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!