Preschool Grad!

Brock just had preschool graduation. It was so fun to go and watch his class sing all the songs they have been learning. Brock has learned so much from preschool and made so many friends. He will really miss Miss Janalynn and all the fun things they did. But in just a few short months he will start his new adventure in Kindergarten and he can hardly wait!

Happy Easter!

I found the boys Easter outfits about a month ago, I thought there won't be many times I can dress them to match so I just had to buy them. Luckily Duncan arrived befor Easter, I was not sure that he would when I bought them but I just had to have them.




You can see from the above that Duncan doesn't have a head fat enough to really "make" the outfit. We'll try again soon. Of course, if you look at the hat on his head, it doesn't look like we need to try again for 3 or 4 more years.

My little brother

Dear World,
I’m so excited for my new baby brother, Duncan Thomas. He showed up today; here I am holding him.


He’s so cool, he weighs 8 lbs 3 oz and is 20.5 inches long. That’s just a little smaller than I was.

I can’t wait to teach him so many new things. I’m going to learn how to feed him and burp him, then I'll teach him how to sit up, crawl and walk. When he gets older, I'll share my favorite things with him: How to play Star Wars and use a light saber, swim and play soccer. I’m pretty sure we’re gonna be best friends for our whole lives.

Also, a little more about my little brother's name. Thomas Holdaway is my Great Grandpa's name (my mom's mom's dad). He's such a wonderful Great Grandpa. He loves his family, has worked hard his whole life, and touches the lives of so many family and friends. I hope my little brother can always look up to him like I already do. Love you Grandpa Tom!

Love,

Brock

Star Wars and the Prego Waddle

Mom says to Brock "Would you do me a favor and go downstairs and get my green socks from the chair? I left them down there and it is hard for me to waddle down the stairs."
Brock says "Ha! I know, you waddle like C3PO"
Then he pretends to waddle his way down the stairs laughing. Leaving me upstairs laughing so hard I almost pee my pants. I love that kid!

Duncan's Birthdate

I visited the Dr. today and we set an offical date for the arrival of Duncan! He will be delivered via c section on April 7th! We can hardly wait!

31 Wks

Just thought I would share some of the fun pregnancy photos that we took. You need to click on the last photo to enlarge it so you can see the expression on Brock's face. It's the face he makes every time he feels the baby move.

Weekend at the house of mouse

Sorry for the long post, but we had an exciting weekend to update you all on. On Friday we decided we needed some sun, but let's back up a bit first...


About 6 weeks ago, I was really pestering Mat to go on a vacation somewhere. Being pregnant in the winter is no fun because you don't get out much. Mat said he couldn't make it work, with things going on at work, and I just left it at that: sad, and pregnant.


Then last Thursday, I saw Mat looking at some flight prices for some reason (still don't know why), but by Friday at 4:00 we had booked flight, hotel, car, and bought Disneyland tickets set to be used Saturday Morning!!!!



We started out by not mentioning a thing to Brock about it, figuring we would keep it a surprise for as long as we could. The flight was at 9:30, so we got packed and woke him up a little early, and told him we were going for a car ride. When we got to the airport, we told him just enough he needed to know at the time, that we were going to go on an airplane.



We made it all the way to the main gate before Brock found out what was going on. Check out this clip. A little long, but a proud parent moment for all the wrong, spoiling reasons!

We couldn't have picked a better weekend. Apparently, it's unseasonably warm in Anaheim. Yesterday it was 81!!! And now Mat's favorite part of the trip - Brock is tall enough to do most big kid roller coasters! Even better news? - HE LOVES THEM!!! a quick list of rides we hit:

• Matterhorn (2 times)
• Space Mountain (2 times)
• Splash Mountain
• Toy Story Midway Mania
• And what was his very favorite ride, you may ask? The TOWER OF TERROR

Brock liked that ride so much, we went twice in a row. Being the sucker I am for that kid, I let him celebrate by buying the "I survived the Tower of Terror shirt", and tried to get this picture to remember it by:

Here are a few other highlights from the weekend:

• Jedi training: in Tomorrowland, they do a show where they select kids from the audience and teach them how to use a lightsaber, then a few Storm Troopers show up, Darth Vader (Dark Vader to Brock) pops out of the stage, and Darth Maul comes flying through the audience. Then all the new "Jedi's" get to fight Darth Vader or Darth Maul. Brock didn't get to be in the show, but he's hoping for another chance sometime soon.

• Magic Kingdom Magic Morning. Don't miss this opportunity if it's ever placed in front of you. You get in the park one hour before it opens and get access to a few rides in Fantasyland or Tomorrowland AND the Disney characters are out for meet and greets. Goofy had Brock laughing out loud just from being goofy. We also saw Chip and Dale, Pluto, and Donald Duck, who happens to be Brock's favorite.

• The weather. Repeat of above, but because I don't get to ride all those wonderful rides, this was my treat.

Lowlights from the weekend:

• Coming home and flying into this smoggy, gross cold weather.

Also on a very strange note, we had the quickest landing possible. One of the passengers on our flight home started complaining of side pain and couldn't sit up. The flight attendants were really compassionate and tried to keep him comfortable, but there was not a doctor on board to help out. Basically, the answer was get him on the ground as fast and as safe as possible. The pilot certainly did that. We didn't finally slow down until we were all the way to the gate. Our flight was 40 minutes early, and that's saying something for what's normally a 2 hour flight. We were in the row right behind this gentleman and knew he was in serious trouble. Had the crew not been able to act so quickly, he would continue to get worse. Although we'll never really know what happened to this man, we pray he recovers and things workout for him.