Welcome to Holland: February 2011

The Beautiful Life of Farrel & Bessie Layton

It’s finished! My grandparent’s cousin did this book for them and she did a fantastic job. It was decided that it would be about my grandparents and their children and grandchildren. Since we have so many books already about our ancestors, there was no need to repeat everything so this book was focused on Farrel and Bessie Layton and their entire family. I am so delighted to have this wonderful book finished and in my home. I received it yesterday in the mail and I haven’t been able to put it down! I have read it cover to cover and really enjoyed reading all about my family! I am so proud of my heritage and feel so blessed to come from such a wonderful family. I loved reading about my grandparents and their life stories but also reading about all my cousins and their life stories. I learned some new things about everyone! It was so exciting seeing this beautifully published book all about my family! I could go on and on… If I had a scanner I would probably scan the entire thing so you could read it! Each of my boys received a copy too, which I will hold on to until they are old enough to appreciate it. Mad is so interested already though. He always asks questions about his grandpa great that passed away and he talks about seeing him again. I look forward to the day they can sit down and read it for themselves. What a blessing!?! Thank you, Grandma. I love you so much.

The Dog Crate

Will has taken a liking to building things… yippee for me! I get a stress-free hubby AND lots of new things around my house! His latest finished project is a dog crate. I asked him to build us one for Hurley since she was crate trained and seemed to be having difficulty adjusting to our home. Turned out really cute…

Not bad, eh?

And guess who loves it best???

Max has never been crate trained in his whole life! Look at him! He loves it! I would have done this YEARS ago if I had known, buddy!

A Trend Alert

I was looking through some of our recent pictures and noticed a trend going on….

Hhhhmmmmmmm…. Yep folks, looks like it’s gonna be a full moon! Hahaha. You trying to tell us something, Mitch?

Major’s Birthday

Sweet little Major had his 4th birthday on the 11th of Feb. It was not the typical birthday, he had pneumonia. We celebrated as best we could regardless. It was bittersweet for me because this is my BABY! I couldn’t get over the fact that my little baby Roo was turning 4. I begged and pleaded with Will to let me have another one but he wasn’t very keen on the idea. He kept reminding me that I said I didn’t want any children after I turned 30… he’s right, and I wouldn’t want that big of an age difference between them. But still, I can’t look at baby pictures without yearning for another one. Major definitely knows he is the baby… it might do some serious damage to his psyche if we did have another one.

Major idolizes his big brother, Maddock. He wants everything Madd wants and he wants to do everything Madd does. If Madd goes to school on a day that Maj doesn’t go, I still have to dress him “like Nadduck mom.” His has grown from “Attic” to “Nadduck” and I have hopes that soon he will learn his real name! Major is such a sweet boy… he has a huge smile on his face everywhere we go. People ask me all the time if he has that smile on his face all the time and I wish I could say yes, but at least he puts his best foot forward out in public! He can be a little stinker at home. And as much as he loves his brothers, he can be a BIG stinker to them. He is still afraid of firecrackers. I don’t know if that will ever change. He is still a major mama’s boy! I hope that will never change. He thinks dad is pretty cool now too. He is so fun to be around. He says the funniest things… in fact I need to be better about writing it down. Fun memories. He is a blessing to our family and we are so happy to call him ours. Happy birthday, Major! We love you so much.