Fall Fun 09

Here are a few pictures from some of our fall adventures. It's such a blast to get out and see Henry experience things for the first time. Pumpkins apparently are very fascinating!

The Big Reveal

A year and a half after moving in, we finally finished (well almost) Henry's playroom. It took us awhile to pick our theme. We were going back and forth on a few different ones and then I saw one of our options at a friend's house and loved it. So from there, we were pretty much copy cats (best form of flattery, right?). We ordered the decals, a few months went by, bought the paint, painting took a few weeks, had to wait another month according to the decal manufacturer, and then FINALLY, the decals went up. In the meantime, Todd was working on the design and construction of the custom toy chest with a compartment for our TV equipment. Being a big fan of "While You Were Out", I was so excited to finally show Henry is new room. I brought him downstairs, turned him around, opened the doors, he turned around and...he just walked in. No screams of excitement or tears of joy. I guess walking in and playing is what I should have expected. Oh well, hopefully over the next several years he'll enjoy playtime with his sea creatures. We are hoping to at least get 8 years out of this room considering I also painted the ceiling blue! On second thought, under the sea stickers are cool for teenagers, too, or so we'll brainwash Henry into thinking.

Henry's first look at his new playroom

He did like checking out the treasure chest

Reading Corner

Check It Out

Noticing his new friends

Update Finally

Well, it's been way too long since my last post and I thought now that Henry is officially 14 months old, I'd send out a new update. Henry has really been keeping me busy with his new mobility. He loves to walk around the house and he is so amazed by the littlest things. I can see why they say the brain works the hardest the first three years of life! Henry had his first cold a few weeks ago. It's pretty amazing he went that long without getting sick and luckily it was just a little congestion. Although Henry's walking (and falling without getting hurt) is pretty impressive, right now I'm the most proud of his baby sign language vocabulary. I don't think I would have been a believer if it wasn't seeing my neice, Gisa, in action a few years ago. I can tell he loves being able to communicate with us just as much as we love seeing those cute chubby hands sign what he would like. Now that he has most of the basic signs down, he picks up new signs easily. A family favorite right now is "please". Henry has (almost) cut out the whining and gone straight to rubbing his tummy to say "please". Love it!

I tried to get an action shot of him signing "please", but he was too fast for me.