Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Waiting for Turkey Day pics from Geoff. 'Til then, enjoy the leftovers!

Getting Ready for the Holidays

Henry and I spent some time downtown yesterday. Henry ran around Pioneer Courthouse Square and was fascinated by all the different people hanging out down there. They were putting up the Christmas tree and we watched that for awhile. Another big hit was the pigeons! We rode the MAX train for a couple blocks just so he could have the experience of riding it. We'll have to do that again; he seemed to really enjoy it. Here are some pictures from our time downtown. (Check out the bulldog on his sweater!!)

85 Weeks Old

Subtitled: Sick again

Hopefully this week's illness is not a harbinger of what the winter has in store for us. Nothing too serious, but a fever for two nights and two days that is thankfully over but has left a stuffy nose and some chest congestion behind. Today I have developed a rather wicked sore throat so I'm guessing Henry also has one even though he can't communicate it to me.

It's kind of tough for me to think of fun anecdotes to share this week, although I know there have been some; I'm just pretty tired and can only think of snotty noses, grumpy toddlers, and sleep.... :) Here are a couple pictures I took of Henry today wearing a darling overall set passed down from Kati's son, Daniel. Even though the flash over-exposed the second one, I still had to post it because his hair is so darn cute in it!!

84 Weeks Old

How long am I going to keep naming posts "x weeks old"? I figure at least until 100...but then I may as well go to 104 - two years. :) Every Thursday when I write these I think about the Thursday morning when he was born. Well, I guess he wasn't born until the evening, but I went to the hospital in the morning, so I think about the morning. Since then, it's been a blur. Hee hee hee.

Henry is talking, talking, talking! Of course a lot of it only Brett and I can understand, but it's still so cool to hear. I'm trying to think of some of the new words he's been saying lately, but for some reason none are coming to mind at the moment.

Tomorrow he has an appointment with an allergist to see if he has any food allergies that might be disrupting how he eats. He's had a few allergic reactions to something; definitely need to make sure he doesn't have a severe reaction and also maybe we need to change his diet to encourage him to eat more. We're still struggling with the amount of food he eats, even with his teeth being fixed. It's quite frustrating. He's the 2 bite king. He'll try just about anything. For two or three bites. Then he's done. Pudding, ice cream, ANYTHING - he only wants a couple bites of it.

We've been going to the Multnomah County library storytimes quite frequently lately. I've found that Henry really enjoys the 2-3 year old storytime much more than the 1-2 year old one...although he does still like that one as well. Here in the pictures you can see that he has no problem getting up there even though he is one of the smaller kiddos. He is waiting to get his stamp at the end of class in the top picture and then examining it in the bottom one...the librarian here is AWESOME....she stamps their bellies too. :) She takes her time with each child and gives each one individual attention. She makes them say "please" before she stamps them - which Henry signs - it's so cute! (Look at his darling denim jacket Gigi gave him in the very first picture!)

Blazer Pictures

Apparently the game left Geoff blinded.

Weekend Update

Just a quick little update since I realized I haven't written in awhile. Henry had quite the sports filled weekend. We took him to the Tigard/Tualitin football game on Friday night with a friend of his and her parents. Given that he'd never been to a football game before, we weren't sure how it would go. He loved it! He hardly took his eyes off the field, loved it whenever there was action on the field and kept turning around to the man sitting behind us to point to the field and yell "ball!"

Then, on Sunday, Gigi, Grandpa Rex, Mike and Geoff took Henry to the Blazer game. Again, he absolutely loved it! Mom said that once he got tired of sitting in the seat, he moved to the steps and sat there and continued to watch the game and clap when baskets were made. She took a bunch of pictures, which I will share when she forwards them to me (hint, hint, hint). Brett and I can't wait to take him to another game soon!

Since I can't post without including a picture, here is a random one I took last week of Henry lounging in Wilbur's bed while "talking" on the phone.

Working Hard

After a fun morning at the zoo taking advantage of what very may well be the last beautiful fall day, Henry and I spent some time raking leaves in the yard.

Raking is pretty much like sweeping...

I work better while wearing Daddy's gloves. Aren't we done yet??

Raking makes me hungry - hmm...this loaf of bread looks good.

Rough and Tumble

The little boy is truly emerging. Check out this video of an activity Henry enjoyed for about 20 minutes last night. Also, some pictures of the little monkey over at Gigi's house on Halloween night. He's wearing his other Halloween costume...