Holdie Boldie

Oh Holdie,
I thought I'd write a little post about you to remember all the fun things that make you, you! Hopefully, I'll keep adding to this list with more of your quirks :) You are one funny, sweet, loving, not-always good listening, fun guy.

you fall asleep in the car within minutes of getting in. I have to scream at you and roll the windows down to keep you awake on the way home from preschool so that you don't ruin your nap

you get up SOOO early. you either hang out in the family room with daddy while he gets ready for work or come cuddle up to me and watch the ipad while I sleep

you love to make Sas (you only call her sas or sassy, I've never heard you call her Emma Cate). You climb in her strollers all the time.

you love your rain boots and jumping in puddles!

you love doing any activities that the big guys are doing

One morning after Shep's baptism, I came out from getting ready and found you and Sas eating his cake. I took this picture of you saying "Hey Mommy! We eatin Sheppie cake!" At least y'all had forks!

*We call you Holds, Holdie Goldie, Holdie Boldie, and Holdie. Hardly ever Holden. We tell you that you're name is Caviness and you say "No it not, I Holdie".
*You are a mixture of rough and tumble and sweet at pie. You give some fierce hugs that normally end up with Emma Cate screaming and crying on the floor and you squeezing the daylights out of her.
*You are quick to give mommy kisses and always ask me to give them to you. Your little voice, mommy, you give me kiss?
*You are still my random hugger. Today, you were in the middle of soccer practice and ran up to me, gave me a hug, and ran back on the field.
*You like watching the big boys and want to be just like them
*You are so into the gym at the Y. You want to go in an play "basket-a-ball" so badly. We told you that you could play when you wear unders and everyday we walk by the courts and you scream, "I play when I wear unders!"
*You get frustrated easily working on new skills but are SO proud of yourself when you master them. You've recently mastered cutting and taking your shoes off.
*You love your baby Sheppie
*You are very into trucks, diggers, and all things boy... with the exception of barbie. You love to watch barbie on nextflix.
*You love watching youtube on the ipad. You like to watch these "shows" were adults play with lightening mcqueen cars and make up storylines and the cars act them out. They are so strange but you love them ;)
*You love being outside and ask to go out everyday. I can't wait until the weather gets better
*You are a dancing fool and will randomly climb on the coffee table and say "Shake yo booty!". Your booty shake is pretty hilarious
*You like to help out by watching me cook (and you want to learn to cut with the knife so badly), feeding the dogs, putting your pjs in the dirty clothes, and loading the dishwasher. You are not into cleaning up your toys AT ALL.
*We just got you a set of golf clubs and you can't wait to go outside with Daddy to play.
*You love the wolfpack and like pointing out the big wolf on the home basketball court

Baby Shep 10 months

Oh this poor little blog is now just a random recap of baby shep's first year. TRYING to be better!

I took a 10 month photo! Woo hoo!

Sheppie-
I missed blogging for your 9th month so we're just skipping to 10 (even though we're halfway in already!)


What our life is like:

We have had a BUSY busy few weeks. While your Gigi was out of town her house flooded, mommy got the flu, your great Grandpa Arthur passed away, and we spent a week in Indiana in a snowstorm for his funeral. We are finally back home and getting back on track. You are SUCH a good baby and very well adjusted. I'm so thankful!

Like I said, we're working on getting back on track. You go down for the night around 7pm. You were waking for a bottle around 3-4am and we were giving you one but we've decided that it is TIME you slept through the night! We think you were waking because of all the teeth that are coming in! The past few nights have been great and you've been sleeping well.

You're normally up between 7:30 and 8. You take a bottle of formula (you decided you were totally done nursing while we were in Indiana and I wasn't getting very much with the pump) first thing with your breakfast. You love cheerios and applesauce. You HATE eggs now :(! You'll eat a waffle or pancake but it's not your favorite. You do LOVE some cinnamon rolls! You feed yourself and hang out at the table while I'm busy being a short order cook for your brother and sister.

You are so ready for a nap around 9:30 or 10 but we never seem to be home! You sleep in your carseat to and from preschool drop off. The other days we're at the Y or bible study so you end up playing with your friends and falling asleep in the car on the way home. You normally take another bottle around 11. We get home around 11:30 or 12 and all eat lunch together. You like strawberries, pb&j, you love chicken deli meat and will eat a whole banana. Yogurt is not your thing.

Recently, we've been playing until 1 and then you go down easy for a nap. Before that, you were sleeping too much in your carseat and wouldn't nap until 3:30 which is when the twins were getting up and then they would wake you. I feel like we're getting back to a little organization and scheduling in our home! You sleep until 4 and have another bottle when you wake up.

We eat dinner at 6 and you'll just eat whatever we're having. I'm trying to wean you from your pouches! You are still taking bottles and we've got to work on those sippy cups! You have your last bottle at 7 and then head to bed.

Milestones. You are standing on your own and it gets longer with each day. You can do it for 20-30 seconds and go up and down in a squat without hanging on to anything. You've started going from crawling to sitting and you're enjoying sitting more while you play. You also LOVE to play cars while crawling or laying on your tummy. You do it just like the big boys.

You are still sooo happy! You're having a tiny bit of separation anxiety when I drop you off at bible study or the Y but you stop crying within minutes. We spend a lot of time together and you don't like when I leave you (I don't like it much either ;) ). You are really only fussy when you're tired. You've been handling your teething pretty well. Sophie the giraffe is your BFF (the dogs think she's pretty great too :0). You make car sounds while you push the cars around the floor and you also growl like a monster. Your brother and sister are into growling and roaring lately and you've jumped right in. You think it's hilarious. You're still not super chatty but we've hear mama and dada pretty regularly. You love being tickled and have the best laugh. You are so ticklish under your arms and chin. You are a great little kisser and always lean in to give mommy and daddy kisses. You like to clap and give high 5s.

The twins are getting rougher and rougher with you but you don't seem to mind. Holden threw an airplane (he was making it fly) and gave you quite the cut on your forehead. Daddy didn't take you for stitches so blame him if you have a scar! :0 Holden has started to hug you and ends up tackling you to the floor but you don't mind at all! Emma Cate either ignores you or loves on you. She hates when you cry and the minute you start, she sings you are my sunshine to calm you down. They are obsessed with you talking and always try to get you to talk to them. They both like to tell you "no sheppie" when you're getting into something you shouldn't.

Shepherd:

Nicknames: Pherd (as in she-pherd... everyone makes fun of me when I call you that!), Pherder, Shep, Sheppie, Cutie with a booty

Weight: Not sure

Height: Not sure

Hair: dark blonde. It's grown in a little! Probably the most even of all your siblings

Eyes: very dark blue

Clothes: 9-18 months

Diapers: We are in bum genius 4.0 all the time. You are on the tiniest rise in the BGs and we leave three columns of snaps showing. Size 3 target overnight diapers... we have to put these on you during the day too because you are a super heavy wetter.

Eating: 6oz bottles 4-5x day.

Likes: Smiling (you are such a happy baby!), crawling, standing up, climbing in the book baskets, cruising around the coffee table, getting into everything, pulling mommy's hair, sophie toy, climbing on the fireplace, sleeping on your back with your hands under your head, playing with your brother, following his siblings around the house (we leave you in a room and you power crawl after us, pulling the dog's fur, eating, playing with the car tower (we are sooo impressed... you crawl over to it with a car in your hand, stand up, put the car down the ramp and then repeat the process), it is amazing what you know how to do! You love getting into the dogs dishes and banging them together and carrying them around the house.

Dislikes: eggs and yogurt

Development: You're way ahead with your gross motor.You can crawl with the best of them, sit pretty well (we have to put you in sitting position), can go from sitting to crawling, you can stand up from all fours, squat without holding onto anything and fall pretty gracefully from a standing position.

Words: Da Da, mama, car sounds, roar


Teeth: three on the bottom and two on the top, two more are coming in on the top

Extra:
Shep,

Some funny things: This month you crawled out of your exersaucer and surprised your Daddy and me when we found you crying on the floor in front of it. You also tried to reach for a toy in the toy basket and fell in. I looked over when I heard muffled cries and saw your feet kicking in the air. Don't worry, I rescued you instead of taking a picture :) You are getting to be such a fun age. I LOVE the 12-24 month time! You are still so happy go lucky. You roll with the punches and fiercely independent. You like to be near me but not held. It is sooo rare that I get to hold you but I cherish the times you'll let me. You have the best smile and kisses. You're getting to be such a big boy and I'm so excited for your toddler stage!

These were from your 9 month appointment

you drive your brother crazy because you love to play Godzilla with his train tracks :) And here you are sitting on your knees. You did this for about a month until you recently started sitting on your bottom

we had a warm day and you got to experience the walker! You had so much fun. I didn't have any shoes for you yet so you wore Emma Cate's old keens :) You were too cute in pink... Don't worry, you've got your own shoes now!

this is us leaving the y. we are quite the show. I don't know what I'm going to do when you outgrow your infant car seat! 

We stayed in a hotel for a week in Indiana and it was FREEZING (like -20). I bought you some onesies (crazy that I never put you in them and your brother and sister wore them all the time) to keep you warm and thought you were just adorable sitting on the white bed in your onesie. I got some cute pics!