new top ten

(again... from my parenting magazine)

top ten things not to feel guilty about....

1. having the impulse, after discovering your kid has used your $20 lipstick to draw a giant plum-colored pig on your dining room wall, to call up Brad and Angelina and ask them if they'd like to take in one more

2. returning the fancy but useless baby gift to the department store and spending the credit on shoes for yourself

3. suspecting that those stars who got their prebaby bodies back in two weeks are on drugs

4. feeling secretly glad when you catch your neighbor's 'perfect' child in a nuclear meltdown

5. introducing your sister's kid - little miss organic only- to her very first twinkie

6. setting up playdates just with kids whose mothers you like

7. calling your jiggly belly your 'mummy tummy' ten years after childbirth

8. noticing the hot dad at dropoff (hey, you're just lookin'!)

9. insisting on grown-up music in the car

10. knowing, really knowing, with every fiber of your being, that your kid is the cutest one in his class picture

Top Ten

(i found this in my Parenting magazine and thought i should share...)

Top Ten Ways Your Life Is Not Like a Reality Show:

1. your morning weigh-ins are mercifully private

2. no hope of trading up to a millionaire, housecleaning husband who lives to give foot rubs in wacky wife-swap episode

3. you drive a ford, shop at target, and drink diet coke all the live-long day, but no one gives you a dime for product placement

4. you endure hours of grueling photo shoots- but they're all at Sears and come out in wallet size with a faux-nature background

5. the only Extreme Home Makeover you're getting is courtesy of a 2-year-old with markers

6. you'd like to see Top Chef make three different dishes (one kid food, one vegan for your tween, and one that actually tastes good for you) every single night

7. you really did marry your big fat obnoxious fiance (and what's worse, no one paid you!)

8. you never get voted off- even if you beg

9. you're surrounded by 'real' housewives-but like you, they haven't shaved their legs in days

10. you know What Not to Wear, but nothing else fits since you had kids

family pictures

about a month ago... or more, we went with some friends of ours to Dash Point State Park and took some family pictures of eachother, some of them turned out pretty cute. enjoy.

trunk or treat

2 trunk or treats + lots of candy= one hyper lightning mcqueen

and one happy bat!

the great pumpkin

PUMPKIN CARVING AT THE HOLMANS
(as interpreted by blake)

"what the heck are my parents doing?"

"if dad can do it, so can i"

"ummm... this is disgusting"

"YES!... i LOVE to color"

"i'll let dad do the hard part and try to figure out what i drew"

"i guess mom wants to join the fun too"

"adam is too little to carve pumpkins, only big boys like me get to"

"isn't my pumpkin AWESOME!?"

"this is mom's.... it's ok, i guess... but she cheated and used a stencil!"

("we got to go to pa and grandma's house and carve some more pumpkins... mom and grandma did all the work though, while us guys just sat around and watched, man are they suckers!")

"my mom did the mariner moose... my FAVORITE!"

"and grandma did this one... i still can't figure out what crabs have to do with halloween..."

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE HOLMANS!

six months old!

yep that's right, adam is 6 months old (well, actually 6 1/2, but we just went to the dr. today)!

a little bit about adam:
weight: 16lbs (10-25%)
height: 26.5in (>25%)
head: 44.75cm (50-75%)

*the doc was very impressed with how well he's sitting up
*he said he wouldn't be surprised if he was an early walker.... skipping crawling all together (because he HATES HATES HATES to be on his tummy)
*he is a total mama's boy
*he's going to give blake a run for his money when he starts walking, he's already a toy stealer!
*he has the cutest laugh and giggle
*he's a major flirt
*he's my little surfer dude with bright blue eyes and blonde hair
*he has a very sweet and fun personality, it is so exciting to see it come out more and more as he interacts with us and his brother.


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HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY ADAM!

blake went swimming today in the bathtub because some dummy left the water running while she checked her email, blog, facebook, etc.... nice huh?! mom of the year for sure!