10 Months!

[Brisk clap] So!  It's been awhile.  I have a lot to catch up on since my last post was at 9 months.  Henry turns 11 months today, so I'm going to split this into two posts.  Here we go!

Right after Henry turned 9 months, we were surprised to find out at his routine check up that he had double ear infections.  This made a lot of sense in retrospect, but the dude didn't give us a clue he was having any trouble other than a runny nose and what we thought was distracted bottle drinking.  One round of antibiotics later and he was a new man - sleeping better, eating like a champ, etc.  He also put on some of the weight he'd been lacking (he was only in the 7th percentile at 9 months, as he wasn't eating much.)  At least now we know he's not much of a complainer in the illness department and what to watch out for.

Nana and Papa came out to Denver to visit for Chad's birthday/Mothers Day weekend in mid-May.  We had a lot of fun getting quality time with Henry, including a trip to the Denver Aquarium for Daddy's birthday and a great dinner in Boulder Sunday evening.  We will see them again when they come out for Henry's first birthday in August!

We also took a road trip to Kansas City for Memorial Day weekend.  As per usual, Henry came down with a health issue - this time hand, foot, and mouth disease.  But again, he didn't let it get him down, and didn't even run a fever.  So we still had a great time visiting with friends and family, and he earned a week out of day care in quarantine when we returned.  At least that one is out of his system already! 

And now for the pics!

In line for the Aquarium - woo hoo! (It was chilly)

HRB and Mommy with the fishes

Pretty starfish

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Looking for Nemo

The group pondering the sting ray. . .pond

HRB, Daddy and Nana

Story time with Nana!

Out on the deck in my new tiny bag chair!

Teeth!

Hanging around the house.

Peekaboo

Saturday picnic on Flagstaff Mountain

Enjoying nature

Enjoying a bottle in nature

Not enjoying the sunglasses as much

Piggies

With Aunt Leah in KC

Deck time in my jim-jams!

You caught me looking out the window again, Mommy.

"Mowing the lawn" with his gift from Aunt Ann and Uncle Bill

A fitting end to the post

9 Months

Henry is 9 months old today!  His check up is tomorrow morning, so don't have any official measurements tonight.  But we did squeeze in a quick photo shoot after work, even though he is one tired boy, only having one nap today at school.  He is a good sport! 

We are very excited for Nana and Papa to visit this weekend!  The weather is supposed to be pretty gross, so we are thinking about hitting a museum and/or the aquarium.  I think Henry would really enjoy that kind of an outing now. He is an extremely active, curious boy.  And he's pretty silly lately, too. :-)

He still only has the two bottom middle teeth, but it would appear that he is working on some more this week.  We shall see!  He is pulling to a stand, crawling, and climbing up and over anything he can.  We have yet to find a food he doesn't like.  He prefers finger foods to purees but will humor me with the spoon practice.  Pretty much a rock star all around!

Don't you think I'm getting too big for the sign-on-the-blanket thing, Mom?

Upon closer inspection, this is nice work, lady.

Oh, hi!

Ha ha ha - Daddy thinks I'm going to be a Cubs fan.  Sucker!

Baby party!  Now, which one do you suppose is the Montessori child?

That's more like it!

Spring!

Spring has sprung in Colorado!  I thought I'd just do a quick update while I have a minute. . .

Henry is. . .crawling, pulling to a stand on everything, saying mama and dada, very into silliness, jumping, laughing at Lacy, and attempting to sleep all night long.  :-)

The ladies at school did my hair today!

SPF is my friend

Bathtime is pretty much my favorite thing ever!

Look at me stand!

8 Months - Happy Easter!

Henry is was 8 months old today yesterday - 2/3 of a year!  He is becoming more and more of a little man all the time.  Lately we've been having some issues with sleeping at night, and I'm suspecting a bit of separation anxiety setting in.  He usually goes down normally, but around 3am he wants to snuggle.  But he's still the same loveable, fun boy all day long, so I guess a little sleep loss isn't too bad considering. 

Henry started crawling on March 29th.  I was home with him in the evening while Chad made one more run from our old place and suddenly he decided he wanted the remote control which was sitting on the floor.  I thought for sure that he had done it that day at school but I asked, and they said he had been very close but didn't have the arms down.  Well, he certainly has them down now!  One night this week when I picked him up from school he was sitting on the floor and when he saw me he crawled over to me.  That was pretty cool. 

He is starting to make the gradual switch to formula, and has been trying all kinds of new solid food as well.  So far he really only has an issue with strong citrus fruit.  He still loves bananas, avocados, and veggies, and this week he tried a muffin, tortilla, and pretzels at school.  He even tried some grilled chicken from my salad at lunch yesterday and it was a hit. 

Henry is also into toys that make noise when shaken, and strings of all kinds.  He also likes blocks, and banging them on things to make noise.  We got him a "car" yesterday - a walker that looks like a little car complete with steering wheel.  He isn't quite touching the ground yet, but he does love to hit the horn, and even responded by doing that when I asked him about the "beep beep" today.  He thinks it's pretty cool, and we feel the same way about him. 

UPDATE: I wrote this last night, and am finally uploading the pics tonight, and now I can add that Henry is apparently pulling up to a stand now as this JUST happened.  Babies, man.

Mmmm. . . floor tiles

Just another pretty face

Baby reunion!

Always the comforting one

Scored a new hand me down hat!

Watching the game with Daddy.

Supporting his Hawks.

Silly monkey

I guess the Easter Bunny is real after all!

But this bunny is cuter.

You mean people used to use phones like this?

Mommy and Henry on Easter

Daddy got a smile.  Or was he smiling at the photographer?

Easter card from Gramma and Grandpa

Eggs!

Check out my new wheels!



Typical action at our 8 month shoot



Wow, Mom, it is sunny in Colorado!

Yep, 8 months.  No big deal.