Little Me!!

You can take a girl out of New York, but you can't take New York out of a girl!!

Little Holly Sunshine turns 18 months

Holly and Henry

Little pals

Kiss Kiss...

Mommy and Holly...

My Little Valentine

Sweeter than candy...

Getting Pretty

Silly Girl..

How much fun can a little girl have with her Monkey and Mommy's glove?! This morning she was dancing around, making silly faces, and wearing just one of my gloves. She is becoming quite the little entertainer once she gets warmed up!! These days she is enjoying playing with her dolls and stuffed animals. She loves to rock her babies and burp them. Holly still loves her books and is very interested in phones...I wonder why?!?!

Silly Holly

Holly loves her oranges, and loves to share with Minnie!!

Holly's First Sleep Over

For Bob's birthday weekend we decided to head to Chicago and leave Holly with her Grandparents. It took me a few weeks to prepare myself to leave her for a whole weekend!! Well, I am happy to say a good time was had by all!! Bob and I were able to get in some fun in the Windy City. We shopped a lot and had a few great meals. Holly had a great time, too. She had a dance party with her Grandpa and wore him out!! She went out to lunch and tried some new foods. It was great for her to spend some time bonding with her Grandma and Grandpa.

Going to Grandma's

Ok, so she might not be going sleding!!

All smiles again at the Lawrence house...

I am so happy to say that everyone at our house is in tip- top health again!! We had a rough start to the new year. We were all sick with the stomach flu and then a cold, then Holly had the bump that turned into a small abscess. With our first trip to the ER behind us and Holly's first stomach bug over... I can safely say we got truly initiated into parenthood these past few weeks.
Holly will be turning 17 months old this month. She is so much fun! She loves her babies and stuffed animals. She loves to feed them. She walks around all day with her spoon trying to feed anything with a mouth!! Poor Scooter is always running from Holly and her little pink spoon that she sticks in his snout. Charlie on the other hand can't get enough of her. Everyday he becomes more her dog than the family dog. They are so cute together, it is not "Mary had a Little Lamb" at our house, it is more like "Holly had a Little Puggle...."
Bob is settling into his new job and is thriving. It was an easy transition and I am thrilled that he is happy there after having been with Medtronic for so long. As for me, I am still on cloud 9 having my old job back!! It has been 6 months and I am still so grateful to be back working with Mike and a great team of docs. I feel like myself again, and that self is loving life.
We are heading to Chicago the last weekend of the month to celebrate Bob' s birthday. Holly will be having her first overnight with her Grandma and Grandpa. I am sad to have to leave her, but I know she is going to have so much fun with Bob's Mom. It has been a very cold winter here in Michigan and I am hoping it warms up soon. Counting the days till spring...



Holly and Mommy

Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas morning was so fun!! Holly's eyes lit up when she saw that Santa had come. It was love at first sight with Mr. Giraffe. Poppy and Grandma Coulter came over in the morning to watch Holly open her presents. Even though Holly, Poppy and I were sick we had a wonderful Christmas. Next year when Holly can talk we know that she will ask Santa to bring her Aunt Vicky!!

We woke up on the morning of Christmas Eve to our sweet little Holly having the stomach flu! We were 48 hours shy of her turning 16 months old and never having been sick. She was still her playful self, but it was still so hard for me to see her not feeling well. By late afternoon she appeared to being to doing great! We packed up and headed across town to celebrate Christmas with my in-laws. Holly was having so much fun playing with her new kitchen and her pots and pans!! We had a wonderful dinner and a great night.

Christmas Photo Shoot

A day at the park

We took Holly to the park to enjoy one last day of nice weather before we headed back to snowy, cold Michigan. She loves to explore and studies everything. We had so much fun. It is just amazing to watch her personality develop more and more everyday. She already loves an adventure. She also loves the camera and is quite the little flirt!! Everything she does is lovely.....




A Love that takes my breathe away....My sweet little Holly

Fun in the sun!

Day 2 at the beach and Holly really was having fun playing in the sand. My days of just laying out in the sun will have to be put on hold for a while


I have been trying to get her to wear a bonnet for so long and she always pulls them off. She spotted this baseball cap at the beach store and had to have it!! Must be beacuse it says, "NEW YORK". That's my girl!!!

Still showing off her hat!

Life's a Beach!!

Thanksgiving in Ft. Myers was just perfect! The weather was in the high 70's and 80's all week. Last year we stayed at the pool with Holly and couldn't wait until this trip to see how she would like the beach. She loved it!! It only took her a few minutes to take it all in before she was running all over the beach and making friends, too.

So, it has been a while...

I have been so busy and once again have fallen behind on updating my blog. Let's start with the good news....Earlier this month Bob accepted a new position. In mid December he will begin his new role as the Director of New Product Development. I am so very proud of him, and also so excited that we did not have to move!! I had a business trip in Chicago that released my inner rock star and partied until the wee hours with good friends and colleagues. Holly is walking so fast now that she is almost running!! We celebrated my birthday with a fun night out with good friends and good wine!! We had our first big snow storm and are very excited that we are getting a break from the cold soon!! We are headed to Ft. Myers Beach in the morning for Thanksgiving. This will be Holly's 3rd airplane ride, however, this is the first since she started walking and not liking to sit still!!! Wish us luck!!! After Florida my mom is coming up from Georgia. We contine to stay busy, just the way I like it! We have a lot to be thankful for this season and we are grateful. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. More to follow...I promise!!!

Holly is learning animal sounds...

Holly's New Hair Do....

Having fun on Halloween

I have always liked Halloween, but now having Holly I really LOVE it! She was our Little Red Riding Hood and poor Charlie got to be the Big Bad Wolf!  As usual Scooter did his own thing and was a BEE.  Bob and I decided to go dressed as what makes us the most proud...Holly's Daddy and Mommy!!! I hope everyone had a Happy and Safe Halloween!

 

My Grandma what big eyes you have....

 

Sweet Holly

 

Busy Bee-gle

Happy Halloween 2008

Books and Bedtime

Aunt Vicky's Visit

It has been a while since I've had a chance to update. We've had a busy two weeks. Aunt Vicky was here to visit Holly and then it was Halloween! Holly took her first steps on October 1st and by the time we picked up Vicky from the airport on the 15th she was off and running.

Our week with Vicky was completely relaxing and a ton of fun. We had a football party and cheered on the Buckeyes, visited a pumpkin patch, and Aunt Vicky spoiled Holly just a wee bit!

Aunt Vicky taught Holly where her nose was. However, silly Holly likes to stick her finger UP her nose. Every time we asked her where it was, up went the finger...

We miss you Aunt Vicky. See you soon!

Aunt Vicky, Mommy, and Holly

Look Holly, another Alpaca!

The perfect pumpkin for our little pumpkin...

A fun filled day with lots and lots of pumpkins

Holly Says, "Squeaky shoes make me walk faster"!

Go Bucks!

Holly Wants to Play Too!

Bob brushed the cobwebs off his guitar thinking that Holly would enjoy watching him play. She really loves music class and "dances" everytime she hears a tune. Her big blue eyes could only watch for so long before she had to get her sticky fingers into the action.

Watching in awe...

Holly and Daddy time

Holly can do it too!

Shake It Up Baby!

A day at Riverside Park

We love that we are able to have such a great park right at the end of our street. Almost everyday Holly and I take our walk along the Grand River. We are going to miss it when the snow starts to fly!!

Baby it's cold outside!

Music Saturday

Holly had music school today. She loved every minute of it. The thought crossed my mind to buy her a drum set, but then I came to my senses... She definitely is not shy, she loved making new friends. We enjoyed a nice Indian summer day when Holly decided to show off her new trick called "make a funny face!" She cracks herself up, not to mention her Mommy and Daddy!

Funny Face!

Trendy baby in vintage T-shirt