TWO WEEKS!!

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I've updated the blog. I'm a bad Mommy Blogger. But, we've been busy!

Greg and Marianne and the kids drove across the country and are now living about 10 miles away. I love that! Henry and Nathan play really nicely together. They both love Thomas trains and helicopters and they love to play chase. Henry says, "Nathan has to chase Henry" and then Nathan chases Henry while they both shriek and laugh. It's very cute.

Jeff, Henry, and I drove to the coast for a day. Unfortunately it was a cold, rainy day, but I still had fun being with my two favorite boys.

My mom came from Hawaii for a visit, and she just left today. She had fun seeing all three of her grandchildren in one place. We shopped, barbecued, went to the zoo, and had a really nice visit.

We had a big barbecue, with about 25 guests. Jeff made ribs, bratwursts, chicken, and hot dogs. Everyone had a great time.

I started back to work on Monday. Going back to work after having the summer off is never fun, but it is really, really hard now that I have Henry. I just hate leaving him after spending so much time together. It didn't help matters when he cried and cried when I dropped him off on Monday morning. It has gotten better since, so that's good.

See? We've been busy!

Henry at the little aquarium in Seaside

Jeff playing with Nathan and Henry (yes, he's wearing skeleton pj's)

At the Oregon Zoo...Peyton is as tall as a Sun BearFeeding the lorikeets. Yes, Marianne has a black eye. She and her dog collided heads!Grandma Jackie and Henry watching the animals togetherHenry loves the fire pit in our back yardDaddy & Henry with their beveragesHugs for GrandmaGrandma Jackie and the boys

We rarely get pictures of Jeff, Henry and I together, so I had my mom take a few before she left. It's hard to get a good one of all three of us at the same time, but here they are.

Henry and Grandma having funHenry with his Mommy and Grandma

Mmmmm...Donuts!

If you've never had a Krispy Kreme donut, you're missing out. Henry had one this morning, and he thoroughly enjoyed it! I was good and resisted even a bite. My treat was watching him enjoying his treat.

Picture Overload

I decided to take my fancy-schmancy camera and attempt to do a "professional" photo shoot with Henry. I scouted out a spot in our neighborhood that I thought would make a good background for some pictures. There's a seedy little park down the street that's probably seen it's share of drug deals, but it has a crumbly old brick wall that someone has painted like an American flag on one side and a pretty shade of blue on the other. There's also a dilapidated fence that I thought would look like a cool country setting. I had visions of Henry leaning against the blue wall with his beautiful blue eyes sparkling...unfortunately it was too sunny and there were weird shadows and he wouldn't even look up at me. Even though I bribed him with Dairy Queen ice cream. I did get a few cool shots there, though, and even more good ones later at home in our back yard (after the ice cream).


No smiles pre-ice cream!

In "The Country"...

Possibly my favorite one...

The blue wall was too cool. We'll have to try it again some other time...

The flag-side of the wall had much better lighting...

Back home after a trip to DQ, there were lots of smiles!

Cute close-ups...

Playing with the shadows and light...

Typical Henry expressions...

Pretty blue eyes...

Kickin' dirt & havin' fun...

Leave a comment and let me know what you think! Tell me which one is your favorite. Please? Marianne...Kathleen...Mom...and all of you other non-commenters...I know you're looking.

Funny Funny Kid

Henry cotinues to make us laugh every single day. He really is a funny kid. Sometimes he's actually trying to be funny, and sometimes he's just unintentionally funny. Here are some recent Henry funnies...

I was taking a walk through our neighborhood with Henry and the pugs. We walked by a house where two women were working in the front yard. They started ooh-ing and aah-ing over Rocco and Stella, asking questions about them, petting them, etc. When we finished chatting, and were walking away from the ladies, Henry turned around and yelled, "Bye, Boys!!"

I was picking up dog poop in our back yard (using a pooper scooper, not actually picking it up), and Henry was pointing out the landmines and saying, "There's another one...Mommy has to pick up that one!" When I finished picking up all of the piles, Henry said, "Poop is no one's friend."

Henry constantly asks me to turn ON things that are off, and to turn OFF things that are on. Sometimes I oblige, but sometimes I don't. He asks me to open other peoples' garages, and of course I can't do that, so I tell him, "I can't. It's not ours." He asks me to turn on the fans on the ceiling of restaurants and shops, and again I say, "I can't. It's not ours." So, on a recent sunny day, Henry said, "Turn off the sun!" When I replied that I couldn't, he said, "It's not ours!"

I know there are more, but that's all I can come up with for now. Happy Friday!