Jake & Company Come to Town!

This past weekend we had a full house, but what fun it was. On Thursday night Jake, Hannah (Jake's girl), Lindsey & Joey (friends from Biola) came to visit for the weekend. We had a fun filled weekend. We enjoyed the sun, lounged at the pool, took a well guided tour of Chase Stadium (given by Kevin himself), went to a pumpkin patch (of sorts, pumpkins on the side of the road is what it turned out to be, gotta love the internet), wandered Cabela's, carved pumpkins, and played cranium. It was a fun weekend and we enjoyed having company. Here are some pics of the fun.

Week of Family & Friends

Sorry it has been so long since I've updated you, but things have been a little crazy, and I spose will only get crazier. So here we go. About a week ago my mom came to town to help us get ready for Gavin's arrival, which is coming up very quickly. We did have a very productive week. The time went by quickly running errands, going to Costco and Ikea, going to the doc, swimming, walking, and we did have a day of fun with Aunt Kathy as well.



One of our big projects was putting together our lovely changing table (thanks to Mom and Dad Holt). After many, many small pieces and lots of instructions we were able to get the changing table all together and set up.



We also worked on fixing the wall Mandy had helped me paint where the amazing painter's tape had so generously pulled the paint off the wall. But thanks to my mom's expertise you would never know. See . . .


Thanks mom for all your help.

On Friday my mom and I flew to LA where Mandy picked us up from the airport and we began a long journey to Sacramento. Because of our lovely timing we hit after work traffic. It took us 2 hours to get to Santa Clarita, way too long. Needless to say we arrived in Sacramento very, very early Saturday morning, but at least I could spend this long journey with two of my favorite people.

Saturday Kevin's mom and our family friend Renee threw me a baby shower. It was a wonderful day and a wonderful shower and lots of catching up with friends and family. Yah!!! Unfortunately I don't currently have any pics from the shower, but I will be posting some soon.

On Sunday I joined Mandy on the road again, back to LA. I was able to spend some time with my sis catching up and having fun. She can alwasy manage to make a road trip fun and filled with lots of laughs.

Monday I got to spend some time with Jake around Biola, and Hannah, his girlfriend. I was also able to meet up with Talia for lunch and catch up. It was a wonderful day to catch up with friends and I am very thankful for the time to be able to do it.





And now I am back home to my hubby. It was a wonderful trip but I did miss him much. While I was gone Kevin picked up our bassinet, well not Kevin and I's actually, Gavin's bassinet. Thanks to Aunt Terri & Uncle Gar and Grandma & Grandad.

Nate Comes to Town

This weekend Nate came to visit us. Well he actually came to see the last series of the Diamondbacks season. Yah! So on Saturday night Kevin and I met Aunt Kathy & Uncle Paul and Nate and his two friends from school, Ryan & Dan at the Dbacks game. It was very fun & surprisingly the Dbacks WON! That is always exciting. On Sunday we all went to the Wild West Cowboy Festival. A client of Kevin's had given us tickets. It was quite the experience. It was located at an old film set where they had several shows going on. We got the opportunity to see a wonderful stuntshow, a piano player from the show Deadwood, and the indian world champion hula hooper. It was a day full of excitement thats for sure.

Mandy Comes To Town!

So last weekend Mandy came to town to help me paint Gavin's room. The paint color turned out wonderful, but we did have a few minor complications with the painter's tape. We also sanded and repainted the dresser, which turned out very nice. We had a wonderful fun, dusty, and productive weekend. Thanks Mandy.

Autin, Texas

A couple of weeks ago Kevin and I went to Austin, TX for Mara's wedding. This was my first real experience in Texas, besides last year when we drove through the panhandle of Texas. Now from our drive through Texas I didn't expect a whole lot because it was barren and dry and nothing around, but Austin was very nice and green. We had a lot of fun, visiting old friends and just having a relaxing weekend. Our first day in town we spent the day with a friend of Kevin's from Liberty. He showed us around Austin and took us to Rudy's BBQ. It was quite amazing. Kevin liked it a little too much, he was ready to go back for breakfast. On Sunday we toured around town a bit and then went to Mara's wedding. The wedding was beautiful, it was at Nature's Point a little cottage on Lake Travis. The wedding was very fun, but very hot and humid. I think Kevin and I both sweated through our clothes, but we had a wonderful time. On Monday we decided that since we were so close, we couldn't come to Texas and not go to the Alamo. And so that is just what we did. We drove just over an hour to San Antonio and visited the Alamo and the River Walk. It was a wonderful weekend.

3 Week Checkup!

Today I had a doctors appointment. Nothing too exciting, just a normal checkup, where I wait 40 minutes in the waiting room for a 10 minute appointment. All to say Gavin is growing normally and getting bigger. My stomach is now 29 centimeters and getting bigger, and his heart rate was 133 beats per minute. This was much slower than last 3 weeks ago, but the doctor said that is perfectly normal because is growing and getting bigger. Well that's about all the excitement here.

We Have A Blog!!!

Welcome one, welcome all to our blog!

The one and only super awesome aunt has created this lovely Internet page to keep you all updated on the life of the Holt family. You can look forward to a new belly photo each week, so that you can all watch how fast Gavin Edward is growing. Lindsey is 29 weeks along and Gavin was 2lbs and 3 oz at 26 weeks and boy is he is mover and a shaker. Unfortunately at their last appointment his constant movement prevented the doctor from measuring his length.

More info to come soon from the parental unit.