Microsoft Holiday Extravaganza

We have had an fun filled week before Christmas. Bill's dad has been in town and he is officially addicted to Henry! We capped off the week with a fun day at Microsoft's holiday extravaganza. Em and Halle got to join in he fun which always makes Henry and I happy to have our buddies with us! Below are some pictures from the day! Merry Christmas everyone. We head to Sacramento on Tuesday! Have a wonderful holiday!

My First Haircut

We went the other afternoon and got Henry's first haircut. Grandpa Steve is in town and got to join us on our big day. Emily and Halle also came for moral support. Henry was not thrilled about the whole situation but he tolerated it. The stylist was amazing and they gave us the certificate below with a before and after picture...so cute. I already wish he would stop growing so fast, but I am pretty excited at the type of kid he is turning into.

Ho Ho No!!!

We took a trip to visit Santa this morning with Emily and Halle and it was quite interesting. The pictures say it all...classic! Happy Holiday !

A Couple of Videos

Henry is becoming quite the self sufficient kid! He has started feeding himself with his own little fork and spoon. It is really cute and makes meal time a lot longer which I am loving. Here is a video from last night. Notice how wide he opens up his mouth for the applesauce...so funny!


I found another cute video I took a couple weeks ago. My mom bought Henry some dancing Christmas decorations and he loves them. In this video he gets them away from Bill and I so he can dance with his new friends.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Sorry it has taken so long for me to post our Christmas tree trip. Henry and I have been fighting a case of e. coli which we got from the water in Portland over Thanksgiving. We are both fine just feeling pretty crummy. Bill has kicked into his superdad/superhusband role and we are on the mend!

We took our annual trip to the Red Wood Christmas tree farm in Woodinville to kick off the Christmas season and chop down our tree. We went with the Hubert's and had a great time. Henry fell in the mud within the first 10 minutes but had a blast running among the trees!




We also had Henry's 15 month well check. He weighs in at 28.2lbs and he is 32.5 inches tall! 90th% which means he is a big kid! Dr. Egnal said he is growing and developing wonderfully!

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!!!