Fun in the Fall!

I never realized how much there was to do in the fall....and I love it!!!  We took Henry to a corn maze a few weeks ago and he was in HEAVEN!!!  The first thing he spotted was this huge tire, and was all over it.

Outside the corn maze they had a ton of activites and a small playground with trucks, cars, shovels....etc.  Henry was so happy to see all kinds of new toys! 

When we were leaving, we spotted children's tractors, and we could not pass up an opportunity to ride on one!

Our next fun fall activity was the State Fair!!!  Henry was completely amazed at all of the people and the rides.  We went with his grandparents so everyone had a turn to ride on a ride with Henry.  He was a little unsure of the rides, but after they started, he would smile a little.

 

Yes, I am a bad mom and put Henry on 2 rides alone....he was very nervous at the beginning, but as soon as the ride started, he loved it!

"Here goaty goaty!"

The whole time we were at the fair, Henry kept saying "Choo choo," so we put him on the train (alone) and this is the look he gave us....check out the doughnut in his hand.  He never ate it, but would not let go of it.  Finally he threw it off the train...nice!

There are more pictures to come of fun fall....I just did not want to post them all in one post!  Happy Fall!

PUNKINS!!!!!

It is already pumpkin time again!!!  Henry and I went to the pumpkin patch again this year with my friend Lindsey and Henry's friend Carlisle.  We went with them last year and the boys have definitely changed dramatically in a year!  We also decided we would dress them the same this year to make the pictures even cuter (the shirts came from an Etsy page called The Pink Poppyseed if you want one).  However, Henry did not want to sit still for anything.  Carlisle was great and would smile and laugh, but Henry just wanted to run around and touch all of the pumpkins.  Here are some of the pictures we got this year....hopefully next year they will sit and smile at the camera???

RUNNING!!!!

The only way we got Henry to sit down was to give him a pumpkin.....but he just pawned it off on Carlisle....

Actually, Henry did stop running when he found the pile of hay on the side of  the pumpkin patch.  He was so happy to be in the hay???

Look at our little guys playing together.....so freaking cute!!!

"See Carlisle, you just put this piece of hay in the hole and then it disappears....."

I love this picture of Carlisle!!!

Teamwork!

Now her are my comparison pictures....this is the boys this year and.......

here are the boys last year....things change so much!!!

Labs are the best!

This is sooooo true!  Labs are great dogs to have around children because they are so relaxed.  Our lab (120 pounds) was not sure of Henry early on, but has come to put up with about anything he does now.  Sometimes I will catch Henry riding Sperry like a horse holding on to his fur or his ears.  Other times he uses Sperry as a pillow, chases him, throws the ball for him, pulls his tail......you get the idea.  Today it was a dog-slide.....you can hear Henry in the background going "weeeeeee."  I am so thankful for Sperry's patience!

Stats

Henry and I went to the peds today for his 18 month checkup and Henry is "looking great!!!"  I realized I had not posted his stats since his 9 month visit, so here are his 12, 15 and 18 month stats.  If you look at them closely, you will notice that his 15 month and 18 month height and head circumference don't make any sense....I think we had an inexerienced person for the 15 month visit.  Today the guy did it over and over to make sure it was correct.  We will see what he looks like at the next visit.
12 month stats (4/1/10)
Weight: 22 pounds 4 ounces  50%
Height: 30 3/8 inches   75%
Head Circumference: 18 1/4 inches   55%

15 months stats (7/13/10)
Weight:  24 pounds 12 ounces  50%
Height:  33 3/4 inches    95%
Head Circumference: 18 3/4   60%


18 month stats (10/5/10)
Weight:  26 pounds 2 ounces (55%)
Height: 33 1/2 inches (75%)
Head Circumference:  18 1/4 inches (15%)

As far as the changes I have seen in Henry....he has really taken off with his talking and expressing himself.  He has also started throwing temper tantrums when he does not get his way....yesssss!  He has really taken an interest in playing with other children, he has a little seperation anxiety but is not shy at all!!!!  I listed some words Henry knows a few posts back....now I want to add to them:

pop pop (popcorn), all done, please, thank you, balloon, where____go?, jac jac, sippy, juice, work, ball, no, cold, papa, pops, park, sandbox, night night, pap (passy), fishies, and cracker, he also makes animal noises: lion, tiger, sheep, dog, monkey, he can blow kisses and when he askes a question he puts his hands out like we would normally do.  He is also putting 2 and 3 words together.  He is learning all the time and I love it!!! 

I am attaching a video I took of Henry a few days ago....if you know Beau and I, you will know we love Clemson and dislike USC....well, here is a video of Henry disliking the Gamecocks.....I will post a GO TIGERS video when he does it.  For some reason, he can't say tigers.

My Big Boy!

Wow how things change so quickly!!!  Henry will be 18 months on Thursday and he is such a toddler now and definitely not a baby!  Since he will be 18 months, he will now have been walking for half of his life....which I think is pretty crazy.  Since he is such a good walker/runner, he has had to find some new hobbies.  Climbing is one of his latest "things" he likes to do.  Yes, he has already fallen off the couches, chairs, etc...and has, I hope, learned his lesson, however, when he climbs up on the couch or chair and starts reading and talking to himself, I want to melt!!!  He LOVES books!  Especially truck, car, train, etc books!  He will look at them for hours and he has started imitating the things I say when we read them because we I read all the time.  I found him in the den twice in the last week reading to himself....pretty sweet!

Henry also has this tongue thing going on????  When he is focusing, laughing, and reading he sticks out his tongue.  Who knows who taught him this?

These last group of pictures are from this past weekend.  My brother, Collin, his girlfriend, Brigit, Henry, Beau and I all piled into Uncle CA CA's (Collin's) jeep (Henry was in heaven, and I got the ok from his grandmother to do this), took the top off, and cruised around the Forest Acres Green Festival.  Henry was extremely excited about the jeep and just admired the outside the whole time.  It was pretty funny!

If you know my mom and dad, you will know them to be the biggest recyclers in the world!!!  They were sort of in charge of the recycling at their church.  My mom is in the orange vest.....Henry is playing with a yogurt container that they made into some kind of game???  He seemed to like it!

My parents also have a compost pile, which I am not going to get into, but my dad set up a tent to give tutorials for composting.  This is Henry with my parents learning how to compost!

Here are dad and Henry riding the space ship in the church playground.  Henry loved it and I think Beau did too.....notice Beau's mouth.  He is making space ship sounds!

I promise I watch my child during the day....however, I had accidentally left out a 100 foot spool of Christmas ribbon that Henry found in the guest bedroom.  He managed to get it all in knots around him and walked into the den like this.....needless to say I had glitter allllllllll over!  It was pretty funny!

Cinema Saturday

I have taken a few videos over the past few weeks and I wanted to share them. Enjoy!

In this first one I am actually using it for my humor.  Beau lets Henry open and close the blinds everyday and now he is obsessed with it....as you can see!

I took this video today of Henry talking.....right now he knows about 30 words, but is really trying to repeat things we say.  If you listen closely you can hear him say "no" and "cold."  I love his little voice!

This is Carlisle and Henry on the slide.  I just thought this one was cute!

All About Me!!!

Last Wednesday I turned 31....yes, I am actually in my 30's now!  Even though I am aging at a quick rate, I have heard from numerous people that your 30's are the best years of your life.  The good thing about that is that I have had a great life thus far and so now I can look forward to it getting even better!  For my birthday, my sweet hubby, my brother and Brigit and my brother and sister in law, my mom, dad, mother and father in law, and my friends helped me celebrate for days and days! It started off Wednesday with presents, cards, free time and a birthday dinner with 15 of my closest friends.  Then Thursday I got a pedicure with Sarah and we had our parents over for the family birthday dinner.  On Friday Beau took me on a shopping spree AND rented a beautiful house in the mountains near Clemson for us, Collin, Brigit, Brent and Jess to stay.  Friday night Beau treated us to a wonderful dinner at Calhoun Corners and Saturday we all went to Clemson to pull for the tigers!  It was a perfect week and weekend.  Thanks to everyone for helping me celebrate!!!  Here are some pictures from the weekend.....