Grandpa & Grandma Blair come to Greenville!

Grandpa "babysitting" and enjoying playtime with the boys
Steak & Shrimp Dinner at Home...yum!

We had a great Labor Day weekend! Grandpa and Grandma Blair came to visit. Although it went by quickly and was too short, we had a great time. We had fun visiting downtown and Falls Park, cooking yummy food, doing some shopping and celebrating birthdays (Thanks Mom for fixing my favorite cheesecake!). Both Matt and I share a birthday in September just 13 days apart...Sept 6th for me, Sept. 19th for Matt. It is great to know I get to take a trip to Des Moines to see my Mom and Dad again just 2 months from now. I am certain that I will get the best sleep I will have had since early 2005 during that visit, although I now question why I am going to Iowa in November :) Then, my parents will be back in Greenville for the Christmas holiday. We are so lucky!

A little update...Matt is now on a new rotation. He is doing orthopedic surgery for the month of September, which is what his speciality will be and what he will do full time after first year. So, he is quite happy..and I am, too, now that the previous rotation is behind him. I did a little happy dance last Friday knowing that schedule was over. I am staying busy driving and driving some more taking Blake to and from school and running wherever I need to in between. It's hard to imagine all the driving I will do when they get older and get more involved in different activities! Blake is doing well in school. He has a big evaluation coming up next Friday the 12th for the Greenville County School District, which is where he will start going after he turns 3 next February (unless we decide on private school). He also has his big team evaluation meeting for the school he currently attends on October 2nd. Lots of changes for him - and for us as he grows up! We have a trip planned to an apple orchard in the mountains in early October with the other resident wives and their children. I can't wait for the fresh apples and colors of fall, although the trees are already changing, but it is still almost 90 degrees! I know I will miss the cooler temperatures of the Midwest, and yes, I will actually miss the snow. I am visualizing my friend, Jean, cringing from that comment :) Then there is Dane. He is great and on the go! He is eating table foods, drinking from a sippy cup, and loves chowing on the Gerber stars and bananas. He is cruising everywhere and growing up too fast! I have a found a place for Mother's Morning Out for him, but have to be on a wait list for a bit. He is a treat and certainly ALL boy.

Guess that is all from the Hollenbeck home! I have some new fun pictures of the boys that I hope to post in a slide show soon.