Happy Halloween!

Happy Belated Halloween! Beau and I were bad parents yesterday and went to Clemson to watch the game instead of dressing up our child and taking him to a Halloween carnival. However, we did dress him up in his monkey suit today and take some pictures. We hope everyone had a great time Trick-0r-treating!

Here Beau and Henry are at The Williams Boo Bash. Notice Henry's death grip on Beau's hair....ouch!

DADA!!!

Henry has started really "talking" lately and I finally got a good video of him saying "Dadadadad." I am sure he does not associate it with Beau yet, but it is a start! Oh, check out the beginning...he says MO or something like that! Pretty exciting!

One more thing...ignore Yo Gabba Gabba in the background (what is that show anyhow??? It is one of the strangest children's shows I have seen. I mean who is that guy with the orange afro and why do some of the monsters have one eye...it is really weird, but Henry loves it)! Also, sorry about all of the carrots and green beans on Henry's face. He seems to really talk while we are eating.

On the go!

When Lindsey and I took our boys to the pumpkin patch, I could not get Henry to smile (which he does all day), so I wanted to go back with a different outfit and bring dad to try and get a smile out of our little man. Well, I got 1 good smile at the camera and in the rest of them he was looking at Beau or eating the hay. We went to the hay first and there was no chance of me getting anything out of him, but the below picture. It was hilarious!

This is my favorite smiling picture. Honestly, he does smile all day (unless he is fussing because something is not going his way).


I just thought this was sweet picture of the boys.

He looks like a little pumpkin farmer!

On Sunday I was letting Henry practice his crawling and he had a blast! It is really hard for him to crawl on the hardwood floors with pants on so he prefers I put him on the carpet. However, as soon as I put him down on the carpet, he goes straight for the hardwoods. Here he is starting out....

Then drifts behind the couch (on the hardwoods) because he sees.....

a basket! Who knew baskets were so fun!!!

Then we were bored of crawling and I decided I would let Henry chase the dogs around the porch in his walker....and they hate it!!! It is pretty funny to watch! Here is Henry chasing Molly. She is NOT happy!

Last, but not least, Henry has just started really JUMPING in his little jumper. Now he loves it and is jumping pretty high! It is so funny to watch him jump. In this video he jumps for a solid 51 seconds and then stops at the end for a little break to catch his breath. A few seconds later he takes off again! It definitely wears him out!

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!