching part. Sunday was a great day and I played my mother's day card as much as I could. :) Mark made me breakfast in bed and got the kids ready for church, thanks hon! Baby Liam Sayes got blessed that day too and let me just say he had the cutest little polo blessing outfit! We watched the Jazz game with my dad and Uncle Doug who made some fantastic chili, GO JAZZ! And that night we went to Mark's mom's for dinner so it was great that I didn't have to do any cooking at all yesterday! I had a great day and am so grateful and honored to be a mother to my two fantastic kids and hope that I will be blessed enough to be a mom to more down the road. Thanks to my mom and all my sisters, sisters in law and friends who are great examples to me and wonderful mothers!

Charlie and Hayden

Kenya having a sad moment.

Charlie stole my camera and took a bunch of pictures I didn't know about, this one actually is pretty funny! He's going down the slide and that's Hayden at the bottom.

I had my nephew Knox with us too, they had so much fun crawling around a trying to climb onto the slides.

About to hit the ball...

Completely missing the ball :)

Kenya didn't want to miss out on all the fun so we brought her cute little princess ball and bat that she got for Christmas from her Aunt Maurena and Uncle Nate. Isn't that the cutest little bat ever!

Charlie getting some lessons from daddy.

Friday, May 2, 2008

Kenya Kenya Kenya The Explorer!

Kenya going straight for the kitchen cupboards

Hmm...I wonder what's in here?

Caught ya!

The World Through Kids Eyes

August 2013

Leila has officially stopped saying "I wanna hold you" :( She would always say that to us and I have never corrected her but I guess she figured it out for herself because tonight she said "hold me". She's growing up too fast!

November 2011
I told Kenya tonight that I was glad Heavenly Father sent her to me. She said "Why did Heavenly Father send me to you?" I said "well we were all a family before we came to earth, in heaven." She said "Mom, how did you get up in the sky?" "I don't know." I said. "Did Santa give you a ride?" Followed with giggles by both of us.

November 2010
Today I was telling Mark about how angry I got at Kenya for coloring on the table for like the millionth time. She heard me talking about it and said "You're not a nice mom, you're like the BEAST! I'm gonna put you in da gawbage and get a new mommy!" Then later Mark asked her when he was reading her a bedtime story "Kenya, am I the King?" She said "No, you're the debil (devil)." Charlie was drawing a picture of our family for school and drew me with my mouth open he said "Look mom, you're yelling." I don't think we're leaving the right kind of impression on our kids here.

July2010
Today Kenya came up to Mark and said "Daddy I have to tell you something." She then made him bend down so she could whisper in his ear "You're the best dad in the whole wide world." He thought maybe I told her to say that but she came up with it all on her own. She then did the same thing to me. I love hearing that little whisper in my ear.

June 2010
Kenya randomly makes comments on the baby in my belly, it usually goes something like this. "I like your big belly mom" then "I like your baby Leila." Then it's followed by "I have a big belly too." Tonight that was followed by "It's hooge."

March 2010
When Kenya is demanding something I will tell her she needs to ask nicely. She then yells at me "NICELY!" Not quite what I was meaning.
If you say something like "How are you doing?" She'll say "Kenya" instead of good, or bad, or sad, or happy. Kinda cute.
She's really starting to put her sentences together and express herself a lot better. It's fun to have conversations with her.

March 2010
At dinner we were discussing how babies just drink when they're newborns and don't eat food. We asked Charlie if he knew what they drank and he said "yes, milk from your..." he paused for a few seconds and we were anticipating what was going to come out, then he said "from your belly!" What innocence.
February 2010-
Kenya has been saying some cute things lately most mornings she comes into our bed and snuggles in right in the middle of us. This morning she snuggled up next to Mark, put her hand on his cheek and said "daddy you're my sweetie girl." We had to laugh. Last night we were in the car, Mark was on the phone and Charlie was being really loud so he turned around and grabbed his leg to get him to be quiet. Charlie started crying and Kenya got really mad "don't hurt my sista! You otay Charlay?" We explained it was her brother and she said it all over again, this time with brother. She's been calling a lot of people her sister lately, she's a bit confused.
I made chocolate football cake bites for the superbowl and whenever she finishes her food she says "I want a hapball!" The first couple times I didn't know what she was saying until she ran over to them and pointed, now we know that hapball is football.

July 2009-
Charlie was asking me if his dreams would come true (I thought he was referring to bad dreams because he's been so scared of having bad dreams lately thanks to watching "Thriller") I told him they wouldn't come true and he kept asking me about it. Finally he said "Well daddy's dream came true when you were his wife!" Awww, thanks bud!

June 2009-
Yesterday Charlie randomly said to me "You know mom Jesus is sad when you're mean to me." I guess what goes around comes around. He also told me as we were reading "Little Red Cap" (the real Little Red Riding Hood story) "She shouldn't have lied to her mom" he said. I said "No she should've minded her mom and not gone off the path." He said "well sometimes I lie to you." At least he's honest, well sometimes. :)
May 2009-
Kenya loves the park. Every time we drive by one she freaks out "side, side! Mama side mease, meeease!" (slide please) she says "mease" all the time, it kills me! So cute. She also loves to say "go way!" Every time she's mad at someone or we're trying to get her to do something she doesn't want to its "go way!"

February 2009-Charlie said a prayer the other day that went like this "Grateful we could go to Disneyland, grateful for Halloween, grateful for Christmas, in the name..." That was it! Kind of funny.

December 2008-Last night when Mark was putting Charlie to bed Charlie said "Dad, I think Jaxon isn't choosing the right." Mark said "Yeah, how come? " Charlie said "Because he likes BYU and that's not choosing the right." Mark was pretty proud.

December 2008-

Charlie had a Christmas pajama party at preschool. He got a gift from his teachers. He opened it up and it was a blanket they had made for him, "Wow, a blanket!" I said. Charlie said "It's beautiful!" Then a bit later he was doing a puzzle while I was on the computer and out of nowhere he just says "Merry Christmas mom." He can be so sweet.

November 2008- With Christmas right around the corner and his birthday a couple weeks ago Charlie wants everything he sees on TV. He'll be upstairs watching TV and you'll just hear him say "How 'bout that!" And if it's a girl toy it's "How 'bout that for Kenya!" I don't know why it's "how 'bout that" but it puts a smile on my face every time he says it. It's too cute.

I love how honest Charlie is. The other day he went to the bathroom and when he came out I said "wash your hands" as he came out he got distracted for a minute and then said "Oh yeah, I got poop on my finger." And went to the bathroom. The same day he told me that while he was playing outside with his friend Brady he peed in our dirt, just randomly told me later that afternoon with a guilty look on his face. I was surprised because he hates peeing outside!

I took Charlie to Target to pick out a Halloween costume. I thought he would pick one out immediately and probably choose spider man or batman, well he wasn't really jumping on anything he saw, until he saw a transformer costume he said "I want to be a transformer!" I said "Ok do you want to be Bumble Bee?" "No, I want to be Octopus Prime!" I think it's so cute to hear him say it I haven't told him it's Optimus Prime.

One morning while we were getting ready for church Charlie in his best little sick voice says to me "Mom, (cough cough) I can't go to church, I'm sick (cough cough) see I have a cough.! Isn't he a little young to be doing that?

Last night I was kneeling down by Charlie as he said his prayers. This is what he said- "...Grateful I could go to preschool, grateful for daddy and Kenya," then he reached out and stroked my hair, "and grateful for mommy's hair." He was so happy yesterday when I came home from work and my hair was done and not in a pony tail anymore.

Charlie's Aunt Kristen asked him one day "Charlie what did you do today?" He said " I played with Samara." She said "Oh, is that your friend?" "No!" He said, " she's my husband!"

Mark sold his car and Charlie was with us as we dropped it off to the new owner. Charlie said "Dad, where is your car going?" Mark said " I sold it, it's going bye bye." Charlie said "All our of our stuff going bye bye?" I hope we're not traumatizing him! :)

Charlie has been learning about the Holy Ghost and he seems a bit confused at the concept. Today out of the blue he asked me "Mom, where is the Holy Ghost?" I tried to explain to him that he's a spirit and he can bring good feelings to you etc.. Then he said "Oh, can I touch his blanket?" (This is what a ghost is to him, somebody with a blanket over them.) So then I explained that he's not a real ghost he's a spirit and he doesn't have a body etc. Then he said "Yeah, but he almost has a body, and when I pull off it's blanket is the Holy Ghost a girl or a boy?" Let's just say he's still confused. :)

We went to Discovery Gateway today and as we were walking in there was a little person standing by the entrance. Charlie looks at me and says "Mom, that was a wittle mom." I thought that was pretty politically correct. :)

Today at church Charlie was playing with some cards on the bench during sacrament when I looked over at him he seemed to be pondering something and said to me "mom, am I going to get baptized?" I said "Yes, when you're 8 you can get baptized." "But I want to get baptized now!" (The lady sitting in front of us turns around and whispers "precious." :)) I told him again he could when he's eight. Then he said "Can daddy help me get baptized?" I guess he is learning something in primary and FHE!

Almost every morning I have a battle with Charlie on what he's going to wear. At least the mornings when I care what he wears and want him to look decent. Last night he got to pick out a movie to rent, he chose a Buzz Lightyear one (this is his latest obsession.) This morning I brought out some clothes and he saw them and said "No, not that shirt! That shirt won't make me Buzz Lightyear!" I said "Oh, what shirt will?" "Come here, I'll show you." And he took me into his room and insisted that he wear a white baseball T with green sleeves. This is the closest shirt he has that resembles Buzz Lightyear's costume. Pretty creative kid.

Charlie is in sunbeams now but we've been watching Cami's kids this weekend at her house so he went to nursery today with his cousin Luke. When we got home I asked him what he learned in nursery. He said "nothing." I said "didn't you have a lesson, you must have learned something." Very adamantly he responded "No we don't learn anything in nursery, we just have snacks!" No wonder why he loves it! :)

Cami has a piano in her house and yesterday towards the end of Charlie's nap Luke started softly touching the keys. Charlie woke up and came out of the bedroom with his hands out to the side palms facing up and said in a sweet surprised voice "I wake up and heard the piano singing." Mark and I thought it was too funny.

Those of you who have been around us probably know that Charlie hates my hair in a pony tail. I have no idea where this came from but for about a year he has been like this. It's getting better but at first he would throw a huge fit and say "Don't cutta your hair!" Then I explained to him it was a pony tail so it became "Take out your ponytail!" And he would grab my hair and try and get the elastic out. He's made progress over the past year, it went from forbidding it to throwing a fit but on occasion after I explained to him I was going to the gym or didn't have time to do my hair a few times a day I could make it through the day. Now He doesn't immediately respond to it when he sees it but at some point through out the day he'll comment on it. The other day he was going down for his nap and he said "Mom when I wake up will you take your ponytail out?" I can't believe a three year old boy could care so much about a ponytail! So much for short hair, he probably wouldn't speak to me for weeks! :)

After we sold our house we moved into my dad's. Charlie loves being around his grandpa and the other day he was sitting on the potty and I said "Charlie, do you need help?" and he said "no, I want grandpa to wipe me!" I said "no, grandpa doesn't wipe you, just mommy." So a couple days later he says to grandpa "Grandpa, are you a boy or a girl?" Grandpa said "I'm a boy." Charlie said "if you're a boy then you can wipe me!" Don't know how he decided that one but I guess he's got it all figured out!

Kenya has been sick the past day and tonight at dinner Charlie said "why isn't Kenya eating?" I said "Because she's sick." He said "Oh, does she have a snotty nose?" I said "No, she has a tummy ache." "Oh, did she eat an egg?" "No, I said ache, not egg, it means her tummy hurts." In classic Charlie response to everything "Oh." :)