Dirt Devil

It has been quite a long time since I have posted. Henry has been growing like a weed and talking up a storm. He says a few words like mom, dad and ball but he mostly speaks his own gibberish language. It is so funny when he runs into the room and "says" something to us and just waits for our answer. Only problem is we have no idea what he is saying. Henry loves when I vacuum or do any chores around the house so we went to toys r us and got him a mini dirt devil and broom set! He loves it and every time I sweep or vacuum Henry does too.

We Had a great Thanksgiving in Portland this year with Bill's family. We stuffed ourselves full at Paul and Margaret's house with an awesome meal prepared by Bill's cousin Elizabeth. Auntie Anna and Nana made some yummy turkeys and we enjoyed lots of good wine! Henry was loving that he was the only little guy among 20 adults...lots of attention. Paul and Margaret also have a playroom that Henry LOVED! The day after Thanksgiving Henry got to spend the day with Nana while Bill and I took a day off and did selfish things like go out to eat! All in all we had a great Turkey Day in Portland!

My First Owie!

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Henry had his first official "owie" last night. He and his girl Halle were running around and Halle tripped and Henry landed right on top of her, poor girl, slamming his face into the back of her head. When he lifted up there was blood everywhere and thank goodness Emily was there because she immediately reminded me that mouths bleeds a lot. If she wouldn't have said that I think I would have panicked! It ended up that it looked much worse than it was. Henry split his top lip and looks like he was in quite a fight. He only cried for 5 minutes and then it seemed to be business as usual.

On a lighter note we went out to pizza the other night with The Hubert's and sweet little Halle kept sharing her food with Henry. She was so proud and Henry was delighted that he was getting more food. Hopefully the whole sharing thing will catch on with Henry because he has no urge to share! He actually makes a growling sound whenever Halle looks at his toys!!!