Henry and his dog

More and more the thing that entertains Henry the most is our dog Dasher. Henry lights up when he walks by or lies by his activity jumper and smiles from ear to ear when Dasher licks his toes. Dasher is very patient with Henry and I think enjoyes the attention, but doesn't yet run and jump to greet Henry....not yet.

Fuzzy PJ's

Henry has a much loved pair of fleece pajamas that he somehow continues to fit in even though they are size 3 months. The best part of the pajamas are the Baby Einstein characters on the feet, which he can see well when sitting in his highchair. The other night he was fascinated by them as you can see from the pictures.

Take me out to the ballgame

This hat makes me laugh and I wonder what Henry will look like when he is playing baseball 5+ years from now. It barely fits now, but does a good job of shielding the sun.

Oma's Visit

Last week both Mark and I had our first overnight business trips since Henry was born. He headed to Orlando, I headed to Indy and Oma Bayes headed to Houston. It was nice to know that Henry was in such good hands!

While Oma was here, Henry really got a hang of eating from a spoon and is now very vocal when he wants more. You can see from the picture, that he doesn't have a problem with opening his mouth wide.

On Sunday, it was a chilly day for church, so Henry got to wear a sweater gifted to him by Gross Oma Stoppenhagen (She is wonderful, not gross, but that is the German word for 'great'). He was definitely happy to be bundled up. Finally, Henry is modeling a summer hat that we bought to protect his fair head in the Houston sun. We are ready for Spring!

Henry is 4 months old

Henry had a day of firsts....sitting in a highchair and trying rice cereal. He didn't seem to mind sitting in the highchair, I am sure there was much more to look at from that vantage point. The rice cereal wasn't a hit, but we'll try again. He had maybe 5 bites, but did know to open his mouth when the spoon was coming closer.

Good news from the doctor yesterday....Henry is a little light for his size at 13 lbs 5 oz, but in the 75th percentile for length. Long and lean!

New Toy

This week I discovered Craigslist and bought a used Baby Einstein activity jumper. This came highly recommended by Katie and I was thrilled to find one gently used. After cleaning it up, Henry got a chance to try it out....and loved it! There is lots to touch and look at, and the best part is that he can touch the floor and bounce. I think this will be around for a long time.

Meet Katy!

Henry's new nanny Katy started this week. She has been a blessing to Alison. Alison just started working again out of her home office and Katy comes and keeps care of Henry and the house during the day. It has been working great so far (although Dasher is still warming up to her). Katy is a native of Wisconsin and a University of Minnesota grad (go Big Ten!). She just recently married Danny, who is an up and coming professional hockey player. Danny has been splitting time playing here in Houston and in Minneapolis. So it is nice for Henry to finally have a masculine male role model to look up to (see "Henry meets Butkus" post below)!

-MF