Sunday's Excitement!

Well, our house is no longer safe! We are going to have to baby proof everything this week! As of yesterday, Henry has figured out 2 new tricks. We put him down for a nap this morning and I looked on his monitor and there he was standing up in his crib bouncing! I have already lowered his crib to the middle section and it looks like it is going down even farther... He, on the other hand is very excited about his latest discovery and is now waking up after an hour nap to stand up in his crib! How exciting! Below are some pictures of what I found when I went to his room to get him to go to sleep....OH, and GO TIGERS!!!

Henry has also been trying very hard to crawl and this weekend when he was with Beaus parents he really got going. He still gets frustrated, but here he is crawling across our living room......oh, and the squeaking is not a dog toy but a chew toy for Henry.

Henry's first trip to the pumpkin patch

October is already slipping by and we have not visited the pumpkin patch yet. Well, today was a beautiful day...probably the only pretty day this week, so Lindsey and I decided to take our boys up to a local church for a photo shoot, and for some pumpkins. Henry loves to be outside and was very interested in everything except smiling at me, but I got some cute pictures of him with the pumpkins....Carlisle, Lindsey's 11 week old was not as happy to be outside propped up against a pumpkin. For that reason, Lindsey held him and then we got some happy pictures of Carlisle too!

Here is Henry watching the cars drive by...not looking at the camera.

And again.....

Lindsey and Carlisle


Our sweet boys and best friends (even though they don't know it yet)!

Oh, wait, Henry is consoling Carlisle. Not really, he just wants to touch everything, but it looks sweet!

Pretty sweet!

Sweet Carlisle in his BOO shirt.

Henry loved touching the pumpkins!

I did get a few with him looking!

Needless to say, we will be going back to the pumpkin patch with dad to get a few more pictures of Henry smiling and to buy a big pumpkin. Look for some more pictures later!

Henry's first zoo trip and dad's big elk!

In my past few posts, I told you Beau went on a trip...I am not sure if I told you he and his dad went hunting in Montana for elk....well, they were both successful! He said it was an amazing trip, the hardest thing he had ever done, but SO much fun! Beau killed a 700 pound elk, which was the biggest one in 30 years in that area...GO BEAU!! His dad killed a 600 pound elk, which is also awesome! I do not have a picture of his dad's elk (I will post one when I do), but the below picture is of Beau after his big hunt. He was pretty excited, and it looks like we will be eating elk meat until Henry is 2!

Congrats to you both on your elks!

Today was Henry's first trip to the zoo. He loves our dogs, so I thought he would love to see all the animals at the zoo. For the most part Henry just looked at all of the people and chewed on his stroller, but I did catch him looking at a few animals. His favorite part of the zoo was the aquarium. He loved looking at the fish. I did not get any pictures of that because I was holding him the whole time. We went to the zoo during nap time and went to the aquarium last where Henry was about to have a meltdown....so I held him and strolled an empty stroller!

We went to the zoo with Lindsey and Carlisle, Lindsey's sister in law Tiffany and her son DJ. In the picture below, it is DJ (10 months), Carlisle (2 months), and Henry (6 months).

This was the first animal Henry may have seen????? Or maybe it was the random kid on the floor in front of him. The gorilla was chillin against the window eating his lunch. It was really cool to see how big he was. His hands were huge!


Here he and DJ are looking at the monkeys.

Henry and I in front of the elephants!

Then we got to the giraffes, which were beautiful. We saw 6 of them and 4 of them were walking in a line. Two looked like babies and were sitting in the sun.

AND this is what Henry wanted to do....turn the other direction!

Here we are next to a turkey....he is not interested!

BUT, then we see a goat, and he watches intently at the goat eating the hay!

Baby Carlisle is only 10 weeks old, so he just hung out in his car seat and took in some fresh air. He does look adorable in his zoo outfit!

We were trying to take a picture with a fake tiger, but some kids would not get off of it, so instead we are in front of some plants...Go TIGERS!

Finally, our hour and a half at the zoo was all we could take, so it was time to head back home. Henry had missed his afternoon nap and was getting fussy. He looks pretty tired in this picture.

Henry is 6 months (and 5 days) old!

OK, I am a little late at posting Henry's 6 month picture, but we have been very busy and sick! Henry went in for his well checkup last Wednesday (September 30th) and unfortunately it ended up being a sick visit. I knew something was wrong with my little man because he had an upset stomach and a horrible diaper rash. Needless to say, the doctor told me he had a virus and prescribed him Bacid to help with his stomach issues. WELL, today is Monday, almost a week later, and poor Henry is still having problems. His diaper rash is awful and I have had so many different opinions on what is the best ointment that I don't know what to use. Right now I am using Flanders, but the doctor said he alternates between Vaseline and Desitin with his kids and the nurse yesterday said A&D...so who knows....we have it all, but none seem to work. Oh, he did put Henry on steroids for his bottom. He definitely screams when I put that on!

Other than this awful virus that Henry has, he is pretty happy. He is still running around in his walker, he is so ticklish it is hilarious, he is excited that his daddy is home from his trip and he still smiles at the dogs.
Here are his stats from last week:

Weight: 17 pounds 10 ounces, which is the 55%

Height: 27 3/5 inches, which is the 90%

Head Circumference: 17 1/2 inches, which is the 70%

Today when I took him in, they weighed him with his clothes on and he was 18 pounds 1 ounce...so he is not losing weight which is good!

Below is his 6 month picture along with some other ones I shot...today. I am a little behind on his picture. His hair is finally growing!

Here Henry is on his knees while I am taking the picture. I guess it is almost time to lower the crib!

I realized I had not posted any pictures of Henry's nursery. I am almost done, just need a side table and some lamps. This beautiful mural was done by Big Dad and Betty and it is beautiful! Henry loves looking at it in bed.

This beautiful mural was done by one of Jan's friends. It says Henry's Angel in heaven always sees the face of our Father in heaven.

The yellow giraffe was mine and Collin's growing up. Now he is Henry's!

The rocking horse was Beaus!

Henry's second birthday party

This weekend, Henry and I went to his second birthday party. It was for a good friend's son, Tyler. Henry had a great time despite his short 20 minute nap. When we got there, the first thing Tony (Tylers dad) did was put Henry on his four wheeler. Henry was very interested in touching it, as he is everything these days. Here are some pictures from the birthday party. The last shot is a picture of what Sperry (our lab) brought to my mom last night when she and Henry were outside swinging. Of course Beau is out of town and so we had to deal with it. DISGUSTING!

Other than the party, our lives have been busy, but not picture worthy. Henry has decided that sleeping is not for him and wants to wake up after 1 hour naps and all through the night. I think it is either because he is trying to crawl or because he has an ear infection. We will find out tomorrow because we are going to the doctor....thank goodness!!! I need some answers. Be on the lookout for his 6 month photo shoot.

The next few pictures are of Henry trying to crawl. He gets himself up like a baby does when he crawls, but does not know what to do with his arms and legs and just bounces back and forth then falls on his face. I think he is right on the verge of crawling, but I could be wrong. It may take a while to get it.

Oh, and you can see Laura's holding a toy to try and get Henry to move....unsuccessfully.

We call this the superman shot. This is what Henry does when he falls on his face.

And we are up again!

Here is Tyler and Delainey coloring their pumpkins at Tylers birthday party.

Sweet Liam, Landon and Barrett

And, this is what Sperry decided to bring my mom and Henry. Its a little gross, so sorry, but I had to document it!

My little walker....

I am so sorry I have not posted since Henry's ear infection. As of right now, I don't think he still has one, but he is constantly touching his ears and is not sleeping. Who knows??? We go back to the doctor for....get this....HIS SIX MONTH CHECKUP....next Wednesday!!! I can't believe my little man is going to be half of a year old. Time really flies!

Henry has become so entertaining! He loves, loves the dogs (I think more than he loves us) and wants the dogs attention all of the time. When he wakes up from a nap, the first thing he does is look for the dogs in his room. As soon as he spots them, he gets a huge grin on his face. It is pretty sweet....except for the fact that the dogs want nothing to do with him! Molly actually goes the other way when Henry even sticks his hand out to her. It may be because he grabbed a handful of hair and pulled most of it out a while back, but she needs to get over that!

If you have met Henry, you know he is constantly moving...all day long! He loves to be standing anywhere...the floor, your belly, the exersaucer, and now the walker. Henry stayed with my parents...thanks guys....last Friday night so we could get up at 5:45 to go to a football game. While he was there, they put him in a walker they borrowed from their neighbors just to see what he would do. WELL, he loved it. He chased their dogs around their island, checked out all of the knobs on their cabinets and proceeded to scrape all of their pictures off of their fridge and place them in his mouth. He is so happy in this walker and I think he is doing a great job in it. While he is at our house he chases the dogs mostly and they just run full force away from him. He also will come to you when you call him, and he is pulling everything down from the tables and refrigerator. Needless to say my house is not baby proofed yet because he could not get to anything....so that is our next step. I am so glad he loves being in his walker. He wants to be moving and grooving, but has not been able to, so this is a wonderful answer to his little prayers.

On another note, Henry is trying his hardest to crawl. I will post the latest picture of him attempting it. He gets his little feet and knees in the right place and moves back and forth, but then gets nervous and puts his knees back down. Today he started to go backwards and his Ganny said that is usually what they do first, so I will keep you posted.

One more thing....Henry loves a bath! My dear friends Mandy and Laura each let me borrow their little bath seats that babies can sit in in the bathtub and he is so happy not to be in that little tub next to the sink. He splashes with his hands and feet, and loves to lie on his back while we hold up his head. I will have to post some bath pictures next.

Beau has gone on a hunting trip for the next 12 days, so I will be going at this parent thing full force....with the help of my parents and Beau's mom (thanks guys)!!! Be on the lookout for some new pictures soon so I can update Beau, even though he probably can't get to a computer.

Does this look like a baby with an ear infection???

SO, in my last post I told you Henry cut 2 teeth at the same time. Since then he has had a constant (green) runny nose, has been more irritable, has had trouble sleeping, and is not eating as much as he should. A few days ago he started messing with his ears and I thought ...hmmmmm... maybe Henry has an ear infection. That led me to call the nurse as I have done almost every week since Henry was born. She told me to come in so the doctor could check his ears. Well, after being at the doctors office today from 11:55 to 1:45 they came to the quick conclusion that Henry has his first ear infection (it did not take that long to diagnose, I think everyone in Columbia was sick today). That led me to Walgreens to fill his 2 prescriptions while Henry snoozed in the backseat (I had to wake him up from his morning nap an hour early to take him to the doctor and he was up for his second nap of the day). I get the prescriptions and the pharmacist tells me he has to eat with his medicine and that I should try to get it in him soon so he can get 2 doses in today. I drive the 2 minutes home and Henry wakes up, eats some bananas, takes his medicine and feels like it is time to play....naturally! After another hour and a half, Henry finally poops out and goes down for a nap. It has been a long day, and I know what caused all of this......the picture below shows it all: his 2 new bottom teeth.

I have no idea how long Henry has had an ear infection. He has had no fever and has been somewhat fussy, but relatively happy. These are the pictures I took of Henry after he ate his bananas and it was time for nap. He does not look like a baby in much pain here!