The joys of 'crib standing'

This is a new trick that Henry learned a couple of weeks ago and uses it to no avail. We thought he might tire of it while on vacation and in a pack n play for a week, but no such luck. Yes, he looks super cute, but this turns to super annoying quickly when crying and not figuring out how to get down. We have comfort in the fact that this too is a phase, but in the mean time it will increase our trips to the neighborhood liquor store.

I can do it

Henry thinks he is hot stuff now that he can get to his toys. Pretty soon, he will climb into the cabinet.

Dancing

Last weekend Henry and I practiced our dance moves in the kitchen. I think he liked it.

"It has a look of whimsy...."

As Henry continues to crawl more, he is exploring new parts of our house that he hasn't seen yet. Or at least not from his vantage point. I like that Henry struck this pose while noticing the paintings in our foyer.

Henry is 8 months old (one week late)

While I was out of town last week, Henry turned 8 months old....hard to believe. Mark had to get the monthly picture and didn't have an extra set of hands to distract him, but nonetheless we didn't miss capturing the milestone.

Galveston Day Trip

Yesterday the whole family took a day trip to Steward Beach in Galveston with our neighbors John and Amy Okie. There were two dogs, two adults, one baby and one on the way. The day was an overwhelming success and we plan to do it again. And Galveston doesn't look too bad. We even saw the mayor driving down the street!

Love the Chronicle

Henry has discovered our magazine rack in his crawling explorations and the paper is too interesting to pass up.

"What is Obama saying now?"


"The front page is interesting, but I was really looking for the sports page"


"Ah, here it is!"