Joshua is born!

After 9 months of being pregnant...

Joshua Ryan Holt was born at 1:53am on Saturday, May 23rd.
Weighing in at 9 lbs 1 1/2 oz and 22 inches long.

Jordan is excited about his new little brother.
When asked how he liked Joshua, Jordan said, "He doesn't do much."

Zachary is a Joshua magnet.
Where ever Joshua is, Zachary is right there too.
He loves to hold him, pat his head and give him kisses.

Jason is excited to get to hold Joshua when he gets a chance. With work, church callings, just starting his master's program, and Jordan and Zachary demanding attention, he stays busy.

Miriam is a tired, but proud and happy mom of three boys.

Destin Beach Trip

We went to Destin in May (2 weeks before I was due, don't tell my doctor) for a family vacation with Jason's parents.

The guys played in the sand...

while I watched.

Jordan and Jason jumped in the waves...

while Zachary stayed back on land, playing in the sand.

Easter

Easter Egg Hunting

"Are they under here?"

The older kids colored eggs.
This is Jordan with his cousins Joseph, Elizabeth, Emily, and Sarah.

Jordan

Jordan:

Loves wrestling with daddy (and Zachary too)...

and snuggling too...

plays doctor on daddy...

turned 3 years old in January!!!!!

went to Playhouse Disney Live (a present from Grandma and Grandaddy).

Zachary:

Likes sunglasses...

and chocolate...

thinks everything is a hat...

loves to play ball with anyone who is willing (this is his cousin Gavin)...

and gets into everything.

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008

Jordan and his cousins made and decorated Christmas cookies.

"Aunt Lisa, thanks for the hat!"

Jordan decorating the tree with Grandma.

The Holt Family

Miriam Zachary Jordan Jason

Zachary's 1st Birthday

My little boy is growing up. Zachary turned 1 in November.

"I can get used to birthday cake!"

We are going to be big brothers!

Jordan and Zachary will be big brothers. Jason and I are expecting our next baby at the end of May. We are all excited!

Boys will play!

Zachary getting pulled, actually by Jordan, around the livingroom.

They are starting to play together now. Jordan, Zachary and Joseph (their cousin) playing ball.

Yeah!!!! I'm a good eater, as long as you give my what I like to eat.

Jordan loves to play the computer, but at least he is learning too.

Beach Vacations

In May we went to Destin with Jason's family for a week, came home, did laundry and left a few days later for a week vacation with my family on VA Beach. It was fun!

Zachary thought the sand belongs in his mouth.

Jordan knows he's hot stuff!

The family at Destin Beach.

My men playing in the sand.

We got a new van!!

The Taurus died. As we have recently been fixing different things that have been breaking, when the transmission went out completely we decided enough was enough. We upgraded and got a new van, well, new to us van.

It's a 2007 Toyota Sienna.
We like everything, but the car payment.
(We haven't had one of those in about 4 yrs.)

I can't jump anymore.

I was in the kitchen cooking and Jason and the boys were in the living room, Jason reading, Jordan watching TV and Zachary jumping in his jumperoo. This is what I saw when I came back in the room...He jumped 'till he couldn't jump anymore.

Jordan playing Hide-n-seek

Jordan has started playing hide-n-seek lately. It's cute.

Jordan's dialog:
Counting, "Hiding behind mommy, noooo. Hiding behind bad guy, noooo. Hiding in box, noooo. Hiding behind froggie, noooo. Hiding behind bus, noooo. Hiding behind truck, noooo. Hiding behind blocks, noooo. Hiding... Hide, daddy's coming. Find daddy. Hiding in closet!!"

My boys

Jordan playing puzzles with Mema.

My talented pianist. He's dancing while playing.

Jordan likes to snuggle when he wakes up.

This tummy time thing is finally getting fun.

(Zachary)

Zachary Rolling

Zachary thinks he's hot stuff now...
"Look what I can do!"

(He rolled for the first time on Thursday, Apr 3rd, from back to tummy, he hasn't figured out the reverse yet.)

Zachary

"I know I'm handsome!"

My newest nephew

My brother Brian and his wife Lisa had their first baby. Gavin Cole Lamb was born on Feb 29th (yes, a leap day baby) at 7lbs 10oz and 20 1/4 inches long. This is him at about a month old.

Basket Hunting

A tradition in my family growing up was that the Easter Bunny would hide our entire basket and we had to find it, somewhere in the house. Now that tradition has continued with our kids.

Even Zachary found his. :)