Quick Morning Update...

... I got up early to put in a breakfast casserole that I am taking this morning to MOPS so thought I would take a minute to put an update on here before H wakes up...

We had such a nice weekend! We enjoyed eating at the Varsity (and running into people we knew!) and a LONG afternoon at IKEA. Henry did such a GREAT job and kept himself entertained by people watching and pointing out all the babies! :) We saw so many options for Henry's playroom and walked away with a better idea of storage to use, so we considered it a successful trip!

Sunday we finally made it back to church. We had missed a couple weeks with Henry's cold so it is always great to get back! Henry wore his Colts jersey (thanks to A. Lindsay & U. Troy) to church in the morning. The weather was so nice we spent the afternoon outside in the back yard (to which Henry was obsessed with the cabinet doors on the grill the ENTIRE time...oh, and the dog bowl!) and finally came inside at the start of the superbowl.

A little work, alot of play....

...is how we are keeping busy on such a rainy, dreary day...

Ouch!, Thanks to Cousin Clint, Teeth & a walking clip

I have tried to avoid putting any pictures of H up recently but it'll be a while before his "scratch" goes away... On Saturday Henry was walking between Kit and I and when he was a step or two away from me and he went to fall... I tried to grab him with my left hand to stop his fall but instead, my thumbnail scraped his forehead! YIKES! Henry didn't even cry...

A HUGE shout out to cousin Clint for Henry's cellphone. This toy was given to him LAST Christmas and this is the only toy we consistently find ourselves changing the batteries :)

Here is the smiley guy showing off his teeth (while finishing up his snack of teddy grahams)

My Handsome Boys...

This just in:

Cuddly baby turns Rough-N-Tumble Toddler Overnight!

Wow! I would say on Saturday Henry started walking. By Tuesday he probably walked 90% of the day and hardly crawled. Yesterday and this morning he has sure been picking up speed and his new thing is trying to climb onto everything! Boy, when walking clicked, it clicked! Also, I had my back to Henry the other night while talking to Kit when all the sudden Kit turned me around to see Henry StAnDiNg up in his highchair LaUgHiNg!! These have been quite the turn of events recently.

Also, my camera batteries are charging but if you could peek into my house you would see almost all of my kitchen towels strung through our cabinet hardware to detur a little someone...I'm seeing cabinet door locks in our future!

Henry is quite interactive and has really began talking up a storm. He says, HI, BYE BYE, MORE, POPPA, MOMMA, UP, BALL and I think he is trying to tell us DONE at the highchair.

Animal sounds come whenever Henry would like to share with us :)

He and Poppa like to "wrestle" at night now and Henry really gets to giggling...it's so cute.

Parenthood is some fun ride, that's for sure!!

:)

cute videos...short but sweet

He is such a handsome, helpful Henry! :)

he is getting better!! :)

This weekend was a lazy one for us around here. Henry still isn't back to normal and we spent the majority of the weekend just wiping his nose. Poor little guy! It rained all weekend so we just stayed in and read LOTS of books to H. Is it bad that after reading the same book about 10 times we'd just put it away for the day? :) Henry got in some naps on poppa's chest this weekend too. This is very unusual for us around here but we enjoyed it!

Also, walking seemed to "click" this weekend and now he is a walking machine! I need to get some more video...it is so cute!

This morning we woke up to Sunshine! I was so excited we've already bundled up and went for a walk! It was so refreshing to get some fresh air :)

off to do some more laundry!

Nothing like a package to brighten your day...

....THANKS GRANNY!!

We Love Henry's quilt!!!

See ya in March!

ha! :)

Feeling blue, bored and blah

That probably best describes the mood around here :). It was gorgeous the first part of the week, highs of 65 and we spent our mornings outside, walking around the neighborhood and hitting the playground. But, the last couple of days have been...rainy and blah! Henry cut another top tooth and is now working on his eye teeth. With all this teething he's had quite the sinus drainage too. This morning he actually got sick but I think it was just from the drainage. No fever, so that is good! I can't complain though, he really has been in a pretty decent mood for feeling crummy. He's even been helping me clean today by using the swiffer and vacuum. Henry is becoming quite the helper all the way around. He loves to throw trash away, pick up toys, brush his teeth and push his highchair back into the kitchen after we've eaten in the dining room...too cute!

Wordless Wednesday

There is not alot going on around here! We are taking it easy and enjoying some sunshine that is finally coming our way! The weekend started off by Henry & I having a lunch date and it was quite delightful. We usually only go out to lunch if we are meeting up with friends but I decided to take along my sidekick and we enjoyed nice conversation and yummy food! Yesterday Kit was so generous to be resident Mr. Mom for the day and allowed me to get some things done around the house as well as going out with a friend to the movies...that was quite nice! So, since it's hard to photograph the always-moving-monkey I thought I would give you a glimpse into the everyday naptime life of Henry...when he's done that is! After his nap, you can usually hear him talking up a storm and playing with his soft critters that reside in his crib. I'll give him a few minutes to play and by the time I go to get him, he has tossed all his friends overboard.

Tossed Friends & Henry giving his best forlorn look to get out of the crib! ha! This boy knows how to give the faces

Good to the last Pea?

After putting a small handful of peas on his highchair multiple times at dinner, I finally just gave him the tupperware to finish them off. Henry was trying to get that last pea and made sure he left none behind!

Happy 13 Months!

We Love You, Henry!!

Relaxation in the tub

Looks like he is relaxed just floatin' on his lil' raft! :)
He always gets to giggling in the tub!

steps of accomplishment!

So, here is a video clip from last night (please ignore the supper stained shirt)! H is getting much better and taking a handful of steps at a time now. Enjoy!

Monday morning kiss, anyone? :)

Henry blowing ya'll a kiss!
What a look! :). Thanks for the toybox Mamaw & Papaw! I think Henry enjoys opening and closing it the most! :)
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Henry has really started using his hands to communicate recently. He now waves properly, blows kisses and just this past week blew us away with using sign language! ha! We used it for several months but with the holidays and his lack of return signs I just stopped. I knew that I wasn't using them consistently and just decided to drop the issue. But, all of the sudden last week Henry started signing, milk, more, eat, all done, just like that! So, it's been fun to communicate with him using sign language!

Also, the weekend while we were looking at his touch and feel farm book and he was saying, "baa" for sheep, "wo, wo" for dog (woof, woof), na,na for horse (neigh, neigh)

too cute!

Winter Wonderland...ha!

I've been able to see some gorgeous "winter wonderland" pictures on our friends and family blogs so I thought I'd show you what we woke up to this morning!

Good Morning!

It is COLD here today and lots of schools have already announced early dismissal in anticipation of snow this afternoon....we'll see :)

Intruder in the House?! :o)

This morning Henry and I had finished breakfast and started in on our day which means going back upstairs to make the bed, get dressed, brush our teeth, etc. We were up in our bathroom when I heard a man's voice. Alarmed I thought to myself, "I didn't hear the phone ring" and thought someone was leaving a voicemail. Checked the phone, no message left. So, we went about our business. Still upstairs, I was startled to hear the voice again! The dogs were barking, and I looked outside and no one was near the house. Thinking I'm starting to lose my mind, we kept moving along. Not much longer and there was the voice again! This time we stopped everything and I ran to the stairs. The voice was coming from the dining room! WHAT ON EARTH?! As I listened closer to the voice, I noticed it was manly and expressive. But what's that he's saying....an old Christmas story? HA! At that moment it all made sense....I had laid Henry's recordable Christmas book in the dining room that he had received from Mamaw & Papaw for Christmas and I guess it is sensitive to light so Papaw's voice kept turning on and off! Way to get my heart going this morning! ;)

The Culprit! :)

Here is what I kept hearing... :)

Happy New Year, lots of backdated posts & new teeth!

Happy New Year! Well, I think I am finally caught up! If you have a minute, feel free to scroll down and see what all we did on our trip back home. No wonder I am tired!! :). We made it home safely and yesterday and today we have been working on getting back to "normal". I think we are finally getting there! Today I unpacked all the Christmas gifts and found homes for them along with taking down all our Christmas decorations. Henry had a surprise for us and popped his front right tooth through Tuesday night and looks like more are on their way!