It's been a while...

It's so hard to believe our little Henry is over a year old. It's been quite some time since our last post and soooooo much has happened! At Henry's one year check up he weighed in at 24.5 lbs and was 31.5" tall. He's walking and running like a pro these days and greets Mommy and Daddy with a running hug everyday after work. He is saying "mom", "up", and "da da" and is working on "cat". He loves being outside and has had so much fun at Grandmom and Pop's pool this summer. He went to the beach for the first time in July and LOVED the sand so much. He wasn't too crazy about the 6' waves though! For his first birthday we took him to the Baltimore Aquarium to see the fish. He loved it! And of course we had to have a party complete with a jungle theme and a monkey cake!

The morning of Henry's birthday Matt and I both stayed home from work. We surprised him when he woke up with balloons and a pancake breakfast! Then off we went to the aquarium.

Mommy and Henry checking out some fish.

And on his first birthday Henry got his haircut for the first time! He did great - no tears!!

Just hanging around being one!

Mmmm....birthday cupcakes!

Everybody in the neighborhood knew it was Henry's birthday!

Henry had some birthday cantaloupe with Grandmom and loved it!!

Aunt Callie and John having a little fun with the birthday boy!

We were so glad Aunt Mandi and Ben could make it to the party!

Yay...presents!!

Happy birthday to our little Henry!!! Thank you for making this the most amazing year of our lives!!!! We love you!!

Ready, Set, Go!!!

We can't believe our little Henry is seven months old! At his latest check up he was 20lbs 5 oz and 28 1/2 inches tall. In the past six weeks we've had lots of changes... Henry has grown from his little carrier car seat to a big boy convertible car seat and is eating lots of solid foods now. He is baby babbling these days and working on his "b" and "m" sounds. He's also managed to learn how to stick out his tongue and spit (not an attractive quality but we'll work on that later).

I returned to work on January 5th so Henry began going to daycare. We love our provider and so does Henry. She's extremely attentive to him and has made the transition incredibly smooth for us. She plays classical music during the day for the kids and is teaching them Spanish! But I must say the biggest change of all...Henry is on the move! As of February 7th Henry is crawling! He is climbing on anything and everything (especially mommy) and loves to chase the cats. Crosby and Fee are not too excited about this most recent development as you can imagine...

Jill, Jeff and Charlie came down for New Year's this year. It was the first time Henry had met them in person and it was soooo nice to spend a few days having the families together!

Gearing up for the festivities!

And there was so much to catch up on when Charlie arrived! Here they are having a little meeting of the minds.



It was so much fun watching the boys get to know each other! I'm not sure they knew exactly what to think at first...

But they figured it out!

A little quiet time with Crosby after the party was over...

Henry's favorite seat in the house

Catching up after my first day back at work.

And some random cuteness!!!

Drop and give me twenty!

I'm comin' to get you!!!!!!!