A Few Fun Shots

We stayed at home almost all weekend. Of course, we watched the Alabama/Auburn game on Saturday night. ROLL TIDE!!

On Sunday, I talked Matt into going shopping with me. As soon as we got out, it started raining so we ended up only going to Wal-Mart.

When we got home, we got some shots of LeLe kissing everything. You can see that she loves pointing to the fish in her book. She also likes kissing on Ziggie (our zebra).

Dad is coming home from the hospital tomorrow!! Thanks for all of the prayers.

Mighty LeLe

Do you see anything wrong with this picture? LeLe is suppose to be using the doll stroller to learn to walk. She will push it for a while but when she runs into a wall or corner, she lifts it straight up. It is rather funny. I believe that she sees us moving it when she hits a "road block". She actually has a teething ring in her mouth that she found today.

This morning, Matt was in the bed when LeLe and I got up. She is in LOVE with her daddy. Anyway, she would stand at the door of the bedroom and call him..."dada...hi dada". When she didn't get an answer, she started hitting the door and yelling "dada...hi dada". She still didn't get an answer so then she started yelling..."ATT...ATT". It was too funny. She has said it several times today when she is talking to her daddy Matt.

Pappy is doing better today. He is still a little bit confused but is a ton better mentally. His sodium levels are coming up. Matt is doing much better today as well. Thank you for all of your prayers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Make a Smilebox greeting

We are very thankful this Thanksgiving Day for all that the Good Lord has provided for us and our wonderful friends and family. Since we have been taking care of daddy, our wonderful Aunt Lisa cooked a fabulous Thanksgiving lunch for us. Of course, dad is still in the hospital but the Skinner family and Mother joined us at Lisa's house. The food was as always...delicious!

Laura Elizabeth had a wonderful time playing with her cousins. I believe that Anne Reaves was in hog heaven with baby "WeWe" there. Baby Saxon was her normal laid back happy self. We tried to get a couple of good shots with the girls but those are hard to come by these days.

Cousin Emily was a great help with all of the girls and Uncle Dave enjoyed the fellowship with the Matts. LeLe got to meet a cat for the first time. She wanted to kiss him of course. Emily also had a HUGE teddy bear that LeLe could not get enough of.

Afterwards, Laura and I headed to the hospital to see Pappy. Poor Matt stayed at home with LeLe. He seems to feel pretty well but I believe that he may be regretting working on Friday.

Oh! Today is Laura Elizabeth's 11th month birthday! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!! She continues to love her baby dolls. She can say many many words including : DaDa, Night Night, This, That, Boo (for book and bear), Dra (for drink), Eye, and Nose. She can even point to the appropriate facial features (thanks to her dolls). She continues to be a very happy baby. She stands very well on her own and is now pushing the stroller all around the house. Yesterday, we put hard sole shoes on her and it was too funny. She would kick her feet out like a soldier. I cannot believe how fast my little angel is growing.

Please continue to pray for Pappy. At this point, his sodium levels are improving but not his mental status. Please pray for strength for us as well.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Pray for Pappy

Pappy has been sick for several weeks now. Actually, I believe that he started getting sick around Halloween. He has been having the same "virus" symptoms as the rest of us. We were thinking that he would eventually get better but instead has taken a turn for the worse. We had to call the ambulance today to pick up Pappy. He is now at UAB. Please pray that he will have a speedy recovery. At this point, he is severely dehydrated and has an altered mental status.

Orange on your Shoulder?

On Friday, November 21st, I ended up taking LeLe in to see doctor Huie. He said that her stomach problems were still due to the virus that she got last week. He said that more than likely she would still be contagious especially if she had a fever. She was down to exactly 19 pounds (so she has lost 13 ounces).

Unfortunately, we missed Baby Allie's birthday party on Saturday...bummer. We stayed close to home and I put up the Christmas tree. I can say that I have always done this the day after Thanksgiving but since we were "house bound"...I drug all of the boxes down from the attic. LeLe didn't know quite what to think about the tree. She loves pulling the ornaments off of the bottom though. She especially likes the Hallmark bear ornament. Matt and I decided to let her play with the bell ornament. We now keep it in the floor by the tree as a distraction to Hurricane Holland.

On Tuesday, November 25th, Matt had hernia surgery. This was rather a surprise to us. Evidently, he had some intestines that decided to come through so he got to go under the knife. He did very well...I was the nervous wreck. Please pray that he will have a speedy recovery.

I have always heard...someone has a "chip on their shoulder" but never an "orange on your shoulder". LeLe is finally over all of her sickness and is now eating us out of house and home. Maybe she will put the weight back on that she has lost.

Playing with Cousins

Kate brought Jason and Sara Kate over for us to try to get a couple more Christmas pictures with the girls. The picture of the 4 children together was too small to put on the Christmas card. Laura Elizabeth was asleep when they got here but woke up so happy to see her cousins. Sara Kate and Jason were so sweet to her and just loved touching the baby.

Kate and I ended up getting a couple of good shots of the girls. Jason tried on LeLe's Halloween costume and loved it! While Kate and I were looking at the pictures, we had a knock on the door. Kate went to answer it and it was a policeman! Evidently, one of the children were playing with the phone and called 911! Can I say...never a dull moment at the Holland house!

We thoroughly enjoyed playing with Sara Kate and Jason. LeLe still isn't feeling quite up to par but definitely tried to have fun while they were here.

Another Bug!

We have been struck again with another bug! Laura Elizabeth woke up Thursday morning with an upset tummy. I spoke with mother and we thought that it was just from her sinuses. However, on the way to school, she proved us otherwise. So, Bobo, kept LeLe all day with her been sick. Thank God for mother! She has been such a blessing!

Friday, LeLe seemed to be doing much better other than she now had an upset tummy the other way. She acted like she felt fine.

I thought I would take some pictures of LeLe while we were getting ready to go eat. Every morning while I get dressed, she sits on my bathroom counter. This is what I get to look forward to every morning!

We met Aunt Tammie, Uncle Allen, and Lauren for dinner at Pablo's and then ran to Costco!

Little did I know, an hour after we got home, I was struck! I was sick all night friday night and then into Saturday. Matt thought that he was fine...until Saturday night! He got it! He was sick all day Saturday and then Sunday too!

We are so thankful to now be better....I have successfully "cloroxed" the house.

Project Sewing Room

Laura Elizabeth woke us up bright and early today. NO sleeping in for us like yesterday. Since I had so much time on my hands, I decided today we would put peg board in the sewing room. While I am sure that it won't win any house decorating awards, it SURE does make all of my stuff look better. Actually, the room transformed from a junk room with sewing machines to a scrapbooking/sewing room. I never realized that I had so MUCH stuff. I guess now that I can see it all, I probably don't need anything else for a LONG time! I found that I have 12 boxes of photo stickers!

Anyway, after 2 trips to Home Depot and Lowes...we finally got finished. I am attaching pictures because I am SURE that it will never look like this again!

Laura Elizabeth decided to play with her baby doll again today. She has stood up several times from a sitting position without holding onto anything. She isn't walking yet...but we aren't promoting it either. She seems to get into enough stuff as it is. You can tell in the picture that she is very focused on getting the baby doll into the stroller.

Oh yeah! While I was starting a load of laundry, I noticed that she got unusually quiet. I walked into the den and found her drinking my coke! She was drinking it the correct way out of a can but had successfully poured it all down her pajamas and was sitting in a puddle of coke. I couldn't help but laugh at her. She thought it was funny too.

Sniffles are Here!

Laura Elizabeth has had the sniffles since Halloween. On Thursday night, Matt and I were planning to meet the Bakers for dinner. However, when I went to pick up LeLe at mother's house, she was running 101 temperature. I decided that we should probably call the doctor because she had blood coming out her nose. Luckily, Aunt Kate was working at the After Hours Children's clinic so we were able to quickly get seen. After a couple of hours, a chest x-ray, and urine test, they determined that LeLe probably just has a virus. He said if her breathing got worse, to take her to see her regular doctor.

So, Friday morning, she was running around 102 degree fever. She was very whiny and I decided to go ahead and take her to the doctor. Dr. Huie agreed that it was viral after running some blood work. She weighed in at 19 lbs and 13 ounces. So, she is definitely getting heavier.

Laura came in town to bring Saxon to the doctor as well. Unfortunately, she has an ear infection.

After taking both girls to the doctor, we quickly ran to get LeLe's first birthday invitations! I cannot believe that it is already drawing near. It is unbelievable how fast time has flown by! Since her birthday falls 2 days after Christmas, I am planning on a party before Christmas! I just hope that some folks show up since the holidays are always so hectic.

This morning, LeLe seemed to feel a little better. I am not sure if it is because she slept from 7 pm to 9:30 am or not. However, when she got up, she wouldn't put her baby down. She even made her sit in the high chair while she ate breakfast. I would try to take baby away from her and she would get upset. Tonight, she tried out her rocking chair that was handed down from Matt. She seems to really like it but doesn't really know how to rock yet.