Fun times!

This summer has been full of excitement, traveling (mostly to the beach) and learning.  We just got home from a large family trip to Galveston, Texas.  It was my mom's family and they are tons of fun!!!  If you recall, we went to Lake Lure last year and decided to go somewhere farther this year....so that meant Henry would ride on an airplane for the first time!  The airplane was definitely an event....we were supposed to leave on July 2nd at 2:45 and fly into Houston....well, the weather in Houston was awful and we were delayed and delayed again and delayed again!  We actually left the airport, came home and let Henry take a nap and went back....and were delayed again.  We did not end up leaving until 7:45 and did not get to Galveston until midnight.  It was a long day!  However, it was all worth it because we had a great time.  Henry loved the airplane.  He had no trouble adjusting, but wanted to run the up and down the isle.  That was the only problem we had.  On the way home he was excellent!  He watched Yo Gabba Gabba with the ipod ear phone in his ear for about 45 minutes, took a 45 minute nap and played for the rest of the time.  He was my angel!  I am sure I would have had a nervous breakdown if he had been horrible!

As of today, Henry has learned more than just the word truck.  We now have: go go, mama, dada, car, rock, bye bye, juice, wa wa, and go go truck.  I think that is it, but I may be missing some???

Here is the family picture we took this year.  Would you like me to name everyone?

From the back top: Nikki and North, Aunt Co and Uncle John, Brigit and Collin, Uncle Jim, Meagan and Bill, Aunt Betty, me and Beau, Lori and John and their kids Justin, Noah (Anna is in the front in the red tee)

Next row: Patty and Grampa, Anna in between them, my dad, mom and Henry

As usual, Henry wanted nothing to do with me because          The younger cousins dug a tremendous

my mom was there and gives him the world,  so                     hole in the sand and Henry LOVED it!!!  

this is what she did her entire vacation.....                               They were so good with Henry and he loved

                                                                                                   them!

Here he is sitting in the hole....ie. his baby pool!

Henry has also found a new love....the hose!  He was soooooo happy playing with the hose and Anna was happy to spray him with it!

Bill and Uncle Jim cheesing it up for the camera!  Just kidding boys!

Henry has also decided he loves the beach, thank goodness.  Here are he and my dad one evening when it was my dads turn to entertain!

My baby is starting to look like a little boy!

.....and then of course I had to have a photo shoot on the beach.  I tried to take some good pictures, but I am still learning how to use my new lens so a lot of them came out blurry.  These are the ones I loved that were clearer.

Henry's Heaven

I can't think of a better title than Henry's Heaven!!!  We went to Beau's hunt club today to have some outdoor time, ride the four wheeler, do a little hiking and play on all of the other "trucks."  I don't think Henry has ever been more excited!  He was in his own heaven and enjoyed every second of this experience.  It looks like we will do this more often!!! 

He could not get to the "trrrrrUcks" fast enough (yes, that is how he says it).

We rode very carefully on Beau's four wheeler.  Henry LOVED it!!!

Then we did a little hiking.  Henry was not sure what we put him in, but ended up liking the ride!

"See the fishies Hen?"

"I am one cool dude!"

Henry and I on the tator (tractor).

Thankful Thursday

Sometimes I forget to sit back and thank God for such a healthy and wonderful child! As all children, Henry has his good and bad moments, but as he has grown and become more aware of his surroundings, his little personality is really showing!!! Here are 2 videos...one that should make you smile and the other a video of Henry eating applesauce on his own...a big thing in our world!

Beaching it!

Back to the beach with friends and kids!  Henry enjoyed the beach much more this time around....for the most part.  He liked playing (sort of) with the kids, their toys and also finding all of the wagons, bikes, etc that people bring to the beach.  He actually ran in and out of the water a few times!  There were some good times in the water and some times he wanted out!  Other than Henry not preferring the pool or ocean, we had  a great time, thanks Sarah, Mandy and Laura for the entertainment!

We came home from the beach on Friday, and went back on Saturday night for Emily's sister, Alston's, wedding.  It was absolutely beautiful!

We came home to a happy baby as well!  This is Henry's FAVORITE blanket!  He can't sleep without it and wants to have it with him at all times (not possible).  Luckily my mom found 2 more, so we are good and supplied.  When he has the blanket, he likes to lie on top of it, along with lying on top of Sperry! 

We were worried at first having Henry around Sperry because Sperry was jealous of the lost attention.  Now that Henry gives Sperry some of his leftovers, they have become best buds....as you can see from the following pictures.

Lastly, I forgot to post pictures from my good friend, Carolyne's, wedding.  The whole crowd was there and it was like a high school reunion!  Including this wedding, we will have been to 3 outdoor weddings this summer....hot!!!  However beautiful!!!

June, thus far....

June has started off with a bang!!!  We have been busy since June 1st and it has not stopped.  I, however, am not complaining because I love to stay busy.  We started off by going to a wedding....me, Beau, Jan, Bill, and Jess and Brent (Beau's brother and his fiance).  It was lots of fun, but that was only the beginning!

After leaving the wedding, we went to the beach with Jan's family and had a great time!  Henry only liked the beach.  He was not a huge fan of the water or the sand.  Maybe next year!  I, however, did get a few pictures of him walking around with his little gut hanging out!  Pretty funny!

Here is Vera Grace, Henry's second cousin.  He LOVED her!!!

Spaghetti night....

While we were at the beach, my Grandfather, Patty and some of their friends were also there playing golf.  We went over and visited them for a little while and Henry got to feed the ducks (something he  had never done).  He loved it, but really wanted to jump into the gross pond!

The place they were staying had this awesome kids pool, so we went down to check it out.  Henry really loved going down the water slide....on my lap, lovely!

Then....this past weekend, Brent and Jess had a wedding party and we got to catch up with all of Brent's friends!  We had a great time!