Thanks for Babysitting, Uncle Andrew!

Last weekend Henry got to hang out with Uncle Andrew, on midterm break from college. It was nice for him to spend some uncle/godfather bonding time with Henry. He was a great babysitter - gave Henry his bath and bottle and put him to bed. Henry was one happy little guy to have some extra attention.

Gabe and I were busy also that same weekend with leading a marriage prep retreat. We gave two talks on the topics of Communication and The First Years of Marriage. We had gone on the same retreat two and a half years earlier before we were married. It was crazy to think that now we were going to be the ones sitting on the stage, sharing the stories and giving advice. It was fun to sit down together and reflect on these topics as we prepared for our talk, especially since we probably wouldn't have had those kinds of discussions about our marriage unless we were giving the retreat. We really enjoyed the experience, and we think they went pretty well. We were happier with the communication talk and felt like we shared some better stories, but all in all we were excited. Hopefully, we'll be able to lead another in a couple of years.

Henry is a man on the move lately! He's got the army crawl down, and he's rolling and scooting all over the place. We are babyproofing everything this weekend in preparation for the motor man to come! It is exciting to watch him learn to crawl, and he gets better every day. Both Gabe and I were surprised how suddenly things can happen with him and how he can go from one day not being able to do something to suddenly executing like a pro. For example, Henry surprised us both one night when he rolled over. Neither of us were expecting it, and while he had practiced a little, it wasn't gradual in the least. Same thing happened with teeth. One night, I felt the first sharp one poking up whenHenry was in the tub, while even earlier that morning I hadn't felt any thing. It's almost like one day he wakes up and decides this is the day he's going to try something knew. But with crawling, we are seeing the progress more and more each day, so that has been a little different. Life is about to become radically different in a few days!

I'm so lucky to have a crazy Uncle Andrew!



Last Day in the baby tub........................................First day in the big boy tub!


Henry's doing this funny thing when he smiles
where he scrunches up his face. It's really cute!

These diapers look interesting!!