Christmas '09

We had such a great Christmas this year! It's such a busy time for the Holst Family. All the craziness started when we headed down to SLC the weekend before Christmas to see my sister and her family. I love spending time with them, it had been about two months since I'd seen my sister and I missed her so! I didn't take many pictures while we were there but managed to snap a couple with the boys and Triptyn before we came home.

We got home from Utah about 5 o'clock on Monday night (Mike didn't have to work all week, so we took advantage and stayed at my sister's a little longer) and at 6:30 we had a birthday party for Kaden. Happy 5th Birthday Kado!

On Tuesday I had to work, and then another birthday party for Treyce at 7. I can't believe he's already 4! Happy Birthday to you too Treyce!

The next morning Triptyn woke up about 4:30 to eat, I really wasn't that tired so I figured I might as well stay up and wrap presents. I didn't have any wrapped yet, and didn't know when I was going to have time since I decided to work on Wednesday so I wouldn't have to work on Christmas Eve. I thought I would be tired all day, waking up at 4:30 and all, but surprisingly I was full of energy! Maybe I should wake up that early more often! Probably not.....I enjoy my sleep. When I was on my way home from work, Deidre called me and said she was on my way to my house!! I was super excited since I haven't seen her since August. Hopefully she will move back here when she graduates in May! :)

Thursday, of course, was Christmas Eve. Triptyn and I just hung out until after lunch when we went to my mom's house to finish up some last minute Christmas gifts. That night we had dinner with my brother and his kids since they would be going with their mom on Christmas Day. After dinner we went over to Mandy and Bryan's for some cake and ice cream for Cindy's birthday. That's right......there are three birthday's the week of Christmas in the Holst Family. It makes for a crazy week!




Christmas morning we had to be over to Mike's parents' house at 9 o'clock, so we didn't get to open presents with Triptyn until about 11:30. It's a good thing he had no idea what was going on and didn't care if he even got any presents! :) Considering he's only 5 months old, he did really good opening his presents!




Then it was off to see my family and more presents! Here is Triptyn in his cute new hat from G'ma and G'pa!

He must've really wanted this present...... :)

Actually he was really just interested in eating the paper, the bows, the boxes, and whatever else he could get in his mouth!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!!

Somebody learned a new trick........

I can't believe how big he's getting! He's still a little wobbly but can still up for himself for a minute or so at a time!

And these two pictures were just so cute, so I had to include them!

Notice the shirt! I must say, he is quite the "stud puffin"!

Thanksgiving

This is a little late, but I thought I would do a quick post about Thanksgiving this year. It was our year to have dinner with my family! It's fun to go to St. George every other year, but I have to admit, it's soo nice to just stay home! Especially with Triptyn this year. The festivities started Wednesday night when my mom and I decorated some super cute turkey cookies!


Thursday morning, Trip and I just hung out around the house while Mike went jeepin with my dad. Dinner was supposed to be at 4 o'clock at my brother's house, but we ended up getting there about 5. :) It was soo yummy and there was TONS of food, I don't even think I got to eat some of everything because there was so much. I was so full -- I didn't even want pie!

Triptyn was so good during dinner and just sat in his bumbo so content and quite. I've actually never seen him like that, and he hasn't been like that since! Maybe it was his thanksgiving gift to me...being able to eat dinner in peace without someone having to hold him!

Black Friday shopping didn't even start until 7:30am for my mom and I. Usually we are up with the other crazies at 4am. But this year I didn't feel like there was anything getting up early for. I think I am done Christmas shopping for Triptyn now, I got him some toys 50% off or more.....I just love good deals!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I know we did. Now I just need to get out my Christmas decorations and start playing Christmas music!

4 Months

Yesterday was Triptyn's 4 month well check with his pediatrician. He weighs 14 lbs. 8 oz. (50th percentile) and he's 24 7/8 in. long (also 50th percentile). The doc said he is looking great! He's healthy and getting big sooo fast. Too fast if you ask me, not fast enough if you ask his dad. :) He also had to get another set of shots. He did amazing, he only cried for about 10 seconds. Tough like his Daddy! Here's a cute picture of little Trippy with bandaids on both legs! :)

Thought I would include this cute pic, he's always sleeping with one of his hands on his face. This time his finger was actually poking his eye.....doesn't seem very comfortable to me?!

After I ate breakfast on Sunday morning, I came in to the bedroom to this:

Gosh, I love these two boys sooo much!!!

Look.....No Hair!!!

Bath Time

Today was Triptyn's first bath in the BIG bathtub! At first, he wasn't quite sure what to do...he just laid there. But then he realized he could move around and he loved it! Here's a video, it's kind of long, so you don't have to watch the whole thing, but I just loved watching him splash around. tThe video doesn't do it justice because he stopped splashing as much as soon as he saw the camera :(

The Cutest Monkey EVER!!!

We had a great Halloween this year! Triptyn went to visit all the family, so they could see him in his cute monkey costume. He was definetly happy to get out of it though!

I just had to post this picture.....this is the reaction I get when I put Triptyn on his stomach! He does not like it at all!!

Carving Pumpkins and Happy Birthday to Chase!

Carving Pumpkins

.......... Triptyn really likes his fist these days.........


The Pumpkins

Yesterday was Chase's 11th Birthday (gosh, that makes me feel old). Angie took the day off, so I went down on Wednesday night with my parents because Ang has been dying to see Triptyn. It was a quick trip but always worth it! Triptyn didn't want to miss any of the action while we were there, so he didn't sleep very much. He fell alseep long enough for me to eat dinner!

Then it was time for Chase to open his presents.

Triptyn woke up in time for the party

I'm so glad we were able to be there for your birthday Chase!

We love you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Where does time go?!?!

Oh my, I don't know where time goes these days! I feel like I'm so busy, yet I don't get much done!! :) Well, for some reason I'd been dying to go miniature golfing.....so we went one Monday night for FHE a couple weeks ago. It was tons of fun and I almost beat Mike!

Before the snow flies, Triptyn had to ride his 50! It was a little chilly outside so we dressed him nice 'n' warm and he went for a ride with Daddy! I'm not exactly sure he liked it....wait, of course he did, he's a Holst, right?! Well he didn't cry, so that's good.

Let's see, after that comes the Pumpkin Patch..........we've gone there every year to pick our own pumpkins! Here's Mike and Triptyn on our way into the patch. Can't you just see the anticipation on their faces?! They were pretty excited.

There were rows and rows of pumpkins! On the other side of the road were even more pumpkins. If it wasn't soo cold, I could've been there for hours searching for the perfect pumpkin...........

But it was cold, so we pretty much grabbed the first good one we saw, took a few pictures and then went to enjoy some hot chocolate and donut holes!

More pictures to come after we carve our pumpkins next week! (we didn't want to carve them too soon so they wouldn't get all wrinkly)