His Favorite Activity

He loves for me to push him around the house in the laundry basket!



At least it is good exercise for me! :-)

Lights at the Riverbanks Zoo

The Riverbanks Zoo here in Columbia has a wonderful lights display all throughout the zoo for the holidays. Trey, Henry, and I had a fun evening with some great friends!

Daddy and Henry taking a dinner break in front of a huge aquarium...



The boys (Trey, Andy, and Gene) and babies (Henry, Abigail, and Garrett) checking out the barn animals...



Mommy and Henry enjoying the lights...



The zoo had actual snow falling! Henry didn't know what was going on! :-)



A family shot in front of the "dancing" Christmas lights display - Henry was a little distracted...

Uh-Oh!!

Before the baby gates were up surrounding the tree, Henry was obsessed with touching the tree. Now that the baby gates are up, he hasn't even looked at it twice. :-)

Somebody's excited about Christmas!

Residents' Christmas Party

This past weekend Trey, Henry, and I went to the Residents' Christmas Party. We got to visit with lots of friends and had a wonderful time!



Henry trying to figure out why this Santa Clause guy is everywhere he goes now! :-)



Henry and I with friends - Beth and Garett, Jen and Elizabeth, Stephanie, Santa Clause, and Abigail...



Well, I guess Henry doesn't consider Santa Clause one of his friends!



We are so very, very lucky!

Harborside Lights

Some good friends of ours, Stephanie, Andy, and Abigail, invited us to come out to their neighborhood last Friday night for a Christmas festival. There was Christmas music, hot chocolate, luminaries lining the streets, Santa Clause, the Grinch, sleigh rides, and lots of people in the holiday spirit! We had the best time!

Andy trying to juggle both Abigail (isn't she precious?) and Henry...



Henry with one of his favorite people...



Henry with Mommy (one of his favorite people SOME days)...



"Now who is this clown?!"



Thanks Andy, Stephanie, and Abigail for including us!

The Start of a Busy and Fun Holiday Season!

I took Henry to the Festival of Trees at our new Children's Hospital. We saw elves, Santa Claus, a great performance by a childrens' choir, and lots and lots of beautiful trees! Henry was pretty oblivious to the trees and mostly enjoyed watching all of the other children running around having fun! :-)

Another Skill Mastered!

Another skill we were anxious for Henry to learn was to hold his own bottle. Trey definitely taught him that skill. For a while Henry would only hold his own bottle for Trey because he knew that I would give in and hold it for him! Once Trey pointed that out to me, I quickly learned not to fall for that pout he gives me! He certainly is smart!

Henry's new favorite place to play...

A Wonderful Visit With A Wonderful Friend :-)

We were so lucky to have a good college friend, Mark here for a weekend visit. It was wonderful to be able to catch up with him!



Of course, like all visitors, we had to introduce Mark to Guitar Hero. :-)

Thank you Mark for taking the time out to visit us! We will be thinking about you and Erica during interview season!

We have ourselves a walker!

Last Thursday, Henry took his first steps! He actually walked towards Trey and of course, I missed it! He still uses crawling as his main mode of transportation but he is starting to walk a little more.



See the red mark on his forehead? That is one of MANY he gets throughout the day! Unfortunately, Henry isn't afraid of anything!

Christmas Lights All Around

Trey, Tommy, Laura, Henry, and I went to a park here in Columbia that has a drive-thru Christmas lights display. It was a great way to start the Christmas season!

Henry loved all of the lights but he especially loved when we let him "drive" the car. :-)



Uncle Tommy is REALLY excited about the Christmas lights!



Aunt Laura and I taking it all in from the backseat...

Boys will be boys!

We went to Toys 'R Us to shop for Henry and the boys got very distracted with Guitar Hero. :-) Check out Tommy on the guitar and Trey on the drums...



Aunt Laura and Henry were very impressed!

YEAH! Aunt Laura and Uncle Tommy Visit!

We were so lucky to have Aunt Laura and Uncle Tommy visit us the weekend after Thanksgiving! It was a long trip for them to make for just the weekend but we absolutely loved having them here!

Henry showing off to Aunt Laura how well he can hold his own bottle...



Henry thought Uncle Tommy was HILARIOUS!



Taking a break from all of the fun to get something to eat...



Thank you so very, very much for coming to see us! We love and miss you both!

We are so thankful!

Our friends, Grant, Josie, and Nolan were gracious enough to invite us over for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner! We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends to spend holidays with!

Henry trying to explain to Nolan that he has something on his head. :-)



Trey and his "Little Turkey"...



Grant with an armful...



KC with Henry...



Josie with a very sleepy (and very stuffed) Henry...

Thank you Grant, Josie, and Nolan for such a wonderful dinner! You all made our Thanksgiving so very special!

Our Thanksgiving Day

Trey, Henry, and I had a very quiet and relaxed Thanksgiving Day. Trey was on call but we were really happy to have him home for a good portion of the day!

Henry watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - he especially loved the Rockettes!



Daddy said that he doesn't understand why anyone would want to watch a parade on TV. :-)



Henry and I loved it though, didn't we?!



Just two of the many, many precious things we are thankful for this year...



We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this year...



We hope everyone has a wonderful day surrounded by loved ones!

When he's awake, EVERYONE should be awake! :-)

"Wake up Daddy!"



"Time to play!"

Henry's Nine-Month Check-Up

Henry had his 9-month check-up today with the pediatrician. He weighed 22 lbs, 12 oz (87th percentile), is 29 1/4 in long (87th percentile), and has a head circumference of 46 cm (78th percentile). You can definitely tell that Henry is losing some of his baby chunk and becoming more long and lean. Well not exactly lean but leaner! :-) He received two vaccinations and had his big toe pricked so that his hemoglobin could be checked. As always, he did really well and passed all tests with flying colors! Although, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep him contained. He wanted to crawl all over the doctor's office (ewwww!) and fought us tooth and nail when the nurse and I were holding him down to get pricked. And I am sure that it is only going to get more difficult the older he gets!

My completely exhausted 9-month old snuggling with his puppy dog...

What's that on your head Henry? :-)

Happy Birthday Pepere!

"I love you and hope you have a spectacular day!"



"Mommy and Daddy say that they agree! But between you and me, Pepere, they always agree with me!" :-)

We fall more in love with him every day!

He likes us.

Henry always seems to be right at our feet. He must like us! :-)

The drool keeps on coming!

No new teeth but Henry is still producing an insane amount of drool! :-)