19 October 2014
Posted with BlogsyHenry:: 8 months
Isn't he precious?
I miss these guys so much every day. They have so much fun playing with Daddy and with each other. Dan takes them on walks to the park or to see the ducks and they do crafts and generally have a good time hanging out together.
Amelia still loves to help with Henry and for a couple weeks was insisting on feeding Henry at all meals. It got pretty messy, but she did a good job.
Thankfully, his sleeping has gotten a lot better. It's like he's a different person at night! Lately he's slept through the night quite a bit. But sometimes, he will wake up 3-4 times...it's exhausting. Dan always helps out in the middle of the night, which I appreciate.
Henry also had his first teeth come in right after he turned 8 months. So that threw him off for a little bit. But he was surprisingly not too grumpy. He has the bottom two working their way up.
We all thought he would for sure be walking by now since he started crawling and cruising so early. Although he's been cruising for nearly 2 months, he gets around so quickly, that I don't think he'll walk for a little while longer. He already is starting to climb up on things though, like the stool, which is slightly terrifying. He is into EVERYTHING. He loves the bathroom, the closet, the stairs, the pile of dirt while sweeping...all places and things he shouldn't be getting into!
But he's such a happy kid! Amelia was happy too, but much more serious. Henry needs to know what everyone is doing and he wants to do it too. He doesn't want to be left out! This drives Amelia a little crazy, but she does love having him around and will instantly try to make Henry laugh (by fake laughing herself) if he's feeling at all sad or fussy.
He's doing a good job of eating solid foods.
He's still breastfeeding (or I'm pumping at work) and he is working his way towards 3 solid food meals a day. He loooooooves baby crackers.
We can't seem to buy enough of those things.
He doesn't seem to have much of a preference for other foods. He seems to like it all and we are starting to give him lots of different types of finger foods too, so that's fun.
We'll see where his measurements are at his 9 month appointment, but he seems like he his still tall and skinny. He still fits into most 6 month clothes, 6-9mo and some 9mo stuff.
Hes gotten good at waving "night night"
He loves saying DADADADADA and MAMAMA and BABABAA too.
The boy loves the skateboard!
23 August 2014
Lake Billy Chinook
We went camping at Lake Billy Chinook and it was a blast! Truly, one of the best weeks of summer!
These kiddos did great sleeping in the tent. Ok, Amelia did great. Henry, not so much.
We hung out at the lake, enjoyed the boat, tortured our bodies on the intertube, made delicious meals, had s'mores and enjoyed our time with family and friends. The lake is completely gorgeous and we can't wait to go back again!
Henry:: 6 months
Apparently it takes me nearly a month to write these things, as Henry is almost 7 months old now.
I can't believe all the things he is doing! He has been crawling since about 5.5 months and can totally get across the room now...quickly too!
About a week ago, he started pulling up on things. It's pretty darn cute when he gives a big toothless grin and giggles about how proud he is.
He is doing things so much sooner than Amelia! It's amazing. He is totally going to be getting into everything soon...
Amelia just loves him. Still!
All day our house is filled with, "Come on Henry!" "Look Henry!"
But there's lots of "No Henry!"s too!
Henry is so much fun! He's social and loves to smile and be held. Since around 5 months old, when he started sitting up, he's gotten better at playing independently. Everything goes in his mouth now too.
About a week ago he started saying, DA DA DA DA and talking a lot more. It's pretty precious.
He's eating solids now and doing pretty well with them.
At the 6 month appointment he was in the 94% for height (again, he's tall!!) and 9% for weight. Definitively still tall and skinny! :)
Sleep on the other hand.....it's just terrible. Terrible. No, actually it's getting a lot better. The past 2.5 months have been really rough. We've had to do quite a bit of sleep training. It seems like every time we get in the swing of things, we go on a trip or find some way to mess up his sleep schedule. We now put Henry in Amelia's room at night, and I think this is for the best to help him sleep better at night.
I've had the best time on maternity leave and hanging out with my babies this summer. I'm getting really sad about having to leave him to go back to work. But I'm blessed that I at least got to stay home for 7 months.
25 July 2014
Camping:: Oregon Coast
This week we bravely took both kids camping at Beverly State Park outside of Newport, with some friends. Man...camping with two kiddos is totally more work! :)
We had a great time with the kids and our friends, but spent a lot of time trying to stay dry from the rain!
I think this was our 3rd trip to the coast this summer and Amelia is really loving the beach or "mocean" aka more ocean!
