Henry phase 2

Well it's official, after much tummy time resistance, Henry can now crawl! In fact he instantly went from crawling to feeling more confident about standing so in a matter of 2 days I can now find him standing and holding on to the entertainment center trying to figure out what to do next. Needless to say, childproofing went into full force and I think things are looking pretty good but I know he'll find anything I missed. This week Henry has been very busy because on top of the whole independently moving thing, he's also got another tooth right at the surface. Please pop through tooth please!!! You can only imagine how well my generally terrible sleeper is sleeping with all these new developments. I think yesterday I described it as Horrendous....But as long as he's getting stuff done and giving me a big smile when he wakes up in the morning, I suppose I'll have to deal with continued sleep deprivation for now :)

Speaking of new developments, I got a job! I love the stay at home mom thing and hope to do it again in the future, but for now we definitely needed some more funding so I'm easing back into the adult world with a part time job at Whole Foods. I am really excited about working at Whole Foods because the company appears to embrace the sort of healthy lifestyle that I am trying to live and raise Henry in so I think it's a good place to start. I will also be getting an employee discount and since I've been making Henry's food with all organic produce, the discount will be great! So that's this week in a nut shell. We're exhausted but getting a lot accomplished and Henry's been friendly and smiling most of the way through it all so I can't ask for much more. Oh yeah and the weather has been in the 50's this week!!! Bring on the Spring!

Teething and Sneezing

Well I'm inspired to write an update today because the sun is out and I finally feel like the winter might actually end. Henry is content playing right now so I thought why not! Today, several times in a row, he went from his belly into a crawl position and then into a sit. This is a major advancement for the little guy because he has been avoiding any sort of crawling/belly time completely. I still have a hunch that he might end up skipping the whole crawling thing because he is happiest when he's on his feet. I'd even go so far as to say that he says something very similiar to the word "up" when he's standing but it sounds more like "puh puh puh". Not bad huh?

We went for his 9 month appointment and no shots! You may not believe this but Henry has actually lost weight. He is down to a measley 24 1/2 pounds. I think all that maneuvering around the floor has resulted in some major calorie burning. Besides moving around the floor, Henry has also been on the road again. John, Carrie, Henry and I could not resist the opportunity to celebrate two of our friends, Kelley and Dean's, 30th birthdays last weekend. So we jumped in my car and traveled to the Twin cities for a quick visit. Henry visited with our friends', Chris and Natalie's, little girl Taney who is super cute and smiley. We are all convinced that they will be great playmates in the next couple years and we can't wait! We had a great time but now we're home and some of us are teething, some of us are sneezing and some of us are doing both. John and I ended up with a cold and I'm not quite sure if Henry has it or not but he definitely sneezed about half of his breakfast on me this morning so I wouldn't be surprised.... Besides sneezing he's working on popping out two more teeth which has him (and us) very unhappy at night. Oh well only a few more to go right? Anyway, things are moving along just fine. I am in hot pursuit of a new job that will have me out in the adult world primarily evenings and weekends so wish me luck!