He's a wanderer

We're back from Texas and so ends the extensive travels of Henry the youngest mover and shaker around. We've been from the top of the U.S to the bottom and although we're tired I'm slightly worried that Henry is going to be bored sitting around Willowbrook with me when he's been surrounded constantly the past few weeks by all the awesome people in our lives. We'll see how he reacts to settling down to suburban life. We had a lovely trip to Minnesota to celebrate the upcoming arrival of our friend's Chris and Natalie's first child. For those of you who don't know the story, I basically met Chris in line outside of a Pearl Jam show over ten years ago. I traveled the country with him and a few other friends to see Pearl Jam and now (ten years later) we're all grown up and starting families together, crazy! So Hank got his first introductions to our fab Minnesotan friends and a little more than 24 hours later we were back in Illinois.

Next we were off to Texas for Henry's first wedding . Cousin Allison and new cousin Rob's wedding was such a great time and Allie was a stunning bride! The plane ride went smoothly both there and back, I was hoping we would not be the people supplying our plane with the screaming child and we succeeded...this time. I also learned from several different family members that it might be to my benefit to wrap Henry's bum in a cloth diaper or G diaper rather than a disposable and boy was I glad I did so I would like to pass that info on to anyone else reading this who might not have heard. That advice saved us both from an embarrassing arrival in Houston, phew. Although it was a quick visit we spent some quality time with the Eichorst clan which we wanted to make sure Henry had a chance to do. Henry learned some new dance moves from Aunt Del and took part in his first Eichorst Family photo ...photo to follow :) It's been a hectic month, but having the chance to introduce Henry to so many great people has been worth it all. Thank you everyone who has given Henry such a warm welcome. We had a great month and will now begin our down time with a much needed nap and a large large pile of laundry....

Fourth of July Festivities

Well, it's official, Henry has experienced his first road trip to the Great Northwoods and I think I can honestly say it was a success! John and I left at one in the morning since we have been without much of a routine these days anyway and Henry was great. We laughed, we cried and we sang along with my awesome compilation cds. It was pretty much the perfect way to start out Henry's sixth week of life. The other part of the trip that made it so excellent was that Henry was surrounded by so many people who just wanted to hold him and snuggle with him which he loves (not to mention, allowed John and I to get a few extra naps in, woohoo). Henry got to meet his cousins, Lily and Nyle and although Nyle claims to not be a big fan of babies (primarily because he is too busy being a fan of worms and mud), I did catch him tickling Henry's toes at one point so I think that he might still come around. Lily was a baby holding pro and did plenty of practicing this weekend with her new cousin. We always have such a great time eating, playing games and just relaxing on Madeline Island, that we can't help but go through Island withdrawl when we're back home and this trip was no different. Well no different besides that fact that it was our little family's first family vacation together and it seems like we have a pretty good thing going here. I posted some other vacation pictures on Hank's smug mug site too and I was also able to catch a few of him smiling so check it out! Stay tuned for the much anticipated "Henry's first plane ride" entry that is quickly approaching....