Livin' the Dream: 21 Weeks

Henry is now 21 weeks old, and in 6 days will be five months. He is developing so quickly these days. He is genuinely giggling, smiling pretty much all the time, sitting up with help, wanting to stand a lot, and exploring new consonant sounds with his cooing and talking. Lately it's been the gurgling "k/g" sound a lot. He is still not sleeping through the night, but we are getting close to introducing rice cereal with his exclusive breastmilk diet, so hopefully things will start improving on that front when we do. I am not complaining though - he still only gets up once and takes care of business and goes right back to sleep. He's still the world's best baby, and we enjoy him more and more every day.

It's been quite a busy and fun holiday season for our family. We have been skiing twice - one weekend Henry and I joined Chad and a couple of his friends at Breckenridge, and another we took our family Christmas trip to Beaver Creek. It was the first time in the mountains in December for me, and it was really nice seeing all the Christmas lights and decorations.

Henry took his first plane ride to Michigan for Christmas, where he met his Aunt Hannah finally! He was a great traveler overall, including the 2 hour car ride to and from the Detroit airport. He did have a little meltdown on the flight home, but the plane was extremely hot and he had just had enough. We were all glad to be home, needless to say.

We just had a nice long weekend at home, which we haven't had since early December. It was awesome being with family last weekend, but it was also great having Henry all to ourselves for a few days.