Great Reads!!!

This post has nothing to do with Henry, but wanted to throw out 2 great books...2 of my friends recommended The Hunger Games and Catching Fire to me, so I asked for them for Christmas.  Now, I am not a huge reader...actually I only read occasionally.  Well, I could not put these books down.  If anyone out there has read the Twilight series, these books capture your attention like those, but it is a completely different storyline.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading these books and would recommend them to anyone, readers and nonreaders.  I BEGGED Beau to read Hunger Games and he is reading it now.  He loves it and will get in bed and read for an hour.  They are awesome....go out and get it today!

Oh, and these books are part of a trilogy.  The third book comes out August 24th.  I will let you know how that one is, as I am going to put my name on a waiting list!

Valentine's and SNOW!!!

Happy Belated Valentine's everyone!!!  I bought this precious Valentine's shirt for Henry from etsy and I love it!!!  Too bad he only wore it once!  Oh well, it's pretty cute anyways!  I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

I love a diaper shot!!!

Henry has started to really mock the sounds you make and here he is clicking his tounge.  See his 4 teeth???  I can't believe how fast he is growing!!

On to the snow....as most of you know we do not see a lot of snow, so when the flakes started falling, we bundled up and went outside.  Henry was fine in it, but he kept falling and was soaking wet by the end.  We would have stayed out longer, but his little legs and hands were freezing!  Overall, I think we got 7 inches of snow....pretty amazing!  You can really tell the amount on the last 2 pictures.  We had fun, but when I took him out in it the next morning, he was NOT excited about touching it, so we went back into the warm house!  I hope everyone else enjoyed it!

Just Ducky

After going to many children's clothing shows, I thought I would try to host one myself.  Just Ducky was recommended from a friend and I really liked the way they ran their company.  The way it works is you can buy the clothes how they are displayed and that is great, or you can look through swatches, monograms, appliques, buttons, ribbon, ric rac.....etc, and create your own look for your child.  It is a great idea and you can really do a lot with the different fabrics.  Or, if you don't have an eye for designing, then you can choose something from the catalogue and personalzie it.  Pretty cool!

Well, this is my week to get the trunk of clothes, display them around my house and have a good time with friends coming by to admire all of the adorable clothing.  I thought I would take some pictures of my house so you can get an idea of how many different pieces of clothing I have.  It is pretty wild, but it was fun to do!  If you are reading my blog and would like to come by and check out the clothes, feel free!  I will have them until Sunday.  If you would like to see the website, click here.

You have got to be kidding me!

WARNING: This story bounces around a little, so try to keep up....

There are a few things in the world that I cannot stand.....one being the stomach bug. Let me start at the beginning....Last Thursday, my brother in law, Brent and his girlfriend, Jess, came to stay at our house for a few nights. All was good until we woke up on Friday morning to a crib full of throw up. Yes, that means that I am a terrible mother because my sweet Henry slept in throw up for a lot of the night. I had no idea and even went in to his room around 3 AM to check on him because he had cried a few times.
This led me to take him to the doctor on Friday (for almost 2 hours) to find out he has AN EAR INFECTION!!!! We were completely shocked and frustrated at the same time. The doctor mentioned to us before we got tubes that this could be a possibility, but I just assumed it would not happen to us....well, it did. He also told us that the reason Henry threw up was because of the ear infection, not the stomach bug. Needless to say we thought we were in the clear. Well, we had some friends over on Saturday night because we all had cabin fever and had a great time.....

That night, Henry was sound asleep in his bed when I went in to check on him to find a dirty diaper. I could not have my little guy sleeping in that all night, so we woke him up, changed him and while trying to get him back to sleep, he proceeds to start coughing (maybe it was the Tylenol I was trying to give him), and vomits EVERYWHERE! It was awful! Being a new mom, I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Well, with advice from my mom, Beau and I managed to get Henry back to sleep after about an hour.

Let's move to Sunday night....Superbowl Sunday....we went to a party at some friends house to celebrate while my mother in law came and stayed with Henry. We had a great time, thanks Michelle and Jason, but nobody has been the same since.
Upon my count, I believe in my heart, our family has contaminated about 15 people. I feel soooooo horrible! I had a mild version of the bug on Monday, but other than that we are all back to normal. That is another reason I feel so bad. Beau and I deserve this horrible bug we have somehow passed along to all of our friends. To all of my dear friends who read my blog, I am so sorry if you got the stomach bug from us. I hope we will remain friends after this horrible outbreak. I hope you all feel better and it all ends now!
Sorry no pictures this time around....too gross!

10 Months and a FACELIFT!!!

YEA!!!  My blog is done having a facelift and I love it!!!  I had it done by Sweet Cheeky Designs and I think she did a great job!!!  If you want to change your blog, the link to her page is also found below and will be there permanently.  There are a few new things I am going to have to learn about, but I am so excited! Now, on to Henry....

On Sunday, Henry "turned" 10 months.  It is amazing how much he has grown and learned in a 10 month period of time!  Here are the things Henry has learned and done between 9 and 10 months:

1. Henry has really taken off with walking and is not as interested in crawling...I am happy about this because it keeps his hands and knees cleaner!
2. Henry has really started eating new foods: oatmeal, waffles, mexican (rice, beans and a chicken quesedilla), watermelon, mac and cheese, pork tenderloin, peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese, spaghetti, peas (what???  he hated babyfood peas, but loves to pick up peas), juice, potatoes, goldfish and more.  Its awesome, but he is also picky...Henry has a bad habit of chewing up food and then spitting it out instead of swallowing it....I wish I could do that! 
3. Henry has figured out how to go from a sitting to standing position without using something to pull up on!  However, he would rather pull up.
4. Henry has been sleeping through the night (knock on wood)!!!!!!!!!!!!
5.  Henry has started saying DA  DA   DA (not dada, but DA  DA   DA).  I think he understands he is saying Dad because he will say it when he hears Beau come home or walk around and look for him saying DA  DA...who knows???
6. Henry has completely stopped sitting in a seat in the bath.  I think he did that when he was 8 1/2 months, but I can't remeber.
7. Henry has started really drinking from a sippy cup (especially if I hold it for him).  We are still working on him holding it himself.
8. Henry has now gone to 3 meals a day!  He will have breakfast and a bottle, lunch and a bottle, a snack around 4, dinner and a bottle and a bottle before bed!  It is soooo much easier!!!

Ok, well I can't remember anymore, but he has really changed in the last few months!  Here are his 10 month shots.  I did 2 photo shoots because all he wanted to do in the first one was run back and forth in his crib.  In the second one, all he wanted to do was get to the paper....He is very interesed in everything!!!