Thirty-One Days From Today...

One month (31 days) from today, Henry turns one....count'em ONE, ONE year old.  ah, ah ah...

I just don't believe it.

I can't believe it.

I shan't believe it.

But then I look at these pictures below and realize I gots to believe it.  Our boy is growing up. Fast.

He is not slowing down one bit and is trying to enter his first birthday with a bang....most likely caused by him falling off the coffee table. Again.

This child is a handful, fo sho, and while it can be frustrating at times I love seeing him develop every week and his personality start to come through.

He has taken his first steps and then some.  He can walk from one end of our small living room to the other.  Now granted, I think a 100 year old, drunk, blind man probably looks more graceful than Henry, but we are still super proud of him!! WAY TO GO BUBBY!!

He is also a climber, which is evident from the pictures below.  If it is even an inch off the ground, he prefers to be on it.  If it is round...no problem.  If he falls off it....he will cry and then get right back up and fall again. And if he can't get up on it, or we don't let him get on it then look out because baby hulk comes out.  I think we are going to have to work on his temper...they say he got it from me. Whatever, I don't see it.  When someone says that to me I usually scream at them, throw my phone down and stomp away.  I like to think I know how to keep my temper in check.


So what are my sons stats.

Height? Tall

Weight? Solid

Clothes? Mostly PJ's, but prefers as little on as possible

Food? Can't get enough of it

Toys? Loves them (I would like to point out for my own record since I don't keep a baby book and this is basically it, that he can now put the coins in the slot of his toy piggy bank!!  Huge accomplishment!)

Nicknames? Monkey, Boof, Bubby/Bubbas

What is he like? Why don't you see for yourself.  I think these pictures sum up the personality emerging from Henry pretty darn well :)

Two extremes: wild and crazy....

 ....introverted and inquisitive. 

 Watch the progression.  I just sat on the couch taking pictures of what he did.

This is the face he makes when he is "talking" to us.  He is a chatterbox!!

Snack time!!

 (Yup, this sums up our child fairly well....Love this goofy kid!!)

 He loves to carry his monkey around the living room while he does "laps"

May look like a smile, but he is turning into baby hulk because he wants on the couch.

Again, watch the progression....the boy loves to climb and problem solve :)

 The hard work paid off! :)

Eating is exhausting...

I had JUST put this up and literally within 90 seconds he was IN it.

His "toy box". 

He emptied ALL the toys out, flipped it over, climbed up.  Fairly ingenious we think.

 Clapping....I am on the coffee table!!

 Standing on the coffee table, grabbing the gate.  Nope, I do not foresee him falling at all : /

Lounging....yep, that's our boy.

(Please see that he is chill'n on his spiderman couch, watching TV, and drinking his 

afternoon bottle with ONE hand.  Yep, he is awesome.)

Let the countdown to ONE begin......

Henry – 38 weeks…..Picture Overload!

(I realize you are probably getting tired of only pictures of Henry on this here blog.  I am not fishing for comments, I just enjoy sharing.  Plus, I like keeping a record of his changes as I am horrible at writing it down in a book!)

.........

Oh Henry. 

My sweet but stubborn, funny but short-tempered little boy.

Oh how you really are developing a personality and showing it on a daily basis.  (In both good ways and in not so good ways!)

You have started expressing yourself and feelings.  Or perhaps it is you realizing you have feelings that can be expressed.  But either way you go from dancing and being silly with mommy to grunting at me and swinging your arms at me.  One minute you are playing with the nose sucker because that is the only way we can keep your hands off your junk long enough for us to change your diaper then the next minute you throw the nose sucker, yell and grab my hands because you do not want me touching you to put your diaper on.  Or perhaps you are enjoying a delicious dinner and happy and then you decide you are going to “spit” the food out of your mouth and play with it and are mad when I want to clean up.  

And so it begins…..

The word frustration has been big in our house recently as we all seem to be experiencing it! Overall you are a very even tempered and pleasant baby, but a little attitude has definitely started.  If you want to do something (like get out of your cage) or don’t want us to do something (like wash your face!) or we take something away that you want (like the remotes) then you get frustrated. And while you may look 100% like your daddy, unfortunately you have my temper and short fuse……I am sorry.  And when you get frustrated you do what we call “hulk hands”.  This is where you put your hands in the air; bring them down together with force and yell/growl/grunt….depending on the level of frustration.

HENRY ANGRY. HENRY SMASH!!!

I try to get pictures of this, but you have this thing that as soon as I get the camera out you stop, smile, and try to make your way towards the camera. 

Wanting the camera progression.....

"Iz cominges for yooz!"

 "Iz almostes heres, mummeez!"

"Iz wantses da flashes ting, pleeze!"

“GIMMEEZ.” 

I have come close a few times, but pretty much this is as close as I get with frustrated Henry.

 He just did "hulk hands" in these two pictures

But we have been very lucky with you in that you are a wonderful and VERY happy baby and this is just, what I can assume, is part of growing up and learning to express your feelings.  I hope!

Besides that, what else is new?!?!

Well, you are standing ALL THE TIME now.

 I know, you can’t believe it either!!

You very much prefer being vertical and cruising around any and all objects.  This was an issue for 3 weeks or so after you first learned how to stand.  You would wake yourself up in the middle of the night and stand then CRY CRY CRY because you wouldn’t sit yourself back down.  We all lost lots of sleep during that first month while you adjusted to standing….but now, we seem to be back on track!! PHEW!

Everything MUST be in your mouth.  You still have no teeth nor any sign of teeth, but that is ok!  You are drooling and chewing on everything you can find.

 (He just licked me.  He likes to lick things before he puts them in his mouth.  Toys, clothes, feet.....yeah, I know.  I have told him countless times just how gross the last one is!)

We also have been hanging out outside….which means swimming and sun!!  You love playing outside and being in the grass.  You also love the water and being in the water.  And climbing out of the water, so that you can climb back IN the water!

Throw the toy out.....

....now look at the toy outside the pool.

Finally, you are SO expressive.  The faces you make CRACK us UP!  I could just have a camera on you all day to catch all the faces you make.  You are silly and fun and going to be a ham.....and I LOVE THAT!!

"Watcha talk'n bout, lady?!"

Baby Zoolander face.

Love this smile!

Trying not to smile

Iz getses yooz!

Love this photo and it was just by chance I got this face!

This is what we call his Muppet face....because, well he looks like a Muppet!

Ok, not a face....but look how he sleeps! Butt in the air. heehee

He climbs on me 90% of the evening....every evening.

LOVE.

Come on....these two are one in the same!

Oh my child....you bring me so much happiness and I love you so very very much!!!