Our yellow brick road

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Every cloud has a silver lining

Henry is naturally a pretty happy baby, so I knew something was bothering him when he was constantly cranky and irritable. It turned out that he was teething! The next 12 days was pretty rough for the whole family....lots of tears, Orajel and walks in the stroller (it seemed to be the only thing to keep his mind off his teeth). But it didn't last forever and the day after his bottom two teeth came in he was back to his smiley self.

General Conference Weekend

This General Conference weekend was really good. Last General Conference, Henry was only a few weeks old. This picture was taken at last General Conference.

Look how tiny he is!

He has grown so much since then. Now he is really good at sitting. Henry slept through many of the sessions so Sam and I were able to pay better attention. Since becoming a mom, I have a greater appreciation for the fact that conference is recorded so I can go back and watch/listen to them again.

"What?! President Monson is going to speak to us today?"

"I'm all eyes and ears!"

"I love the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!"

I love my family

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Three Green Events

Event #1: Henry went to his first parade for St. Patrick's Day. The weather was really warm and he was able to show off his cute sun hat. His grandma and grandpa were able to join us too. I just can't get over how grown up this guy is getting!

His grandpa said he resembled Gilligan (from Gilligan's Island) in this outfit.

Henry: "hmmm.....I don't know what to think about this parade."

Henry sure does love his grandma Honey.

Event #2: We are starting to introduce solid foods to Henry. We recently fed him avocado, and recorded it. His facial expressions are priceless.

Event #3: A 6-month old photo in a green basket.

"Mom, what am I doing in a basket?"

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Baby Cousins

Jovee & Henry

We're hoping that when they get a little older they will have lots of fun together!

My two favorite boys

Little Henry loves his dad. It is so cute to see them spend time together. When Sam comes home Henry has the biggest grin on his face and follows him around the room with his eyes. Here are some little moments with just the two of them.

Henry loves books! He tries to help us turn the pages and gets so excited he drools everywhere. We especially love reading him books by Sandra Boynton, such as Your Personal Penguin and Tickle Time.

We're all ready for church! Henry tries to sing (making cooing noises) when he hears singing.

Whenever our clothing has tassels or strings Henry will find them and they go straight to his mouth. Where does he get this from?

If you are familiar with Henry, or are our apartment neighbors you will know that he loves to holler and squawk just for fun, very loudly. This is one of those times.

One of Henry's talents is an uncanny ability to win staring contests. He beats us every time!

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Valentine's Day

I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband, a little boy, a loving family and great friends.

Henry took a nap, which is a rare occurrence. Look at those pinchable cheeks!

Sam and I had heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. You just take a frosting squeeze bottle and fill it with the batter and make the outline of your shape, wait about 30 sec. for it to cook and then fill in your shape with more batter. I think Henry will like this when he gets older, but for now Sam and I really enjoyed it :)

Homemade Valentine cards. Cheesy but cute.

Heart sugar cookies for the girls I teach at church. Learning how to make royal icing and decorating sugar cookies was one of my goals that I can now cross of my bucket list.

Henry is trying to eat the Valentine candy we got from my mom.

Sorry Henry, no chocolate for you this Valentine's Day. We won't be introducing solid foods for another month but he is already grabbing for everything that Sam and I eat or drink.