"For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time." - Alan Valentine

We were looking through Jared's old scrap book/photo album the other night and came across some of his baby pictures. I hear all the time that Holden looks like his Daddy but, honestly, it was hard for me to see it until now. I just always thought he looked like Holden. But while these photos are not the best quality, I think there's still no denying that Holden is absolutely a handsome little Jared :)

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Franklin P. Adams

♥♥♥ Aunt Shanti & Uncle Tyler ♥♥♥

The day after Holden got a new cousin, he also got a new aunt! Such a lucky boy :)


On August 28, Tyler and Shanti Himes were married outside at Mom and Dad Himes' house. Jared's cousins came all the way from Georgia and we all had such a great time just hanging out and sharing in fellowship with family.


The flowers and garden were beautiful and the ceremony was thoughtful and personal. It was performed by Jared's other brother Kevin - who also married us ♥ And even though it did rain, we were all very fortunate that it held off until after the ceremony. And that they had such big, lovely tents!


The colors were watermelon and bright light green. And Holden got a tie to coordinate with the tie Daddy wore :) Uncle Tyler looked very happy and handsome all day and Aunt Shanti was completely beautiful. And we're so glad she is part of our family now and we can "officially" call her "Aunt" :)

Playing with Uncle Tyler earlier in the day before he got all ready.






our handsome little man in his handsome little-man tie♥

Mommy, Holden, and Daddy

Grandma and Grandpa Himes with their grandchildren

(and their adorable and silly great nephew, Carson - who traveled all the way from Georgia to show us all his wonderful round belly :) teehee)






"walking" around with Daddy before the ceremony

The Wedding Party♥






The Groom and his Men
Who says wedding pictures all have to be lovey, romantic photos? hehe :)






The pretty (and delicious) Treat Table

Hanging out with Uncle Tyler and Aunt Shanti.... pretty special

treatment for such a stinker little boy :)

gettin' sleepy after all the wedding fun. such a sweetheart♥

Baby Felix!!♥

On Thursday August 27th, Holden got a new little cousin!

Felix Griffin Reynolds was born around 12:15 pm. He was 8 lbs 6 oz! Uncle Corey was able to be there for everything - which is amazing since he was in the middle of moving from Texas to Maryland for PT school - military life, pffft.... Aunt Megan did a beautiful job (pitocin induced labor and no epidural. she's a total *rockstar*). And although Felix fractured his clavicle - such a big baby! - he is just as content as he can be and doesn't even seem to mind. His big sister, Josslyn, even seems to be adjusting pretty well to having this new little boy take away some attention from her. (heehee) Overall, everyone is doing just great ♥

It's a tiny bit bittersweet, though... Having such a brand new little baby around sure makes it impossible not to realize just how big Holden is getting. He's definitely not a little baby anymore... We only have three months until his first birthday. I can hardly believe just how fast he changes every day.

♥ Baby Felix ♥

Felix and Josslyn
How lucky he is to have such a beautiful big sister!
Nevermind her (loving) nickname, Joss the Boss.... he'll figure that one out soon enough.... :)

Cheeeeese :) blue lollipop lips!

Holden and Felix. Checking out that new little boy ♥

Holden, Me, and Felix
And Aunt Megan's hand helping hold Holden up/back from grabbing that new baby :)





Meeting his future best buddy :)

Peek-a-Boo

Holden loves to play peek-a-boo. He just looks down, wherever he is, and waits for Mommy to say, "Where's Holden?" Then pops his head up. So cute. Really, I think Mommy loves to play just as much as Holden does.

"Where's Holden?"

"There he is!"

Peek-a-Boo :)

he's so much fun...♥

A Jeep Ride

(A very excited) Daddy took Holden for his first ride in the Wrangler the other day. He's been wanting to ever since it got warm outside, but Mommy wasn't sure it was such a good idea. But the other day, Mommy wasn't home. (haha) And Daddy needed to run over to Grandma and Grandpa Himes', and all he had was the Wrangler. So, twist his arm, he decided it was time for the first ride.

And despite the bumpy, noisy, windy ride, it still took only minutes for "the boy" to fall asleep :)

Mommy's Helper Strikes Again...

This time, the little Helper decided to help unload the dishwasher.

so stinkin' ornery.

found his bottle nipples!

sneaky little boy...

Mommy sees you, Stinker-Man!

cute. cute. cute♥

"Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys." - Unknown

Holden has the best Daddy.

Reading a book with Daddy




Helping Daddy hold the book

Starting to lose focus....

...and he's off. Trying to crawl over Daddy to get to the toys.

mmm... and now it's time to help Daddy eat his snack :)

"If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop." - James Broughton

Holden loves loves his little teething cookie things. And he makes the biggest mess every time Mommy gives him one. He's gotta smear it all over just to prove how much he loves it, I guess!

Hi, Stinker♥

Lovin' it.

Hiding that mess behind his hands, I think....

the Cookie Monster :)

"Other than a dimple in a cute little chin, What's more adorable than a toothless grin?" - Azu "Betty" Espezia

Holden's first little tooth is officially here! (his bottom right)

Mommy's Helper

Holden loves to "help" Mommy. No matter what I'm doing. The other day it was wrapping a present for Cousin Isaac's birthday party.

Peek-a-Boo Holden!

Holden's got his ribbon and his puppy

my "helpful" little stinker♥