Henry is already 3 months old!

This picture is for my Texas family! Go Longhorns!

Look at my bulging biceps!

Henry still has very blue eyes....like his mom!

I love this picture!

I can't believe our sweet boy is already 3 months old. He is changing and growing at a rapid pace and is really noticing the world around him. He is laughing and smiling constantly now and really enjoying everyone. We have had a very busy summer thus far and he is just going with the flow. He still has a few fussy spells, but that is normal for a 3 month old who can't talk....right?
As of right now, he LOVES his play mat. He will lie on his back and talk and coo at the animals for 20 minutes or more. It is wonderful for him and me because it is hard to entertain a baby all day. I have also been putting him in an exersaucer and he loves that too. He will sit in it for about 15 minutes and then he is ready to be out!
Yesterday, the day he actually turned 3 months, he rolled over from his belly to his back twice. I was so excited because we have been working on rolling over for a while. I put him on his belly today and he did it again. Pretty soon he is going to be walking!
Henry and I are headed out of town again on Sunday for a week, but I will try to post pictures on my dads computer as the week progresses. Hope everyone has a great Fourth of July!

Henry's 12 week photo shoot

My precious son and his 12 week photo shoot at Portrait Innovations. This is his serious look, it is adorable!

I did not realize there was a cloud background when he was taking the picture, however, I think this picture is adorable and I may submit it to a Charmin commercial!

This shot I had taken for Beau and my Grandfather for Fathers Day....the big hunter, Henry. I think he resembles Tarzan!

I love these two pictures...the one above and below. He is so happy and smiles all the time. I can't get over how well the photographer did getting him to smile!

Henry is growing like a weed! We weighed him at my parents house and I am pretty sure he is close to 13 pounds! He is progressing beautifully. He is laughing all of the time now and it is hilarious. When he wakes up from his naps now he is usually smiling at you which is priceless. He has also continued reaching for objects in front of him and has really enjoyed a play mat on the floor with hanging animals. I have been putting him in his exersaucer while supervising him and he sits in it for about 15 minutes and plays with everything.
Other than that, not much has changed since last week. He did sleep through the night twice last week, but has not since. However, instead of waking up at 3, he has been making it to 4 which is progress. I will definitely let you know when he has slept through the night for 3 nights in a row. That is supposed to be the key!

To the Beach!

Henry, Beau and I went to the beach last week with Beau's family and had a blast! Henry was a hit with everyone and I was given tons of help with him, which was a blessing. We actually got 4 nights of solid sleep because Beau's parents were sweet enough to do the nightly feedings. After working last week, I was totally burnt out and completely exhausted, so I really appreciated it!

Henry loved being with everyone. He is really laughing and cooing more and more. He has also started grabbing for objects in front of him which is awesome! Beau's parents bought a bouncy seat with little animals hanging down, and Henry loves to sit in it. He stares at the animals, reaches for them and talks to them. It is hilarious!

He is growing so fast and I know he has to be over 12 pounds now. We are still getting up once a night, and he is still sleeping in a cradle in our room, but hopefully during this next month we will get some more sleep. His belly is doing great, no complaints from him and we have not seen any green poop in a while.

Here are some pictures of Henry at the beach with everyone.

Henry smiling at Pappaw and Nannaw.

Henry's second cousins...Caroline, Artum, Vera Grace and Henry. They all took great care of him at the beach. I miss that help!

We took Henry to put his feet in the ocean when the sun went down. He had no clue what was going on. He did not seem to like it much.

Sandy Toes

He kept lifting his feet up...I guess to keep them from getting wet.

"What in the world???"

Even though his feet are barely touching, he was still concerned.

He did this a lot!

This is Henry after a day at the beach....pooped!

Happy Henry

Talking nonstop!

Hello! How do you like my hat?

9/10 week update

We have had a very busy week this week because I went back to work (for just this week). Wow, I give working moms a lot of credit. This is hard work! I am completely exhausted and never get to see my family.
We are headed to the beach tomorrow for some r&r, so I may not blog until I get back. However, I wanted to post some of Henry's 9 week photos. He is growing so fast, laughing more and more and loves to be held facing outward. If someone dares to hold him face to face, Henry gets very upset. He likes to know what is going on at all times! I don't blame him. He is still waking up 1-2 times a night and that was really hard on us this week with me being back at work. Other than that our little boy is just growing like a weed. We are loving his little personality and he makes us laugh daily! Be on the lookout for some beach pics!

Muscle Man!

8 week checkup

Let me start with I am sorry I am not posting pictures. I have not taken any, and today was not a good day for sweet Henry. Needless to say, I wanted to update everyone on his 2 month checkup today because I know you are all dying to know. Henry weighed in at 11 pounds 4 ounces. He is 22 1/2 inches long and his head is 15 1/2 inches around. He is in the 50th percentile for his weight and length and between the 25th and 50th for his head size. The doctor was very pleased with everything and we were able to proceed to the immunizations....which were horrible for me and for Henry. However, we did it and he is fast asleep in his swing now.

I did have a little scare today when I changed his diaper and found his poop to have a little green tint, but when I brought the diaper to the doctor (lovely..I smelled the whole way down the hall and in the waiting room), he did not find any blood....YES!!!!! So we are good to go with his formula and are going to continue with it until he tells us to try milk protein again.

Before Henry came into the world I read Baby Wise to help me with his daily routine. It teaches you about how to feed the baby, then play with him for up to 2 hours and then to put him to sleep. It is a 3 hour routine that I follow EVERY DAY! You are supposed to do this all day so that your baby will start sleeping through the night. It says if you follow their routine your baby should be sleeping through the night by the time he is 9 weeks. Well.....we are at 8 weeks and 2 days and not sleeping through the night yet, so I am hoping by Tuesday he will have turned over a new leaf. I am pretty sure that is wishful thinking, but I have to have hope. As of the past few nights, his schedule is he eats at 11, eats at 4, then again at 7:30. So, we are only getting up once, but that is still broken sleep for both of us. I did ask the doctor today if I could put rice cereal in his bottle at night and I got the big NEGATIVE, which is what I expected...but it doesn't hurt to ask!

At this point in Henrys life, he is laughing and cooing more and more and it is wonderful! He loves to be held in a standing position looking around and smiling, and he still loves to be on his back kicking and talking. It is the most amazing feeling to see your baby smile and talk...I mean we made him, what an awesome blessing. It can't get much better than this!

I am headed back to work next week for the week, so I hope he does not reach any new milestones without me. I will try to post some pictures soon, but I know you were all on the edge of your seat wondering how his doctors visit went.

Henry's first lake trip

Happy Memorial Day everyone! We took a family trip to the lake this weekend (me, Beau, Henry, Molly, and Sperry- the 2 dogs). We had a great time together and Henry's grandparents (Bill and Jan) were able to come and spend some time with us too. Unfortunately for me (I wanted some sun) it rained or was overcast for the majority of the weekend. However, that was good for sweet Henry because he is not supposed to be in the sun until he is 6 months. Since it was so overcast, we decided to take a short boat trip to get gas, cruise around briefly, and then back home. The only life jackets sold for infants are for children 0-30 pounds. Well, that is a huge difference, so the life jacket swallowed Henry! Since I thought about a life jacket at the last minute, Beau looked all over the city and found this hilarious one. I don't even know who the characters are! Needless to say, our baby was safe on board the pontoon in case a toon fell off or we flipped. We had a nice time, but Henry was not a huge fan of the life jacket. Here are some of the many pictures we took of our afternoon.

Oh, and Henry will be 8 weeks old on Tuesday, but we don't go to the doctor until Thursday....so be on the lookout for a new post on Thursday to update everyone on his status (length, weight and poop)!!! We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Memorial Day!

"Hello everyone! Happy Memorial Day! Welcome to the lake!"

"Ok, I am a little bored with the lake so I am going to blow spit bubbles."


"Alright, this thing I am wearing is really starting to get in my way!"

"WHY do you keep taking my picture...I am MISERABLE in this life jacket!"

What in the world??? Termites!

I was not going to post the pictures I took of this, but my friend Emily told me I should. SO, needless to say I am letting the world know I have bugs in my house.....actually not anymore! Last week Henry and I were upstairs in his room rocking for a while (because he was really fussy) and I came downstairs to find this on the floor. I had no idea what they were, I just knew I had a million bugs in my den and I started freaking out! Before I did anything I immediately called Beau and told him and he casually said....just vacuum them up. Well, I did not think he understood the quantity, so I took a picture with my camera and sent it to him. He immediately called the exterminator and the guy got in his car to come to our house. When he arrived an hour later I was still vacuuming the bugs because I would finish one area and turn around to find thousands had come back in from somewhere. When he came to spray, he informed me they were termites so I started panicking. Beau came home and continued to vacuum while I tended to Henry and he vacuumed them up in the den, kitchen and our bedroom which is right above this room. The next day the exterminators came back to assess the termites under the house and found to large tubes of termites and wanted to come back to treat our house and gave us an estimate. Who knew killing some bugs would be so expensive!! This was definitely not what we wanted to be spending money on right now, but we do live in a state where termites are very common! Needless to say, we had them exterminated but that was after many quotes, time and money. Now we will never have termites again....right?
Oh, and for all of you who live near us if you do have a swarm that comes in, it is not the end of the world. The exterminator said that they come out of their nest when it rains and then gets really hot and that is exactly what had just happened. Thank goodness Henry was asleep the whole time or he may have nightmares of bugs....just kidding!
I know I should really just blog about Henry, but this was very traumatic! Hope nobody ever sees this in their house! It is pretty disturbing!