sad times in parsons household

For those of you that dont know, my grandma holland, annie bell holland, passed away friday evening, July 24, at 1026 pm. She passed peacefully.

The viewing is tommorrow night in swansboro and the funeral will be thursday morning at 10am at piney grove baptist church.

She lived a very full life, surving my grandpa holland by several years, long enough to hold her first great grandchild, silas, and see Mom's (annie bell's only daughter) children completely married off with Jessica marrying Chris this past June.

We will greatly miss her and are very sad that Silas will not get to experience the very unique spice that Annie Bell brought to any conversation nor her stubborn strength to serve as the proud matriarch of the Holland Family.

At LONG last....

So its already July, can you believe it.

The tomatoes are ripe, the pumpkin vines are running wild, and our boy is 4 MONTHS OLD :)

Today he had his doctors appointment. He is 15 lbs 2 oz, 25 1/2 inches, and has a 47 cm head. (thats one noggin).Respectively that puts him in the 60% for weight, 75% for length, and 95% head.

Carrie has gotten him eating rice cereal every night. He also has been taking the culinary tour. He started with apples, then moved to pears (which carrie thought were mealy- but she doesnt like those exotic fruits). When carrots came around, he loved them better than apples, even daddy likes them. This week it has been sweet potatoes. Unfortunately doctor has said that its time for him to try some green beans, hopefully he likes them better than his momma, she doesnt like those green veggies.

The rest of the time has been devoted to trying to clean the house, stay ahead of those pesky bills, and find time to sleep between our colds. Silas hasnt gotten them yet, but he is definitely making us get our money's worth from the gross little snot ball sucker thing. EWW

Hope you all are well!

T - Minus 2 weeks for the Blevin's return to NC- we all get to go to charlotte for the Blevin's family reunion.