Holm Sweet Holm: 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Megan could be cooking!

Everyone knows how much I love to cook and most know how much I love Melissa & Doug toys!!

Melissa & Doug are currently holding a contest to win their Play Kitchen and I'm psyched!! I've been wanting to buy this kitchen for Megan since before she was born, but we can't really afford it since I'm staying home now.

So I'm super excited that I have a chance to enter and maybe win it!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Confessions of a New Daddy

I know... I never post on here.
It's not that I don't want to... it's that I forget... don't make the time...
But here I am... 1AM... should be in bed... figured maybe I should blog today.

Megan is approaching 4 months old. Just the other day as I was loading these pictures onto Lindsay's iPod...

I could not believe how quickly the last 4 months had passed me by. Could it be that my little Megan was truly growing so fast right before my eyes? My little 5 pound peanut was now a 15 pound sack of peanuts?

It got me to thinking...

1) That I'm so happy that Lindsay and I found one another... and that our union brought this little girl into our lives. I don't think I would have ever become a father without Lindsay (just ask my family about my opinion of having kids back in my 20s). Megan is the greatest gift my wife will ever give me (at some point in the future to be tied with kid #2).

2) That I love my little girl so much... that I would sacrifice myself to ensure her safety, her happiness, her future.

3) That each morning... when I see Megan lying in her crib... smile across her face... that nothing in the world is going to get me down. That no matter what life throws at my family... that smile will make it all better.

4) That being a stay-at-home parent is the most difficult job in the world. But with that difficulty comes some of the greatest rewards. Knowing that over the next few months Lindsay is going to see some of Megan's "firsts"... and that I'm going to miss most of them while working. Wishing that somehow we won millions... so that we could both stay home... share the burden/rewards of parenthood more equally.

5) And finally... that we need to take as many pictures as we can... because she is growing so fast... and before we know it... our little Megan will be a grown up woman... who I hope will find that special someone to start this whole parent process over with again.

Speaking of pictures... just a few of my favorites...

On a recent trip to the Quabbin Reservoir.
We all had a great time going for a walk in Springlike weather.

Megan's First Piggyback ride.

Cute girls everywhere!

While this facial expression may not show it...
Megan actually enjoys being squirted by Mr. Ducky.

How am I ever going to say "No" to that cute face?

"I love you Mommy!"

I make no promises... but maybe it won't be 4 more months before I post here again. ;-)

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Better Late Than Never

12/2/08

It's been quite a while since I posted on this blog-o-mine. Bet you thought I'd abandoned it right? Well you were wrong!!!! Keep checking back because I'm planning on updating regularly again!
It's been an amazing 2 months and 3 weeks!! For those who may live in a cave, Megan arrived exactly one month early. She decided that she wanted December 1st to be her birthday - not January 1st. And after 22 hours of pretty bad labor, she got her way. She arrived on Monday, December 1 at 9:27pm. She weighed 5 lbs 14 oz and was 19.25" long.

With the exception of being a little small and having some jaundice, she was in perfect health! We had to take a weekend trip back to the hospital on her first weekend so they could zap the jaundice, but after that she was fine! It took her a little while to start gaining some good weight, but once she did she was unstoppable!
So now here we are closing up February....
She's rolled from her back to her belly 5 times (that was at the end of January)
She's smiling all the time She's cooing (that's Dr speak for "talking")
She's been sleeping through the night for the past few nights She's holding her head up like a champ

It really is amazing how fast they change! Eric and I both agree that we can't really remember our lives before she came along! It's amazing how much we love our little baby girl. My mom was worried she wasn't going to know her own name because no one ever calls her Megan! Some of her nicknames:
Peanut Peanut Butter Butt Nut Nutty Munchkin
Baby Girl Babe Girl
BoogerBot
Boogie
I've attached a couple of pictures from birth till now. Amazing!