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Monday, May 31, 2010

Our weekend



Holden and I are in the midst of seeing Landon off for an 11 day road trip and I think we are both getting tired of looking at each other's faces...SO, for the weekend we spent time down in Walnut Creek. Saturday we spent the day at the Gross' house. They have a beautiful pool and backyard and we swam and ate lunch there. Holden is such the little fish..he just LOVES it. He goes under and would stay in the pool ( or the bath) for hours if I let him! Sunday we went with Missy and Jamie to church in Livermore and it was nice. We walked around Walnut Creek afterward for lunch and it made me really miss the area. I loved where we lived last year right there in downtown, walking distance from everywhere, it is such a quaint and fun little town, expensive yes, but really great. Holden is now terrified of the Pennington's dog, Sierra. Usually he loves dogs, his own included, but I think we disturbed Sierra when we walked into their house and she barked loud and was all over Holden's feet, so from then on, he screamed whenever she came around.
Holden is into clapping, waving and kissing now. He gives kisses A LOT, but mostly to girls. Although, Daddy gets his fair share too. He is pulling up on everything, dishwasher included and he even climbs into it. He thinks it is funny to pull up on our headboard and throw things behind it so that I have to climb underneath the bed to get them out. He is not eating anymore baby food and is a really good eater these days. Tomatoes and carrots are his favorite vegetables. He will eat ANY kind of fruit ( LOVES it). He is getting so big so fast, it makes me sad. He will be one next week and we have a small birthday party planned for now and I hope we get to do it. We are going to do a cookout at the park on his actual birthday. If for some reason we aren't in Oakland and we don't get to do it, I have a fallback. We are definitely doing one at home in SC when I fly home at the end of June, so for my sanity..either way, baby Hoho will get his first birthday!
Baileigh and Tolly have been so sweet to pitch in and help take care of us with Landon gone as well...it sure is nice to have good friends!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Holden's little personality

So, in the midst of moving every other day, Holden has come into a little bit of his own personality. He certainly knows how to object if he doesn't like something..feed himself and talk up a storm. But now he has begun dancing, clapping and giving kisses out like they are candy..he is definitely a loving little thing. He crawls all over the place and is really into opening and shutting doors, taking everything out of my purse and lifting up the shower curtain to play peek a boo while you are in there..so much for privacy. He is also pulling up a lot! He has a lion truck that he likes to ride around the house when you push it and he pitches a fit if you take him off of it. Just the other day, I turned around just in time to catch him doing a headstand! Now, of course, he can'get his feet off the ground, but he sure tried! I have attached a video of attempting this headstand thing...but you may want to turn down the volume on your computer because I did not realize just how annoying my voice is until I listened to it! What can I say, I was trying to be encouraging!

And it continues...




So by now, my husband thinks that it is comical to play jokes on me as to where we are going to be tomorrow. I know this because he came home last night and carried on perfectly normal conversation with me until we got into bed, at which time he informs me he has a 6 o'clock am flight to Baltimore. Yep, he is back up..after about 4 days down this time. And it will probably only be for about two weeks until Coco comes back off the DL, so we are just waiting. The hardest part of all this is, I am trying to plan a birthday party for my Hoho's first birthday and that is just impossible right now. On a good note, I am being taught to enjoy and live each day as it comes, because heaven knows I can't look past today! I am actually only taking things one hour at a time right now. We have also enjoyed our time in Triple A with our good friends the Tollesons. Holden is finally getting over whatever virus this is that the boys have been passing around the locker room for the past month and things are somewhat settling down. The A's did a nice ceremony for the perfect game and were kind enough to frame Landon's mitt and include him in the festivities. As things just continue to get crazier every time we go up or down, I am so grateful that despite this lifestyle, we all have a constant in this world no matter what..and boy am I learning, he knows what he is doing, even if we dont!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Crazy Week





If you would have asked me a month ago, which would happen first, Landon would steal a base, or catch a perfect game I would have laughed and said that even though there have only been 18 (before Sunday) perfect games in MLB history, that the latter would probably happen first. Well, both have happened this week and Landon and I have just sat back in disbelief. We could have never of fathomed that we would be in this position after the way this whirlwind season has started....but obviously we are just chess pieces in this game of life and God is the puppeteer. Between all of the interviews, and media calls we have dealt with, we found time to sit back and relish what God has done. Sunday was an absolutely magical day. Not only was it Mother's Day (my first with the little man) but also the day Landon caught Dallas Braden's perfect game. Now, thanks to an amazing performance from Braden, Landon will forever be in Major League Baseball history. Holden and I joined them in the room for the press conference after the game and Holden proceeded to crawl around talking..during the whole interview session,making friends with all of the media. ( I guess that's something new he is going to have to learn about in the future) Now with all the ups, downs and back and forths we have been through this year, this just made me smile ( I haven't stopped for about 4 days now) because I had such a hard time trusting God's plan for my life and have struggled with peace in this whole situation so much. And let me tell you, the only reason Landon was catching that day was divine intervention my friends. You see, God had a plan all along, and it wasn't until I surrendered, learned to trust and live day by day( which as you know, is a HUGE stretch for me) that he revealed it. Who's to say what will happen from here, well only he knows. But we can rest assure we are following his plan, and I think it's a pretty good one.

Holden and I have made the trip to Texas this week to watch the boys play the Rangers. No, not because I just love flying with Holden ( if you don't know, check the older posts) but because I LOVE the Hotel here in Dallas. It is a Four Seasons, and a resort, so I feel like I am on a tropical vacation. Not to mention they have childcare and an amazing spa ( so I was able to talk a facial out of Landon for my Mother's day) And we have had a great time as a family. We are really enjoying every day we get to spend with the A's at the time..there are some great people involved with this team.
On another note, my sister gave birth to her second ( a boy) Brooks Edris Blanchard and we can't wait to meet him ( Holden is ready to teach him some bad things). We love and miss you all... Here is a pic of Holden we took while out for some lunch in Dallas!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Update for the week



Just figured I would post an update in case anyone might be wondering if I had committed myself to an asylum yet( of course I'm just kidding..on a bad day, I know we still have it better than most). We have enjoyed our week in Oakland...this week Holden went to his second birthday party ever, Allie Gross' first birthday and he had a blast. It was during the game in a suite and we really enjoyed our time socializing. The wives also had their first bible study of the season and it was great to be able to see everyone again from last year. Holden has decided that smacking Brady Pennington in the face was a good way to interact with his friends, so needless to say...we have been working on that. He has also been playing with Braxton Wuertz a bunch and those two are hilarious together. Braxton is much better at pulling up, but Holden has been doing quite a bit of research on it,and has been trying a little more in the downtime. We enjoyed our first off day of the season yesterday and it was great. Nothing special, just a little laundry, shopping, dinner and a movie (but that's way more than we can usually ever do together in a month during baseball season). We spent half of it in our apartment in Sacramento before heading back down to our hotel room in San Ramon.
In my never-ending quest for peace,there has been new developments as well. In the wives' bible study we prayed for peace, and the next day we had an e-mail from baseball chapter about peace! And the verse in it was my favorite...Isaiah 26:3. There was some additional scripture on it as well about peace which didn't really resonate until the next day when I got a text from a family member...SAME scripture. So, yes folks...I appreciate all of your prayers, they are definitely making it up there, God is really revealing himself to us and providing peace in this crazy unknown. We are planning on making the flight to Texas on Sunday if Landon is still up in the big leagues, so if anyone needs more prayer requests, we would greatly appreciate it!