Thursday, November 18, 2010

Fourteen Months

I was going to stop doing these each month after he turned one, but after skipping a month I found that I sort of missed it.  Maybe I'll stop in a few months, but for now it's a nice reminder of where he was at each stage.  Besides, he's the second child and I'll need to look back at this if I ever get around to his baby book :)

 Henry Christopher- 14 Months Old

 At 14 months Henry weighs 26lbs, 3oz.  He is a fun baby with a definite temper.  He knows what he wants and will scream until he gets it!  He loves church nursery and playing with toy hammers.  He will eat almost anything for his daddy and almost nothing for his mommy :)  His favorite foods are pancakes, waffles, raisins, green beans, and peas.  He has an enormous sweet tooth and will dive for any sweets- especially cake.  He hates socks and shoes- they rarely last more than 10 seconds on his feet.  He loves to pretend to call da-da on the phone and will listen intently to Nathan if he does get a chance to talk to him on the phone.

He can stand without support, but doesn't do it often.  I've seen him do it for up to about 30 seconds without falling.  He is starting to get the hang of walking behind his push toy, but can't take more than a few steps before it slips too far ahead of him.  He crawls extremely fast and cruises around furniture.  He can point to his head and sometimes to his belly if asked.  He has 10 teeth- 5 on top and 5 on the bottom.  He says uh-oh, ma-ma, da-da, all done, what's that (wasat), cookie, and woof-woof (for any animal at all).  He waves bye-bye especially when he feels we should be done talking to someone :)  He has mostly given up his morning nap, but still needs a little snooze in the car and naps for about 3 hours in the afternoon.  He sleeps for 12 hours at night.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Catching Up

November has been a busy month so far!!  We've been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather, celebrating birthdays, and going on field trips.  Here are some pictures of the last week...

 Henry in the wagon during our walk to the park last week.

 Tommy had a roller skating field trip with his class.  It was so cute to see so many 4 year olds learn to skate!  Tommy was pretty proud of himself by the end of it!

 Tommy on skates- watch out world!  My phone doesn't take the best action shots, but it does give you an idea of how fast his arms were moving trying to keep him upright!

 Jumping in the leaves!!  Tommy loved it- Henry wasn't too sure what was going on.

 Henry just sat in one spot and watched Tommy jump.

 Tommy was goofing around one night and made me take his picture and promise to put it on the computer because people would think it was funny :)

 We celebrated Nonnie Debbie's birthday with dinner, cake and presents!  Tommy loves parties!!  (We also celebrated Uncle Chris Batts' a few days later, but I didn't take any pictures.)

 Joking around with Daddy and Papa

 We checked out the Kalamazoo Christmas Parade.  We didn't last too long since both boys wanted Daddy to hold them!  Henry was mesmorized by the whole thing and loved the marching bands.

 Brothers in their matching jammies!

Nonnie bought Tommy a new hat and he loves it- it has hardly come off of his head for the past 48 hours. 

Monday, November 8, 2010

Henry's First Haircut

On Saturday, Henry had his first haircut.  Nathan's been fighting for a cut since mid-summer, but I kept pushing it off wanting to keep him a little baby as long as possible.  However, even I had to admit that it was getting long :) 

Here are some before shots:




We took him to see Chrissy who also cuts Tommy's hair.  She was wonderful!  Her patience was tested as he was extremely wiggly, but it was worth it in the end.  He didn't cry the entire time, but wanted to comb his own hair with the comb he was holding and really wanted to see the scissors as she cut.  


After:




I think that it makes him look so much older!  I do love how it makes his little cheeks stand out and his big brown eyes are much more noticible.  I only shed a few tears and now I am slowly getting used to his new look :)