The Holway Family

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Fun with Grandpa Holway

Even though it was a short visit, the children had so much fun playing in the basement with Grandpa Holway.

Again, not to toot the horn on this, but Jared amazes me on his physical abilities for a 15 month old. I am 99% positive Mallory wasn't even close to being able to throw a ball, overhand, underhand, two handed, one handed, and run and kick a ball at this age. He's been doing it for a while but he has gotten really good at running full speed and kicking the ball and is really good with his aim.

Somehow this is the only picture I got of Mallory and Grandpa playing. She thought it was really funny he was putting the princess tent on his head.

I realized as they were leaving that I did not have any pictures of all of them. This was my attempt to get one, but at this point they were squirmy and not cooperative.

Every time we go into the basement, Mallory asks when Grandpa is going to come back....which tells me that Grandpa must be more fun than me :)

Dance - Year 2

After going back and forth on this, we enrolled Mallory for dance again this year. She had been asking about it every week since her last one ended so I caved. Last year she did jazz and this year it's a ballet/tap combo. I can't tell you how much she LOVES the tap shoes. One day they let class out early on accident and didn't do tap...I heard about it the whole week!

We had to get a shoe bag because she has two types of shoes now. :) We had a meltdown the first week we had the bag because some little girl decided to take the bag and walk out of the room so Mallory couldn't find her shoes.

Jared loves dance day too for no other reason than the big chair (did I ever mention how much he loves chairs????)....

Sibling Love

Everything Mallory does, Jared does. This is good and bad. When Mallory is making good choices, it's great, when Mallory's not making good choices it's bad. Her favorite thing is to do something wrong, get Jared to do it, and then when we tell her to stop she says, "Well Jared is doing it." Sometimes kids are just way to crafty in their thoughts.

Anyway, I love how much they play together. I thought with a gender difference they wouldn't be as close, but they love being around each other (most of the time).

The pictures are terrible because I forgot to use the flash, but every night Jared loves giving Mallory goodnight kisses, and I love ending my day seeing so much family love!

Bedtime Struggle

I know I can't be the only parent, but the more and more families I talk to, the more and more I feel like I must be doing something wrong. It doesn't matter if we skip naps or not, we cannot get Mallory and Jared down before 9:30pm. I'm not sure if I have false expectations, but I thought kids were supposed to go to bed by 8 and sleep for 12 hours...Anyway, if that is the case, my kids must not be sleepers. They go down at 930 and are up and ready to go most days by 7. I think I could sleep more than they do! Jared still takes a 2 hour nap a day, but most days Mallory skips her nap (mainly because she wont fall asleep before 2pm, and if I let her sleep then she'll be up until 10:30 or 11.)

Also, both of our children HATE sleeping with covers on. Apparently they did not get the long sleeping times and cozy sleeping habits from their parents!

Also, I thought daylight savings would result in an early bedtime for at least a few days...no such luck, still 930 on the new time....

Artwork - August through October

Another artwork picture parade, and a huge relief to be able to de-clutter the office!

Motor Skills

I'm always so fascinated by the different motor skills the children are learning. Jared's latest discovery is the twist top. You would think this is a good thing, but if lids aren't on really tight, they are soon open and spilled everywhere. Here is a little sequence of motor skills in action:

In this case, he can only get the top screwed on, so he kept asking for me to take it off so he could put it back on.

Mallory's latest task she is beginning to master is riding the bike. She thinks she can be fancy now and ride with one hand, while drinking a juice box. When I was younger, I thought I had skill too and tried to ride with no hands on the sidewalks that dip down for the driveways. Let's just say I did not have the skill I thought I had, and that is all I could think of while she was doing this.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Eric's Swearing in Ceremony

October 19, 2011 is the day Eric became official. Even though our big moment of relief came after seeing the passing results of the BAR, this day defined the day he had to put on his big boy underwear and stamp his name on all his work as opposed to doing work and others having to take responsibility if it wasn't right.

Eric's Dad and Cathy made it down for the event. Even though the weather was less than ideal, it was appreciated that they made the trip.

It was difficult to get a picture of all the new associates at Eric's firm. I posted this one because I thought it was funny it looked like they were all getting dance lessons or something.

I never managed to get one with everyone looking in the same direction.

Brad and Hannah (the other Dayton couple)

Even when they were all looking, I never got all their eyes open. Apparently photography is not my thing.

Standing before the judge waiting to be motioned in...not sure if I said that right.

Lots of bow ties :)

My camera battery died just as we were leaving, so I made everyone walk back to the car to get my cell phone so we could take pictures. Seemed like a good idea, but of course it started raining on the way back.

This guy walked right in my picture. I swear he came out of nowhere.

Do you see the nice orange suit in the background?

Paying the dues. I'm sure everyone was not thrilled, but I got out of the room first and got in line for Eric so we weren't waiting for hours. Smartest thing I did all day.

In between we went to lunch at First Watch and then walked a mile in the rain to the next one. Here are some videos of parts of the ceremony if you so choose to watch.

The last statement I'll make for the day is that I thought it was funny that almost every person that got up there to talk in front of the judge about their new attorney made the statement, "they were the top of their class from WVU." I find it hard to believe that many were actually the top of their class.

State Swearing In Ceremony

Federal Swearing in Ceremony

Bathtub Dilemma

I have come to dread bath time because it seems inevitable that it is always after dinner and always when Jared needs to potty. It doesn't seem to matter if I wait or watch his facial expressions, it just seems to be something about putting him in the tub

Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Closet

I don't know how we put this off this long, but after 2.5 months of not being able to put clothes away (and tripping over and living out of piles of clean clothes), I finally got the closet organized and

Our 3 Year Old has a Cell Phone

I know this sounds a little crazy, but if it's any consolation, it doesn't have service, it just turns on and off. However, she has become slightly obsessed with it, to the point where I use it as a bribery

The Retainer

The other morning Jared found an old retainer in one of the drawers. Mallory grabbed it from his hand and said, "This smells like my teacher." After many thoughts running though my mind of

Friday, October 21, 2011

Like Mommy Like Son

I came across this old picture and it made me laugh.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Mallory's Princess Room

This post is long overdue. Mallory has been doing a great job at sleeping in her room, and I think that can be attributed to all the excitement of it being a princess room - her princess room. Finally, a positive to all this

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Family Pictures!

If you know Eric, you know how much he HATES pictures. He hates taking them, he hates others taking them, pretty much he thinks you should remember the image in your head. We haven't

Friday, October 14, 2011

15 months and 43 months!

Yay for only posting this a week late instead of a couple of months late! Where does the

It's Fall!

Now that it's fall, we wont get to see the sun kissed holes on Jared's fee from

Limestone's Reunion

As you may recall, I got Eric a ticket to Minnesota so he could go to the Limestone's reunion (the ACapella group he was in while at school). I can't really describe this group other than a magnet for freshman and sophomore females.

Tis the Season of Wedding

There have been a lot of wedding this late summer/fall which means you get to see this little guy looking

The Snails

I was walking outside one day and found a snail in our driveway. I didn't think there was anything in the shell, so I just put in a bowl with dirt so I could show Mallory. The next morning something came out.

14 months and 42 months!

Jared is officially running, well he thinks he can run. Reality is, he momentum is about twice as fast as his legs and he face plants...ALOT. I'm pretty sure he has broken (or at least severely bruised) his nose about 5 or 6 times now. I love it

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Last Friday Night

Mallory gets really shy when she sees she is being recorded so I tried to capture this sneakily, which is why it's a wierd angle.

Nobody can Make Jared Giggle like Mallory

Mallory can get Jared to do the best giggles. I thought I'd post a few videos of the two playing together.

Next Soccer Prodigy?

I am not really sure when this skill develops, but I didn't think it was 13 months, just after learning to walk. But what do I know, maybe it is a skill most 13 month olds have.

It's Official!

This is long overdue, but it is official, Eric has PASSED the BAR!! Oh was this such a relief for all of us. I am so proud of his accomplishment.

I Saved Jared Some!

Everyday we take a snack in the car. I asked Mallory to save Jared some so we could distract him so he wouldn't cry on the way home. She hands me the bowl so proud that she saved some for Jared (one of each to be more specific)...

West Virginia Hair

I picked Mallory up from school the other day. In Ohio she'd come home with pigtails. I guess this is the hairstyle in WV.

Mallory's First Trip to the Dentist and Eye Doctor

I figured it was about time to take Mallory to the dentist, so I scheduled both of us appointments. It worked out really well for her to watch me go first so she could see exactly what was going to happen. The hygienist and dentist were great, and Mallory did great.

Road Kill

I was not prepared for living in what I now consider the wilderness. I think that is fair statement when you have wild turkey's in your

Science Museum

Before heading back from Dayton on Labor Day, we stopped at the the science museum with the Froehlich's. Mallory always sees cars similar to theirs

Pool Time Ends

I am really going to miss the pool as we head into fall and winter, and so

Hot Stone Massage

We went to Yogurt Mountain which happens to be in the Books a Million store. They had this hot stone massage kit on sale for $10. I thought it would be something really fun (mainly for me), but being the loving wife I am,

Eric's Office

After walking downtown, we went to drop off stuff at Eric's office. On the way, we stopped to take a picture in front of the courthouse. They ended up standing because

Downtown Charleston

There was something going on downtown so we thought we'd take the kids and check it out. We didn't stay long, but it was nice

Happy Birthday Daddy!

I usually plan something special for Eric's birthday, but this year his birthday was mid week and we don't really live close to anyone to plan a full

Labor Day Weekend

I think this post may be out of order, but it took so long to upload the photos I chose not to fix it. For months I checked plane tickets so I could go to Lindsey's

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Smart but Weird

I'm sure they have these other places, but this is new to me. In WV, they have the right line stay green and the left lane turns red, obviously only on lights that

13 Months and 41 months!

We have been in WV for just over a week and since we've been here, Jared has decided that he no longer crawls in the new house. I swear it was over night. When he falls, he just stands right

Monday, October 3, 2011

The Imperfect Parent

I am many posts behind on the blog, but I felt this one deserved to be written first. Reason being, more times that not, I can only remember what to blog

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Things I will Miss About Dayton #1

Primrose! I will truly miss all the great teachers and families that we met and supported us during our time in Dayton. I couldn't have asked for a better place for our kids to spend their time. Thank you so much Jason and Hollie for creating such a wonderful place! You will truly be missed!

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