Prince Henry

A Huge Huge Thank you to the adorable mom in our ward, Kelly, that can capture these indcredible moments! Thank you so much Kelly!

Henry - 4 Months

Temple Pictures....

Welcome to Grand DC Mom, Natty, and Jenna!

One week ago tomorrow, we welcomed Grandma Julie, Aunty Natty, and Aunty Jenna to our humble abode. I was so excited to see them! They drove all the way up from North Carolina, and stayed the weekend. On friday night we went to Old Alexandria. Its becoming one of my favorite places. After Old Alexandria we went to the D.C. Temple to see the lights. They were incredible beautiful. My favorite part was the cute purple flowers. The concert that we went for was cancelled due to the music being forgotten, but no worries, We had a great night. Saturday morning we woke up to SNOW! WHAT?! I was so surprised to see snow! We hear that doesnt happen often out here. So, after visiting Daddy at school for a little brunch, we tried to conquer the city, and monuments. We were unable to see much and headed home to make a mall run, and go out to eat. It was so so so great just to spend some time with family we dont get to see very often. Love you all!
Henry is giving us big smiles! He has started laughing and I love it so so so much!

This is mommy and Henry at the DC Temple

Grandma Julie and Henry (December 5, 2009)

Cute Family picture

Aunty Natty and Henry in Old Alexandria

Old Alexandria 11/28/2009

SO BEAUTIFUL!

Happy Thanksgiving in Falls Church VA

We visited the D.C. Temple on Thanksgiving night, and my sweet husband took some really incredible pictures.

Our wonderful Thanksgiving feast. 2 Days later and still we have lots of yummy leftovers.

Handsome boys.......

Growing and Rolling!

It's an amazing thing to realize that being a mommy I wish my sweet boy would stay this little forever, and yet it is so much fun to watch them and encourage them to grow and be curious about the world around him. Henry is rolling over, loves playing in the mirror, and his baths could probably last forever if I weren't worried about him freezing. He is talking so much it's crazy. He usually seems to be grunting in agreement with anything his daddy might be saying at the time...

The adventures of J. Henry.....

Henry isn't quite sure yet if he enjoys the piano, but is at least, for a moment, captivated....

Sad Owies

Henry went in for his immunizations just a couple weeks ago. He had three shots, and I am so proud of him. We, well, I was dreading this appointment, but Henry did so so so well. Good job sweet boy!

Visiting George Washington University

Still staring........ But you have to admit, they are both pretty dang cute.....

Stylin' boy givin' us the stare down.....who's going to win?

We visited Dad's school one Sunday afternoon. It is so beautiful in the city. The buildings are incredible, and everything just seems so peaceful.

We are back from our rather long blogging absence. Sorry to our faithful readers who will probably be surprised by Henry's growth, we've been gone so long! Well, to make it up to you all I have added some fun new pictures for you. Enjoy....

Happy Late HALLOWEEN!

Look how cute! The froggy even has eyes!

Ooooooooo......Scary! This one was cute. A friend of ours gave it to us as a hand me down, and it glowed in the dark!

Henry had the opportunity to be lots of fun different things for Halloween this year. Here he is sucking his LEFT hand yet again..... Both of Henry's grandmas got him cute Halloween outfits. Grandma Julie got Henry a cute froggy costume, and Grandma Snow sent Henry a cute pumpkin beanie, and bib, and then we found a cute orange and white striped onsie........ Thanks so much Grandmas and Grandpas! Henry loves and misses you all! We are very excited to see you! Christmas is going to be here before we all know it!

Happy November

It has taken some time, but Henry will lay on his tummy now a little bit every day. He is finally able to get up and look around a little. Just tonight he rolled over!! YAY! I am so proud of my sweet boy

All bundled up and just waking up....

I LOVE this picture. Dad was falling asleep and I was getting Henry dressed after his bath and somehow Henry found Daddy's hand. I think it is so sweet. Henry loves his dad.

Sucking his thumb. He spits out his binky half the time just to suck on his thumb! And we've noticed it's usually his left hand. Henry might be left handed!

Henry and I visited the Botanical Gardens in D.C. this week with Michelle and Eve, and their sweet babies. That was so much fun!

Henry's friends Alex and Gabriella. Alex is 2 weeks older then Henry, and Gabbi is just 4 weeks older.

Beautiful Botanical Gardens

Hi to all that check up on Henry every once and a while,
I am sorry I haven't been as faithful this last week in updating with pictures. But I am back now, and ready to show off sweet little Henry.

Recently Henry just turned 3 months! Happy Birthday sweet boy! There hasn't been any big developments except that we are amazed every day by Henry's strength. He loves to stand, and we have to work at getting him to bend his legs to sit. He likes to look around, and people watch. Soon he won't even need me! I try hard every day to remember all the advice given to me about how fast they grow and spend more time with him. I love him so much!

Bathtime Photo

Henry has his moments, but we have discovered for the most part He loves bathime! He is so great in the tub, and getting him out is easier then ever. He just seems so relaxed. It is part of his bedtime routine. We start with a bath, and lotion him up...which he loves too :) amd then it's PJ's and time to eat. He then just falls asleep....YAY! Finally we are figuring some of this out....
I love you Henry!

Candy Corn Henry

I found these cute PJ's for .99 at The Children's Place one day.... very suiting seeing as Halloween is next week. He is cuddled up next to his doggy Harry. Josh and I made Harry for him when I was about 5 or 6 months pregnant with Henry.

Gettysburg Pennsylvania

As a family, we were able to visit Gettysburg this week! Josh is out of school due to fall break. :) The only fall break he'll ever get in law school, so we thought we should do something fun. We had so much fun. We followed what they called the "auto tour" of 16 different locations with monuments at them. We spent a couple hours reading about the monuments, and driving the national park. Its amazing there because you can truly feel that it's a sacred place. I was amazed how much I learned about what happened at Gettysburg. It's funny how much you can forget when you learned about these kinds of things so long ago. The drive was beautiful. The trees here are all just starting to turn from green to yellows and reds, and oranges. In another month or so it is going to be amazing! The weather was perfect. We aren't used to it being so warm this long. It snows at least once before Halloween in Salt Lake every year, and we have yet to see anything like that here yet. We are excited for all the opportunities we will have here.

Carmel Apples!

Heidi, Tristan, Chelsea, Christen, Henry, Michelle, Gabbi, Eve, and Alex! The gang's all here!

Heidi (mommy to be in February), Mommy, Henry

Henry and I got to go make carmel apples with all of our Law School Mommies. We play every Wednesday, and this week was so much fun! There is a lot more that goes into making carmel apples then just carmel and apples! Thanks Eve, and Michelle! The girls went all out. we did white chocolate over our carmel and then crushed oreos! Such a fun fall activity!

Singing at the mall

Henry and I went to Tyson's Corner mall yesterday to "play" in our ward playgroup. I think Henry will enjoy it a little more when he is a little bigger. Although, I am certain he enjoyed it anyway, because Henry gets bored at home. It was a lot of fun. They had fun instruments, and the singers there sang for over an hour while we were there! Lots of kids and lots of fun!

Teasing Mommy

GETTING READY FOR BED IN HIS PUMA PJ'S

ALL BUNDLED UP FOR A COLD DAY OUT!

THEODORE ROOSEVELT ISLAND

Happy Friday!

It is finally the weekend, which is slightly more fun when dad doesnt have a midterm to study for. He'll be going to school tomorrow...SATURDAY! to study. Henry's gone back down to mostly just sleeping 3 hours before he wakes up hungry, and during the day he starts getting fussy about every 2 1/2 hours. Silly boy. I think he's been teasing me when he sleeps for 6 hours.

This week Henry and I went to Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac. We packed a little lunch and went with Henry's friends, Gabbi, and Alex. It was really fun, except it was very cold. We'll have to go again on a warmer day because it's beautiful, and there is so much more of the island to see.

It has been rainy most the week so Henry and I have tried not to go out too much. We had Alex and Gabbi over yesterday so the mommys could play, and we could cut Michelle's hair. Also, we booked our flight home for Christmas! YAY. Aunt Livie is getting married on December 29, so we kind of get to kill two birds with one stone.

Daddy and Henry have their own game now. It's funny because he will only play with Dad. Josh makes a funny gurggling sound, and Henry imitates and then smiles one of his big happy smiles. He wont play it with me, or if he wants to tease me, he'll do it once for me and then quit. I'm glad they play together. It's a lot of fun to watch.

Henry usually loves to take a bath. We try every night to bath Henry around 9pm, so that he has something that stays the same every day...pattern wise. He even loves just listening to the water run. If he is being fussy and we've tried everything else, we'll turn a faucet on for just a minute to calm him down. It always works. However, last night just as we were getting ready for bath time Henry was getting a little fussy. I thought he'd be so excited to get in the warm water, but when I laid him down, he just screamed and screamed at me. The water wasn't hotter then usual, I think he was just really tired. I pulled him out of the tub, put a diaper on him, wrapped him really tight in a towel and he fell asleep almost immediatly. SIlly boy. Hopefully he gets a bath in tonight. :)

Happy Monday

Good Morning - :)

Well, it's 7:17am and Henry is sleeping on the futon right behind me. YAY! I probably have another hour or two before he's up for the day. I promise I will quit writing about his sleeping patterns, but 2 nights ago he slept all the way through the night! Again! I am continually amazed for 2 reasons. 1. I wonder if it's too early for a baby to be sleeping all the way through the night, granted it isnt every night, but still.....? and 2. I somehow feel convinced that I thought I'D never get to sleep through the night again.

Henry is getting so big it seems. It's amazing to watch a baby grow and develop. We notice everything new he is doing and discovering. He loves to lick everything. If I am burping him over my shoulder he is licking my shirt. He loves to like and suck on his fingers and hands, and seems to enjoy knawing on his blanket a little bit. We put him in his little pouch the other day to go shopping and turned around to face out for the first time. He loved that, but soaked the whole front of the carrier due to slobbering, and licking.... Silly boy.

We took Henry and went to the Iwo Jima Memorial on Saturday. While we were there they were doing some tribute to those in the Navy. It was neat to see men that had served our county, and were at Iwo Jima or knew people that were killed at Iwo Jima. The memorial itself was also really incredible. It's HUGE! I have a feeling Henry is going to see a lot of really amazing things and sadly never remember them all.

Henry is getting really strong and lots of personality. He loves to stand on our laps, and look around. He hates facing the back of the couch or a chair, and if we havent made it out of the house until noon or 1pm he gets really bored. He also loves the bath, and if he being fussy at all, all we have to do is turn on the faucet and he calms right down. I think he thinks he gets to get in the bath everytime he hears water. He is a very sweet little boy, and we love having him around.

I wanted to send an "I love you!" to my dad! I'm sorry I haven't called. We love you and miss you!