Holleman Photography Blog

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Time goes too fast!

So this weekend someone said to me " Kamryn's going to be 1 next month right?"...I paused and realized...OH MY WORD~ my little girl is going to be one year old next month! Where did the time go?? Why do they grow up SO fast?!
These days Kamryn's nickname is "Miss Independence"...my sweet little girl has grown into a sweet, feisty, independent girl. When she wants something, she goes for it! She is into EVERYTHING, crawling everywhere and of course, wants to touch and play with everything that she isn't supposed to. She screams and squeals when she is taken away from her "mission"-most of the time, that mission is to climb the stairs...she is so funny, once she gets to the top of the stairs she laughs and makes a mad dash for Kolby's room, giggling all the way down the hallway. Kolby and Kamryn are quite the brother and sister. They love each other SO much...this morning Kolby and I were sitting on the stairs (after Kam had just climbed up them) and she crawled over to us and he put his arm around Kamryn and said "hey tutie(cutie)"...my heart just melted...he kept calling her 'tutie'...I LOVE IT! They have those lovely brother/sister moments but they also have their not so lovely moments. Kolby is learning to share and let Kamryn play with what have been HIS toys for the past few years...majority of the time, it starts off Kamryn trying to play with something and Kolby ripping it out of her hands, her screaming at him and grabbing it back and then the two of them have a power struggle...it's pretty amusing to watch but she definitely holds her own. Kolby slyly pushes her over and is definitely trying to show his "dominance" over the playroom...too bad for him, she is like her mama and that isn't going to intimidate her, she will still go for what she wants and prove he can't stop her :)
Some more updates on Kam...She is eating all table food now, even though she really has no teeth. Her top two teeth have popped through and are slowly coming down. She still doesn't say mama :( every time I tell her to say it, she says "dada"...She is starting to sign "more" and always signs for "milk". She loves jelly sandwiches, bananas and fruit loops...I am still nursing her and will be weaning her over the next month to whole milk. As I said earlier, she is crawling all over the place, climbing stairs and pulling herself up on everything and walks when you hold her hands. She doesn't like to walk behind her "walking toys" yet, I think she gets a little scared.
Well that's the update on Kam at 10.5 months old...I can't believe she will be 1 next month...I took some photos of her on Monday...outdoor ones! Oh how I love taking photos outside. The natural light is awesome!






Kolby & His Aunt TT (aka Kelli)

Anyone who knows me, knows my sister means the world to me. We are SO close and she has helped me out SO much with my kids. She is a great sister & friend and I don't know what I would do without her. My kids also adore her. Kolby LOVES his aunt TT (for anyone who doesn't know why she is called TT, it's because he couldn't say his Ks and she really wanted him to say her name so we came up with TT, anyway...)She was over a few weeks ago and we were looking through Kolby's baby book and she pointed out (not very happy with me) that in everything I had written in his book ( I write to him every few months ) I had never talked about their relationship...which is crazy because from the beginning she has been there and loved him almost as much as me. So I asked her to come to the park so I could take a few photos of them together...I don't know if I mentioned I would blog about them though :) Anyway, Kolby loves Kelli. From the beginning, she was determined to teach him all sorts of things. I remember when he was probably 7 or 8 months old, she would let him climb off the couch, only holding his shirt...I would of course freak out because he was my precious little baby boy and she would always tell me to " relax, he's fine!" Her latest mission was to get him to be comfortable around animals...Every Monday she picks him up and takes him to the Sale Barn to eat lunch and see the horses, pigs, cows, goats, chickens...and whatever other animals are there. The first few times, he just freaked out when they saw them up close but after a few weeks, she managed to get him over his fear and he loves touching them and being close to see everything they are doing. Whenever I mention the Sale Barn to Kolby he says " TT take me to the sale barn on Monday mama!" with a huge smile. Kolby loves when she comes to see him because she always takes him to do something, whether it is just playing outside at our house, or going to the park...he even sobs sometimes when she leaves...They have a very special bond! I know that there are a handful of people that come close to loving Kolby as much as me and she is at the top of the list. I always tell her that if she loves my kids this much, she is going to go crazy with how much she will love her own. Well here are a few pics from about a month ago(Kolby isn't the easiest to take photos of, he is SO busy)...they melt my heart :)