The Holbrook Family

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Arizona

Mark and I got away for a few days to spend some time in Arizona with my mom and Rick. What did we do? A bunch of relaxing! Worked out, boys played tennis, laid by the pool, had food cooked for us, went out to eat, went to a couple movies, slept in, took naps, shopped. It was great. Thanks mom and Rick, we could adjust to your style of living any day! :)

Around the fire pit with our pints of ice cream, not hot chocolate, remember we were in Arizona. :)

relaxing on the hammock.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Oh People...

Today I was out running errands, not feeling so cute (let's be honest I never feel very cute these days but it was one of those days where you try on everything in your closet and can't find anything to wear) I was at Lowes to pick up a little paint for a project I want to do in Kenya's room when the paint lady says

"I was going to say you better get that baby's room painted quick!"

"Actually it's not for the baby's room, that's already done and I still have 2 months left."

"Oh no!"

Then I went to Ross to try and find some shirts that fit me since I'm already growing out of everything I own. As I was handing my clothes to the dressing room girl she says...

"You look like you're about to pop!"

Me already agitated, "Actually I have 8 weeks left."

"Oh, are you having twins?"

"No"

"A boy?"

"No"

"Oh, well at least it's healthy!"

Thanks lady. I had one lady ask me if I was sure I should be flying when we went to Arizona last week and another lady seriously laughing as she asked me if my baby was "coming soon" in her broken english. I hate to complain, but these people are not making it any easier on me! So I will try to brush it off and be grateful that my baby is "healthy". :) Which of course I truly am.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Mother's Day

It was a beautiful Mother's Day weekend, we got to celebrate with Mark's family on Saturday and my family on Sunday.

Mark's mom gave all the mom's these beautiful Lei's.

My sister in laws, Kristen, Christie, Maurena, and Stefanie

Oh how Kenya loves Nate and Maurena's dog Aiden, she's also scared to death of him if he looks at her though. :)

Greyson wants to be just like his uncle Bryan, or does Bryan want to be just like Greyson? Hard to tell.

Me with my sweet kids, could I be any bigger? I sure can because I still have 8 weeks! Can't believe I will soon be a mom of three! I'm so grateful for these cute kids and truly honored to be their mom.

It was also my dad's birthday so we celebrated that too. It was my mom's too but she wasn't here so we celebrated her and her birthday in spirit. :) Love you both! (Love Luke's face in this!)

Oh and this lemon berry trifle I made was absolutely divine. As Kenya likes to say "try it, you'll like it"

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Love 'em

A lot of times when i drop off Charlie for preschool Kenya get's a bit sad and has said a few times in her sad little voice "I miss my Charlie." On this particular day when we got home I decided I'd try and cheer her up by painting her nails. It did the trick, she loves getting her nails painted and loves showing them off.

Charlie lost his first tooth yesterday! It's been loose for a few weeks and he's been very anxious to have Mark pull it. He came in our room yesterday morning and asked Mark again to pull it. We decided it was probably loose enough and Charlie was nervous about how bad it was going to hurt but he was tough about it. Mark had to get the tweezers out to pull it since the tooth was so little and his fingers are so big

Bleeding just a little. :)

The tooth fairy didn't end up taking his tooth that night because he kept waking up when she would come into his room so she decided to come the next day during his nap when he wasn't expecting her!

Can't believe how fast these kids are growing up. I got a little emotional yesterday when we were at Lagoon (remember I'm pregnant,) and Kenya and I were watching Mark and Charlie on his first ride on the swings. Charlie looked so old and grown up. It made me a bit sad, he was kind of over all the kiddie rides too he just wanted to ride the big rides. I guess it's time to let go and enjoy the next stage!

Oh and I finally ordered my blog book for 2009! I upgraded this year, spent twice as much money on it but it was worth it! This book is so nice, for those of you who haven't done this you have to turn your blog into a book, the website is blurb.com. It's a little time consuming but very easy!

Front cover

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Dinosaur Park

Charlie had a field trip to the Dinosaur Park, it was the first time we'd been there and the kids loved it!

His preschool teacher is incredibly organized. They all wear their preschool t-shirts when they go on field trips, makes it easy to spot them all. They also have matching back packs with their names embroidered on them. She gave them all fruit snacks and a car bingo game for the ride up their, she thinks of everything!

Friends Kenzie and Sam.

Sam slipped off as I was taking the picture.

Kenya was not very excited I made her sit under this dinosaur, brave girl though!

They loved this part where the dinosaurs looked real and were kind of moving and growling at each other. These are their scary faces.

Who Am I Sir

A Utah man am I!!

We took the kids to the Utes spring game again this year. This was actually the first time I went but Mark has gone for a few years now. It was such a beautiful Saturday and it was packed! I pretty much stood in line with Kenya the entire time for some over priced hot dogs but it was just nice to be outside with my little family. By the time this season starts I'll have three kids and Mark still has only one season ticket, it might be a long season for me! Charlie is going to be heart broken, he's really getting into it, so is Kenya actually. They love the fight song. Go Utes!!

Making their "U's"

A friend of ours turned 40 and had an 80's birthday party, this is what we came up with at the last minute, scary I know!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

My Sweet Oma

My mom's mom, my Oma was here in town for ten days to do some geneology. Some is really an understatement. She comes down from Washington once or twice a year, stays in Salt Lake and goes to the geneology library all day long. I find it quite amazing really. She is very dedicated and believes that this is one reason why she has stayed in such great health for her age. She turns 87 tomorrow and is pretty sure she'll be sticking around until her geneology is done, I told her she better do it slowly in that case.

I think the girls out number the boys just a bit on my side of the family, we're missing one and have two more on the way! There will be 9 girls to 3 boys when the next two are born.

Luke and Knox were MIA so it's just Charlie and Oma in a fuzzy picture.

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." :)