Growing

Oh how the time goes by. Rather quickly lately. There are many pictures to post, but we have currently misplaced the cable to upload pictures from our camera to the computer... So here's one from my phone.


We're so blessed that Henry eats pretty much everything we put in front of him. And he sure does enjoy eating. He often gets very upset when meal time is over. This was yesterday morning before church eating breakfast. He's eating cereal - and it's not baby cereal! :)

The Looking Glass

The new house we're in has been such a great fit for us. We love the size, the lack of stairs/basement, and the carpet. It's so much easier to watch Henry when his falls don't hurt as bad (carpet) and we don't have to worry about long falls (stairs). In the old place, we never really let Henry wander very far from the little carpet square in the living room. But at the new place, he gets to explore much more. He loves going to the front door to watch the world go by. These are some shots after he found the door.

Being Green

Just as Easter, I'm a bit behind with this post... But last month was Earth Day and Mom had a booth for her store in Peoria. Henry and I got to hang out together almost all day long while Mom worked the event. Of course, we went to support her and hang out for a while. With a face like that who wouldn't buy something!

Tongue and Teeth

Henry is over ten months old! It's incredible how quickly time has gone already. It's hard to believe that next month, he'll be turning 1!


He's been getting lots of teeth lately which has apparently led to an ear infection last week... But before he started feeling too terribly sick, I got a great picture of he and Mom. He started getting in to sticking his tongue out, quite possible to feel his teeth or maybe just to imitate his silly Mom :)

Easter

Yeah, you read the title right. I'm posting an Easter picture. We moved a week and a half ago and that was not conducive for posting. But all the drama associated with selling our house is over and we're slowly settling down in our new place.


These pictures are from Easter at Grandpa and Grandma Cody's house.

Scooter

Henry is definitely mobile now. Still mostly pulling himself along with his arms, but he's really good at it now! He scoots around our house, which is mostly hardwood (side note: we just sold our house so if you know of a cheap place for rent in Morton, let us know!).


With the mobility comes some new and awesome things for Mom and me (and certainly some challenges, but let's focus on the positive). One of my new favorite things is when Henry crawls back over to me after he's been exploring and comes right up to my lap and looks up at me. So I pull him up and he sits on my lap while we play with a toy and about a minute later, he regrets his decision and goes exploring again. Another one of my favorite things happens at the end of the day. Mom's been busy lately, so I've gotten to put Henry to bed more often than usual. So my new favorite thing is when I'm holding him in my arms with his head nuzzled on one arm, body laying across my stomach, as I sing him a song and pat his back, his eyes slowly close. That moment when you can tell that he has actually fallen asleep... Wow. So peaceful.


This is probably the longest post yet! Better include a picture, too :)

Shake, Rattle and Roll

Henry is nine months old today! He just keeps growing and learning. We feed him more and different foods and enjoy his facial expressions when he experiences new textures and flavors. We even gave him some gobi (cauliflower) from a dish of aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower) at Khana Khazanah. He seemed to enjoy it, spice and all. But enough about food; that's not what this post is about.


Henry is also getting much better motor skills and a better attention span. He still gets frustrated when he can't quite grab something because his finger and thumb don't do what he wants them to do :) But with the increased motor skills and attention span come much enjoyment from toys both new and old. The first time we gave Henry this rattle was when he was a couple days old - naive parents, I know. He didn't seem to enjoy it much then, but look how much he loves it now that he can make noise with it!