Henry-isms

We haven't been up to a whole lot the past few weeks. But here are a few random shots of things Henry is doing these days (for you stalker, I mean Jarvis!!).

As you all know, Henry is a lover of books. He recently has learned how to crawl up on chairs all by his big-boy self. He loves climbing up in his rocking chair and reading books by himself. It's way too cute! He will also "read" to me- he'll take my finger and have me point to things in the books. What a clever boy I have! :)
Despite the very cold winter we've had, we have taken advantage of the days it is warm enough to be outside (anything above 15 degrees we are out!). Henry and his dad have gone on lots of sled rides and backpack rides.

A favorite of Henry's is putting his diapers in the diaper pail. Here he is in action!

He still loves squeezing into small spaces! :)

I love to cook and have started to cook real meals again (instead of eating cereal for most every meal!). Now that Henry can eat what we eat, it is high time I hopped back on that horse! Henry loves "helping" me in the kitchen (his mom doesn't love it as much- by the time I'm finished most of my cupboards have been emptied and several boxes of crackers have been spilled to the floor!). The other day he got out the oven mitts, went to the oven, and wanted me to open it. How smart is that?!?

Henry's latest stats

Well, it has been quite some time since I've posted. I have an excellent excuse . . . my little buddy no longer naps and isn't great at going to bed anymore (could it be that he's overtired from the lack of naps by bedtime?!?!). I'm exaggerating just a bit when I say he isn't napping anymore. He is taking about a 30-40 minute snooze at daycare and apparently he thinks that is plenty for the day. I've got to come up with a new strategy because that just can't be good for a growing boy's body!

We were at the doctor in mid-January for Henry's 15-month check. He is in excellent health! :)

Here are his latest:

height: 31 1/2 inches (50%ile)

weight: 23 1/2 pounds (50%ile)

head: didn't get the numbers, but he's in the 50%ile

We have a very average boy on our hands! :)

Play dough

One of my students made home-made play dough for Henry for Christmas (how sweet is that!?!? Two other students gave me books for him! I just love my class this year!). We gave it a whirl this weekend. I thought for sure he would want to eat it. Nope . . . he thought it would be a fun idea to throw it. Just like everything else he picks up these days, the play dough went soaring through the air. Little turkey!

Here are a few of Henry's latest:

• got his first molar (bottom, left side)
• says, "Boo!"
• says, "Whadat" for "What's that" and points at everything
• is obsessed with animal books
• gives bear hugs when we ask for them
• shakes his head no very vigurously when we ask him just about anything (example, "Henry, do you want a drink?" - Henry immediatly shakes no, even though sometimes he really means yes!)
• points to his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth when asked (unless he shakes his head no!)
• understands so much more than I can even begin to comprehend! It will be fun when his vocabulary catches up with what is going on in his mind! :)
  
  

Thanks goodness for modern medicine!

Henry had a very successful surgery on Friday morning! Here he is playing in the police car version of the cozy coupe waiting for his turn to get tubes put in his ears. When it was his turn, he literally was away from us for about 12 minutes. After the surgery, he woke up very grumpy. But once he took a nap that afternoon, he has been one happy camper! :) I don't know why we didn't do this months ago!

All good things must come to an end!

We had such an amazing Christmas break! We are quite bummed that it is coming to an end after today. We spend the entire week with just our little family- we went to the zoo, Children's Museum, a water park, book stores, etc. We even had a couple of days thrown in there when we didn't get out of our jammies! Henry and I so loved having Tom around!!! It is hard to gear up to get back to the real world again. But as my sister said to me on the phone today, "All good things must come to an end."

Happy New Year!

We wish you all a happy and healthy 2011!

Henry, you forgot your pants!

(Too much partying and look what happens . . .)

Shiner

Henry got his first shiner the other day after he ran into the corner of a door. He was quite the puddle for a bit . . . but he just got a new medication for an ear infection that won't go away, so I think he was just feeling icky anyway. It took a some soaking in the tub to make him feel better! :)