Another haircut and baths

The before, he was a little shaggy

Henry LOVES his baths...

Sorry for my lack of blogging lately. With Henry sick, and Matt out of town so much, the house and Henry's care has been left to me. Henry visited his family in Iowa over the weekend. We got to ride with great grandma and grandpa George. It was wonderful being about to do the journey with others. Thank you for taking us. I didn't take a single picture while I was there. Too much going on and Henry had three floors to explore, so you can imagine how busy he was.

Henry also got his hair cut again. He even sat in the chair by himself. We are so blessed that he's such a great kid. As long as he had a comb or fruit snacks in his hands he was happy. It's definitely shorter than the last one. I don't know what I think about that just yet.

Henry is better now, and lovin' life! He has learned a few new tricks these last couple weeks. Henry can now go down the stairs by himself. He'll scoot down on his tummy and cruise down the stairs. He has hiccups every once in a while like missing the last step and taking a little tumble, but he's tough and recovers well. Henry also has learned to sit down and wait for his milk or snack. So where ever we are, he'll sit down put his hands in his lap and wait patiently for me to pour his milk or get his snack. This lasts about .5 seconds, but it's absolutely adorable!

Sick bubba update...

It's been a trying last week for mama and dada's. Little Henry bubba has gone from a happy go lucky, milk drinkin', green bean eating toddler to a sick little guy. It started as croup and a fever and has navigated north and consists of super congestion, runny nose, flemy throat, and a crazy cough. He gets better than within a few hours is back to snotty nose and crabbiness. He has developed a rash over his tummy and is just not a happy guy. I knew it was bad when he wouldn't even drink his beloved milks. NOTHING comes between Henry and his milks, so you know it's bad when he pushes his glass away and goes, "NO, NO" We return to Dr Krell tomorrow to get the official verdict, if there is one.

Meanwhile, I am just existing...exhaustion and worry gets tough after 5 days of this. The constant whining and crying and falling over....my poor little baby. It's amazing that we, as parents, can draw some of the most amazing patience from our reserves when times get tough. Being a parent is one of the most amazing, exhausting, exhilerating experiences of my life and he's only 16 months old! YIKES!!!!

When bubba's are sick...

They get to sit in mama's chair...

and lay around all day in their jammies...

But saddest of all, they do not get to go outside with dada's and bails:(

Henry bubba has been sick since Wednesday. He was officially diagnosed with croup and a high fever on Friday which meant that we didn't get to visit the Schwartz's this weekend:( We were both very very sad about this. On Saturday, I discovered that Henry was also teething his two eye teeth and had just had a molar pop through. That is 14 teeth in total 6 more and he'll have all of his primary teeth! YIKES!!!!

It is opening weekend for pheasant hunting in South Dakota which means dada has been out all weekend. Henry and I miss him especially me. It's alot to deal with a whiny bubba all day. The saga of motherhood rolls on....

Puppy pumpkin

Happy Fall:)!

Apparantly my son figured out stair climbing without me...

Henry got his Halloween pumpkin last week as well as some pumpkin decorations. These things are amazing no cutting, gutting, or scuplting involved. My kind of pumpkin decorating:)! Henry is now climbing down steps and showing little interest in posing for mama...go figure!

We recently returned from our annual shopping weekend with Linda and Teresa. It was quit the event as usual. Henry's got enough clothes to cloth him and his twin:)! We visited the Amana colonies, saw a play, and my family along the way. I really enjoyed the time to myself, and Henry and Matt had a great bonding weekend together. I didn't appreciate the many picture messages sent by my hubby of Henry, thanks dude...

A little of this and a little of that...

So I've recently been on a pity party poor me streak. The weather has been crappy. My picture taking mojo has suddenly evaporated. My life just seems a little dull. I love taking pics of my boy, but there are only so many shots and stories and angles before I need to find something else. A new direction, a new purpose, a new leash on life if you will:)! So we'll start slow and see where it takes me...

Wanna ride in my cozy coup?

Pushing it turned out to be more fun than riding in it...

I think Dad was having just as much fun as his little guy...

Wanna ride in my cozy coupe?!

Dada at the inception of the cozy coupe thinking very intently...

Henry is in love with anything with wheels including dada's 4-wheeler, truck, small cars, boats,(yes no wheels, don't tell him) strollers, and now the newest addition, the cozy coup, celebrating 30 years of making kids happy! I had no idea it was called the cozy coup. Matt and I have laughed to each other about that all week. Really, little tikes, the cozy coup? Sounds like the shaggin' wagon for little kids. Fearless dada put this contraption together today and Henry wasn't quit sure what he thought about it. Apparantly, having other kids around and being at Han's house must really put the magic in it.