9 Months

Where does time go?

Hollis is 9 months old and full of personality. He will not sit with his "month sign" anymore.

He has his upper and bottom 2 teeth.

Funny Face
Standing up

At 9 Months old Hollis....

pulls up on everything

has very good ears

needs a haircut

face lights up when his Daddy comes home

thinks he is so big walking holding someone's hands

eats bread, chicken, strawberries, and beans

plays by himself

loves to play hide and seek

loves being scared and laughs so hard afterwards

says "ha" to get attention

is still a very happy baby

might be the class clown

Christmas Day

We woke up at Zach's parent's house Christmas Morning and Santa came.

Hollis was very excited as you can tell. I did not think he would be that into it all but he was.

The rough straight out of bed photo.

Sitting with his GrammiePushing his shopping cart ( it was a big hit) and yes he can slowly walk behind it

Giddy up

Hollis was not sure about the horse at first but warmed up to it and loves holding the reins now.

The Mess

After a wonderful Christmas Breakfast (waffles & more) we headed down to be with this special lady: Zach's Granny Brown

and all of Zach's mom sisters and their kids.

Hollis loves sitting in her lap.

These are all of Hollis' younger cousins.

Jayla, Ryan, and Sophia Mae

These two are little clowns.
Maddie read to Hollis "The Night Before Christmas in AL"; it is hilarioius.

Hollis got way too many gifts.

Zach's aunts and Granny spoiled him.

Afterwards we went over visit with Rex's family. The camera did not come out. Hollis napped there some.

We did have a very Merry Christmas. We are so glad we got to spend time with all our family. We look forward to a very fine, 2009!

Christmas Eve

We started off our day working at the store with Zach.

Then we headed to my parents house for dinner with all my siblings.This is the face Hollis made watching his truck go across the floor. The Christmas Carolers always come to our house while we are eating this year the kids went to the door. Hollis and Mamie watch from inside.

Familly Pic

The girls got to open an early gift since we were waiting for Jon to get off work. It was this cool turtle tunnel. They loved it. Hollis finally got the nerve up to join them. They had a blast.
He loved playing with all the girls' toys.
And loved all the wrapping
Even the birthday boy was worn out( and yes Branson's Birthday is xmas eve)
After opening gifts we hit the road to go to Zach's parent's house.

It's the Most Wonderful Time

We have been very busy this holiday season. Zach and I are not doing gifts for each other this year but both gave each other a surprise. Mine was one night after work I came home to our table looking like this.....

And some of our really good friends were there. The guys cooked dinner for us and then took us to look at Christmas light in a limo. We had a great time.

His surprise....was we went to see a Christmas Play that was hilarious

(this is the only pic I got)

Hollis has been busy getting into everything. One day I put him in this box to play.

Chewing on a good piece of plasticWe had Christmas with Zach's cousins at our house. Hollis got his first Christmas gift and loved unwrapping it.
Sitting with Abbey

A baseball game

He loved pushing the ball around and around Kaitlyn and Crystal I have got to do a better job of taking more pictures with my camera

8 months +

At 8 months....

can not sit still

into everything(favorites are electrical cords, curtains, xmas tree)

drinks water out of a cup

refuses to take his pacifier

loves to play standing up

says da da

wants food when he sees it

takes two good naps

snaps his fingers when he wants something

might be spoiled rotten

Ehh Christmas Tree

Hollis loves Christmas Trees.

This year we decided to go artificial because last year our tree was huge and fell over abour 5 times. Also our little man is obsessed with it.

He will look at them for hours and say ehhh over and over again.

If he is crying we can take him to it and he stops immediately and stares big eyed.

Thanksgiving

Wild Turkey

We went to my grandparents for thanksgiving. We ate way too much and visited with each other. Then we went to Zach's parents for the rest of the weekend(I did not take one pic there)

Here is Sean and Hollis

Grandad, Lilly and Hollis

We have so much to be thankful for this year.

If Hollis could make a list these would be some of his favorites:

1. Blue blanket(that he sleeps with)

2. Bath time(spalshing as much water as possible out of the tub)

3. Paper products(to chew and destroy)

4. Puffs and Cheerios

5. Remote controls