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| I think this is the one where the train has been edited out. Or else he was saying, "step off, brotha." Either way, I can see it. |
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| I don't know why, but this picture is so cute to me. |
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| Pretty standard Henry. He looks like he is about to get in trouble, so he gives this blank look, like he's totally innocent. |
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| Height of happiness. Train in hand, running away from Mommy. |
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| As close as we could get. So silly. |
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| Once again, pretty standard. |
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| Gig 'em! What a kid. |
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| I think this kid has the cutest, naturally devious smile ever. |
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| Okay, REALLY? Can I get a Dar Peterson YOUTH FACE? |
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| I love him. And I love that he had a boogie on his finger and wanted to wipe it on me in this picture. |
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| Seriously. This kid is a BOY... Thanks to Natasha and Taylor for lending us the froggie. :) |
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| I know, right? He's totally getting voted Best Personality. |
I have a lot of friends who are photographers. And oddly, I lose one friend a year...This is because I have them try to take our family pictures. And then they don't want to hang out ever again....I wonder why?
A few weeks back (before the kiss of death commonly known as 3rd term), we had a family outing. Like, really. We just spent time together. AND I took pictures. I know, the planets did align, it's true.
Our good buddies were ALSO having a family day, so we got to play with them too.
Big Kid Henry played a GREAT goalie. And, safety first with the helmet. Big Kid Henry is in Andrew's preschool, and I love him. He is so fun.
Suddenly, I'm wondering if these jeans are maybe not so flattering? But, I was there. Let it be written.
Baby Henry just kind of played with Mack and watched. He was just pleased to have some downtime for once in his life.
Do you kind of feel like Andrew should be wearing shin-guards? I can just see this pose being a big part of our future. Andrew loves soccer, and we're hoping that continues once he learns to actually play the game.:)
Andrew thinks that Henry is his child. Whenever Henry does something Andrew finds displeasing, he says, "Oh, Henryyyy." He also tells Henry to stop crying, no climbing, and don't dump water out of the bathtub. Mind you, none of these rules seem to apply to Andrew. This brother relationship is complex.
Andrew likes to "play toys" with Henry. Mostly, Andrew just gets everything out for him (including all spare mattresses, apparently) and then Henry comes to find me while Andrew plays with Henry's toys.
As many know, Henry has been a bit of a challenge baby for us. Like, the kind of challenge that makes us think, "We might be good with 2." But, then, I get pictures like this:
And I think, "If a kid is that cute, doesn't it just seem right to try for another someday (in the very, VERY distant future)?"
As you can see, Henry ALSO enjoyed the pudding paint idea. I only gave him one color, and he was fine with that.
Henry just recently started walking. He is super unsteady, but he just reels around, laughing like a drunkard. A cute, 1-year old drunkard.
Henry loves trains. I didn't think it was possible for a fella this young to really care, but he does. Please note the train in his hand while looking at his train book.
Justin thinks Henry shares my food preferences...meaning, he loves FLAVOR. He loves spicy food, and doesn't really like baby food. Of course, having no teeth at 15 months does present a bit of a challenge, but he eats table food pretty exclusively. It's not rare for him to still be gumming something to death about 30 minutes after we've all left the table.
It was a good one. And we actually STARTED a tradition! Since Christmas traditions have been a bust for us, we figured we'd try with a smaller holiday and work our way up. Yom Kippur was a big success last year, so we feel we've made some good progress.
After reading on some blog (you know the ones that make you feel like a moron because you don't craft?), we made the pauper's version of Valentine's boxes and swapped love notes for a few days. It was fun to see Andrew try to grasp that concept.
And thanks to these folks, the desire of Andrew's heart was realized...
Cheetos in a package JUST FOR HIM! He was SO happy.
Henry got a cute card, since the toothlessness doesn't go well with conversation hearts. As you can see, he was trying to play it off like he wasn't excited, but we know he was.
We decided that each year, the kids will be receiving a book from "Cupid's library" rather than getting...well, getting something else. Excitement was felt.
