Henry Matthew is an amazing little boy. Our family is incomplete without him. We loved him of course at first, but we are now naturally a family of four, leaving three in the dust! We are past the major transition time and just enjoying being his parents everyday.
Henry is so content and happy. After Matt and I had been a little moody a few weeks ago, he jokingly said that God knew that we needed someone in our family who was always happy and that's why he blessed us with Henry. Well I've often thought since then that it's probably the truth!
Six Month Highlights:
Six Month Highlights:
- About a month ago, Henry was chatting away in the living room and I was in the kitchen working at the sink. After a quietness, he began talking again and sounded really close to me. I walked over and there he was, at the tile. He'd rolled himself around the table and couch, half way across the room. He has continued to do this frequently since...so at about 5 1/2 months, he started rolling so much that he got himself across rooms!
- Henry loves to walk around with Daddy. Daddy offers his two pointer fingers, Henry takes them, pulls himself up to standing (for lack of a better way to describe it), and puts one cute little chubby foot in front of the other. They have fun doing this!
- Tooth times two - Last weekend (May 19th) Tante Christine and her friend Nancy were visiting. Nancy let Henry chew on her finger as he's been loving to chew for quite some time now, but this time noticed two chompers! What a big boy!
- Within the next week or so, we're starting Henry on food! Not sure if we're starting him on cereal or on veggie mush, but the doctor wants to be sure that if we start him on veggies, we give him iron drops. Apparently iron is very important to a babe's diet. Hmmm....wish he could just get all he needs from natural sources like leafy greens, but alas, it's probably not possible.
- Pediatrician Visit - We had Henry's six month appointment and found a new pediatrician in the area that we really like. It was an hour and a half appointment, if that gives you an idea of how many questions I asked and how much I picked her brain on her philosophy on medicine and raising my babies. If you didn't already know me that well, you may be surprised at this. I know some of you would not bat an eyelid though.
- The death defying stunt move = the backwards bridge! He does this ALL.THE.TIME. Visitors have suggested that we should be worried that it's bad for his neck, but we can't stop him and it doesn't seem to be uncomfortable to him. Babies are sooooo flexible and clearly he's my little yogi with this strong move! On his back, he arches himself up so that the only body parts touching the floor are his heels and the tip of his head. I have yet to get a picture.
- Army crawl beginnings...Amber, Sage, and Drew took a day trip to visit today (THANK YOU!!! We love you guys!) and Amber noticed that Henry's sort of doing a little army crawling. I know he can scoot himself around and pivot like a champ to get whatever he's got his eye on, but I hadn't defined it as this until she pointed it out. Go Henry! (Note to self: You have very little time before you will have to supervise Henry's every move if you don't want him to get into everything! I forget how this stage went with Claire, but I guess I'll get used to it again pretty quickly.)
- Curiosity! Everything is something to be explored and the best way to explore is...you guessed it...the mouth. :)
- More updates later...
