I can't believe it's been 6 months!

Since the last post, back on Holden's first birthday, so much has happened! Holden took his first steps on July 5th at our family's beach house, coincidently the same place I took my first steps. Now he is running and almost jumping all around the house. Holden is very into sports, he can shoot baskets, hit a golf ball, and hit a ball off a tee with his baseball bat. He is also very musical, we found out last night he is quite talented at playing the drums. As soon as we have a house I think Holden will be getting a drum set. Holden doesn't say a whole lot of words clearly yet, mostly just hi, bye bye, more, ball, roll roll roll, honk honk, puppy and his tried and true, I did it. He does however have quite the repertoire of animal sounds. He can tell you what a puppy, bear, lizard, kitty, bee, elephant, horse, goat, pig, lamb, cow, duck, and fish says. He loves his books, he prefers to turn the pages himself, and point out everything on the page. He also likes to be quizzed on where objects are on the page. Holden eats very well, pretty much everything we put in front of him, and he sleeps about 9-11 hours at night with an hour to two hour nap, sometimes more. At almost one and a half Holden seems to be getting into his terrible twos just a bit... he gets frustrated when told no and tends to throw little fits, so far nothing too awful tho.
We finally got down to Texas this last weekend where we saw Nanna Loranna, Great Grandma LuLu, Great Aunt Renee, and Auntie Katie. It was a whirlwind trip, but much needed and very much enjoyed! I could go on and on about how nice it was to get down there, and how much I am looking forward to our next trip. Holden did very well on his first airplane rides, both sharing a seat and using his car seat, it was pretty uneventful. It took us a few days to get used to the time change and the end of daylight savings, but everyone is back to normal now.
We also got the chance to visit with the newest member of the family, Willa. What a sweetheart and a beautiful little girl. I was also very impressed with Marty's energy, probably why she looks so great!
And that I think brings us up to date. Now to post some pictures!