Mommy's Lunch Date

What a fun day we've had! I've been working more than usual lately and missing our little man. So, when it was time for lunch today, I decided to have a little lunch date with Henry. We enjoyed grilled cheese and sweet potato fries at Henry's little table. We had such a good time. I loved ever minute of our time together. You may see that Henry has a little bit of a black eye....he got into a fight with a slide and the slide won! He's okay though!




Henry was invited to a neighborhood Valentine's Day party. He played in a jumpy/bounce house for the first time and absolutely loved it. He was jumping and shrieking with enjoyment. He drew a considerable amount of attention.

My sweet Valentine....Before we went to church on Sunday morning, Henry brought me pink tulips and a super sweet card. My boys are so thoughtful. I'm a lucky girl!


Hooray! Mommy won her tennis match!

Henry has one direction: backwards. He hasn't mastered the forward move yet.

Grandpa Walker's Birthday

Thursday has become my blog update day, and it just happens that today is my Dad's birthday. Happy birthday, Dad aka Grandpa Walker. Below is picture of me, my Dad and Henry at the park in July. We love you, Dad, and look forward to celebrating many more wonderful birthdays with you. It was on your birthday two years ago that Kyle and I told you that Henry would be joining our family. I don't think we can top that birthday gift but please know that we all love you very much. Happy Day!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner. I'm fairly certain that I am Henry's Valentine. He made a Valentine Cupcake at preschool on Tuesday. It didn't take him long to devour it, and he refused to share it with his mommy!

Henry is giving you "the eyes"! We think this is his way of telling us he loves us.

Henry's discovered his silverware. It took a long time to get the scrambled egg into his mouth, but he did it. He's such a big boy!

Lots of Chatter

Happy Thursday!

Henry has found his voice. He has several words right now. Lots of Daddy and he calls me, "Ma". Occasionally, he'll say Mommy. His other favorites are kak-ker (cracker), cooh (school), bah (ball), dah (dog), chee (cheese), twee (tree), tee (teeth), lo (hello) and mammo (Elmo). He says everything is very soft, sweet voice. When he speaks "Henry-ese" gibberish, it's a lot louder.

Henry's Favorite Snack: Chocolate Chip Cookies

He's started to knock on the windows, doors this week. This is outside, looking into our dining room window.

The view of him knocking on the window from our dining room.

It was beautiful over the weekend. Nearly 70 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Henry likes to throw the ball with Kyle.

Gavin joined Henry and Kyle while they were playing ball.

Bedtime!

Have a great week! Love, Henry :)

I've made the goal to blog weekly. This has been a busy week so I haven't taken a lot of pictures, but I do have a few cute ones to share. Henry started his week with physical therapy. He's 16 months and hasn't started walking just yet. His evaluation with the therapist went well. It was like taking a Gymboree class. Slides, stair cases, swings, lots of balls to throw...Henry didn't know what to do with himself. I'll take some pictures when we start weekly sessions in February. Here's a quick snapshot of our week.


Daddy's Home! Time for Henry to climb on top and inside of his suitcase.


Just lounging before heading to school on Wednesday morning.

More to come next week...I promise. Happy Thursday!

Henry & Friends

Henry LOVES to play! Especially if he's playing with a friend. Play dates are a necessity for Henry and mommy. Here are some of Henry's favorite friends.

Henry and Jack "coloring" today. Their laughing was contagious. These boys have fun together.

This is Ryan. My good friend, Lisa, is Ryan's mom. We live far apart, but we sure do enjoy the opportunity to play when we are in Cincinnati.

The Twins! Elisabeth (back towards camera) and Thomas are just 10 days younger than Henry. We play with them almost every week. Elisabeth tells the boys what to do and keeps them in line.

Henry and Jack (again) in December, having lunch at Henry's table. Jack is a little bit older than Henry and shows him the ropes.

Henry and Caroline (and Caroline's mom, Molly) at a neighborhood Halloween party. We like to eat Mexican with Caroline.

Henry's FAVORITE friend: Gavin

Jack and Charlie: Henry's Atlanta "cousins". He loves them. He said, "Jah" before he said anyone else's name, and now he says, "dah-lee". Pretty cute.

Henry and Grant in September. We're taking swimming lessons with Grant soon.

Snow Week...

If you've watched the news this week, you've heard about the crippling snow storm in the Southeast. My mom called me this morning (Friday) and said, "Are you still snowed in?"

The snow came on Sunday/Monday, and we truly could not leave our neighborhood until yesterday. It's been kind of fun, but we've all had a bit of cabin fever. The local news stations have covered the storm 24 hours a day all week. They even pre-empted "The Today Show"! (Those of you that have lived with me or know me well, know that I do not miss "The Today Show".) Schools have been cancelled all week, and the method of treating non-state roads is to let the sun melt the snow and ice, or to use sand instead of rock salt. Kentucky is much better than Georgia when it comes to tackling the winter elements!

Like I said, it's been a fun week. Kyle didn't have to travel to Minneapolis, and Henry and I have had lots of play dates in the neighborhood. But, we are looking forward to some milder, Atlanta winter weather. Sunday's high is 50 degrees...that's more like that.


This is from Monday. Henry and I loaded up the wagon and went to a neighbor's house to play.

Our backyard on Monday morning. We had 6 - 8 inches in most places.

Henry really wanted to go outside.

We spent a lot of time indoors, warm and snugly.

Henry got his wig busted! In the last 10 days, four people have asked about our "little girl". In fact, one person even called Henry our "little Miss America". Time for a hair cut!

With Daddy before the hair cut.

Getting started....

Henry sat on my lap and was on his best behavior.

Getting a trim above the ears.

All finished! He looks so handsome. :)