The Holts

It Begins...

2011-08-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

Just updating my crazy life...
Volleyball started last week, the team is great, and not very dedicated at the same time so we'll have to work hard to change that. For some reason that is causing me the most stress out of everything on my plate right now! Don't know why...especially since it should be most fun out of everything.
Baby Jayte is growing HUGE!! I am only 29 weeks right now supposedly and almost as big as I was with Jaxson when I delivered. I remember a t-shirt I wore the night before we had Jaxson that I put on the other day and it was kinda tight!! What's that all about?? The doc did say that I was measuring big so I do get to have another ultrasound in a couple weeks to find out if I'm further along than I thought. Either way, this is going to be one big baby! Nate was a 10 lb baby and I'm sure if I wasn't a twin I'd be big too, so genetically, that's what's been dealt to us. Boys should be big though, we want football and basketball players in our fam, so I guess I shouldn't complain. We are excited for Jayte to have several cousins coming as well this year and the beginning of next year. Chanda and Cory are scheduled Sept. 1 with their surprise boy, hope everything goes well with them, they have had a lot of problems so far, and the baby's heart is stopping in the stress tests, so we're praying for them. They are moving into their new house at the same time, talk about stress! Matt and Cristyn are due the beginning of Oct with their first boy. They are thinking of the name Jet for their boy, I think that is so cute, and pretty close to Jayte, they'll be best buds since Nate and Matt were so close growing up. People might think they are twins, jk. Jayte is kicking a ton and healthy so we're excited for him to come. Jaxson is fully understanding the whole baby thing and is excited for his baby brother to come too. He hugs my belly all the time after I come home. He gives me a hug first, then says "I want to give baby Jayte a hug too!" SOOO cute. I think he'll be a good big brother, but of course will have a hard time sharing stuff and my time for a while. I'm finally getting excited for the baby as well, it's about time! I even made a baby blanket for Jayte, and I'm not a sewer at all, can't do much, but I decided to figure it out on my own, and it wasn't too bad at all. My mom helped me finish it, but I did quite a bit. Kim threw a baby shower for the girls on my side of the family having babies and it was SO fun. She decked out the decor with the pea in a pod theme, and green food all around. Natalie is due at the beginning of Jan, and Danielle is due Jan 23. They both will find out what they are having later this month, I think they are both having girls, but we shall see. Nat already has her room painted with full on trees on the wall, so if that baby comes early at all she'll be ready haha.
Nate got home from Paris France just before the reunion on the 24th of july, it is so good to have him back. 2 months is a long time for your hubby to be gone being pregnant with one child as well. But I can't complain too much, there are a ton of strong ladies who's husbands have to go to war for much longer. That would kill me, so I commend those gals, especially my sister-in-law Heidi who actually did go through that a few years back. Nate had a really good time, made some good friends, traveled to places that are totally out of this world! And got an awesome degree out of it. He is amazing. Now the job hunt is on, he's had one interview, and was able to go back to Wells Fargo to work part-time which is a huge blessing, so if there are no bites for Nate, at least he can try to work his way up in the bank. He's searching like crazy and is stressed about it, but I know the Lord will lead us to where we're supposed to be.
Right now I think me working part-time at Desert Hills High is a huge blessing, Nate and I both feel like we're both contributing to school loans and can work things out with this new baby coming and be close to family at the same time. Things are good...Hard...but good. I've already broken down this week because of the stress, so a couple more months of it while being prego will be tough for me, but just gotta take it a day at a time.
Some positive things and the things that keep me going are about Jaxson...he POTTY TRAINED!! what better timing, than right before school starting and before this baby comes!! No more diapers yay! Except for night time prob. No one can prepare you for how awesome that is when a kid decides to do that on their own.
He's also been saying some adorable things lately, and because I didn't write them down I don't remember off the top of my head. Blame my prego brain, or just my brain in general. He's so extremely nice to people and wants to talk to everyone though and is getting so smart. It's fun to see him progress and grow up. I love being with him, he makes me proud every day. Which makes me really excited for this new baby, although I have doubts about loving him as much as I do Jaxson, I think my heart will just expand, and I won't have to share the love, it will be equal.

So although I'm stressed with a lot of things to do these next couple months, there's a lot of great things coming and happening. We are truly blessed. Wish me luck tho cause I'm gonna need it....

Jaxson's Bike Scare

2011-06-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

Jaxson had a scary experience on our first long bike ride. Inevitably we had to go down a hill sometime so we went over the whole brakes thing several times and it seemed like he understood and did well when he practiced. So we took off slowly, well... me, never doing this whole teaching a kid to ride a bike thing before, started off on my bike to the side of him...(STUPID STUPID) and he went faster than I expected. We started on the road so there weren't any sidewalk biffs, and he went straight onto the sidewalk. He was going so fast, but he went up a driveway so I thought he'd stop then because the fast hill kinda scared him. Well he didn't stop, he turned to go DOWN the sidewalk, and then totally forgot how to use his brakes and tried to put his foot on the ground but the seat was too high to stop him, so he just took off. Luckily he was a good steer otherwise he would have fell off the sidewalk for sure and hit his head or scraped himself up pretty bad. I had to get off my bike and chase him to stop him, there was no other option for me because he took off fast and in front of me. But me as a parent failed AGAIN! haha because in this case I didn't think it out before to make sure it was safe. Man he was SOOO terrified, he was shaking. and we went over the brakes again, he didn't even want to go fast on the straight road. He said over and over how I taught him the brake "Pedal Pedal Stop", it was kinda funny, but it took like 45 minutes to get back home with how slow he was going. But since then he's been on his bike several times with his cousins, but stayed away from the hills for sure.
He loves his new bike though for sure.

2011-05-29T18:20:00.000-07:00

Latest Family Pics- May 2011
LOVE these guys, we just don't see enough of you all, we had so much fun!

Fresh Start

2011-05-29T17:50:00.000-07:00

It's time I started my blog up again, it's time for a fresh start :)

So many things have happened in the last year, but here's a few of the big ones.
Catching up will be impossible, but I'll do my best.

Finished my first season as head volleyball coach at Canyon View High
Started coaching for Color Country Club in Cedar City and we just finished the season
I finished my student teaching at Canyon View High with Coach Jacobsen
I graduated with my Bachelors in December FINALLY!
Nate finished his bachelors in Business Management AND started his masters in the fall and finished in the spring with his MBA
He also left just a few days ago to start a second MBA in Paris at INSEEC for an international business degree

We decided to move to St. George in January which has been a great move
Nate started a job at Wells Fargo
I started working as a PE assistant for elementary schools and just finished the school year
I got a part-time Health position at Desert Hills High School and start in the Fall
I'm still coaching for Canyon View High in the fall as well which will work out fine I think but will have to travel everyday to Cedar for a couple months

Amy and James had an Engagement party last weekend and we got to bachelorette it up in Vegas at the Spa and such
The great thing about that party was that the whole bair family was there dancing and talking and eating. It's been a long time since we've been together, we got some great pics that I'll post. Jaxson was a dancing FOOL at the party, total life of the party that kid, along with his cousin Jaden.

We found out in February that we are PREGNANT with our 2nd, due the end of OCT
We found out again just last tuesday that its another BOY!! and we're very excited.
Jaxson is a growing boy, tallest in his preschool class!
Preschool has helped him tremendously with his speech and is so fun to talk to now!
You can tell he is the only child though, has to have everything his way, but his new baby brother will put him in his place pretty fast :)
He is really getting to understand the whole concept of a baby brother coming especially since he saw the ultrasound, although he wanted a baby sister

Now I need to track the baby's progress as well as keep this for journal purposes since I do so bad at that. I have more motivation to keep up with this now that our next baby is on it's way and we're finally entering the next chapter of our life that includes no more college! YAY!

Game Night

2010-05-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

Jared came to speak in for our young men talking about the armor of God and his experiences in Iraq. It was so fun to hear the stories and the testimony he gained there. Well it was nice for them to come because we had dinner and games...literally the first of Nates family members to come to our place (totally understood though because it's so small) but it was way fun, we love you guys!! and Jaxson, Anna, and Eva sure had a fun time together!They were fighting for the chair and being SO cute Jaxson's Photography skills...he's getting good, he loves saying "Cheese" to get everyone to smile at him...it's so cute! The last 4 pics are from Jaxson

Bramwell Family Reunion

2010-05-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

We had a good time at a recent Bramwell Family reunion. Steven the one in the BYU sweatshirt was the one who planned the whole thing, and man he did a good job! He got just about everyone together and my mom and her brothers and sisters all but one came! They chatted all weekend and I guess worked through a lot of family problems which was great. It was a fun, cold, long, exciting trip!Aunt Natalie and Jaxson!

We're tired!!! and going home...

Summer has officially started!!!! for us at least...

2010-05-05T16:58:00.000-07:00

absolutely ADORABLE! daddy and jaxson...We had so much fun at the Wash. pool. Jaxson is absolutely Fearless! Which scares the crap out of me, but eventually he'll learn. We're SO glad summer is here finally! We had way too many snow days.Jaxson was kinda mean with this water shooter, he would shoot anyone who came near him, he thought it was so funny...He must be a bully at heart, that little stinker. He rides the slides like a champ though! I remember when he hated water in his face, and now he LOVEs it.The big bucket at the top dumps down on top of everyone every couple minutes, he tries to avoid it, but this time he got caught in it! haha!

2010-05-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Our recent snowboarding trip...i'm officially out of shape. I can only go half a day and be pooped.

Am I ever going to update??

2010-03-03T19:13:00.000-08:00

I started to make my blog into a book, and I thought I was going to have it done earlier so I could get going on updating our family's life! But of course i got caught up with everything going on in my crazy life!!!

-got the head coaching job at Canyon View

-started private lessons with the girls and trying to get camps, schedules, budgets, and whatever else the job intels all together and ready

-school (period)

-Nate's busy with all his business clubs and school so we never see each other

-Nate turned 25 a couple weeks ago!! and I'll be 27 in a week (uhgg!)

-Coaching a club team in St. George two days a week for SUVA, and tournaments (meaning lots of gas is used up)

-Two callings in church...RS teacher and Girls Camp director! Busy callings!

-and I just started POTTY TRAINING Jaxson...which most of you know that that task alone takes all your time!!

**I guess I didn't really say much positive stuff...
we're almost done with school, and nate passed his GRE with flying colors and we're planning on going to France for his accelerated International Business degree next summer. And we probably are going on a cruise this summer that my sister is the singer on, to Alaska! We're just hoping our tax return will pay for it all, haha.
And of course Jaxson is absolutely ADORABLE...even though he's a stinker in the terrible two's right now. Just absolutely love the kid, he's just the APPLE IN MY EYE!

Time for another one?? what do you think?

Extreme Home Makeover!!

2010-01-01T07:36:00.000-08:00

Okay well maybe it wasn't that extreme... But Nate and I decided to makeover my parents front room for christmas that was in desperate need of it. We had fun and it is definitely a change for the better!!

Before....In the process...
AFTER!!!
We haven't figured out what we want to do for furniture yet, so it's just a slip cover for now, and we will probably paint to book case too. But I think it's a great change! My mom said when she was packing up the place before we started, she couldn't believe how much odd things she put together for decoration before. Now it's gorgeous!!

Family wall...
This is the coffee table that we painted and treated. That was a fun project. Below is the mantle that we did the same to. It's not a professional job for sure, but it looks great and it was good to get the experience!

One other thing is that the carpet for sure needs to go! but when my parents get extra money we'll do that, and heck, we'll probably knock some walls down as well!!
Merry Christmas Mom and Dad! It was fun, and hope you love your new room!

Family Pics...

2009-12-29T18:08:00.000-08:00

I feel bad...Our friend Ashley took these...like two months ago, and I still haven't posted them!! What a slacker. Anyway, I just LOVE the way they turned out. Ashley did such an amazing job! And she's cheap!
Jaxson was just mauling me with kisses...oh it was SO fun, he was so happy, but would not sit still for pictures. I'm fine with it though because we got some fabulous action shots!!

Blowing kisses to the camera! (aren't my boys handsome??)

This is one of my favorites...
Jaxson is just grooming daddy's scalp! haha he's such a monkey!

"One, Two....THREE!"

Jaxson's hands are placed perfectly in this one...we didn't even touch him, he did it on his own. I love it!!

Daddy's showing Jaxson how to fish!!
This could be an engagement picture...hehe, I just think it's funny
Playing in the leaves!! We had SO much fun

I lost my camera's battery charger, and so if anyone from the christmas party or thanksgiving will post some pics for me so I can have them...I would LOVE that!
Hope you all had a great Holiday!! We sure did!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

John, Me, Jaxson, Amy.
We sure had a fabulous Thanksgiving at the Hatches house. It was sure fun to get together with what family could come. I ate WAY too much, and gained poundages I'm sure.
Mom slaving away in the kitchen! Thanks to all those who cooked, Linda, Brinda, Kaye, and Mom!! It was DELICSH!!
Grandma Kaye, and Brinda
Linda and Chris! Thanks for having it at your house.
The kids all had SO much fun on the tramp.
Gaming! Ticket to Ride, our new favorite game
We played Nerts for hours on end the whole weekend. John and Nate LOVE this game, but we decided that we need caffeine to stay at the top of our game. haha.
The kids were wasted after playing so hard and eating so much!
We ended up staying up too late playing games and getting up earlyearly to shop at best buy and other places, and not even getting what we wanted. Black Friday is SO not worth it. I decided that a long time ago but I must have forgotten it. haha. I was dead tired for two days after. It was such a great weekend though.

Long time no BLOG

2009-11-01T18:59:00.000-08:00

call me a SLACKER, or whatever you'd like...
I'm back to blogging though, well, I'm going to try at least.
my good excuses...
School (18 credits, nate has 16)
Volleyball Season ( I officiated this season, that took a lot of hours)
Taking care of Jaxson (he's a handful and certainly in the terrible twos)
I'm really lazy and love watching TV to un-wind instead of BLogging ;)

Halloween...My Knight in Shining Armor!

2009-11-01T17:07:00.000-08:00

We put on his costume SOO many times to help him get used to it, but never ever liked putting it on. Well when we put it on right before we went trick or treating, he actually wore it!! Isn't he handsome?? I LOVE my little knight in shining armor! Well, i love both my big knight and little knight. He had a lot of fun playing with the sword doing his "Hai-YA!" noises like spongebob does.

Nate was a good sport and wore this king hat, we were trying to find a Dragon head hat last minute so jaxson could slay daddy, but that didn't work out. I was the princess of course!

Shining Armor...
This is Jaxson and Connor, it's kim's best friends boy that we went with last minute to a trunk or treat at the washington rec center. They've become good friends in one night!
Halloween was fun this year, we're glad we got to spend it in St. George with family and get away from the cold in Cedar City. I'm SO relieved that Jaxson wore his costume, I thought it wouldn't even stay on for a picture...we got lucky.

All BOY!

2009-11-01T17:04:00.000-08:00

Jaxson is ALL BOY! At grandma's house there is this fun doll house... as you can see, there are trailers and cars in it now.This is what used to fill the doll house! Cracks me up.

Amy is Home! Yay!

2009-11-01T16:56:00.000-08:00

Amy is finally home!! Yay! She probably won't be home for long, but at least we get to be with her for a little while. This is in Las Vegas when her boyfriend James from London came for his 30th birthday. Happy Birthday James!

Enter for a chance to win a trip to Disneyland!

2009-10-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

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Take a Hike...

2009-08-18T20:40:00.000-07:00

Our fun trip to panguitch. I just didn't feel like our summer would be complete without a hike, Thanks Brinda and John for taking us on a fabulous one, it was short so the kids could all go, and there was a river so we could play in it at the end. It was just perfect. This is up by Bryce Canyon.Sean was such a good helper, he pushed Jaxson almost the whole way. Kaity is in the back, with Brinda, Sean and Jaden in the front.
A beautiful arch, I have no idea if there is a name..

Isn't he beautiful??
Having fun in the sun...
Candid moment.
Mossy Cave, you can't tell that well, but it was pretty mossy.
the waterfall that Jaxson kept trying to walk down to...ahh.

This is my favorite view of those two...SO CUTE!
Jaxson kept trying to get in more than just wading, he eventually got his clothes soaked and cried forever because it was so cold, but then he had a good time playing, trying to drink the water.
This is a cute photo i think.

Our little adventurer...

On sunday we celebrated my brother Johns birthday, 33 can you believe it?? He even made his own cake, and it was fabulous, thanks!
making a wish that he won't grow older I'm sure...hahajk.
My bro and me. what a cute smile john!
We had a lot of fun in panguitch and wish we could go more often!! We love playing games with John and Brinda, and their kids are so fun to play with Jaxson.

July 24th in Enterprise

2009-08-04T20:36:00.001-07:00

This year we spent the 24th, pioneer day, in Enterprise. It was fun, they had a fun little parade where they threw a ton of candy out. Jaxson got the hang of going to pick the candy up. We then had a BBQ.Grandpa Jack after farming at our BBQ
Not a good picture...but hilarious. Families aren't perfect growing up, and I kinda like to show both parts of real life.
At the races...and huge snake??

The races were fun, Jaxson didn't know it was a race, he looked over at the kids by him after he started running towards me, and then just jogged for fun behind the winner. He ended up coming close 2nd, so they had one more race for them. And he did the same thing the next time. Jaxson is really fast when we are chasing him, so next year when he gets the concept of racing, he will probably win. I have a video of it that I might post later, it was cute. You can tell how competetive Nate and I are though...we wanted him to win so bad, but of course he is out there just for fun. haha.

This is Anna and Eva at the races too, the girls their age were so cute, none of them were competetive at all.
They're close now, but I think Eva (in the blue) gets a little distracted. haha.

Anna crossing the finish line
Eva getting closer...
Our other neices, Riley and Baylee getting ready to race. You can tell the different personalities, Riley is all serious and ready to compete, and Baylee is having a good time.
Turns out Riley beat everyone, and then ran again with two boys...and beat them...haha.

Juel racing

Shaylee and Kaylee racing
Nate ended up racing too. He came in 2nd and he says it's because he slipped on the start, but he was racing against high school kids who are probably way more active than him...haha.
The coolest part of this afternoon was the firetrucks sprayed kids and really ended up spraying the whole park while they try to get coins in the bottom of a homemade pool. It is hillarious to watch!! We went to the rodeo at night, and one of the bullriders ended up getting his face kicked in by a bull. His Jaw was totally dislocated. Jared said his was face was pretty messed up when he was helping. Very fun Holiday!!

2009-08-04T18:00:00.000-07:00

My mom trying to manuever a jet ski, she did a good job for her first time! This was the beginning of our trip, Jaxson and I spent a few days here before we met up with all the Holts for the Family reunion.
Jaxson LOVED the shower even more than swimming
Jaxson swimming after the ER
Get a load of his face...
There's a video at the end of the post that explains what we were doing here, jaxson and I laughed for a good 10 minutes, he was probably high from the tylenol or something, but it was SO fun, probably top five moments of my life!
Kitsap Lake in Washington

"Get a load of my outie everybody!"
Messy face
catch me if you can! We really had a fun time at the lake and were so sad that Nate couldn't be there, we'll just have to go again next year and he can enjoy how beautiful and peaceful it is.
Nate drove up seperately with his Dad and Cory and Chanda's family. Jacquelyn and Shawn drove along with. They went through the redwood forest in California, talk about some tall trees.
The start of Nate's trip...he did a heck of a lot of driving. He was pretty sick of it. Thank goodness we were able to fly, Jaxson was so good and it was quick!
We did drive on the way back though, we stopped in Boise, then in Highland. Jaxson did well driving that long too, suprisingly.
The cambria suites in boise...it was the nicest hotel, especially after camping for three days!!

Jaxson and Jaylee had such a great time together this trip, they're great friends!!
Our horse trail ride, pretty boring, but beautiful.
I got the stubborn horse at the end of the pack, so I cheated a little and stayed at the back and trotted several times for fun. haha.
Nate looks good doesn't he?
This was by far our favorite part of the trip. They had this slip and slide that we're pretty sure they just sewed high quality tarp together and used PVC pipe for the watering source through their lake. It was sweet and someday I'm going to make one just like it. The big guys popped several tubes because they weren't the best of quality and they were doing crazy tricks on it. I love this picture.

Jaxson had so much fun, he didn't want to stop even though it was right during his nap time. He got really good at saying "ready, set, GO" and pointing his finger, just like dad is doing in this pic.
We also got to canoe on their lake, it's not a huge lake, but it was fun still.
Camping outdoors took a toll on Jaxson, thank goodness for our little DVD player and Spongebob, Jaxson is not used to all these people around, he was a little stinker most of the time.
This was the best picture of us we got, believe it or not. We all got reunion T-shirts, cute huh??
Jenny was the big planner for this whole trip, she seriously blew us all out of the water...I can't believe how organized everything was. THANKS JENNY! she's even 71/2 months pregnant in this pic!!
I love this picture, everyone looks so tired. haha
Our first night camping. We ended up playing games with some of Nate's nephews and neices who aren't much younger than him. Some nights we were up til 3 playing. That was the most memorable part of the trip, we love games....So if anyone wants to come play with us, Nate and I are up for it anytime!!
These three grew up together, TJ, Nate, and Matt. They have fun together.
Pikes place market where they throw the fish
the Hurley's on top of the space needle
Gorgeous views from the top of the space needle
Jaxson had so much fun with the little quacker from the duck tour
This is actually the house where they filmed the movie "Sleepless in Seattle". love that movie
Everyone on the duck tour

Nate's a "Quack"

Shawn and Jacquelyn...what a cute picture, and great couple!
Nate's favorite picture of Jaxson in Seattle, him looking at the wonderful view
We're a little cheesy...
Our cute nieces...Abbey, Kaylee, Halle, Baylee, Jamie, Mckayla
Love this pic, Nate got so mad at me at first because i took it with his phone, can you imagine if I dropped it. Christopher, Nate, Megan, Matt, TJ.
Windy eh?
Hurleys
Grandpa with Jaxson and Jaylee. They LOVE grandpa holt
TJ Delainey me and Matt
Chris and me. Let me tell you something about Christopher, he is brilliant at music, piano and guitar. He made up several songs this trip that cracked me up, and one for the Holt family that was amazing. I love that we have a Holt family song now. He is one of my favorites...
Beautiful sunset in Port Angeles, WA
Beautiful Victoria Canada
Jaxson on the Ferry
Parliment Bldg in Victoria

Nate thought it was so funny to take this picture, do we look like frustrated tourists or what??
Forgot the name of this Castle, but it was pretty and BIG

The empress hotel
Our sea lion friend we saw. One blue eye, one brown.
How would you like to live here? I guess it goes for about $500,000
Troy, Delainey, TJ, Hillary, Me, Sherrie, Megan Holt
On the Ferry to Victoria Canada. We actually saw quite a bit of Killer Whales, but we couldn't get any good pictures.
Troy, TJ, Nate
Delainey, Hillary, Sherrie, Megan, me
On the drive to Forks and the rainforest
This is the only picture we got in Forks, We thought it was lame seeing how none of the movie was filmed there and the tour they took us on was bologna, they just had people in the community volunteer their houses to be the different character's houses. I guess if we just took it for what it was in the book, then it would have been a good experience. Now we can say we've been there. You can see Bella in the truck if you look close.
Nate was so good with Jaxson this trip, thanks DAD
an old tree...haha
Whitney and Andrew in the rainforest
Jaxson treated Grandma Holt like mommy, he was pretty attached.
I had to post these for Nate's sake, he loved them. He loves hanging out with his nephews probably more than hanging out with me! haha.

Our little family
Group hug
Rainforest in WA, and below are videos of us at Kitsap Lake laughing. My mom didn't take very long videos which I'm sad about because this was SO fun for us, like I said, top 5 experiences of my life....

Overall, the trip to Washington was a BLAST. I was sad to go home and go back to school. Nate always gets depressed a little when he leaves his family and games. So the few days after were interesting... but he got over it quick when we planned other things to do the rest of the summer, like go to San Diego with friends, and hang out with family that couldn't come to the reunion and spend the 24th with them, and a baptism for our neice, and going hiking in Panguitch. This summer has been stressful with school, but SO fun with family and friends. We are enjoying our new life in Cedar, and are glad Nate isn't selling Alarms this summer so we can play with Family.

Jaxson's first trip to the ER

2009-07-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

Well I guess I will issue a warning for anyone who doesn't like stories or pictures of simple injuries. But I figured I would document the first trip to the ER, that's definitely memorable. My mother was with me, and she didn't think the cut was deep enough to go, but I didn't want the scarring to be bad, and you can never be too cautious right??

Jaxson threw a fit when I took my phone away from him, and there was a glass table right by him in the Lake house where we are staying on our trip in Washington. He face planted it and cut his eyelid and the top of his nose. The eyelid wasn't that bad, but the nose was pretty deep. I guess they don't use stitches on many cuts anymore, Glue is the way to go. I guess I could have put super glue on it myself and saved the trip. Silverdale WA ER

Sorry, i forgot to turn the picture.

He's a strong little bugger...he was fighting so hard the whole time. My mom said that Jaxson probably remembers when he was in the hospital when he was born for two weeks, being fussed with and not being held for the first week of his life...and that's why he hates doctors and hospitals so much. But I'm pretty sure it's just because he is strong-willed and impatient, and in his terrible twos!!

Thanks mom for helping out, couldn't have done this without you!

He cried A LOT. poor kid.

Nice double chin mom. (i'm sure that's what he was thinking to make this face, haha)

This little mishap didn't ruin our trip though, we are enjoying the lake SO much. It's gorgeous here, and I'm sure the family reunion starting sunday will be a blast! Hopefully Jaxson doesn't have anymore booboos though!

Seven Peaks

2009-07-06T20:54:00.000-07:00

This is how we spent our day on the 4th, it wasn't too crowded which was suprising. Jaxson was kinda under the weather all day, but still had a lot of fun. We got a lot of wedgies going down the huge slides that drop straight down. If any of you have been on them, you know what I'm talking about! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Bair for the fun spontaneous trip because we all had nothing to do. We drove home the same day late at night after the fireworks at Thanksgiving point. Long fun day.

Throwing Pops!

2009-07-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

Jaxson and Jaylie had a blast throwing these pops firecrackers over the balcony. How funny are these reactions...kids will be kids. Happy 4th!

Copy Cat

2009-07-06T19:19:00.000-07:00

This video is long, but the funniest thing ever. My Brother-in-law Shawn is the one that started this whole thing. My favorite part is at the end, so watch til then. Jaxson finally gets scared of him. ahha. He screams at our house now all the time....Thanks a lot Shawn! jk

Filling BIG shoes

2009-06-28T21:34:00.000-07:00

Jaxson decided to walk around in Daddy's sunday shoes today after church...he is the cutest kid ever!
Jaxson's cousin Jaylie and Jaxson are best friends, they love jumping on the tramp together. When jaxson sees Jaylie's picture even, he gets excited and points to her and talks to her...funny kid!

Utah Summer Games '09

2009-06-23T13:25:00.000-07:00

We had the cutest team ever this year, Melissa's camera took these pictures, she did a good job editing them. Melissa #8/#15 helped me get the team together and I played with her in high school. Look at this last picture, how white my legs are compared to everyone elses, haha. Anyway, Lakell #14 plays at SLCC right now and made our team really good. Jamie #4 is still in high school and really really talented, she'll go far in college I think. The rest of us are kinda old, most played in college but many years ago. Amber #5 played with me at Dixie College, In the team picture on top, the two on the left are Cicely's older sisters who came to help out when Cicely hurt her knee. I also played with Cicely at Dixie and in high school. I was very sore after the tournament, I am just not in good enough shape to play for two days straight. We did really well, there were some really good teams there, so we ended up 4th, but over all it was SO FUN! I can't wait to do it again next year, I wish I could play everyday! Anyone up for it???

With the Good comes the Bad

2009-06-18T12:27:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you would call this a bad thing, but I would...usually if good things come my way, soon after the bad things start to come. Our candle warmer was on the counter and I plugged the vacuum in close to it, and of course I didn't pay attention, and knocked the candle over. And of course the candle was completely liquid. Well the wax got all over the wall and carpet. So I freak out of course and scrub for as long as I can, but it wasn't going over well. I finally got smart and looked up on the internet how to clean it more effectively.
I guess there is good news, with a hair dryer on the wall and an iron on the carpet, I got it cleaned up. But it took my whole day and I couldn't get any homework done that's due tomorrow.
I don't think it's the end of my world, but I could have had a better day.

More Good News!!

2009-06-17T07:37:00.000-07:00

Some more good news!!
Gotta love the tax returns...because with it we paid off our car! Yay! For a couple of college students with a kid in a lot of debt...that's a huge accomplishment.

Good News

2009-06-15T09:26:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know...I lost my wallet, with my whole life in it, like two weeks ago and have been driving around without it. I prayed and prayed because I was scared of identity theft or credit card scams or whatever. Well for some reason I just knew it would pop up some day, but didn't know when....The good news is that I found it!! Yay, the embarrassing news... it was in the bottom of the laundry basket that I hadn't put away yet because our washer hadn't been working so we did laundry at my parents house...haha. Funny story.

No, I'm the biggest loser!!

2009-06-09T16:47:00.001-07:00

My sister-in-law, Brinda and I got to go to a three day training with season 7's biggest loser contestants....Sione and Filipe. They're studs. They kicked our butts, but theyare studs. We decided we didn't like how the companies who are sponsoring it try to sell us stuff, but we love being with those guys, they are so funny. I feel like a superfan, but it's worth it...

Update

2009-05-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

For those of you who follow my blog, probably not a whole lot...I'm sorry it's been so long since we've updated anything. We successfully moved to Cedar City. We are excited to be closer to John and Brinda in Panguitch, and still close to St. George as well. Nate started working at Quality Inn which is a great job for him to do his homework on his downtime. We love our new apartment and we are getting adjusted to our new ward, it's a fun family ward, different than we have ever been in before. Our first week there we made friends with a guy that said he'd take our pictures for free, that's what these are. It took probably 5 minutes all together. Get a load of Jaxson's personality, I can't believe he took so many good pictures in such a short time. We're so glad Jaxson was happy, it's almost impossible to get toddlers to do well in pictures. He was telling the photographer off I think in the first picture. What a cute kid, he's been teething, his back molars, and has had diarrhea and periodic fevers. But he still has been a good kid throughout the process. He's growing up fast, everyone says he looks at least 2 1/2 years old, if he could actually communicate and not get so frustrated when he tries to tell us something, then I probably would agree on that age. He jabbers a ton and when we say words he understands, but he can't quite get the hang of pronunciation. And I know it will come soon for sure, we'll probably want him to stop talking by then. I am almost done with coaching this season for SUVA, it's been a good learning experience. 14 year old girls are full of attitude sometimes, so it was a challenge at times. But anything to put on my resume is good right? I get to play in the Utah Summer Games in june with some old friends I used to play volleyball with, I'm excited for that. School for us in the summer starts next week...can we say yay? I guess I'm just excited to be closer to being done...

Easter Egg Hunt!

2009-04-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

Jaxson cried his eyes out when he saw the easter bunny...you tell me why you think that is....

It was a rainy day in St. George for an Easter Egg Hunt! That doesn't happen very often so it was a bummer that today of all days it was raining. Jaxson was wanting just to eat the candy, which was fine, once we got his excitement up for putting candy into his basket, he got the hang of it. We couldn't believe all the overagressive parents stuffing a ton of candy and eggs into their kids baskets. Nate said if he was helping Jaxson, he would have been among that group of crazy adults. My theory is that they do this holiday for the kids anyway, and Jaxson right now would be happy with just a couple little things of candy anyway, so I just let him do his own thing. It worked out great, and Nate was able to learn a valuable lesson....that he didn't want to appear like a crazy selfish over-agressive parent, stealing candy from a baby. And that's what all these parents were doing from Jaxsons little area he was at, I couldn't believe it. But overall, it was a lot of fun, and we're glad that Jaxson is part of our family to celebrate easter with.

April 3-5 weekend

2009-04-06T17:14:00.000-07:00

We had such a fabulous weekend up in Salt Lake/Orem area this weekend. For those of you who don't know, I'm coaching a club volleyball team here in St. George. They are 14 years old, and the cutest girls. We sure have fun, but I'm also a little competetive which is hard for 14 year olds to comprehend. Anyway, practices are sometimes not fun for the girls because we are working hard on fundamentals, which is important for improving. They are improving a ton, well at least the ones that listen and apply themselves. We ended up taking first in our tournament over the weekend, and the first two tournaments we took 41st, and 43rd. Talk about a huge improvement. These girls know now how fun it is to win now, which makes me excited, because I think they will try harder now. But I do need some good volleyball drills for this age level if anyone has any suggestions!!!The next amazing part of our weekend was that we got tickets spur of the moment to.....

The sunday morning session. That was a fun session because right before is Music and the Spoken Word that they record, which totally helped the spirit to flow in that ginormous building. I enjoyed and got more out of conference than I ever did before. Just feeling the General Authorities presence and hearing their inspiring words made me cry so much.

And how about this stud....Isn't he amazing? He has a story to tell about any and every detail in the world. He is living his message, and it makes me want to too! The greatest thing that I got out of it was that I need to find Joy and happiness in my life no matter how hard my circumstances. The atonement and the gospel provide the way to having that joy NOW! not just in the eternities. I love this church!

We also got to spend a lot of time with Nate's sister Heidi and her family. Jaxson had so much fun playing with his little cousins Anna and Eva. I need to borrow the pics from her that she took then I can post them. For some reason the new SD card we got doesn't work on our computer, and I can't find the cords to the camera to plug into the computer, so sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything!!

would the real Jaxson please stand up?

2009-03-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

messy face, messy shirt, and making a mess in the house....BUT he's extra happy and playful....this is the real jaxson.
love that kid.

Happy Birthday Nate!

2009-02-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun this weekend celebrating Nate's birthday! We missed Jaxson every second, but it was a great get-away. We hung out on sunday with Nate's brother Cory and they sang to him, that was very thoughtful! Troy and Sherrie and TJ were there as well. Then we got to spend the night in the Trump Hotel! It's a 5 star hotel, and there were no slot machines in the hotel at all, that's the part we loved the most! We probably should have done this trip on our anniversary...it was just very special. Happy Birthday Nate! I love you so much!

Suprise

2009-02-23T18:10:00.000-08:00

SUPRISE FOR YOU! (If you are the fastest!)

My friend, Melissa, posted this to her blog. So here is the catch and here is your chance to be surprised too! What a fun and great way to do something for someone else.

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw, paint or sew something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who enter on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they posted this wins a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! I love the thought of making something just for you. I love this idea!
* Now if you don't have a blog, that's ok you can still sign up and pick 5 people on your own- surprise them!

Baby Tag

2009-02-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

It's amazing how different everyone's experience is... so I tag everyone who wants to share their experience.

THE QUESTIONS:
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? Apt in Provo
2- Who was with you? Myself
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Weird body changes, because we weren't trying I wasn't expecting it, then I suspected and finally took a pregnancy test, and it was negative, then did three days later and It was positive.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? shockers
5- Who was the first person you told? Nate, I had to wait three days to tell him because I suprised him on Valentines day
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? no
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? a few weeks later
9- Did you go out and celebrate? yes, dinner, yum
10- Did you want to find out the sex? yes
11- What was the sex? BOY
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? yep, Nate's sisters did, and my mom
13- If yes, who?
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Yes, hideous knit booties that were so girly, but blue.
15- How much weight did you gain? 25
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? I lost 20, then gained 15 over the course of a year
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? yes, the last week of the pregnancy, crappy
18- What did you crave the most? ice cream, strawberries grapes, candy, orange soda, pickles
19- Did you crave anything crazy? everyone makes fun of me when I was eating pickles and strawberries at the same time.
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? money
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? just sick for 4 months
23- Where were you when you went into labor? at BYU waiting for Nate to get done with his homework, but it really was all day before that too.
24- Did your water break? Kinda, it's the weirdest thing, Jaxson pooped in the amniotic fluid and when I walked up the stairs home, I thought my water broke, and it was green, but not a ton of fluid, and contractions got SO painful after that, then when I got to the doctor they said it hadn't broke, just leaked.
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Nate
26- Did you go early or late? We were pretty late getting there, I was dialated to an 8 when I got there, and peed my pants ha.
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Just Nate
28- How long were you in labor for? 2 hours
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? nope and boy I wished there was time for an epidural, the labor hurt like crazy, especially afterward when the doctor had to scoop out the never ending blood...ouch!
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? natural
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? dazed
32- Did your Husband cry? A little, almost passed out from all the blood (but there was not normal amounts of it, so give him a little credit)
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Jaxson Kenson Holt
35- Does his/her name have any significant meaning? Yes, Kenson means humility in japanese because he was born under humble circumstances, and Jaxson is just a continuation of grandpa jack, aunt Jacquelyn, mom Jacquelyn, and Dad's middle name Jack.
36- Did you have any visitors? Yes, thanks mom for coming up in the middle of the night from St. george to Orem, and in laws, grandma, and even busy twin Amy!
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? Yes, he was under stress, and swalled the mechonium and ended up getting pneumonia. He was a trooper though, after one week he was able to breastfeed, and after two weeks he came home, and was on oxygen for three months.
38- How old is your baby today? 17 months almost
39- When is the next one(s) coming? there is a next one? jk. probably when jaxson is 3 or 3 1/2
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? in a heartbeat, especially knowing now how fabulous Jaxson is in our life right now, what a character and sweetheart.

8 things

2009-02-17T09:38:00.001-08:00

I've been tizagged so many times before and I never ever do any of them. Well I decided since I'm bored in my stress management class, that I would do one of them...

8 things

tv shows i like

1. Biggest loser

2. The office

3. American Idol

4. Lost

5. Prison Break

6. Heroes

7. Lie to me

8. So you think you can dance ( can't wait)

favorite restaurants

1. Samurai 21 (or anything japanese)

2.Goodwood BBQ

3.Olive Garden

4. Pasta Factory

5. Tucanos

6. Carrabas

7. Mexican restaurant (any)

8. Cafe Rio

8 things I did yesterday

1. Slept in (yay presidents day)

2. Booked Nate's suprise birthday present!

3. Homework

4. Went to costco with Nate (thanks babe)

5. Sunday we travelled back from Salt Lake for our weekend trip

6. Saturday we ate sushi for valentines!

7. We also had a volleyball tournament, the girls got to the gold bracket this time! Yay!

8. Played with Jaxson!

things I'm looking forward to

1. Family reunion in Seattle in July

2. Nate's birthday this Saturday

3. Volleyball tournament on saturday

4. To see Jaxson today after my long day at school in Cedar

5. To lose weight

6. To be done with school...who knows when

7. For Jenny to have her baby!!

8. For Christ to come, haha.

Things on my wishlist

1. Go to New York again and visit Amy

2. Money for reunion trip

3. A new dress

4. More time to spend with Jaxson

5. To lose 20 lbs

6. Nike Reax

7. My hair dyed

8. Twin babies, not for a while though.

people I tizag

1. Jenny

2. Heidi

3. Hollie

4. Jacquelyn

5. Mindy

6. Cicely

7. Stacey

8. Melissa

Catching up

2009-01-20T18:18:00.000-08:00

Well I can't believe its been over a month. Jaxson is growing really tall, and plays plays plays all day long. And is messy messy messy!! We had fun at St. George's most fun park over in hidden valley if anyone hasn't been there yet! It's so worth it, kids of all ages just love it, especially during the summer when the water is going! Jaxson recently learned to slide forward, before he kept sliding down backward on his tummy. He loves to play.

Jaxson with his cousins Kaylie and Abbey

Jaxson's new truck for christmas! He got so spoiled this year, I think next year when he really understands christmas, we'll just make sure he only gets one present from us!
Merry Christmas!
Jaxson trying to get into all the presents
Sean, Nate, Kaitlyn
Cousin Jaden was so nice to share with Jaxson
Our fun fam
Brinda, Kaitlyn, John and Jaden!
As for Nate and I we are busy this year. We are both in school, Nate at Dixie, me at SUU. Nate is graduating with his associates finally after this semester then about a year and a half more then he'll be done with his bachelors. I am about two semesters away from graduating, and probably have been that close for three years! ahh, well at least I am working hard still to make sure I get graduated. I am also coaching for Southern Utah Volleyball Association, a 14 year old team and we have our first tournament in Salt Lake this weekend, wish us luck!! We are really happy right now, now I'd be even happier if I could lose my goal of 20 lbs, wish me luck on that too!

Another Snow Day Story

2008-12-19T08:23:00.000-08:00

We had another snow day, like right after I posted the first snow day, and this one put the other one to shame. Well, st. george is pathetic I think, well used to think at least. We got three inches yesterday morning, and they cancelled school yesterday. I thought that was the pathetic part, but I just found out why...St. george doesn't have plows for the city, and the buses don't have snow tires or chains, and the bus drivers are not trained to drive in the snow, so it's a legal thing why school is cancelled. They haven't cancelled school in 10 years, when I was in 7th grade, I remember that was the best day of the year to get out of school for the snow. Funny story.

Snow Day!

2008-12-16T13:21:00.000-08:00

There are not very many snow days in St. George, so we had to go outside and take advantage of it. We made a small snowman, Jaxson tried to help a bit. He actually kept his cute hat on, that's a first!! What a cutie!

Our Free photo shoot

2008-12-09T14:44:00.000-08:00

This was so funny because we had a place in mind to get photos taken from my sister, but it happened to be closed on sunday and we didn't have anymore time. So we just found a place in south Jordan where the city offices are, an ice rink and precut trees and just took pictures. It wasn't anything special, we just needed to get a cheap christmas photo. But I think they turned out nice. Jaxson was a pain the whole time, You can't tell too much but we didn't get any good smiles. Most of you who see my blog will get a christmas card with these pics anyway, but here's a sneak peak!!

Jaxson was extra scared of the weeds we put him in, if he would have smiled it would have been the cutest picture of all.

2008-12-02T09:25:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving/Christmas reunion weekend 2008

2008-12-02T09:08:00.000-08:00

We have a family reunion on the Holt side every two years at Thanksgiving time. There are a lot of Holts thats for sure, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year with marriages and babies being born. This year there were only 100 that could make it to the reunion and there are well over 200 I think. This year we had a big family picture, a talent show, crafts for the kids, karaoke, basketball, volleyball, a fabulous thanksgiving dinner, and yummy pie. Nate's sister Jacquelyn planned it all and it went so well. Nate is a big gamer, so when some of the cousins get together to play cards then we're always there til really late. Friday we have a tradition of shopping day after thanksgiving stuff. We got shoes at big 5, then I went into old navy right by it, and lost my wallet and we were searching for an hour for it. Once we gave up and started driving, old navy called and said someone just turned it in. How blessed are we??!! But we were done shopping after that long day. Then we went to Twilight for the first time. All I have to say is that I'm sorely disappointed in the movie. With all the money the book made and all the money that is floating around in that industry, why couldn't they have made it a better quality with a better director. If they don't make the next one better quality then I think they are pocketing a ton. Off my soap box now...the other tradition we have is doing the live Nativity at tuacahn. That was a fun experience. We all dress up as parts like mary and joseph, the wisemen, shepherds, angels etc. there are live animals and we act out the nativity.
Saturday was the Christmas party that I had the opportunity to plan this year. We had lunch and it was so yummy, soup bowls and lots of salads and sides that the family brought. I love the food when the Jack Holt family gets together. We had a lot of fun games for the kids, santa dress up relay, balloon battle, the christmas present game. All the grandkids are so much fun. Then Santa came and asked the kids what they want for Christmas. It was a lot of fun and worth all the preparation. Grandma Kaye said that they were wore out by sunday, but if it's only once every two years for all the fun reunion stuff, then it's totally worth it!! Jaxson was so much fun this weekend and was suprisingly good. Gotta love that kid!
Happy Thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-02T08:35:00.000-08:00

SC volleyball night out

2008-11-17T09:27:00.001-08:00

Snow Canyon Volleyball, State Champs!

2008-11-17T08:18:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to assistant coach the Snow Canyon volleyball team this year from august to the first week of november when they went to the state tournament at UVU. It was so much fun, I went to SC myself, graduated in 2001, and we were only able to take 3rd my junior year, 2nd my senior year. So to be a part of a state championship team this year was super fun. This is their 3rd year in a row taking state, with Dixie (our region 9 rival) taking 2nd each of those years. It was such a great experience. I learned a lot from the head coach, Coach Parker, whose husband was my coach at Dixie College. I'm glad I had the opportunity, and I will continue coaching. I'm coaching a 14's team for SUVA club starting in January. Here are some pics from our fabulous experience.

The fans were great. Because of the game before starting two hours late, Our game didn't even start until 9:45, so the girls were tired. But it actually worked to our advantage I think, we beat Dixie in 3 games instead of the thrillers that we had earlier in the season that went to 5 games. I probably won't coach next year there just because we'll probably be moving to Cedar for school, but participating was a lot of fun.

We love our Jaxson Boo!

2008-10-11T16:27:00.000-07:00

We sure had a great party last night, Heather & Rydel and the kids came from Enterprise, Hollie & Ben were able to make it with their kids as well. The kids all dressed up and we had a costume contest. We had yummy food and then sang to Jaxson. Kim, my little sister made the adorable monkey cake. Everyone got a swing at the pinata, then we opened gifts. Jaxson was tired and probably overwhelmed by the new place and all the people. So it wasn't the best day in the world, especially since we had to switch locations at the last minute! But we made it through and it was a success. We wished more of the cousins could be there, and can't wait til Thanksgiving when they will all be together!! It's crazy how fast time flies. Our little guy is One!! It seems just like yesterday that we had him, and had to be away from him in the hospital for a couple of weeks. How lucky we are to have him healthy and strong and here with us today!! We love our Jaxson Boo!!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy JaXsOn BoO!!

2008-10-11T16:26:00.000-07:00

HUGE scare

2008-10-04T15:56:00.000-07:00

So quick story of our day in wal mart. Nate was on his way back from school and I told him to come meet me at wal mart because I was getting some pictures for birthday announcements. I had Jaxson with me of course, and I just put him in a cart by me so I wouldn't have to hold him and figure out the Kodak picture machine while Jaxson potentially touched the screen along with me. Well I was pretty focused on what I was doing, and then I looked over while I had a break, and Jaxson was not in the cart. My heart started pounding a million beats per min, and I started looking frantically in all the aisles. Then after I ran down couple aisles, Nate saw me and started laughing, with Jaxson in his arms....K, Nate is the sneakiest man alive because I did not hear a thing, from the unbuckling of the seatbelt, the noises Jaxson usually makes when he sees daddy, to the lifting him out of the shopping cart. I wanted to cry because I was so scared and Nate was laughing his head off, and Jaxson of course had the look on his face "Who are these weird people". But honestly it taught me a good lesson, and my oh my how grateful I was that it was only Nate and not someone else. Here is a website that is dedicated to children abduction and how to avoid it. Read, and learn, and hopefully avoid the situation that could have happened to me. http://www.amberwatchfoundation.org

Lots to update!

2008-10-04T13:11:00.000-07:00

Our big news is that Jaxson is now walking!! He actually took his first steps a couple weeks ago and now is walking like a pro! It was so funny because the day he decided to walk, it was totally random. He hadn't taken any steps up until that point, then decided to run around the room all night. It was hilarious. I was so excited, and we got some video (that I'll figure out and post later), and everytime he fell we cheered for him and he clapped for himself. He's the cutest kid. Our other big news is that he is turning one this friday! It's crazy how fast time flies. We went up in American Fork Canyon a week ago and took some gorgeous pictures, and we'll call it good as his one year pics.

Grandma and Grandpa, Juel Moody and Jaxson having a good time. And here's a sneak peak of his halloween costume. We are having a halloween costume birthday party for Jaxson, so all the cousins who can make it will dress up too. Hope its fun, and anyone who wants to dress their kids up and come...please let me know and I will get you the information!
Our little Monkey (who LOVES bananas too!)

Our trip up north a week ago was very fun. We were able to go to Jaxson's little cousins birthday party. It was a blast, and these two are so so adorable. We know Jaxson and them are going to be such good buds.

Before and after pics of the cake mess, how cute are they??

This pic cracks me up, because Anna started bonking Jaxson on the head, and he started to cry. (I'm sure there were more reasons to cry then just that) but I'm sure these girls will tease him later in life, and all his friends will too if they find out he was getting beat up by a girl!
Well our little terrorizer decided to pull everything out of the cupboards and climb in, I'm not going to lie, it was funny. But does anyone have any suggestions on how to teach kids that pulling stuff out of the cupboards is bad, but teach them effectively??? help.

Nate's favorite thing to do on a piano is make up beautiful music, and Jaxson decided to come make up his own too. Like father like son huh.
Well several weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to the Deseret Book's Time Out For Women conference. It was such a fun idea to get all the Holt girls together to go. We were missing Sherri and Mindy a ton, and hope we can get everyone to do it next year in St. George! We heard from Hillary Weeks, a christian song-writer, who was fabulous and I want all her CDs. We heard several talks from different authors and specialists on certain topics. The theme was finding Joy, so I felt pretty good after I left. Eva and Anna got to come too!
The girls at Cheesecake factory!
Heidi, Alesha, Jacquelyn
Mom Holt, and Cory (poor guy housed all of us girls for the weekend, he was a trooper!)
The girls
Hollie and Jenny
Heidi and me with the band

Happy Anniversary!

2008-09-18T08:16:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let Nate know how much I love him and how glad I am that we have been able to share these two years, and many more to come!! Man life is just beginning still for us. For our anniversary we just spent the night in the holiday inn in St. George, the place we stayed our first night before we went on our honeymoon to Hawaii. It was kinda nastalgic I'm not going to lie. What a great day it was!
Our story is a good one, all those who want to read on, beware it gets kinda mushy and cheesy...haha, and writing this really was for me. We met the first day in the MTC. We both entered the same day and were in the same branch. Once the branch got together to introduce one another, Nate had the distinct impression that he knew me from somewhere. So we talked and figured out that he had probably seen my twin sister, who was good friends and danced with his cousin, and also had several friends in common. But Nate wasn't satisfied there, there was something else. I remember thinking how hot he was, but I was a missionary, so I just shook it off (it took quite a while to shake it off though let me tell you)! Well we had a great time in the MTC, we sang a couple songs together in church, so we got to know each other through our talents. I remember constantly looking for him at gatherings or in the temple sessions or gym time we would play basketball or volleyball together. I couldn't get enough of him, it was funny too because in the MTC, if you have been there(or even if you haven't) you would know how guys are period, some are after girls even if they are on missions, so I got a lot of elders writing notes and talking to me asking if they could write, no joke! But it didn't even phase me, it was easy to say no to those guys. But for some reason I was stuck on Nate, and many of the elders in our branch would tease us about it, and I got so mad at that. I didn't want to have those feelings for him especially because I was a missionary, and I had a guy that I waited for on his mission, and he was waiting for me kinda. But those feelings were inevitable, and I prayed almost everyday of the mission for focus on the most important things.
Well Nate and I finally parted ways, and it was sad to see him go, but so exciting to get to Tokyo! Nate and I kept in touch a bit via letters, and I always looked forward to it. Well I still was writing this other kid, and about two more months of my mission left, and he writes me a dear Jane, sure I was heartbroken, but I got over it quickly because I really started to care for Nate. Well, it gets worse. I come home, and I have a hard time adjusting, and also the kid that dearjaned me got married the week I got home. So it was tough, I started dating a different kid, and I ended up not even writing Nate for three or four months. He told me he was really bummed during that time too! Well, I went to school at BYUHawaii for a semester, which was the best thing I could have done, because I got away from the other kid I was dating and could rethink a lot of things. Well in the back of my mind was Nate the whole time I was home, and now that he was getting home, he was in the front! I transferred schools to be closer to Utah because I knew he'd be there! Well I didn't know exactly when he was getting home, but soon after he did, he called me needing someone to go to the temple with because he was making a trip down from Enterprise his home town, and no one could go. Fate was that I just happened to be free that night, it was the coolest thing ever. I really hadn't been that happy in a long long time, if ever.
We went to the temple like good old times in the MTC, and talked about our missions the whole night. Nate thought I was mad because he was late, (it was funny too because all the workers in the temple were helping me look for him, calling him my husband, I just hoped they didn't say that to him!) But I wasn't mad at all. He wasn't going to ask me out again that night because of it, he was going to wait a few days to call....well then I would have been mad. But fate played its role again, and I asked him to a play the next night. That was a fun night because during the play he ended up holding my hand and putting his arm around me. Gotta love those butterflies in the stomach! I'm pretty sure it was this night that he brought me home and we kissed! He was a fast mover for sure. We hung out pretty much every day that we could until he started school at BYU in the summer. Then we were making a lot of trips back and forth. It was good for us to be apart, we learned a lot of things in the process. Well he had already planned a trip with his family to Japan to see the sights and his old areas, and he asked me to go. Well we already knew we were getting married so I was needing to save my money for the wedding. Nate and I went ring shopping early and we got a great deal on a 5grand ring, so I knew he was going to ask me soon. Well he convinced his parents to pay for my plane ticket, and of course I couldn't accept that! Well somehow Nate convinced me to go too, (of course I was stoked to see my old stomping ground too) and it was obvious that he was going to ask me there right?? Well we get there, of course we're having a great time, it's gorgeous, nastalgic, fun. We get to this rose garden, the biggest one I've ever seen by far, and Nate's dad said that he should have brought the ring here...well of course me being overanalytical, interpret it to mean that he didn't bring the ring to Japan at all. (Come to find out, he just meant the rose garden). Nate thought that his suprise was spoiled, and I thought I wasn't getting proposed to at all in Japan. So i just expected something great when we got home.
We get to tokyo and I show everyone around, what a great time we had. We get to the temple, and it takes Nate forever to get into the session and I was so worried that he wasn't going to make it at all! They stall the session for a bit waiting for him, and he finally shows up! whew. glad he made it. Well in the celestial room I started telling him all the cool experiences I had in the temple, because I served in the area and was able to go quite regularly. I received a lot of revelation there and it was a special place. Afterward he started telling me his experience in the MTC when he first met me. I had been wondering what he thought the whole time we were dating, and he still didn't tell me. And now all of a sudden he was telling me his experience...I was excited but still confused because I thought he didn't bring the ring. He said that he had prayed about me in the MTC because he just couldn't get me out of his head. He prayed for focus, and got the answer that he would marry me if he was faithful and diligent on his mission. Talk about a revelation at the wrong time. What could he do with it then?? absolutely nothing, except be more diligent than he was. So when I didn't write him for a while, he was questioning that answer. But then he also knew that Heavenly Father would bless him no matter what, even if I used my free agency and chose someone else. But it turned out to be what Heavenly Father intended anyway didn't it?? I was so amazed at the story, and so glad to have heard it, it reassured me that I knew I wanted to marry him (but of course if he told me any earlier, then I would have been scared, so I'm glad he waited until then). I was so glad he told me, I was good right there to go, but then he gets on his knee...and pulls out the ring!! AHH! I was so so so suprised! Maybe it was trick his dad and him were playing on me, well it worked! Then he asked me to marry him, and I said yes of course! No one was in the celestial room except one of the temple workers, and after she saw, she ran down and told all the other workers. All of them congratulated us on our way down. I knew most of them from the ward I served in so it was fun. Jenny, Nate's sister got some pictures developed and put them in frames during the session, and got flowers for me when I came out. It was a fabulous day. I was and am soo happy.
We continued dating and planning the wedding for two more months and finally were able to be sealed in the St. George temple on Sept 16, 2006. We went on our honeymoon to Hawaii and have lived two years together in various parts of the US for school and work, and now back in St. George with our baby boy Jaxson. What a great way to start our wonderful family, and I will love Nate forever and ever. Thank you Nate for all you have done for me! I love you!!

Long overdue...

2008-09-12T14:17:00.001-07:00

It has been way too long since I have posted anything...forgive me. I certainly have a lot to catch up. Our move from NYC to St. George was great, everything went smooth except a few days before, Jaxson got sick with the flu, and then I did the night before the flight, so it was a rough flight for me. Luckily Jaxson was an perfect angel. I think he cried once for like two minutes. We did take a break in SLC for a few hours so he could run around, but seriously I have never seen Jaxson be that good while travelling, well actually any baby that good while travelling. it was amazing. Right before we left I took these pics, and they are my favorite so far. Jaxson and daddy cuddling (which Jaxson hardly ever does by the way). The thumbsucker!

Best Pals

We are glad we are home for sure. We missed our family, and as soon as we got home we had the annual Enterprise CornFest. My father-in-law Jack Holt grows the corn locally in Enterprise UT, and has for more years than I have been alive! He grows the best corn in town and in the whole state in mine and many people's opinions. People come from all over the state and west US to get it! It's that good! And we're still getting tasty corn now...just perks of being family.

The yummy seredipity corn.

We actually had a wedding to go to during the corn fest, and it was Nate's best friend, Jordan, from high school. We decided we couldn't miss the wedding up in Provo, and missed the festivities of the cornfest...when I say festivities, I mean all the work! The Holt family (all 9 kids, in-laws, and grandkids) all get together to sell not only corn...but also navajo tacos, and tons of other baked goods and drinks for all the people that come to town for the corn fest. It's a ton of work, and I'm afraid if we get out of it next year again, the whole family will kill us. haha. So these are pics of only some of the fam after all their hard work. So they are a little pooped to say the least. Many of them caught the flu (and that's not the first time the flu has been spread at a holt gathering, it seems to be a tradition ahha). But this was a great event, and it was great to see the whole family again after a long summer. I wish I had pics of all of the family. Thanks everyone who helped and made it a successful year!

Me, Courtney Hurley, Jacquelyn Hurley, Chanda Holt

Jack Holt, Cory Holt, Kaye Holt

Alesha Holt, Cory Holt, Chanda Holt

Jared and Heidi Moody

McKayla

Kevin Holt (Sick with the flu)

Courtney and Grandpa

Eva Moody, Jaxson's little cousin
Other updates for our family...
Well school started for Nate and I. Although because I was admitted late to SUU, I couldn't get into two very important classes that I needed, so I decided not to attend this semester. Nate is in all the classes he needs at Dixie and is doing great! He spends a lot of time studying and isn't working this year to meet his goals of getting his schooling done with better grades. Great idea in my opinion. He will be done with his associates finally in June, and then will work for his bachelors after that. I am now trying to find a good job that will work with both Nate's and my schedule so that we don't have to worry about babysitters. I started coaching volleyball with my alma mater...Snow Canyon High School. I really love coaching. It's something I want to do the rest of my life, and I'm just getting started, yay. Thanks to my Dixie college coach...the Parker's, I have this awesome opportunity!
I just gave my boys haircuts, and did nate's without clippers which was a first for me, and very difficult. But they both needed it badly, Nate was starting to look real shaggy (which I like if it was on a younger kid), and Jaxson had a mullet on the back of his head! haha.

Nate's before pic

And After...All of you who have cut baby's hair know how hard it is to get behind the ears and neck...well, after a lengthy amount of time I finally go it!

I had to throw this picture in...we were in the other room and usually I can hear Jaxson pretty good because he is a talker for sure, but for a while he was quiet...you all know what I am about to say...yes he was getting into something. It was the Oreos!! Can you believe it. I wasn't so much upset he was eating straight sugar as I was rolling on the ground laughing.

Well, finally, you got the highlights of our life up until now. Congrats to all those who have had kids recently, moved recently, graduated recently, started new schools recently, and won games recently. So much has happened in all of our lives...so lets keep blogging about it eh?

Eventful Week

2008-08-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to lie, it's been a rough and crazy week. We are so close to leaving this place, which we have mixed emotions about. The job has been stressful as ever, but the place is incredible. So here's a little of our ups and downs this week....
We were able to go to the museum of Natural History again this sunday because Nate has never been. He liked the pictures with the fossils eating him the best aparently... This is the group that we went with...
Tyler & Danny from Spanish Fork UT

Bob (from Texas) & Marcus (from SLC UT)

Traci & Derrick from Texas

They are a fun bunch to work with, Nate has made a lot of friends and are going to miss a lot of them... Nate once again getting eaten by a fossils

Jaxson really wanted to ride one of them so we tried to get him on the slowest fossil so he wouldn't fall...the ginormous turtleJaxson was mimicking the mammoths trunk.

Mayan temple

Another great part of our week was to have Amy with us and hang out for the past few weeks. She has been trying to get a job in the city and is working for Capezio dance store right now. Jaxson sure loves his aunty amy, probably because she's pretty and she's fun, and Jaxson is a huge flirt with girls already...uh oh. Amy is looking for places to stay, but rent here is ridiculously high, so everyone pray for her to get into the right place and land the right jobs. I sure love having my sister around since we don't get much time to do things together. It's been a huge blessing and our relationship has grown stronger because of it. Here we are smothering Jaxson with kisses

I don't know how much he likes it right now, but I'm certainly scared he might like it too much from other girls later in life!! haha.

With Amy here, we have been to the pool a lot, Jaxson gets pooped from the sun, so it's nice that he sleeps while we get a tan. He is the best swimmer already, he kicks and kicks until his heart is racing, then he goes some more. its awesome!

Us at the pool!

Along with the ups...must come the downs....

Nate was playing basketball this week (its a great stress reliever from this crazy stressful job), and he tore a ligament in his ankle. He has weak ankles and this is not the first time, he actually did it last summer around the exact same time when we were doing this job in Kansas City. You definitely don't want to see his foot with that wrap off...it's black and blue with the swelling the size of a baseball!

But Nate liked it because he was able to take a couple days off and spend more time chilling with Jaxson. You can see how happy and content they are. How cute
Jaxson has also had a rough week, he's been teething again, and had horrible diarrhea and fever and whatever else you can imagine. His molars are all coming in at once, so I can only imagine how uncomfortable that must be for him. He certainly is a trooper though. He is doing some fun things now, like clicking his tongue, and giving high fives, and standing by himself, walking like a champ while he holds our hands, getting into everything he can, exploring the world. It's really fun to have him around, he's a blast.

We certainly hope that this last week here will be a great one, and that we can take care of everything we need to, to get ready for school and such. I'm proud of Nate for making it through another ridiculously difficult summer job, he's a trooper and it will be a relief to get back home and be close to family.

2008-08-06T08:16:00.002-07:00

Trip to DC

2008-08-06T08:16:00.001-07:00

We had a great time in DC over the weekend (despite the mad heat, hitting a parked car, getting a speeding ticket for 19 over, and walking over 5 miles to get to where we wanted) it was worth it. There is so much history here and it's such a gorgeous clean city! I would love to live there. The buildings are spectacular. We wished we had more than a day there for sure. We went to the holocaust museum as well as what was in the pictures, that was a little depressing, but it was great to be reminded. Jaxson was a trooper through the trip, even though 4 hours each way of driving in the car was a little rough for him. We decided that if tourists from other countries visit Washington DC first, no wonder they think our country is the best! Because DC certainly is a great representation of it. Visiting there made me a little bit more proud to be an American.

Jaxson's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day!

2008-08-05T17:46:00.000-07:00

Our poor little Jaxson boy had a rough few days last week. I don't know if you can tell in the pictures very good, but he bumped his head several times trying to crawl in places he shouldn't and climb onto things he should, but the biggest bump he got on the right side of his forehead, left side of the picture, while he was in the tub. He bumped it so hard right on the spout. It was more likely for him to bump his head in the tub than any other place this past week because he had diarrhea real bad and a monster rash that covered his whole bum. I've never seen a rash that bad, but I'm sure it could have been worse. So lots of crying out of our little guy lately. But he is so much better now after we gave him a blessing and lots of pedialyte.

An update on all the things he is doing now at almost 10 months....

-crawling like a monkey, his left knee never really touches the ground, he pushes with his left foot, and crawls on his right knee. Its a funny crawl, but hey it gets him around.

-Pushing himself up on things to stand

-Standing by himself

-While he has support of chairs and couches, he'll walk to things he wants

-While holding one of mommy's hands, he walks like a champ

-saying all sorts of sounds and we keep teaching him more, he's a screamer and a talker, so we might be sad we're teaching him to talk at all! just kidding

-saying mama and dada to us

-laughing at everything! He is funny kid with a spectacular personality

-letting us know when he is hurting or feeling bad by crawling right to us and pushes himself up by our legs

-eating way more than he should be, but is so good at finger foods, and will chew food up with his teeth (he has 8 right now, but molars are already almost in!! Crazy huh!)
We know in no time he will be running all over and have all his teeth. He looks and acts so much like a big boy, its crazy how fast they grow up. A little sad to be honest. But I'm not going to lie, it's fun for the first one to see all the different stages in their life. He is the biggest blessing to us.

Pampered in the City

2008-07-30T18:20:00.001-07:00

I looked on this website called LifeBooker.com, its great, all the big spas and great salons in NYC are on there and from there you can book an appointment for whatever services you want done. They have deals on there if they have an open spot or if someone cancelled their appointment.I found a great little place called Salon Santa Cruz for 50% off. So if anyone is going to the big city and wants to be pampered...whatever it may be, pedicure, massage, hair...then this is the site for you. I had a ball, it was so typical NYC, there was an assistant for this big shot hairdresser who has done several celebrities hair including J-Lo. They consulted me and told me exactly what they thought was stylish, and it was so funny because the stylist was flaming gay just like you would see in the movies. This place was right on 5th ave, and I definitely felt like a true NewYorker. What a fun day, and I have never had such Fabulous Hair! (no offense to those who do my hair on a regular basis, still love you!)

THE FINISHED PRODUCT (nate had fun helping me take pics after a long hot day):

Fun with the in-laws in Palmyra & Niagara Falls

2008-07-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

Hillary our niece is a little camera shy! But Grandpa was determined to get her picture.Grandma and Jaxson are having a good time eating together!

Nate wanted to take a pic and and it looks like no one wanted to comply but him. ha. We probably were all tired from this long drive from our house in NJ. Its about 6 hours each way.

Joseph Smith's log cabin on a beautiful day

Walking through the Sacred Grove

We actually saw a pillar of light! It was exactly over our heads, but I would say it wasn't quite brighter than the sun...it was more like the actual sun, but it was still fabulous experience seeing the scene of the crime as some would say! ha. But seriously, what a blessing to have someone so courageous as Joseph Smith to overcome the adversary and ask the Lord which church was true and to stick with it. I'm sure thankful for him. I hope you are too.

The Palmyra Temple, they actually built it where the actual log cabin would have been, and if you look through the front doors you can see all the way through it into the sacred grove, it's kinda cool.

Nate taking in all the beauty and sacredness

Jaxson was a little sick of travelling in a car for that long. Well we all were, but it was still fun

What a beautiful picture! the sky too of course...ha.ha.

Jaxson is ready to get soaked in the Niagara Falls baby!

The Maid of the Mist was the ferry that we took through the falls, it was like a fabulous water park ride, and I wanted to go in it again and again. Seriously, probably best part of the trip for me.

The american falls

We got to walk up right to the falls, talk about getting soaked

The whole picture and boy was it gorgeous, God sure is a fantastic artist.

The canadian Falls

We were also able to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant, which was fabulous! They actually put a ton of time and thought into the script, and there are several special effects that really catch the audiences attention. I am so glad I went 3 hours in advance for great seats. It was a fun and inspiring trip and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Trip to Philly!

2008-07-09T12:04:00.000-07:00

We decided last minute last weekend to take a quick trip to Philadelphia PA, only 1 1/2 hrs away from where we live. It turned out to be so refreshing and full of history. We took a tour bus which told us so much we didn't know. We visited places like the liberty bell and the independence hall, the columns that Rocky climbed up to in the movie! and many more memorable places. It was such a fun trip, we're so glad we went! (and glad that mom had discounts to the marriott!)
Jaxson & Mommy at the hotel

City of Brotherly LOVE!

World Famous City Hall

Nate at the fountains

Jaxson wanting to eat the camera.

The Benjamin Franklin Science Museum.

This was so cool, the machine took a picture of your face and then you could change your age and see what you would look like! We tried it on Jaxson but it seemed impossible to get a good picture just because he moves so much and the youngest age you can do it is 6years because of the facial features in babies are just not there. But we tried it anyway, this is kinda what he'll look like when he is 15. I hope he looks a little bit older than that....

Jaxson inside an artery. At one point he was this small for reals in my uterus!

Me inside a Giant Heart!

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

What a fabulous day yesterday was! It was great to celebrate our independance, especially with my husband! He got off work at 4, and he usually works til 11pm! That reason alone gave us reason to celebrate. We had a great day. We went to a company BBQ with great food and fun games. Then some of us went down to see the Macy's Fireworks in the city, and really all we could see was smoke and the fireworks in the distance. So I just stole a picture from online which displayed them much better than I could. It was georgeous. I guess they lite 1000 Fireworks per minute. Fun huh.
This is what we saw.

Jaxson & Mommy at the BBQ

I WANNA PLAY WITH THE CAMERA!

Walking around...

I'm a stud!

What a cute smile! (Jaxson has)

Nate decided to smile now...but it's impossible to get them both to smile at the same time.

And there Jaxson goes again...

Grilling up some grub.

We have a fun bunch a guys we work with.

Can't turn away free food!

Either can Jaxson. His first taste of watermelon, and how appropriate on the 4th of July....STEP 1...open mouth

STEP 2...bite down

STEP 3...ENJOY!!

Jaxson's first crawl

2008-07-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

I think he was pooing at the end, that's what those grunts were for.haha. So yesterday, he took a few shaky crawling after I had been doing stuff on the computer for work, and I know I left him on his stomach to play and reach for things. Well to my suprise when I turned around, he was sitting up! I was just so excited to see him doing that by himself, I didn't even care what happened next. Well soon after he was on all fours and going to his little yellow ball. Today he is getting even better, and tomorrow I'm sure I'll have to chase him across the room and tell him not to get into the TV wires! Fun huh.

2008-06-28T15:47:00.000-07:00

Its our engagement anniversary this week, some people may think its silly that we even remember, but it was very memorable for us, so I thought I would put some pictures from our wedding. What a lucky gal I am to have such a wonderful guy.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-06-28T15:44:00.001-07:00

Jaxson's Adventures

2008-06-27T12:35:00.000-07:00

Our little Jaxson is a terrorist when it comes to getting into things and getting into situations he can't get out of. I left for like 5 minutes into another room and he was in all the DVD cases and mail, and all the Wii stuff. Funny kid...

Jaxson is rolling and scooting a little now, really trying to get around and get what he wants. It's a fun stage, but it can also be a bit hard...for both me and Jaxson. He got stuck under chair the other day, and I had to take a picture. Some of you may think that this is cruel to not only leave him crying, but to take a picture of his pain as well...Well admit it. It's a little funny.

Rainy Day

2008-06-27T12:19:00.000-07:00

These are gorgeous pictures, but it was a little scary, there was a big rain storm here in NJ on sunday and the park we went to was at the bottom of a cliff, so the rain was just rushing down the sides where the roads were, it was crazy because we thought we were going to be swept off the narrow roads in some places. But it ended up being a beautiful day regardless, and no one got hurt.

Find out which Disney Princess you are!

2008-06-26T17:58:00.000-07:00

Find out which Disney Princess you are!

Iam Mulan...I always thought I was. Try it yourself with the link below
You Are Mulan!

Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Night at the Museum

2008-06-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

Yup we went to the museum where the movie was filmed "A Night at the Museum". It definitely doesn't look exactly like it, they changed some things around, but it was still a blast. I think it made it more interesting because of the movie to tell you the truth...Although it was fascinating in and of itself. Here's some pics, tell me if you recognize any of it from the movie.

Happy (Really Really Late) Father's Day

2008-06-21T08:28:00.000-07:00

Here are my studs. I know it's really late, but I just had to publicly express my love and appreciation for my hubby for being such a wonderful Father. Every time he is with Jaxson, I learn how to be a better parent from the way He deals with him. What a great example he is. Thanks Nate!

I had to throw in this blooper picture, they both look so funny from getting ready to blink probably...looks kinda like they are both trying to do the same face.

I also had to give a talk on fathers day in sacrament meeting. It was an interesting topic "how to love imperfect fathers". I tell ya, it threw me for a look. I was lucky enough to have my mom there, and I thought so much of my dad that it felt like he was there. I miss him and love him so much. I'm so blessed to have had a father who is a great influence, and has been there my whole life. I take him for grantid so much, and I can't wait to see him back in Utah. Love you dad, and Nate!

Broadway Baby!

2008-06-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

I've been so fortunate this week to go see some broadway shows! First with my mom I got to see Lion King. We took Jaxson, hoping he would be good...but of course, he's fussy when we don't want him to be. Luckily there was a TV out in the hall that I could still watch it. Recommendation...don't ever take babies to broadway, even if it's kid friendly. They still cost $40 or more to sit on your lap. And of course, it would take a miracle to keep them quiet the whole show. (I already knew all this would happen, but it was worth a try I thought). Lion King had fantastic costumes and sets. It was worth it just to see those. It was just like the movie though, with a few exceptions. That was one disappointment, I wanted to see and hear more...not just feel like I was watching the movie. But overall, the experience was worth the money. The next play I saw I got a babysitter, and honestly...all the other kids in the show should have had babysitters too, because it was so noisy. We got tickets in the balcony this time and it was mostly children from elementary schools or middle schools. The boys right behind us were so noisy and rude that we just ended up getting up and moving because we couldn't stand it. I went with my friend Shelbee, and what a classic play we saw! Phantom of the Opera. I was amazed at the talented singers. It was phenomenal, definitely worth seeing. There are many new Broadway plays that are coming out that are pretty random plays, based on other things, like Legally Blonde, and shrek is coming out soon. There is one called 'In the Heights' based on street life in Harlem. I just wish they would go back to writing classics similar to Phantom and LesMiserables, and like my favorite of all time....Aida. Maybe I should write one...

Anyway, great week, it was a blast to have my mom and friend shelbee.

Yankee Stadium!

2008-06-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

No we didn't see the play...we went to the actual baseball game! What a great experience...except the fact that it was the most unpleasant day of my life! I only sweated this much when I played a full basketball game in highschool, or a volleyball game, or running 13 miles. It was ridiculous...we still managed to get a couple photos...we left after the 3rd inning because we couldn't take the heat anymore...Jaxson couldn't take the sun anymore. We certainly learned not to come during the day, where there is no shade, and where there is a heat wave causing power outages throughout the city. Talk about a crazy day.

Sunday Outing

2008-06-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

This is certainly not the most flattering picture of the both of us is it...

Jaxson is sideways! I'll have to fix that next time, but he enjoyed the hot weather for about a minute...and we ended up taking a picture that one minute so he's partially smiling...lucky us.

sailing on the hudson...fun huh

Nate videoing me taking pics of Ellis island immigration museum. Isn't he silly!

There she is!

Daddy & Jaxson going on a ferry ride! Aren't they studs!

Grandma Bair was with us the whole time but didn't ever want her picture taken! She was so fun to have on this trip! The Ellis island museum was fascinating, there sure is a lot of history in NY!

Day at the Pool!

2008-06-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

Since there is a monster heat wave coming through NY right, we are extra HOT! we decided to take advantage of the pool before Nate had to go to work in this blazing weather.

before and after??

2008-06-04T14:44:00.001-07:00

So get this, we took pictures before we came out to New York, and I'd like to say that the two pics were the same people, just several years later, but nope...it's just that it seems to work out in the Holt family to have one boy and 4 girls around the same time! It's the funniest thing ever

The Many Sounds of Jaxson

2008-06-04T14:00:00.000-07:00

Jaxson is at the stage of making many noises, Nate was so excited that he is making the "Dadada" noises because he thinks Jaxson actually is calling him...well whatever makes him feel good I guess. We'll see what his actual first words are! We have the cutest kid ever!

Using our new Camera!

2008-05-29T16:16:00.000-07:00

I have to start todays post with this picture! Aren't my boys ADORABLE?!! I'm pretty sure I'm the luckiest gal in the whole world. Its been so fun having this new camera because we were just taking crappy pictures on our phones. So I hope you don't mind me showing off my cute baby with all the fun pics we've taken over the last couple days. Jaxson enjoys a little social grooming sometimes.

This is Jaxsons "make-do" bed for the summer.

Jaxson actually is watching baby einstein (his favorite) in this photo, take particular attention to his feet...he always sits back and relaxes while watching anything. It's the coolest thing I've seen since sliced bread. Speaking of eating...

Jaxson is pretty messy when it comes to eating as you can tell. Here's some cute pics in his jumper, he screams with joy while jumping his heart out in this. It's AWESOME!

Here is Jaxson at bathtime!! Another one of his favorite times of the day. What a cutie huh?! We are all having a blast here in NY, and Nate is doing so fantastic in his 60 Hr a week demanding job! Did I mention how much we love our new camera??!!

sweet nothings

2008-05-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

I don't have any fancy pictures or anything today, I just wanted to ramble on about how cute our son Jaxson is and how fun it is to be here in New York. Jaxson can now stay on his hands and knees, well only for as long as he doesn't want anything, as soon as he sees something he wants he will reach his hand out to get it and fall on his tummy. It's cute, but I guess he gets scared easy and cries a lot when it happens. He is so funny, he finally has gotten used to his new bed. He is grumpier than can be before he gets there for the night, but once he gets in his bed he comes alive! He does this funny thing where he moves his head back and forth, right and left, as fast as he can. It's so cute, and he does this indescribably cute face, with his eyes half shut and the cutest grin, then he goes to suck his thumb and just kinda flirts with momma. I love it. Right before he goes to bed has become my favorite time of the day. It's so fun to lay on the bed with him and just play. He gets so much energy, but is tired of course, and goes down just fine after I leave. The blessings of being a mother have just blossomed lately. Jaxson makes this funny noise, like he is a motorcycle or something, I can't really describe it in words. But when he does that everyone always looks at him because they think its so funny. His new friend Max thinks its really funny too. Max is only a month older than Jaxson and just laughs when Jaxson makes that noise. I can tell Jaxson is going to want to be the center of attention and in the spotlight all the time. He is eating ginormous amounts now. (sorry that is a word I picked up from my co-worker Jaelynne who is so fun by the way). He is our chunky monkey. He is such a joy to have around out house though, man he's fun.
Seriously, I read just the other day about love, and that its not real love if you expect anything back from the other person...and obviously we think of our spouse or boyfriend when we say that, but I know why the love of a Mother is so genuine and true. It's because we don't expect anything back from our children, we love them for who they are. It takes work, and the harder mothers work and do things for their children, the more they truly love them, that's just a blessing that comes. And I honestly believe that finding real love through family are the greatest blessings on earth.
Nate's job is going fantastic. He is selling great, and has started to figure the whole thing out. He of course goes to different areas often, and this job totally depends on where they are for the area. But for the most part I think it will be a success this summer and we will be able to pay off our bills. I love my job, it's great I can have Jaxson with me. And it's not too demanding. I am going into the city tomorrow again to meet up with Amy. Hopefully all goes well and we don't get lost! All the married couples that didn't bring cars out rented a car, and we put it under Jaelynnes and my name because we are over 25, and I drove to walmart the other day and got kinda lost, and had to pay several tolls because there aren't many exits. It's quite frustrating driving here. Also, one guy got sick out while they were knocking doors and they made me come pick him up, and thats driving all the way from NJ to Queens, very far away, and to top that off, it was right during rush hour. Talk about the worst drive ever, especially since Jaxson cried the last hour. It took us 4 hours all together. Won't ever do that again, but at least I can say that I experienced the commute during Rush hour in NYC! AHH. Life is fabulous for us right now though, we truly are being blessed.

Welcome to the big apple...or close to

2008-05-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

We're in Fort Lee NJ now, just a hop skip and a bus ride away from NYC. It's such a blast! Well for me anyway. Nate's hard at work 10 hours a day, I can't imagine that he's having much fun other than meeting new people. I finally got to go into the city this week. Jaxson and I went with a friend and got to see Amy my Twin sister while she was in port for a day off the Carnival Cruise ship. It was so fun to see Amy, since it's been a few months already that we've been away from each other. It probably will be more than that if and when she moves to London. Her boyfriend James will be coming from London in a few weeks to go on the cruise she works on and will stay with us for a couple days to tour the city. Amy is a dancer on the cruise and lives on the ship for the duration of her contract. I know lots of people ask me where she lives while she is working, and they are usually surprised to hear that she lives there. It definitely would be a difficult life, but she loves it, this is her 2nd cruise. We found out that babies cost just as much as adults so I probably won't be going on this one.

More about New York, this is probably a bad picture to put on my family friendly blog, but it was just so random that this almost naked cowboy was on the streets. Good thing Jaxson was asleep and didn't get a shot of it. (and don't worry, I wasn't the one that took the picture). I thought I was only going to see bums on the street and normal people trying to play for money...little did I know that it is like Vegas and LA where there are crazies running around.

I think Times Square was fun just because it was so busy busy and so many movies that we watch have New York in them, specifically Times Square. It reminded me exactly of Tokyo where I served my mission, except for the fact that I can read and understand everything in New York. And of course Tokyo is ten times more clean and safe than New York. We rode the subways and it's pretty trashy to be honest. But I can't complain, at least it was only $2 to get home instead of what a taxi would have cost me. Most everything there is not baby friendly though, nothing really has room for strollers and you have to be very quick with everything.

We didn't end up doing much because we figured Nate would want to come see stuff on sunday, his only day off. We mostly walked around and looked at things and took it all in. What a breathtaking experience. We ate lunch in Central Park and watched some crazy breakdancing gymnasts perform. Jaxson was such a trooper, he handled all the travelling well I think. After we got back...that's when he started getting really fussy. Poor kid, trying to get used to his new home and all the new things, plus he probably got jet lag really bad....AND he is teething like crazy. Two of his teeth are coming in, one has broken the surface all the way and the other is halfway. But I can only imagine how uncomfortable that was, of course I can't remember anything before I was one years old. (I can't remember much from just last week to tell you the truth). So good thing he'll forget the pain soon. He is getting so big, all he does is eat, and now that he has experienced things like Licorice and other fingerfoods, (don't worry, it doesn't all contain that much sugar), he just wants to eat and eat. He doesn't like carrots anymore now that he has more options. But we're in luck because he still likes green beans. I wish I had pictures, but we have just been video-ing lately. I'll be sure to get some soon. The flight for Jaxson was kinda rough, but considering how fussy he normally is, I think he was really good. We did well for not having much space. What a fun kid we have, and a fun adventure we have ahead. Nate needs your prayers to be successful in this job and to get through the summer!

Holt Look-alike Meter

2008-04-17T14:19:00.001-07:00

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Our Big Little Disaster

2008-04-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

The holt look a like test above is inaccurate we believe, we tried a few different pictures and Jaxson always looked more like momma by like 10%, for some reason everyone thinks he looks like momma the most, so we decided to keep this one on the blog for kicks.

Our house is an utter disaster! We are moving our stuff saturday, and leaving next week for NYC! May we just tell you how excited we are?? I have never been, and we are living in these great places in Fort Lee NJ, a suburb of NYC. Check out the pictures! Especially Grandma's who worry about where their new grandbaby is going to be and how safe we are. http://www.villagegreen.com/communities/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewSlideshow&CommunityID=101&floorplanID=0&row=2
My brother John actually served his mission in New Jersey, and Fort Lee was in his mission. He said we should still be careful about walking alone, and watch where we walk. But it still is safer than other places in New Jersey and New York. We will keep you posted on how our little adventure is.

Milestones in Jaxson's life came two fold over the past couple weeks. One....SOLIDS! Two...sitting up by himself. We like solids better than we thought, because we started giving graham crackers every once in a while too, and those are by far a bigger mess than solids. Except of course when Jaxson decides to rub his eyes while he's eating, because for some reason, he always rubs his mouth first, then his eyes. Funny kid, had to wash his eyes out numerous times already because he only eats solids right before he goes to bed. Seriously, why are babies such cute eaters?? I always wondered why the gross things they do are cute, but if we adults do the same thing, it's just disgusting. Even crapping their pants is sometimes cute because of the grunts and serious faces they get! What is the deal?? So Nate concurs, we feel Jaxson kind of grew up over night, because these two things happened basically at the same time, and when he sits up, he just looks like he is so much older, especially since we recently went to the doctor and he was 18 lbs at 6 months! He's our chunky monkey we call him. We are such proud parents, I don't know many parents who aren't though!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-04-05T17:46:00.001-07:00

2008-04-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

We just started our first BLOG ever! We are excited to keep you guys posted on how our little family is doing. It's a busy time for us right now with school and getting ready for Nate's summer job. Jacque is taking classes at BYU full time and doing an internship at Curves, and Nate is thankfully taking a break and helping with finances. He will be selling for Platinum Protection in New York City this summer. What an awesome adventure! Jacque and Jaxson have never been there, so it will be fun getting to know the place and seeing all the sights. Jacque and Nate had birthdays just recently, We were able to celebrate Jacque's with Amy, (twin sister).

You can tell how excited we were to turn 25.

Jaxson is getting HUGE! He is 16 lbs right now and turns 6 months in one week. He is sitting up, and hates being on his stomach so probably not even close to crawling! We absolutely love having this amazing kid around! He gives us the biggest grins and laughs, especially when we tickle him.

He loves baths and just splashes water absolutely everywhere!

He loves to be read to at night by Daddy, he always listens intently. He is sleeping great throughout the night, but we just got colds at our house, so things are a bit more mellow. Jaxson and Mommy had a conversation the other day for about 10 minutes talking back and forth, it was the cutest thing ever hearing those grunts and noises and squeals out of him. We're suprised that he hasn't taken off yet, he just loves standing and jumping in his jumper. We're almost positive he will walk before he crawls.

We plan on feeding him solids next week...you think we're ready for the mess?? hmmm. While Daddy played guitar hero on the Wii, Jaxson wanted in on some of the action...

But then he got really upset because he didn't pass the level....

He was able to be with Grandma and Grandpa Holt last week and gave Grandma some kisses on the cheek like he does to us all the time.

And he cuddled with Grandpa Holt. These are older pictures with his Cousins, Eva and Anna, you can tell Jaxson is going to be a ladies man already, he's enjoying being around them.

We're excited to stay in contact with some of you through blogging, we know it's the only way sometimes to know what's going on in peoples lives. So please keep in touch somehow!