Seriously where has the time gone? I can still remember being in the hospital with Holden like it was yesterday, and now he is 2!
Holden......
-LOVES dump trucks, garbage trucks, fork-lifts, motorcycles, buses, cho-cho's,
-HATES loud noises--the blender, vacuum, fire alarm...are great examples
-really likes to watch Kurt play Halo, he is allowed to watch 1 game!
-is obsessed with blowing bubbles and asks daily
-still loves to watch Curious George
-loves to pretend shoot people
-----he really sounds like a boy huh?
-if we are with family or friends and mom is around, he ONLY wants me, he will rarely go to other people minus Josh and Bapa
-we have a routine every night before bed---we read a few books while drinking milk, he brushes his teeth, "does" his hair (splashes water on his hair), points to his pictures every night that are hanging on his bedroom wall (a picture of Brent and Holden, a picture of Holden at a baseball game, and a sonogram picture of his foot), he HAS to turn off the light, and we sing a few songs.
-tells me if he has "poop"
-fell out of his crib because he climbed up the rails with his cast on and tried to reach for a toy
-if he gets hurt, he will always ask for ice, but never actually use it
-is really starting to love cho cho trains, and whenever we pass by the trax he says "me cho-cho?" so we really need to take him for a ride
-is now putting together 2 words like "please mom" or the other day he even said "please mom up." he may not be talking a lot, but thats ok :)
-has adjusted really well to his cast, he can run around and it doesn't even phase him
-is really showing his aggression, he likes to hit when he gets upset or just at any time. we are doing 2 minute time outs and he sits there the WHOLE time.
New words
-bus
-Abby, Will, Ki-Ki, Josh,
-up
-ball
-truck
-feet
-bubbles
-eat
-yep...my favorite
-ice
-socks
-shoes
-hat
-down
-vroom
-cookies
-crackers
-hat
I know there are more new words, I just feel brain dead tonight!
I love you Holden L. Thank you for being my son and for loving me unconditionally.
On the hayride at Wheeler farms. 
We also did the corn maze where Holden had to lead the way
And made Riki do ridiculous things
Holden picked out his little pumpkin. 
Next up, we headed to Ogden Nature center. Every year they put on a Nature themed Halloween night. There were games, an owl exhibit, face painting, good food, a flashlight nature walk, story telling by the fire, and a witches game. We had a lot of fun wandering around and Holden loved the owl exhibit.
On the flashlight walk, there were foxes and bears and tigers you had to watch out for!
Finally got around to carving the pumpkins we picked out. Last year, Holden hated touching the guts of the pumpkin. This year, he also wasn't too sure about it...but tried to help out. :)
With 2 of our 3 finished products.
The next weekend, we went up to Officers Hollow at the U. The social work program puts on a safe trick or treating experience for kids. You can go into all the houses who decorate them, paint pumpkins, decorate cookies, and play games. This year, Holden loved to fish, paint his pumpkin, and hang out with dad and his boys. Kurt's work volunteers each year. 
Painting his pumpkin
Ben and Holden cheesin it up. I loved Ben's costume as Peter Pan. 
The same day after Officers Hollow, we headed up to Kerri's house to participate in their wards trunk or treat and party. Holden loves to hang out with his cousins, Kate was so nice and took him around with her the whole time.
Checking out his loot of candy.
Halloween day finally arrived. I felt like we celebrated the entire month, so it was nice for it to be over and done with :) Holden was so cute going up to each house. Towards the end he said, "I do it by myself!" He did say thank you at every house which I was proud of :) Then after about a street and a half of trick or treating, he turned to me and said, " I'm done, lets eat candy." So we headed home to check through his candy and he ate a few pieces before bed!
I think this Halloween was the first year he understood what was going on and loved it. He was such a cute cowboy with his gun. At all our Halloween festivities, he wouldn't let go of his gun. He did Trick or Treating with it, and tried to balance picking up the candy, his bag, and the gun. 
