Holden 6-7months

My baby boy needs to stop growing up.  He sits up,  scoots around the floor and is into everything.  He now is past the out of site out of mind phase and if take something away he looks all around for it.

He is a great eater now and eats anywhere from 5-8oz of milk and then 1/2 jar of baby food a few times a day.   He loves all the combos like sweet potatoes and turkey.  He loves puffs and will grab your arm telling you he wants more.  We are trying to do the sign language for more so hopefully he catches on.  

He is so much fun and we are excited for his first Christmas!  

Family Pictures

I am probably doing things out of order but I need to blog about these things before I forget and some of the pictures are on my iPad at home and so will have to wait for another post.

 

We were able to have family pictures taken in October.   My good friend Rachel (who took our engagements, bridals and wedding photos) once again worked her magic to make me not look ugly.  We haven't had a Dalton Family photo in years and now have two new additions so we decided what better time to update pictures.

I need to get some separate pictures of Holden with him smiling.  He was too interested in touching grass for the first time to smile.

 



Holden meet California, California meet Holden

For Holden's 5 month birthday we decided to take a trip San Diego and go to the zoo and the beach.  We had such a great time.  Holden is such a easy baby,  he is a great traveler and is really just happy all the time.  We definitely lucked out!

Pumpkin Patch and Halloween

I cannot believe it has been so long since I have posted.   I have a lot of catching up to do.

 

Let's start with Halloween.  

 

I don't know why but I had it in my mind I wanted Holden to be a skeleton.  I really didn't even look at many other costumes.  Thankfully Amazon to the rescue again and I found Holden's costume,  my shirt and Ryan's shirt for $44 with shipping.  I LOVE Amazon! 

 

Our Ward Trunk or Treat was Saturday, October 26th and we had so much fun.  Holden was so good and just hung out on the blanket watching all the kids dance around him.  He can sit up all by himself now and is completely content to just sit on a blanket with a few toys surrounding him and play for a while.  We decorated the car but because we are moving and I am really not in the holiday spirit I didn't do much and only think I took a picture on my phone.

 

Halloween was on a Wednesday this year and we joined our friends the Barney's and the Bruland's to walk around their neighborhood with the kids.   Holden's skeleton costume was a little hard to get on and off and I knew we were going to be out around bedtime so I quickly went in his closing, found a sweater I had just bought him,  drew some glasses on him and out the door we went.  He was supposed to be a nerd but people thought he was Harry Potter.

 

I love as each holiday comes experiencing it as a mom.  It makes it so different for me.  I know as he gets older each year will be a "new" first and I look forward to each one.

 

My handsome stud

Holden's 1st Pumpkin

The goat stared at him a little too long :)