more walking...and shrieking

Learning to walk

This kid is having a great time...

Henry can Snort-Laugh

This is pretty awesome.

Learning to eat cheerios

So, henry is figuring out how to feed himself cheerios. And i have to say it is hilarious. First of all, the lack of fine motor skills. The hand to mouth coordination. Holding the O in his hand (towards his pointer finger and thumb) but then sticking his pinky finger in his mouth, and thinking that he must have gotten it that time. more to come later. Henry's wanting me to pay attention to him and not my phone. Or maybe he wants the phone. Oh, one last thing. Henry can now get to a sitting position by himself and just started crawling on monday. And, he seems to like Johnny Cash.

my favorite person

Guess who it is...

If you guessed THIS guy, you'd be right!!

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oh yeah, this guy too...i like how his shirt matches his wall...

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and THIS guy...So, on this day, he was done eating his cereal, but there were several big scoops left. So, we decided to play with it...I put it in a nice little pile on his tray and let him take it from there.

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He really is a happy little man...

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...who absolutely loves to stand. If there is anything sturdy nearby, he will work as hard as he can to pull himself up. And if there is anything not sturdy nearby...he'll work as hard as he can to pull himself up, and end up pulling said non-sturdy thing on to him instead.

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oh, and he's got some crazy hair, too...

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This was his first wagon ride ever with his cousin Lily. He seemed to like it well enough. I'd never known a wagon to have a seat belt in it, but I guess those come standard now. Good thing, too, or he would have face-planted at Lily's feet.

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Reaching is totally his new thing. Not sure if he's been doing it more with Molly or not, but I just really noticed it yesterday. He reaches for EVERYTHING. It's pretty cool, cause I'm pretty sure he's learning that he can indicate a desire for something . . . bad part comes in when there's like 40 things gathered together - well, which thing is it that he wants?

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Molly bought Henry a bunch of cooking implements from the dollar store. He's got spoons (good for licking) and a colander (good for sticking his head in, and chewing on the rim). Everything pretty much goes in his mouth. He sits (mostly) patiently while we make his meals. Oh, and he's got two teeth now. One of them has been out for a couple of weeks. And another little one peeking out right next to it (I think we just noticed that one a few days ago).

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Our new thing in the morning is to hang out in the computer/tv room and listen to music and dance. It either totally invigorates him in a really happy way (complete with laughing and squealing, which is pretty much the best thing ever) or really calms him down. Today we were dancing to some Jack Johnson and he started falling asleep in my arms. I had to wake him up cause his nap was in about a half hour and it would have ruined it. But that hasn't happened in a really really long time and it was the sweetest thing ever. I left work early today and we were listening to Cake's version of Mahna Mahna and I was of course singing along in the silliest voice I could come up with. He was just laughing his little head off.

Love him. Can't believe he's like 8 1/2 months old now! He's got his [nearly] 9 month check-up next week. size details to come...

Henry's a great sleeper!

So, last night Henry proved that he can sleep through the very loud noise and subsequent shaking that results from a car crashing into our house. Not only our house, but the the front wall of his bedroom.

Yes, that's right, a car crashed into (not through, just into) his bedroom wall while he lay sleeping just a few feet away. Everyone (on our end of things) is OK, though at least one person from the accident went away in an ambulance. We're not entirely sure what happened, but we were told that it was a hit and run (as in, car A hit car B, which then hit our house, then car A ran away).

Henry did, however, wake up a little bit when I was feeling around him (very quietly, since I recognized that he was asleep) to make sure there was no glass in his crib, since his window broke. Let's see---REALLY LOUD series of booms, with the final crash shaking your house vs your dad tip-toeing around in your room...which one wakes you up? Well, if you're Henry, then you'll select door #2...weirdo.

This was probably the 1st time that I've ever been TERRIFIED for his safety. I'm not really sure how fast I ran to him, but I could tell that he was fine (and asleep), so I slowly crept back out of the room.



In other non-scary news...
-in addition to milk, Henry is eating 3 solid meals a day (solid used lightly---can a puree be considered solid?). He's eating oatmeal and barely cereals, bananas, carrots, zucchini, peas, apples, and carrots. He really doesn't like the apples. Pretty sure he doesn't like the peas either, but I can't remember right now if they're as bad as apples or not.

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-Henry can roll freely from his tummy to back and back to tummy
-While on his tummy, Henry can scooch around in a circle so that he can face other directions.
-Henry can roll over in his crib and get his arm stuck in between the slats.
-Henry can sit completely unsupported once you sit him up (he can't get there himself yet)

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-Henry hates it when you say, "YAY!" - he hates it so much that if you do it, his face will crumple and he will cry. A lot. Please don't say "YAY" to my baby boy!
-From a seated position, Henry can pull himself up to stand if you hold your hands out for him at the right height...You don't need to help him other than to put your hands out, he does all the work.
-Henry's drinking a little bit of water each day from a sippy-type cup, just to get him used to the idea that he can feed himself (granted, water isn't feeding, but you know what i mean).
-Henry thinks flowers are for eating.

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-Henry is currently not a big fan of cars - seriously...look at that grumpy old man!

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-Henry likes noses

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possibly a musician?

It is quite possible that Henry is the best pianist ever.