thanksgiving(s).

I was lucky enough to have Thanksgiving, Black Friday and the weekend off this year.  It was like a mini vacation and I loved every minute of it!  We headed to Lafayette for our usual two rounds of turkey with both my family and Darin's.  The food was all great and we stuffed ourselves to the brim. I didn't have the pregnancy/stretchy pants as an excuse this year, so I tried to keep myself under control...  

We even did a little black friday shopping, which I swore up and down I wasn't going to do.  But a good deal is a good deal, so it was worth fighting the crowds (we went at 11am so it wasn't terrible).  I also was able to catch up with my best friends and have a lovely italian dinner Friday night.  

We headed back Saturday night in time for our family/christmas card photo shoot bright and early Sunday morning.  The weekend came to an end with the decorating of our Christmas tree and putting out as many decorations as I could possibly buy/find/craft.

  I love the holiday season!

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ROUND 2:

henry len- 9 months

9 months:

Stair climbing is a new hobby, which has resulted in gates to keep you off of them and safe.  Your crawling has gotten faster and you are already trying to stand up without holding onto anything.  I wouldn't be surprised if walking was not that far away.  

Another hobby is pulling all of the DVD's and anything else in or on any shelf around the house onto the ground to play with.  I have had to hide quite a few things b/c I was tired of hearing them crash to the floor.  Luckily you haven't started ripping ornaments off of the Christmas tree... 

We started new table foods for you and for whatever reason, you don't care for most of them.  I've never met a baby that doesn't like cheerios... except for you!  I'm sure you will love them soon enough.  You love to say "yum" after every single bite of yogurt (your absolute favorite new food) which makes us laugh very hard.  And you have learned to spread your food into your ears... and eyes... and hair... and nose...  This makes bath times much more important :) 

We can't wait to celebrate your first Christmas!

Weight: 20 lbs 1 ounce

Height: 29.5 in  

henry's first snow.

The weather has been so crazy lately.  We had a light dusting of snow about a week ago and then tornado weather a few days ago.  Luckily no damage was done here, but our thoughts are with all of those back at home who had damage or are without power still.  

Just like his momma, Henry wasn't big on the snow (despite the smiles below).  He kept shaking his hands to get it off.  Maybe he will enjoy it more when he gets a little bigger and can run around in it.  Or maybe not :) 

happy halloween!

Henry in an elephant suit = best halloween ever 

Hope everyone has a wonderful & safe Halloween!    

henry len- 8 months

8 months:

Well, we have entered the phase of mobility and it was nearly impossible to get you to sit still for our photo shoot (as you can see by the blurry first pic).  All you want to do is go, go, go and all I want to do is sit down for 5 minutes :).  It was so much fun to watch you learn to crawl.  Each day you figured out something new that you could do and slowly started to move.  You are getting faster, which is saying something on the hardwood floors.  Your other favorite thing to do is pull up on the coffee table and remove every object that remains on the top.  And then you look at it on the floor like it will magically appear on the table again...

You also have two new teeth, the top two, which popped through a couple of weeks ago.  Thankfully you handled it pretty well and mommy only lost a few good nights of sleep.  The other evening we noticed you were grinding those four little teeth of yours together as hard as possible, which made daddy and I cringe.  Apparently that is a normal thing babies do, but I hope you phase it out quickly!

Bath time is still a favorite, especially now that you sit up in the big boy tub and can play with all of your toys.  Swinging at the park is also a fun activity, but unfortunately the cold is coming and we will have to wait until spring for visits to the park.    

Happy 8 months, little guy!  We love you :)

catch him if you can.

Henry has officially figured out how to crawl.  The poor kid wanted to move around so badly, now he can finally go where he wants to.  It took a few days for him to get the hang of crawling on the hardwood floors, but he made it happen.  He also decided he wants to pull up on all pieces of furniture in the house... needless to say, all hard corners are now padded to prevent any future trips to the ER.  

I think my life just got a little busier and I don't know if I will ever be able to sit down again :)