Mattox is 1 month old!

I can't believe it's already been a whole MONTH! Mattox is 1 month old! He's done great blending in with our family. He's a great sleeper and usually sleeps about 5 hours at night. He eats well and is pretty laid back (just like his brother and his daddy). Just this last week, he's started smiling and making the cutest cooing noises.

Monkey See, Monkey Do...

Cooper is really enjoying being a big brother, but he's not without some of his "jealous" moments. One of those being the swing. Cooper LOVES to swing. In fact he has a swing outside in the backyard, but it's just not fair that Mattox gets to swing everyday in the house. So the other day Cooper decided it was his turn in the baby swing. Needless to say, it didn't swing very well with a 30 lb toddler in it.

Jewel Thief

Some of my sister, Erin's, friends from LCU threw her a baby shower a couple of weeks ago. The shower was awesome, the cake was especially yummy. They did a great job! One of my favorite parts however, was my son. Cooper went around to all the girls at the shower collecting their jewelry and putting it on himself! By the end, he had rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches!!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Last weekend we took Cooper (and Mattox, but he was asleep) to the kite festival at Legacy Play Village. Cooper really enjoyed looking at all the kites in the air. He kept calling out the different colors (some right, some not) and saying, "spin round and round".

Brothers

Mattox is 2 1/2 weeks old and we are all adjusting to being a family of four. Cooper is doing great! He's had his whiney moments and random acts of gaining attention, but for the most part he's a great helper and loves his little brother. Whenever Mattox is on the floor, Cooper HAS to play with him. Here are a few brother pictures.



Holding hands. Cooper loves Mattox's tiny fingers and toes.


My three boys all playing together. Cooper reading a tractor book to Mattox.


One of my FAVORITE pictures!

Mattox Robert Holland

Mattox is here! Here is the story....On Monday (26th), the family got together to celebrate Granny's birthday. Right before we left, I had one contraction. I didn't really think anything about it because I had been having random contractions about once or twice a day for the last month. We got in the car and headed to Granny's house. About 20 minutes later I had another contraction (this one was a little stronger and made me start to get curious). About 15 minutes later, I had ANOTHER contraction and I decided not to eat anything, just in case I was destined to have a c-section that night. As the hour went on, my contractions went from 15 minutes apart to 10 minutes apart and getting pretty strong. David and I decided to go home and get ready to head to the hospital. By the time we got to the hospital, they were 3 minutes apart and I was dilated to a 5!! I was SHOCKED that it happened to fast. We got to the hospital around 7:00 and by 8:49, I had been prepped for a c-section and Mattox was BORN!! It all happened so fast! I guess Mattox didn't want to wait for the scheduled c-section the following morning.

Mattox was born at 8:49pm and weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches long. We are doing great. The delivery was SO much better than my first c-section. I felt NOTHING! In fact, I David had to tell me when he was born, I didn't even realize he was out. My recovery was so much better too. I was up and walking around, taking a shower any changing diapers by the second day in the hospital.

Before the c-section...smiling through contractions.


8 lbs, 11 oz. BIG BABY BOY!

Cooper's 2nd birthday

Last Saturday, we celebrated Cooper's 2nd birthday with a rececar party. We had it at the park, but it was VERY WINDY! Despite the wind we had a great time. Cooper had fun playing on the playground and spending time with family a friends.


Excited about the racecar cake!

Playing with the racecar ducks with Abigail!

Jasmine came in style.

Opening presents with Shawn.

Family of 3 (soon to be 4).

Enjoying the balance bike!

WINDY WINDY WINDY!