Walking in a Winter Wonderland

A few days ago it snowed a whole lot, and then warmed up enough to play outside a little. With some baggy snow pants and some big snow boots, Henry is a little unsteady in the white stuff. So, he held Mommy's hand for most of the way, after taking a tumble and getting a face-full of snow. But, he loves being outside, so once he realizes we're going out, he gets pretty excited, no matter how cold it is. Earlier, we had a little less snow, and he was able to walk around himself, crawl, get himself up, and make snow angels!

I love holding Henry's hand. It took us awhile for him to get better at holding hands, which was a surprise for me. As soon as he was able to walk on his own, that's all he wanted to do - walk on his own. And not hold hands. But, we insisted, and now he's much better! Which makes me so happy! And you know, where he's not running through stores is a good thing.

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Happy St. Nick's Day

Aren't Henry's little shoes so cute underneath the Christmas tree for St. Nicholas' Day? Good thing he moved up from a size 4 to size 5 a week ago. More room for Resee's Peanut Butter Cups and clementines!

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Fun with Paint

The week of Thanksgiving, my family was in town to celebrate and we did lots of projects around the house. My brother and dad became master painters and adorned the kitchen, Henry's room, guest bathroom, and basement with color! Henry even helped out a little bit.





We even found a little roller for him so he could roll paint like the bigger boys! He loved it, was surprised by the color going on the wall. As for the actual colors for the rooms? A pretty blue for Henry's room, and a bright fun orangy/yellow for the basement (actually the top color in the picture A watery blue for the guest room and light sage green in the kitchen. We're (still and finally) putting some pictures on the walls, and acquiring new furniture, so I'll post some pics of the inside of the house soon. Hard to believe we've been here two months already.

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Santa made him...

CRY!

and cry some more....

until he became mildly curious. But not merry or bright.

Knowing this might be Henry's reaction, we decided to forgo the busy, crowded long lines of the mall and take Henry to see Santa at the local garden shop. For a free picture, and no line at all. And a cookie, which made him very happy. Why is it that the crying Santa pictures are mildly funny? Poor kids, why would they want to see a big guy in a crazy beard anyway?

So we decided to check out the less scary, more fun train under the tree instead.

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2 Holidays in 1

We Gave Thanks....

ate pies....

and cozied on the couch this holiday weekend.

My family was in town and we were able to spend a wonderful week together playing with Henry, doing projects around the house (more on that later!) and celebrating two holidays in one. Since we won't be in town for Christmas, we had a pre-Christmas celebration after decorating the house with a baby-proofed Christmas tree and new stocking hangers for the mantle.

Henry had a blast opening presents, and he was really good at it, even better than a few months ago at his birthday. His favorite expression of surprise right now? "Oooohh-wooooah!" Pretty cute, especially when he was opening his gifts. We had a really fun time celebrating with him...it's so much fun to have a child at Christmas time. We felt very thankful this year for each other and the new home we have been blessed with having this year.

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Happy Birthday....

....to the best husband a girl could have

.....and the best daddy a boy could have

We love you! You are our everything!

Love,
Pam and Henry

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Smile

Henry, you make me smile. Lots of things you do make me smile and laugh. Let me recount a few:

1. Standing all the way up in the cabinet of toys. And your skinny, white, white legs. Sorry, son.

2. At the check out line of Target:
Henry: waves at the check out lady as we leave
Check out lady: face turned to see the next customer
Henry: waves higher and more adamantly at the lady so she waves back
Mom: "excuse me, he would really like it if you could wave bye-bye at him"
COL: "oh, bye-bye!" and a wave
Henry: BIG SMILE and a proud look on his face
Mom: "thanks"

3. Your wild man hair when you wake up

4. Looking up to see the ceiling wherever you go:
Mom: "wow, that balloon (or sign, or light, or fan) is really high"
Henry: waves at mommy because she said high.
We'll have to work on homophones soon.

5. Driving home:
Mom: "Henry, when we get home, you'll have to stay out of daddy's hair because he's working"
Henry: touches his hair.
And apparently, we'll be working on idioms too.

6. And of course, your sweet, sweet smile.

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