Georgia Rae Holt

It Snowed!!

2008-12-17T12:15:00.000-08:00

We got a light dusting of snow last week, which was crazy since the day before the high was 78 degrees....this was Georgia Rae's first time to see snow. Here are a few pics of the house and of Daddy taking her outside...

It's a GIRL...again!!! :)

2008-12-12T13:30:00.001-08:00

So, I am 19 weeks pregnant with baby number two. Last week was the big sonogram to find out the sex of the baby and in true Kim fashion, I didn't want to do it the usual way. You may or may not know that last time, we threw a HUGE party, complete with live band, we cut into a cake to reveal that we were having a girl..the middle filling was pink. It is only fair that number two get a party! Well, we did something similar this time, only I made 2 little onesies, very much like the T-shirt I made for Georgia Rae - "I'm the big sister" that revealed to Ben (and later to others) that we were expecting number two. The onsies said "I'm the little sister" and "I'm the little brother". The sonographer, after discovering the sex of the baby, put the correct onesie, the sonogram picture, and a card I'd made, into a gift bag. That night, we had about 35 friends and family over for a pizza and cake reveal party. Everyone had to sign in and cast their vote and a prize was awarded too. We opened the gift bag in front of everyone and pulled out the onesie that reads "I'm the little SISTER". We had a great time and are so thankful that Georgia Rae will be getting a new baby sister around May 7th!!! Now, we just have to name her so we can stop calling her Number 2!
This is GRae waiting patiently with us at the doctor's office that day, Monday, Dec 8th. She was a trooper!

GRae mainly concerned with her food...has no idea what is going to happen in several months.

A party shot.

G Rae wore her big sister t-shirt and hung out on the porch, eating pizza with all the other big kids....she is getting to be such a big girl! What happened to my baby?!

Here it is! It was a relaity check seeing how small the 0-3 month onesies are...I'd forgotten how little they are when they're born. We can't wait!

Various Recent Random Pics

2008-12-12T13:19:00.000-08:00

So much fun taking Mickey Mouse off the tree over and over and over....

I found her like this over the cat food, pretending to chew the food...and then a few seconds later trying to lap up the water...but I stopped her just in time.

Loves bananas

Everytime the I turn the camera on, and it makes that familiar "ding" sound, she wheels around with a resounding "CHEEEEESEE!!!"

GRae loves bath time!

Christmas Tree Time

2008-12-12T13:10:00.001-08:00

Day One: "Helping"Daddy get tree out of box and set up(with Eddie the cat)

Day Two: "Helping" Mommy decorate and then playing "where's Georgia Rae" behind the tree.

2008-12-12T13:08:00.000-08:00

Thankful for corn!!!

Cookie Fun

2008-12-12T13:00:00.000-08:00

Baking cookies with the girl cousins, the day before Thanksgiving...peanut butter cookies with snickers miniatures in the middle, put 'em on a stick too...YUM YUM and what FUN!!!

2008-11-24T09:39:00.000-08:00

Fall 08 -GRH is 18 months old

2008-11-09T20:35:00.000-08:00

Georgia Rae's new favorite T-shirt! She'll be sporting this around May 7th!

Halloween - Our little bunny!

PUMPKIN PATCH

OK, OK, OK...

2008-05-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

SOOOOO...October Huh? Gheez...A LOT has happened since then...and the thought of trying to recap and photo document it all...well, that has kept my overwhelmed self from updating...so, I am just jumping in...where we are now...we have moved to the coast of Texas, Lake Jackson...an hour south of Houston, Ben is now in the home building business....Georgia Rae is 13 months old...is walking, running, and talking...doing great...is so smart and funny and just loves the water...we are having a blast with her....here are a few recent pics...

Georgia eats Cheerios!

2007-10-31T19:54:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at loading video....I hope it works.

Cutie Patootie

2007-10-31T19:39:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these taken this past Monday in Lake Jackson. We were on our way to enjoy lunch with Nana's "lunch bunch".

Tricks & Treats!

2007-10-31T18:36:00.000-07:00

Today was a big day for Georgia Rae! You could say it was a day of tricks and treats as it is her first halloween! She had her 6 month check up and booster shots & flu shot this morning.(tricks) This afternoon, she had her first experience eating Cheerios & loved them! And she drank water from a sippy cup for the first time! (treats)

BTW - progress report - Georgia Rae weighs 19.6 lbs (95th percentile, down from 100th percentile at 4 month check up -she is slimming down :) She is 29 inches long - that is off of the charts in height (100th+ percentile) - Dr. Day said she is the same height as an average 1 year old! Might we have a volleyball player on our hands? Oh...and this is interesting...when she was eating her cheerios this afternoon, she picked everyone of them up with her left hand...hmmm...

Mama & Baby after church

2007-10-28T16:01:00.000-07:00

Kim & Joanna

2007-10-28T15:27:00.000-07:00

Me and My sis doing wedding things...

2007-10-28T14:20:00.000-07:00

OK, OK...so it has been awhile...we've been so busy...I have been procrastinating because I knew it would be an ordeal to get this caught up...so, I've decided to just give highlights or else I will never get this done...SOOO here goes... Ben & I took a fabulous vacation with dear friends, 6 days, 5 nights Mayan Riveria at an all inclusive 5 star resort, little bit stayed with her Nana in Lake Jackson and had a grand ol' time. Then...We all got sick...GRae got sick for the first time and actually had it for about 3 weeks...and it almost turned into an ear infection that we headed off with antibiotics. So glad that is over. My sister, Joanna got married. We had tons of fun doing all the fun stuff that proceeds weddings, had a blast that weekend and are thrilled to have Mark be "official". My mom came out for the wedding of course and then stuck around for a while to have some time with GRae. We have finished our time at First Baptist Dallas and are currently seeking a different church home. Ben is doing well in his job, I am loving being home with the girl and we sure love being a family. God's blessings are many! Georgia Rae is 6 1/2 months old...is sitting up, eating lots of fruits and veggies, and is so very close to crawling. She is such a good baby and a joy! I've included a few recent pictures...just a few...although I have about 700 recently loaded into the computer! :)

Aunt Joanna's Graduation Dinner - Aug. 18

2007-08-19T19:32:00.000-07:00

Aunt Joanna graduated from the University of North Texas! We went to dinner at St. Martin's Wine Bistro to celebrate. Georgia Rae had to wear her fanciest party dress! Here are pics with Aunt Joanna (Rae), with Mama, and one of Joanna and soon to be officially...Uncle Mark.

Practicing Sitting -Aug. 16th

2007-08-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

These are just some cute pics of GRae practicing her sitting in the boppy. I love the second one...she has started this new thing with sucking her bottom lip...I think teeth are in her near future.

Rice Cereal - August 15th

2007-08-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

These are great...the first time we gave her rice cereal...she wasn't sure what we were doing to her...but she did get a little bit down...we will keep practicing.

Our Little Over Achiever!!

2007-08-17T06:20:00.000-07:00

August 10th - 4 Months old! Georgia Rae had her doctor visit on this Friday...shots and 4 month check up. In the words of Doctor Day... "Georgia, you're the biggest girl on the block!" 16.8 lbs - 100 percentile (was 95 for weight at the 2 mo. visit) and 26 1/4 inches long - 100 percentile in height! (she was 75% for height at 2 months). I knew she had experienced a growth spurt...her 3-6 month footed pjs aren't going to fit much longer...but wow!

This was a big day. Georgia Rae also took her first plane ride. Daddy was in Houston on business and called that morning to see if we'd fly down and join him and go visit Nana & Papa. We were up for the adventure. All in all, it went really well. She was a trooper...drank a bottle on the way up and slept through the landings, both times. These pictures are at Nana's house after we arrived. Georgia Rae is suprisingly happy after having endured a doctor visit, shots, two 45 minute car rides, Love field, Hobby airport, and an hour flight.

August 5th-Sunday

2007-08-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day that we took Georgia Rae to the church nursery and I do believe it was harder on me than it was on her! She did well...there were a lot of other babies crying and that prevented her from getting in her full nap..which made her cranky...but overall she did well. The nursery workers are fabulous. We snapped these shots of her in the foyer after the service. We took advantage of the great light that comes in through the windows. Ben was able to get her laughing and smiling...she LOVES her Daddy!

Life in the Excersaucer

2007-08-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

August 3rd

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July 4th Baby!!!

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Bed Head!

2007-08-05T19:08:00.001-07:00

July 1st

2007-08-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

We went to celebrate Aunt Emily's 16th BDay with family!

6/24 - First Big Laughs

2007-08-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

What is in the water?!

2007-08-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

From right to left...
Feb 14th - Madeline Gallamore

March 7th - Lori Armstrong

April 1oth - Georgia Rae Holt

& the one who started it all....

November 5th, 2005

Gretchen Herbst

June 23rd - Hangin' at the Holt's!

2007-08-05T18:20:00.000-07:00

The month of June brought us Ben's Bday, Michael Armstong's Bday, the Armstrongs moving to Yoakum :( & Father's Day...so we decided to celebrate by throwing a cookout with all our dear friends. We had such a great time. We had tons of great food & fellowship. The guys played Monster Golf and baseball in the back yard as the ladies talked and laughed at the fellas. We feel so very blessed to have such dear friends!

Gretchen Herbst picks mint from our garden.

Life on the Road

2007-08-05T18:07:00.000-07:00

Here we were making a pit stop on the way back home to big D from LJ.

GRae slept most of the way and we only had to make one stop to feed, burp, & change the diaper.

Hangin' with Friends & Family in LJ

2007-08-05T17:51:00.000-07:00

Daddy & Baby yellin'

Miss Jeanne & Emma Luker

Aunt Patty & Cousin Bobby Cousin Laura Uncle Drew

Lake Jackson Sip-n-See

2007-08-05T17:40:00.000-07:00

The weekend of June 15th, we went to Lake Jackson for Georgia Rae's first roadtrip. She was a trooper and is a good traveler! While there, Nana Marcie had a Sip-n-See at her house so that her friends could meet Georgia Rae. It was lovely and we sure enjoyed the company of all the ladies!

Three months old

2007-08-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

GOOOO DAWGS!!!

2007-06-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

University of Georgia Bulldogs! Woo Hoo!

I'm just so darn cute!

2007-06-07T12:22:00.000-07:00

Mommy and I went to lunch today with Ms. Andra and her son, Luke. I looked so cute today, she had to take some shots of me!

June 5th - I'm 8 weeks old today!

2007-06-05T14:05:00.001-07:00

Here are some shots of me today...on Mama & Daddy's bed, playing my favorite game..."Celiing Fan"...of me in my tub...I love bath time and the water...and me just a swinging...oh, and some mommy shot of me on my blanket that Aunt Joanna made for me. Look what I can do now that I am 2 months old...I can smile and show my dimples. I can use my voice to coo and talk...my favorite word is "Ah-Goo" and I love to talk to Mama & Daddy after I eat and while I am getting my diaper changed. I can hold my head up steady while on my stomach and while being held sitting upright. I can also hold my whole self up on my wobbly legs while Mama holds my hands. I have strong legs and love to kick and push off. I can grasp a rattle, my blankets, and my hair. I can bring my hands together in front of me and am very close to being able to suck my fingers...right now I can just lick my fists. I have discovered my tongue...I can make a razzing noise, like to chew on my tongue and can stick my tongue out of my mouth. Mommy & Daddy's favorite accomplishment...I am trying very hard to sleep through the night...and have done so a few times...I usually eat my last meal at 10pm and then head to bed...sometimes I wake up once during the early morning (anywhere from 3am-6am), but if we are lucky, I will sleep through and wake up at 7am. I am working on it! Love to everyone, Georgia Rae

May 22

2007-05-22T14:28:00.000-07:00

Ok...so now I know how to do a lot more with this...thanks to Ben talking me through it on the phone and thanks to Georgia for taking a good nap! I promise to keep this updated more often.

She loves to play with her hair...but quickly gets frustrated when she can't figure out how to release her death grip when she grabs a fist full.

She is quite the wiggle worm. Here, she has wiggled a sock off. She can already roll from her back to her side and when I put her down to sleep in her crib, she is usually at the other end of the crib when I come back in to get her.

May 19th, MAC Hall Ladies

2007-05-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

For many years now, I have been doing lunch and shopping trips with my best buddies from college...we were all RA's togther at McConnell Hall in the early 90's! This is Georgia Rae's first MAC Hall girls outing...we went to lunch at Friday's and then of course to Target...where most of our trips end up. Here is G-Rae with Amy, Tara and Andra at Target.

May 18th, Daddy's Little Golfer

2007-05-22T14:06:00.000-07:00

May 13th - Mother's Day

2007-05-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

Ben made sure I had a fantastic first Mother's Day. Friday night, we went to dinner at Maguire's and then to a movie (Spiderman). Saturday, he brought me the most beautiful azalea bush, a very sweet card and a gift certificate for a day of papmpering at a spa. Sunday, we went to church (Georgia Rae's first time), got lunch, enjoyed an afternoon nap, and then went to my Dad's house for a cookout for dinner...to celebrate my sister's birthday...which fell on Mother's Day this year. It was a great weekend!

Playing catch up...

2007-05-22T13:36:00.000-07:00

May 10th - G-Rae gives a shout out to her home-ies!

May 8th

A day in the life...

2007-05-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

May 3rd

April 27

April 19, our favorite Doc Wilson

May 2nd, Dinner with Daddy

April 13th with Papa Doc

4/13 - snoozin' on Daddy

2007-05-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

The low down from Kim. . .

2007-04-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, April 10th - went in at 7:30am, was at a 4, had my water broken at 10am, then started on a low dose of pitocin, got the epidural, got dialted all the way to about 9.75 by 4pm, at one point I fell asleep only to wake up to find that the epidural had worn off...yikes...Got more meds fast...started pushing around 6pm...the baby was turned on her side ...trying to come out sideways...Doctor made several attempts to turn her...but she would not have it and went right back where she was...and then on the last couple tries of pushing and turning, her heart rate would start dropping...we were stressing her out, we all decided that something was going on...there was a reason why this was not working, we decide not to force this and go in for a c-section. We got into the operating room around 8:45pm, and she was here at exactly 9pm. As soon as Dr. Wilson pulled her out, she started crying...and then so did I...that was the best sound I had ever heard in my life! They showed her to me, got her cleaned up and let me kiss on her a little bit while they were sewing me up. Then Ben went with her to the nursery where they finished cleaning her up, weighed and measured her. She is a big girl! While I was in recovery, my doctor came and told me that she was 8 pounds 12 ounces, 20 inches long. We discovered that she was a large baby, has pretty wide shoulders and that the cord had been wrapped around her neck...there were our reasons why she was not turning and moving through the birth canal. I praise God for my doctor and the fabulous team that were helping me and Ben through this...they were amazing the entire time. Speaking of amazing...I just must say that I have the best husband in the world. I could not have gone through all of this without him by my side...coaching me, helping me, calming me down and loving me. He is so patient and loving and the biggest blessing to me. He is a wonderful husband and now, father. We give all glory to God, who blesses us immeasureably!

G-Rae is here!

2007-04-12T20:28:00.000-07:00

Georgia Rae Holt
born Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
a honkin' 8 lbs. 12 oz.
20" long

Wow... i'm freakin' beat... and i'm just the Dad! My wife is the strongest, toughest woman alive. 13 hours of full labor (3 hours of pushing), T H E N, a c-section... no way dude. If it were me doing that, i would have said (15 min. into it) just kill me and take the baby; mom is hott... she can remarry a rich dude..."

I am SO proud of her... my brother and older sister are threatening me b/c i have not sent pics to anyone. This blog is my lazy-man's-way of sending pics. Take a look. She's cute (cuz she looks JUST like a mini Kim, but with the Holt flat bridge nose).

Thank you, God, for the ways you make us: 1. trust you and 2. realize how LITTLE we are in control of things down here...

more later