Happy Father's Day

                  We are wishing a Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there.
To my dad, Pops, you are the most amazing, lovable, patient, sarcastic person in
                   the world. Rosalynn is lucky to have a grandfather like you. She is
                                                 going to love her Papi!!

                                          And to my wonderful husband.

Hooray to the most unselfish & hardworking guy I know.  
To the guy that comes home after working 12+ hours and sits on the floor and rolls around and play with Rosalynn. To the guy that lets me drag everywhere on Saturdays and Sundays when all he wants to do is rest and watch tv. To the guy who rather watch Dora the Explorer and Bubble Guppies on repeat than play his video games just so Rozzy could be happy. 
There isn't a thing he wouldn't do for his girls and we are lucky to him.
Rosalynn is one lucky girl to have you as a daddy

                                          

                                          

                                           

Happy Father's Day Babe!!

8 Months and Counting....

WOW!!! That was the word that came to mind when I woke up this morning. Well more like when Rosalynn woke me up squealing and talking to her teddy bear. My baby girl, our princess is 8 months old today!!! I can't believe she is that old. It doesn't seem like its been that long. Where did the time go??? 

Everyday I fall more and more in love with her even when she does wake up in the middle of the night looking for the paci she happens to be holding...grr. When I look at her I expect to see that tiny little 7lb baby not this talking, somewhat crawling, lovable, happy baby. She is growing up too fast and I do not like it. I want my little peanut back. We are lucky to have such a happy, smiling, hyper baby and even though she sometimes has WAY too much energy for me I wouldn't have her any other way :)

I am so over the moon with her!! She is standing up!!! She needs something to hold on to but it's a start! Still no crawling though lol. Today was a great day!! I have some great news coming up so stay tune ;)

New Schedule

We here in the Holden household have decided to slowly put Rosalynn in a new schedule. It's not much different from the one she had before, the only difference is putting her down for her naps two hrs after she wakes up rather than 3. The reason for this minor change is that she would sometimes end up missing her second nap because she wanted to take it at 4 or 5pm and then she wouldn't go to bed till late or she would miss her second nap and have a horrible nights sleep due to being over tired. 

2am and finally went to bed..

I decided to give is a go yesterday thinking it was not going to go well and she was not going to be up for it...well I was wrong!!! To my surprise it went well and this being the second day it still is working :) Hope I'm not jinxing myself. 

This is how yesterday went....

8:00am | Woke up (left her in her a crib for a few while I woke up and got coffee going)

9:30am | Breakfast (she is just like me and does not like eating as soon as she wakes up)

10:30am | Down for 1st nap

12:30pm | Awake and ready for some lunch

3:00pm | Down for 2nd nap although she only slept for about and hr

4:00pm | Walmart run for some baby items and fresh air

5:00pm | Dinner time

7:30pm | Bath time

8:00pm | Nighttime bottle w cereal and then bed time!!!

Usually she wakes up 4-5 times a night looking for her paci but last night she only woke up once MAYBE twice but I think the first time I was either dreaming it or had to potty lol. I finally had what I consider a good night sleep so I didn't mind it when she woke up 2 hrs early today at 7am. I think something woke her up because she was still sleepy so I just made sure I wore her out by playing playing playing so she would take a nice long nap. So far this she schedule has worked and she seems to be more energized and alert. Now hopefully we can get her to crawl!! The other day she almost pulled herself up!! She is growing up so fast.  

It's snack time so while she is having Puffs ill be having a beer. Yes I said beer...I think I deserve it :)

Rosalynn's 6 Month Pictures

This is a bit overdue considering that Rosalynn will be 8 months in 9 days but I just had to share. These pics were taken by the talented Sara Wise.

She is so amazing and took such beautiful pics of Rosalynn. Of course she wouldn't really smile until Sara put down her camera but as soon as she saw it she would stop lol.

I know we are going to cherish these pictures for a long time!!! 

                                                                                 
                                                                    Enjoy!!

Pictures provided by Sara Wise Photography.

     http://www.sarawisephotography.com/