Week 29

Late again--I was hoping to start off the new year by actually posting weekly pictures on time but I failed the first week. Again, I took the picture Thursday but just didn't have time to post it. As you can see, Henry is still drooling a lot and we keep thinking the tooth on the bottom will poke through the bump but nothing as of this morning.

Since Henry is sitting on his own now it has opened a whole other world for us. It's so nice that he can sit on the floor and reach into a toy bin and pull out what he wants. I think he's enjoying his new perspective on the world around him. He's also really enjoying all the new toys he received for Christmas. It was nice timing since many require sitting up to really enjoy fully.

Week 28.5 - Oops

So once again we missed the weekly picture. But, we made up for it with a really cute week 28.5 picture below.

The Holidays were a lot of fun, but we're very happy to be home again. Henry has somewhat recovered from the excitement and disturbance to what routine we had before the holidays. He's also grown quite fond of solid foods. So far his repertoire includes sweet potato, prunes, rice cereal, oat cereal, yogurt, bananas and pears. Being the incredible mom that she is, Tina has taken it upon herself to make all of his food; the only side-effect has been his refusal to eat bought baby food (little snob).

Hope you all are doing well! And Happy 2008.

Christmas Video

Here's a compilation of some video we shot over the last couple of days. We can't manage to edit it down much more than this. Sorry for the length.

Merry Christmas

So first of all, for those of you keeping track we have officially missed the week 27 picture. You will be happy to know that those responsible for taking and posting the weekly pictures have been sacked (if you don't get the reference to a certain movie - never mind).

We have enjoyed the seemingly spring-like weather here in Orrville, Ohio. Today it was clear, still, sunny and in the upper 30's. While in Orrville, Henry has nearly mastered sitting upright on his own and seems to enjoy this new-found independence. Here he is with his dog.

He also learned how to open presents. Or at least enjoy the wrapping paper. He's starting to act interested in going somewhere too when on his stomach.

These last two pictures are of Henry with his cousin Greg (3 weeks older than Henry) and Doug (a couple years older than Henry). They've had great fun together.

week 26--late again

So the week 26 picture was actually taken on the correct date we just didn't have time to post it until now. Henry continues to change quickly, as all babies do. He's now 6 months old and loves to sit, practice using consonants (mainly g and b), eat solids, mouth everything, and be tossed around by Dad. We were so proud of ourselves last Friday because we were actually able to go out to eat spontaneously--with a 6 month old--and it was very enjoyable. Needless to say, we're glad we're at this stage and not 6 weeks! So, here's the 26 week picture and some other recent pictures.

Green shirts

Henry and I both had green shirts and brown pants on tonight--by accident--so we had a small photo shoot.

week 25 and other pics

We're a little late on week 25 but the picture is actually from Thursday. There is the official picture and then the not so official "I fell over slowly" picture.

Henry has started to enjoy his cereal--still is very interested in the spoon but also the cereal now as well. For some reason when he eats he tends to make noises starting with 'g's.



Today at lunch Henry finally was able to get a better look at Levi's lunch by sitting in his little booster seat. The two of them are quite funny at times, smiling at each other and just watching the other one very closely.