Away

Henry and Mom are still in California. They are attempting to come home tomorrow, and hopefully the weather allows them to (a winter storm is coming in IL). Mom keeps me up to date on the happenings of Henry by sending me picture messages through our phones - isn't technology great! So here's one of the pictures she sent me. With the holidays coming up, hopefully many more fun pictures will follow in the coming weeks!

End of Vacation

So this is Dad's last day on vacation. I'll be coming back home tomorrow. Which means I have to go another week without getting to see Henry. He seems to be learning more and more motor skills everyday so I'm sure I'll miss a lot over the week. Just the other morning when I got up with Henry (he's been waking up consistently at about 6am every day), he rolled over from back to belly... It was actually quite hilarious because every time he tried, he would pass gas. Then when he actually rolled over, he passed a lot of gas :)

Anyway, I'm going to post a few pictures with this one since I won't be able to take any pictures over the next week. This is on Henry's first Thanksgiving:



This picture was taken one morning over the weekend at the cabin:



While we were up at Shaver, Santa was in town so we took Henry up to see him. It was outside in a very rustic setting which was much better than in a big mall. He was very well behaved and was fascinated by the fake beard.

At the Lake

We've been up at the cabin at Shaver Lake all weekend. Yesterday we went to the lake to feed the ducks and enjoy the fresh mountain air. Mom, Dad, Uncle Adam, Aunt Tina, and Cousin Nikki and her daughter Riley all went. Henry seemed a little indifferent about the ducks, but he liked feeling the texture of the rocks. It was such a relaxing weekend even though Henry didn't quite adjust to the different crib.

Cereal

Last night we started Henry on some solids. We gave him some rice cereal after his normal dose of evening formula. He was a little shocked by the new taste and didn't appear to like it much on the first try. I'm sure he'll begin to develop a liking for cereal since Dad could pretty much live on it. I don't think it is possible to capture the priceless expressions completely with a camera, but here's a few pictures of the feeding. Notice the progression of disgust...

Five Months

Five months ago today, Henry was born! He's come a long way from the tiny little guy we met that day. Today, he's celebrated by taking really short naps to make himself more cranky than usual. But he managed to stay happy through lunch with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. Fortunately, we didn't have much else going on today so we could work around his short naps. Uncle Adam comes back tonight and Aunt Tina rides the train here tomorrow. Good times! Here's Henry today:

Sitting

Yesterday was a good day of relaxing. We didn't really have much going on other than visiting with Uncle Adam in the morning before he left for a visit with his family up north. So in the afternoon, Henry and Mom were watching some Baby Einstein on the laptop while I worked on improving the performance of Grandma & Grandpa's home computer :) Mom put Henry on the floor and he was doing a pretty good job of holding himself up! Occasionally, he would fall forward in an effort to see what his socks tasted like. But then the cow would come back on the screen and he'd work his way back up to smile at him. Here's a few shots from yesterday afternoon.

Reunited

So... It's been a while. Dad was out sick for a while. Shortly after Dad got better, Henry had is four month doctor visit. He had another dose of immunizations that went much better this time than at the two month visit. We also found out that Henry is in the fiftieth percentile for weight and ninety fifth percentile for height! Tall and lanky like Mom and Dad. Then Mom and Henry flew off to California to visit all the family out in the central valley. Dad was home alone for a week and really missed Henry (and Mom of course). On Wednesday, Dad got to fly out and join them for two weeks! Henry certainly changed in that week that I didn't get to see him.


This was the first day I got in. He was so happy to see me - I was afraid he was going to forget who I was. But we got to hang out for a while, then he went down for a nap. I was reminded how peaceful he looks when he sleeps.





Yesterday, we went to Uncle Wayne and Aunt Ellen's house in Firebaugh (not Fire Ball). Here's a couple pictures from the visit:





We were hanging out with Mom's cousin's daughter, who is super cute. Even though she's not ours, I just had to post this picture because it's awesome. Mom took this one: