From our family to yours, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years! We are so lucky to have you all in our lives. We love being able to share all of our life adventures with you and are so excited to welcome our baby girl into our lives in May of 2013!
Love, Erin, Matt, & Holden
By special request from Holden, this holiday season, we made Gingerbread Cookies and a Gingerbread House. This was the first time that I have ever attempted this. The cookies came out great! The house…well it lasted for a few hours and then due to too much icing on the roof, collapsed! Luckily Holden had a great time and enjoyed it even after it fell down.
Quick! Smile before it collapses!
Holden loves all sports but lately has really been into hockey! He loves reading about kids playing hockey and has enjoyed watching the Mighty Ducks as well. He really likes being the goalie too! Here’s a video of him practicing being Goldberg from Mighty Ducks.
We’re having a girl! During our sonogram, Holden cheered out loud, “Yay! It’s a girl! Yay!” It was priceless , I wish I was able to capture it on video. It is something that I will never forget! Baby Girl Fraz was happy to show off all body parts except for her hands and face so we did not get much in the way of pictures at her appointment. She did however, show us many times that she is in fact a girl! We are so excited to meet her in May!
We took a ride on the Polar Express here in North Carolina! We went to the Smoky Mountains and were able to see Santa Claus, have hot chocolate, and sing Christmas Carols. The look on Holden’s face when Santa came on board the train was priceless. He turned around to the people behind us and shouted, “Santa Claus is here!!!!.”
Holden had a great time this year with leaf clean-up! He liked pretending like the pile of leaves was his nest, just like Big Bird. He worked hard to carry the bags to the front of the house for pick-up:) They were almost as big as him!
Holden just has a way of making you smile and laugh. He always seems to be smiling and having a great time. He’s one special dude!
I am so incredibly impressed with how coordinated Holden is. He has gone from Tricycle to Balance Bike and now is riding a REAL BIKE! He needs a little help to get started and stop but after only two tries so far, he is doing great! I am so proud of him:)
Holden could not wait to be a banana this year for Halloween. He LOVED his costume that Nannie bought for him and had a blast with his buddy Quinn trick or treating.
A few weeks ago we took a road trip up to Virginia where we camped in George Washington National Forest on Lake Moomaw. The best part was, Pop and Gigi drove down from Bel Air to camp with us! We stayed in our tent the first night and Holden LOVED it! The only problem was it was in the low 40s and no matter how many blankets we used, you just couldn’t stay warm. So the next two nights we all piled into the Motorhome (thank God for that!) and had a warm cozy night’s sleep both nights. Thanks to Pop and Gigi for coming down and spending the weekend with us! We had a great time with you, Lucy, Charlie, and “Pete the Cat”.
Pop and Holden made a toy motorcycle together!
Holden got his first lollipop from the campground greeter and it turned his tongue very blue!
Enjoying the camping mat outside the motorhome.
Roasting marshmallows for the first time!
Three Generations
He LOVED riding his bike around the campground!
The ride home…GO RAVENS!!!!
