My Nephew

As of November 24th at 7:56 p.m., I officially became an aunt to Rylan Stone Holloway, son of Tawny and Donovan. Rylan is absolutely adorable (as you'll see in the pictures below). Congrats, guys! We love you!

We had a great Thanksgiving, splitting the time between families. We are so fortunate to live close by both of our families so that we can see them both all of the time. We got a few great pictures of Grandpa Henry and his two grandsons and also a very sweet picture of Owen with his great-grandma Rita.

Owen continues to entertain us - his latest trick is trying to sit up on his own. When he's laying on his back, he lifts up his head as far as he can go. When you let him hold your fingers for resistance, he pulls himself up to a standing position. This little boy can't wait to be on the move! I have a feeling he'll be an early walker...

He also has become obsessed with his hands! He's discovered that they are attached to him, and so now his hands are either neatly folded in front of him or in his mouth. Additionally, he loves to be out and about amongst the action. He seems to be quite social, as he tries to have conversations with people by making all sorts of noises. He also LOVES to smile at people and is starting to laugh. We look forward to hearing giggles soon!



Great-Grandma Rita and Owen


Owen, Grandpa Henry, Rylan


Rylan Stone Holloway


Aunt Sherri and Rylan


Brother and Sister and their babies: Rick & Owen, Tawny & Rylan


Owen and Uncle Jonathan home from BYU


Owen sitting


Owen standing

Baby Time!!

Right now my sister-in-law Tawny is at the hospital in labor!! Wahoo! She went in last night at midnight to be induced. They didn't get into a room until about 3 a.m. because other women kept coming in who were already in labor. The last report we got was about an hour ago and Tawny was at 4 cm and hanging in there! GO Tawny! We'll keep everyone posted...

Three Months Old!

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Here are some more pictures of Owen from Halloween. Rick and I really wanted to get some pictures of Owen sitting in a big pumpkin. Of course, we procrastinated and waited until Halloween to buy a big pumpkin. FYI - if a pumpkin has not been bought by then, there's a reason. They were all rotten or disfigured. Luckily, Auntie Hannah had a pumpkin that she hadn't carved yet and she allowed us to use the pumpkin for our photo shoot. It was a bit smaller than we had envisioned, but we made it work. Auntie Julie had this cute little teddy bear dressed up in a pumpkin suit just like Owen's, so we had to take some pictures of the two of them together.

Last Sunday we attended the blessing of Bostyn Renee, the daughter of Rick's good friend Jason. We took a few pictures of our two little ones together and they both look just adorable!

Owen continues to grow...he's starting to fit into his 6 month sized onesies and his 3 month sized pants, which allows me to play dress up with a whole new batch of adorable clothes. He is smiling a ton now and we just can't get enough. :)

My mom is doing all right - she started chemo this week and is just taking it one day at a time. We started a blog just for my parents so everyone can stay posted on her health. We'd really appreciate all of your prayers.

My sister-in-law Tawny is due THIS Friday - so basically Owen will have a little cousin any day now! We can't wait!

















Bostyn Renee and Owen