6 Months Old!

So Henry actually turned 6 months on October first, but he just went for his six month check up on Monday. All is well with him, he is growing and developing normally. He weighs 17.2 lbs. (30th percentile) and is 26 inches long (25th percentile). He can sit up pretty well now, with only the occasional fall backwards, however it is usually a purposeful fall. He is starting to go from sitting position to his belly and he can lift himself up with his arms. His legs will kick and kick but he's not crawling yet. He is able to get around pretty well though. The other morning I sat him in front of some of his toys, with his boppy behind him just in case, I left the room for maybe a minute and when I returned he was all the way by the couch, about two feet from where I left him. He was mighty proud of himself. The doctor also gave us the ok to start table food which is very stressful for me, mostly because I have to watch Kevin carefully to make sure the food he gives him is appropriate. So far he has only done carrots and potatoes, oh yeah and pasta, but that was before the doctor gave the ok. Here are a few recent pictures, sorry there are not more, our lives are very busy lately.

First Sleepover at Grammy and Papa's

This Saturday Kevin and I had a wedding to attend in New York, so Henry got to sleep over Grammy and Papa's. This was definitely more difficult for me than for him and it sounds like Grammy and Papa had fun spending time with him. I'm sure this was the first of many more sleepovers to come, I just might make him wait until he can ask! Here are some pics Grammy took to show me that "he's fine," as she would tell me everytime I called to check on him.


Henry and Papa, probably playing "good guys bad guys." I think Henry's pulling his hair, does that make him the bad guy?


Henry and Mommy, back together again. He seemed so affected by my leaving him for a night!

We're Back!!

Sorry it has been so long since I've posted pictures, but we have been very busy around here. Aside from the regular ins and outs of a busy life, I have recently returned to work full time and we have experienced some computer problems. Now that we're back I have several pictures to post. Here is just a random collection of what Henry has been up to for the past couple of weeks.


Don't let that smile fool you, he hates peas.

"Can you believe they expect me to eat this!"

Here he is trying to offer the veggies to his father, sorry Henry he doesn't like veggies either.

Now here is a man secure in his masculinity.

Madi was kind enough to share her saucer with Henry during their last play date.

Nope, not crawling, yet, but he sure does try hard.

Who couldn't love that face!

Camping

This past weekend we went camping with some friends of ours, Caren and Joey. It was rainy on Friday night so we decided to only camp on Saturday. The weather was great on Saturday during the day and the rain held out until about midnight, which was enough time for us to have dinner and hang out by the fire. The camp site was certainly interesting and depending on which direction you were looking it did have some nice views. Henry seemed to enjoy watching the fire and all of the new surroundings. He slept great in the tent and made it until about 5:30 a.m. At this point it was raining pretty steady and he was getting hungry. Being the picky eater that he is, he will only drink his bottles if they are warmed. So, Kevin, being the great dad he is, stood over the fire with an umbrella during a down pour so we could warm the bottle. 45 minutes later, the bottle was warm and Henry was sleeping, he did however, enjoy it when he woke up. Since we already had a fire going Kevin cooked us up a yummy breakfast and the boys packed up all our stuff in the rain and we headed home. We were probably home by 9:00 a.m. which gave us plenty of time to dry out and clean up. Overall the trip was a success and we can't wait to do it all again. I forsee many years of camping ahead of us if Henry is anything like his father.


Here's Henry trying to flip backwards.

Henry and Caren in the morning, it wasn't cold but we kept him wrapped up to keep him dry, he didn't seem to mind.

Kevin and Joey cooking us our breakfast.

Alright, this is just such a great picture, this was Sunday morning.

And, one shot of our camp site.

Henry's Voice

Henry can be very noisy at times, and recently he has been talking a lot. This is a short video of him talking. We were trying to get him to laugh but he was too interested in trying to get the camera.

Sweet Potatoes

As many people know one of Henry's favorite things to do is eat. Here he is trying out sweet potatoes, I think this is his second time with them. He wouldn't typically get this messy but I did catch his father helping him paint his face. This explains why he has a bath immediately after dinner every night.

Five Months Old

Henry turned five months yesterday, on September 1st. We celebrated by having a cook out at Kate and Bryan's. Well, not really celebrated, that's just what we ended up doing yesterday. Anyway, he is getting so big and acting older every day. He continues to do well with eating solids and has recently been introduced to vegetables. These have not gone over as well as the fruit but he's learning to like them. He's starting to be able to sit up on his own, although he tends to flop forward a lot. And, although he doesn't crawl he does manage to get most places he wants to get either by rolling or well I'm not quite sure how it does it, but he does. Here are some pictures of our big five month old!

I don't think he's quite ready for a seat belt, apparently his father does however!

Here he is sitting, well kind of.

Here is was trying to get the camera, check out the drool on the chin!