Henry is 2 months old

How time flies.....Henry turned two months old today. We celebrated with a nice bath and the posing of this picture. This is right before a nap and you can tell that he needs one...those eyes look like they may shut at any minute!

Guy Smiley

I thought I would tell you about Henry's personality which is more apparent day by day. He is quite the happy baby, even though he was diagnosed with reflux and a possible milk allergy that caused a lot of pain. He gives lots of smiles after feeding and coos and talks to anyone who will listen. It is quite fun to have a conversation with him when he seems to answer my questions!

And he is surprisingly easy going. He is patient during diaper changes and doesn't mind a lukewarm bottle. I hope that trait is a foreshadowing of things to come! And thankfully, he isn't bothered by noise when he sleeps, including his barking dog.

Henry is settling into a routine and started sleeping through the night at seven weeks. He likes to wake around 5, but I can usually get him to sleep until 6 when I am more ready for my day to start. And when we leave for an errand, the car does a great job of soothing him to sleep.

Henry has been a true blessing and we are cherishing each day with him!

Henry becomes a child of God!

Man....it has been too long since the last post. Time to catch up.....The Bayes Family traveled to Houston to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday and Henry's baptism. It was a great weekend marked by Ellie and Tyler meeting their cousin for the first time.

Henry was baptized on November 30 which was also the 40th wedding anniversary for my parents. Good way to remember both occaisons in the future! It was also special that Henry's baptismal gown was made from the train of my mom's wedding dress. And our neighbor's gave us water from the Jordan River from their trip to Israel last year. We were blessed that Henry's godfathers Matt Bayes and Joel Springer (my cousin's husband) could be there and that Mark's aunt and family could join us too.

The pictures include one of Henry's godfather's enjoy their Texas gifts. We'll have to get Henry a 'Don't mess with Texas' onesie

Henry conflicted

As many may know, our family divides it's college allegiances across many schools. So naturally, Henry has been gifted a few things from the family fans. Today, Henry and I had a photo shoot to model each outfit. It will definitely be hard for Henry to choose who to root for during the Oaken Bucket game this weekend.

Henry looks like he is cheering on the volleyball team in the IPFW outfit...and look how his toes are spread!

Henry's new friends

Last week, we entered the world of play dates.....which is really a lunch date with another adult at this stage in Henry's life. But nonetheless, it was very nice to have company! On Wednesday, our friends from church Jennifer and her son James came to visit and today Melisa (whose husband works with Mark) and her son Landon were here for lunch. James (first picture) is 6 weeks older than Henry and Landon is only 2 weeks.

Happy Birthday Dasher!

Today is Dasher's 3rd birthday or 21st in dog years. We are going to celebrate tomorrow with some dog cookies and a 'Bowser Brew'. We hope the hangover on Saturday isn't too bad for him.

Mark snapped this picture of Dasher some time in the last two weeks. I love the look on his face....it is begging for a hug!

Henry is one month old

Today Henry turned one month old, so although he looks like Mr. Magoo in this picture, he is a mere 30 days old. Hard to believe he has turned our world upside down in such a short time.

And thankfully, Henry is sleeping very well at night. I am going to move back his next feeding to 11 pm and I think he should sleep until 6 am. Hopefully that experiment will work!