the hiltons

Whoa, it's been a long time and so much has happened!

We decided we couldn't take Jake's long commute any longer and put our house up for sale. That meant getting our house the cleanest it had ever been, packing up family pictures and baby stuff, staging the house, and then getting the kids and dog out of there for an open house! I drove us down to San Diego to stay with my mom while we had the open house. We got 2 offers, one of which was a great deal and we accepted! The catch? We closed in 8 days! So we packed like crazy people and went on the mad hunt for a rental near Jake's work. We found a great little place in Sunnyvale that was only a ten minute commute for Jake! It was such a chaotic time, but I'm so glad we rushed it all - now we have almost 2 extra hours with Jake. The garage is still packed with boxes to be unpacked, baby stuff to give away, and lots of garage sale items... but I am so happy we are here and life is good.

Such an exciting time for the Hiltons. I can't believe how big my babies are getting.

Holly at 10 months:

- can stand up without holding onto anything

- pushes walkers and Parker's cars around the backyard

- is a very fast crawler
- will take one step and then lunge towards me... will be walking any day now...

- doesn't like baby food as much as finger foods - usually only wants what Parker has

- favorite food might be blueberries
- likes almost everything we try to feed her - especially gnawing on bagels and pizza crust

- has 6 teeth! (but has for quite a few months; still waiting for more to come in)

- babbles mama, dada, baba

- looks at Jake and Parker when I say their names

Parker lately:

- has recently started telling me to "calm down" if I get stern with him... hmm....