Happy happy birthday!!!

Brand new!

1st professional pics (3 weeks)

about 6 months

just one of my fav pics of him!


1 year

It's hard to believe how fast time goes by. Seem like yesterday I had just had Mason, now he's celebrating his 1st birthday. He had to go to the dr Monday because he has ear infections which he's had more than his fair share of, but he weighs 20 lbs so yay we can move him up to a big boy carseat because he has always hated the infant carrier. He is trying to walk, taking about 4 steps before he falls. Guess he figures it's easier crawling. He doesn't like baby food much anymore he just wants to eat whatever we eat. He says a few words: mama, dadda, a noise for Eli, ight (light, which he has a fascination for turning off the light switches) mammah (grandma) and a whole lot more gibberish! He is generally pretty happy and easy going. We sure love him and the fun he adds to our house!

Holfeltz Christmas Part-ay!

Jolly Old St. Nick

Will's dad's work put on a breakfast and Santa stopped by. The boys did much better than I thought they would. Eli was a little hesitant to sit on his lap but after some help from grandma he jumped right up there. Santa even told Eli about the magic his reindeer have to help them fly.

Eli and Mason's cousins came too. Vanessa was pro at the whole sitting on Santa's lap. Tommy was still unsure what he wants for Christmas.

comedic relief

These boys seriously make me laugh so much! Mason was laughing hysterically when Eli chased him through this tunnel upstairs. It was really funny!

This is Eli the fire-fighter, with his gas mask and hat.

It's even better when Mason will play along.
(don't mind the toys all over this was after they dumped them all out)

Now he thinks he's santa.

Now he's the Christmas tree

special bond

I just walked in on this moment. Eli loves to snuggle his daddy before he goes to bed. I often marvel at the bond they have. Eli can't wait for his daddy to come home from work and usually calls him at least twice during the day to say hi. He gets so excited if he can go to work with him. He loves to wrestle him and play animals and trucks with him. They love watching Batman and super hero movies together. I am so thankful that my boys have such a wonderful dad to lead and teach them. And he's pretty lucky to have such sweet boys!!

future hockey star

We had my family Thanksgiving on Saturday. My sister Amie and I took the boys ice skating. Eli had so much fun. By the end of the night he was saying, "Mom, I can do it myself!" I was really happy they had those scooter things because I honestly don't remember the last time I went ice skating! So, it was probably more for me than him :) The pics are blurry my sister was snapping them as she skated. But, Eli's face is funny in every picture!

yay for finished projects! and instructions for the wreath

We made these cute wreaths at enrichment and I finally got mine finished. They are so easy to make, I'm thinking about making one for every holiday! :)

I won this magnet board at the Holly Fair a couple weekends ago. I also think it would be easy to make, I might attempt one for Eli's room so he can display all his artwork.

I don't know why it looks black in that corner, because it's not but you get the idea.



By request instructions for the wreath:
I got 6 fat quarters of material (you could use scraps if you have enough matching material) then cut the material into 3 different sized circles (small, med, large). Layer 3 circles on top of each other. Then cut a small hole in the center. Insert a brad. I found using small brads was easiest and then I could stick it into my wreath. Using one of those green Styrofoam wreaths is easiest. Or you could use big and little brads like I did, but you'll have to hot glue them down. Super, super easy and fun!!

15 thankfuls....

Since it's the 15th I think I'll post 15 things I'm thankful for:
1. Heavenly Father/ Jesus
2. Will
3. Eli
4. Mason
5. My family
6. My in-law family
7. My health and my family's
8. My "guardian angel" (my dad)
9. A warm house
10. The gospel
11. My cute preschool kids
12. Will's work/ that he LOVES what he does!
13. Temples
14. agency (that we have the ability to chose what we do, where we live, how many kids we have, what religion we practice, etc.)
15. good friends

the costumes

Eli was iron man. The best part of his costume was this cool arm that actually shoots and lights up.

Mason was a monster. My fave part of the costume was his 3 eyes!

We were Batman and Wonder Woman!

Halloween fun!

Eli wore his costume pretty much all week.




First, we went trick or treating at the library with some friends.


We had our preschool party Thursday. It was tons of fun!

pumpkins

We had our friends, The Batty's, over for dinner and to carve pumpkins. We had so much fun!



Eli and Will cheated, they used a power tool to carve theirs.....

the one on the left is Eli and Will's. the other one is mine (hand-carved)

Eli has a Halloween book called, Where's my mummy? We decided to make mummy pumpkins. The big one is the mommy and the other one is the baby.