Happy Halloween

We kicked off Halloween on Friday with the big Microsoft Halloween Party. It was so much and the two little tiger cubs had the best time. They both learned to trick or treat and ate a fair amount of sugar! They ran and growled and just had an excellent time. Below are some of the best pictures of the day. The one where Hen is stripping down was towards the end of the night and he walked way from us and proceeded to get naked around the hundreds of other party pe0ple!









As we were leaving my crazy sugar high junkie child decided to put on a show. The whole thing lasted close to 15 minutes and was really funny. He is singing the itsy bitsy spider for the crowds around him and he has a back up dancer who is also on a sugar high! All of the funny stuff and sweetness really does make up for the fact that he can't sleep through the night!

Titi and a Little Sister!

We have had a wonderful string of days! First off last weekend Bill and I headed to Vegas for a memorial golf tournament for our dear friend Tom, who we lost last November. It was a great tribute to such a great person. Only a memorial of Tom could allow a 5 month pregnant gal to have fun! While we were gone Henry got to hang out with Grandma Titi. They had a great time and he didn't miss us at all. He even kept saying "No Mommy...Titi!" As always we came home to a clean and happy house with a fridge and freezer full of yummy food! My Mom truly is the best Mom ever! We didn't get any pictures but here is a short video of Titi and Henry playing. Henry loved it that Titi was pretending to be stuck!



The week kicked off with our 20 week ultrasound. It's a girl! The baby is perfectly healthy and made it a challenge to get the pictures we needed because she was moving around so much! We are very happy the baby looks great and we are still trying to picture what it will be like to have a little girl. We are so boy consumed with trucks, balls, stomping and craziness that we are having trouble imagining ourselves with the opposite. But by the looks of the baby during the ultrasound and the increasing movement I feel each day she may be just as crazy as her big brother! Here is her profile. It is a little bit blurry because she wouldn't be still. The body part is her shoulder turning away from the picture.

WEE WEE WEE

We put Henry's rocking chair back in his room this week to see if some nighttime rocking would help him settle down better. He has loved it and we are slowly having good bedtimes again! Today I was emptying the dishwasher and heard a sound in Henry's room. I grabbed the flip and went to investigate. Here is what I found...

Pumpkin Patch and Sunday Fun

We ventured out to Fall City Farms yesterday and went pumpkin hunting. We decided to try a new patch this year and it was a lot of fun. Henry had more interest in pushing pumpkins over and trying to lift them than actually picking one out. So after about 30 minutes of running around Bill picked one and we headed for the hay maze. Henry just loved it and ran around in it for what seemed like forever. I ran with him for a bit but then sent in Bill so I could give my belly a rest. Here is a picture and a video of the adventure.






We also had Auntie Dawn, Uncle Rich, Davis and Sierra over for dinner last night to watch the Giants games. It was a really fun night. Henry loved playing with (or shall I say annoying) his cousin Sierra. He actually loved having both older kids around and kept screaming Sierra's name when he couldn't find her. The icing on the cake was when Sierra gave Henry a picture she had drawn of all of us. He is still admiring it today! He also gave Davis a big hug at the end of the night which was just too cute. Below is a cute video of Hen and Sierra playing. They had no idea I was filming them and it is just so cute to watch them hang out.

T.G.I.F.

Thanks Goodness its Friday! I am so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and having a great fall weekend. We may even venture to the pumpkin patch. Henry has been fighting some bug and he has just not been himself. Up all hours of the night and also lots of upset crying. While Henry has always been emotional this crying seems out of his control. So either he is getting his last tooth, has an ear infection or is simply just being 2!

We have had lots of fun since our last blog. We went to diner at our cousins Laura and Justin's house. They made us an amazing Indian meal and we had a great time catching up. Justin pulled out his guitar and played us all a song, which Henry loved! He danced his little heart out and was so happy. He even hugged them both before we left and let Laura put him on her shoulders, which is something he never lets us do!

This week we went to the aquarium with Em and the kids and had a great time. They loved the jellyfish! I only got a couple good pics because the lighting was so dark.

Salmon Days

What a difference 8 hours sleep can make! Everyone awoke feeling much better today. Henry's nose is still a faucet and he is coughing so we have decided to skip our soccer class this morning. Anyhow as he plays nicely with his kitchen I thought I would share some stuff from our trip to Salmon Days on Sunday.

We had a great time. The highlight for Henry was that we got to ride a yellow school bus to the festival which might be the highlight of his life so far. He must have said yellow bus a thousand times with a smile on his face! Salmon Days had tons of fun stuff to do. Henry almost sat in a fire engine but at the last minute he got overwhelmed and cried. It was like he was confronting something he had been dreaming of and it was just too much! We quickly fixed that with his first bite of cotton candy which he loved. We also got to watch a water dog jumping competition and play with play dough. One of the funnest things was Henry got to "fish" at a booth and win candy, which he thought was amazing. Before we left we also got to watch the salmon make their final trip upstream which is always so interesting and Henry loved seeing all of the fish. Overall it was a great day and we can't wait for next year!




Here is a video of the first bite of cotton candy. You can see the tears on his cheek from the fire engine fiasco a few moments earlier.

Out Sick

My little boy awoke with a cold last night and had a rough night of sleep. Poor guy was frustrated that he had to breath out of his mouth. We spent a lot of the night trying to get comfortable and he was able to get a couple good stretches of sleep. Bill kept asking me what are you doing to make him feel better and I told him all the stuff my mom used to do for me. I remember her sitting with me, rubbing me, singing to me and getting me all cozied up. I think he is a little young yet to get a fuzzy poster to color but we will definitely have some popsicles. So today we are taking it easy. We rented Thomas Misty Mountain Rescue and Henry is watching it bundled up on the couch half awake. I am about to join him but before I do I should probably say thank you to my mom! You always took/take care of me and I appreciate it!

We went to Salmon Days yesterday and I promise to post pictures this week but for now I am on Mommy duty. Here is a picture of my little patient all cozied up!

Farm Park

My new favorite place to go with Henry is Ferrel-McWhirter park a.k.a Farm Park. It is so much fun and free! He loves looking at the animals! His favorites are the baby goat and the cow. This morning we met up with our friends the Herrmann’s and had a picnic. Their daughter Claire is a couple months older than Henry and she is sweet as can be! They played so well together and even though Henry speaks his own language it was like she understood him! Here are some videos of Hen with his girlfriends at the park on two separate dates.

The first one is Henry and Claire just playing. It may seem a bit boring but I am so intrigued watching them just play. The best is when Claire jumps at the end and is so proud!

This is Henry and Halle at the park looking at the animals. It is so sweet to hear their little voices saying hi to the goats. Also I have never seen a pig that big. She is a momma pig and this is her first year off from having babies. Her last litter was 16 piglets! No wonder she is resting!