More fun with Dad

These are my favorite pictures that Phil took this weekend while I was at work....

I don't know which is bigger....the belly or those cheeks!

That messy hair is something else! Phil thinks he needs a trim already.

I think he just needs some Brylcreem like his Great-Grandpa Leo used to use :)

My little drool monster is getting another tooth! That's 5 teeth in 2 months, ouch :(

A day with Dad

I have to work this weekend, so Henry's getting to hang with his Dad! I'm sure they had soooooo much fun without me today, isn't that how it goes?!

Henry sure does love that Lucy.

He can't get enough of her......some days I'm sure she's had enough of him!

Why is it that remotes, or any form of technology, are such a fascination for little ones? Henry's really been into carrying one thing around with him while crawling around the house, and of course banging in on the ground along the way. Loves it!

Coffee date

Who knew you could have so much fun at Caribou?

First...strapped into my high chair enjoying a tasty treat with my Tante Kathryn, Cheerios of course (as if there was any question?)

Second...a stop at the art table, but then I remembered, I'm not a big fan of art projects :(

(how could I forget?)

Lastly...wash it all down with a marvelous cup o' joe by the fireplace.

Aaahhh, a dynamite date with some great gals:)

Seriously?

Yes, Henry, we're seriously going outside for a walk today. Here the little man is all bundled up to head outside for our walk today. Can you tell we're looking forward to warmer weather?!

Rebel

Henry the rebel must have snuck out last night and got a nose ring! Oh wait, I guess it's just a Cheerio.....thank goodness!

It was so funny, he just left it there for a while during breakfast this morning.

(Sorry this picture isn't the greatest, the sunlight was streaming in the window but I just had to put it up :)

What?? Is there something on my face? What's so funny?

Happy President's Day

We sure do love it when that Dad is home from work, don't we Henry?! With all this snow blowing around outside, the boys were snuggled in on the couch today. I don't think I've ever seen Henry do this.....sit/lay in one spot for more than a few seconds that is.....he laid with Phil on the couch for almost 10 minutes!! Maybe it's those sore little gums:( Henry's getting 2 new teeth, his 2 front teeth are popping through, ouch!

Babyproofing

Gate.......check

Locks......check

I swear these doors used to open so easy!

Side note....super fun to play under the kitchen table and chairs....not so much fun trying to get out from under there, bumping my head, and then crying:(

Another side note......I thought Spring was coming, what the heck?!

Lucy and Henry....longing for the great outdoors

Be My Valentine

My little Valentine made us a card (with the help of his Oma and Tante last Friday when I was at work). How sweet of that cupid, Henry:) Apparently he wasn't a fan of his art project, no smiles and lots of growls. He tolerated it (at best) because he knew how much I'd love it. Thank you Henry!

Step 1: Pick out the perfect piece of paper, of course tasting it, leaving just a hint of slobber.

Step 2: Address it to my favorite people in the world....making sure not to smile either.

Step 3: Sign it with love.....I see an R, an E, an N, and an H...where's the Y?

Step 4: Glue on artwork...Cheerios! One for you and 3 for me.

The finished product....

.....ooooh, there's that Y, on the back of course!

Thank you Henry Thomas, I love you too!

P.S. Nothing says love like a heart-shaped pizza!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Artsy fartsy

The Krump Krew set out for the Minneapolis Art Institute today as it was Family Day there! The theme for the day was Mighty Myths, oooohhhhh, aaaahhhh.

We first checked out the drawing studio as you can see below. Here, Henry was supposed to construct his own mythical scene complete with heroes and legendary beasts, wow. We've come to find out in the last few days that Henry is not exactly what we would call a fan of arts-n-crafts (more to come on that topic in a future post), but we thought we'd test it out anyways.

That is quite the inspiration Henry was observing before he began his drawing with his mama. I managed to get the letter "H" on the paper and then we had to move on. The drawing studio experience was short lived today:)

Check out that hair on my little H man - he must have had one wild nap because it was looking very dapper earlier in the day after his Oma and Tante gave him a bath, and here it's looking Einstein-like. Nothing would smooth it down!

"Do Not Touch" didn't apply to these paintings, thank goodness, didn't want us to get kicked out!

Henry the Yogi

Henry and I hit up the yoga studio this morning (Blooma), this was our 3rd yoga class together. The first class was when he was about 8 or 10 weeks old (just laid there and let me do all the poses on him/with him), the second was when he was 5 months (rolled over and stared at everybody, not as much yoga happenin' as in the first class), and now he's just about 8 months (crawled all over the place, sucked on every toy there, pulled on the mom's hair (and glasses) beside us, uh oh). He's graduated from BYOB (bring your own baby:) to BYOB-crawlers this time. This class turned out to be a lot more crawling and lot less yoga'ing. We sat between Norman (16 months) and Penelope (9 months), two super cool yogi's themselves. Henry and Penelope exchanged pacifiers once, does that mean technically Henry had his first kiss? Thank goodness Penelope's dad wasn't there because her mom told me that he said Penelope could only play with girls and NO BOYS!

Lotsa fun, can't wait to check it out again!

Henry made sure he had the brown mat and I had the pink mat, of course!

Status Quo

Nothing too crazy to update about over the last couple days, other than the fact that it's been too darn cold outside and we're ready for a heat wave:)

Here are a couple photos of what Henry's been up to this week.......

.....Chasing Lucy, and poor Lucy wants nothing more than to just lay in the sun and keep to herself. It was impossible to get those two in a picture together, as Lucy was constantly running away from Henry, so if you look close enough, you can see the white fur ball flying around Henry's other obsession right now, standing at his "activity center" (thanks Molly)! He was laughing and smiling and crawling as fast as he could to catch her, however never was able to catch her. That game still hasn't gotten old:)

.......Pushing the cover to the tupperware steamer around the kitchen and walking behind it. He hates walking if you hold onto his hands and try to get him to walk, but give him a tupperware cover and off he goes:)

.......Opening cupboards, oh no. Yes, I've bought the locks and yes, now they need to be installed. He pulls himself up, holds onto the little knobs, and bounces up and down. Good times!

......Eating....and lots of it! I can't quite figure out a "favorite" food yet for him, he doesn't really seem to love anything but he doesn't really seem to hate anything either. He'll eat whatever I give him....peaches, pears, apples, blueberries, mangos, bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots, yogurt, cereal, and Cheerios. He does get quite giddy when I offer him water, yes water can be so exciting I know! Yes, the sippy cup is upside down here, but it's way more fun to chew on the bottom rather than suck water out of the top, who knew?!

....Hates wearing his hat and mittens (and socks for that matter, too). Yes, I know it was below zero this week and as I look in the mirror in the back seat, this is what I see. Mittens are already off and he's in the process of ripping that hat off too. Stinker!

Party weekend!

So many parties, so little time!

Cousin Greta was visiting this weekend. We had a big Krump lunch date at Noodles on Saturday, yum:)

We were invited over to the Nelson's for the Super Bowl on Sunday. Henry must not have gotten the memo that the Vikings were out of it, but he wanted to sport some purp-n-yellow Vikings gear anyways:) Here Henry is with one of his many girlfriends, Amerie. Henry was the only little boy at the party with 3 older, wiser, more mature girlies (Amerie is 2 days older, Taylor was 9 months older, and Laney was 17 months older). We decided he's going to LOVE this party in a few years when he can chase them all around!

Library Storytime

A few weeks ago, Henry and I went and got our Anoka County library cards, books, yes! I saw online that Baby Storytime meets on Tuesday's, so I thought we'd head over there. Little did I know the popularity for Baby Storytime was crazy! I (I mean Henry) was put on the waiting list until March, seriously, I know, isn't that absurd? The librarian told me that I pretty much need to call on the first day of registration in order to get into Baby Storytime as it is quite the popular class. Now I know, I guess. I have it in my planner to call at 10:01am on February 28th to get us into the next session:)

Henry, being the lucky little boy that he is, gets to go to Family Storytime every Thursday with his Oma and his Tante Katie (no registration required, everybody gets in thank goodness).....side note......I don't think I've ever explained that Oma is Grandma and Tante is Aunt in German.....another side note......Katie is marrying quite the handsome German this summer, and they have placed their trust in Henry to bring up the rings:) So anyway, here Henry is at Family Storytime today, looks like he was diggin' his books - thank you Oma and Tante!