A Month's worth of updates...

We've got Internet after about a month, so I've got updates galore.




Here's Henry when he was just learning to walk.

As mentioned earlier, here are pics of Doodle at Halloween. Did I mention he was sick...

Big John and Grammy Judy sent a Halloween "happy" to Henry. He walked around everywhere with this little cup!

They also sent him a snow suit for his b'day. We'll be visiting them for Christmas this year, and he needs to be warm. For those of you that have seen the Christmas Story, it was an exact remake...he couldn't put his arms down, fell, and couldn't get up! Hysterical! I mean look at that face!

I don't remember how we got his hair like this, but it was just too cute to pass up! He's clapping...notice the halloween cup...again! Thanks Grammy and PopPop!

BUSTED!!! He gets it honest, his Daddy LOVES candy corn! :)

He'd just woken up from a nap...bed head!

This was just before bed tonight...so sweet! He's getting a hair cut this week; he looks like a frat boy.

We were having dinner one night, and everything Jared did was funny. He was pretending to throw a ball or making gun noises...Take a look

Another night we were teaching him to cheer for the bulldawgs. He was doing it more until I got the camera. Sorry for the redneck "Wooing"

Hello Again!

It seems like it has been FOREVER since our last post! We'll be getting Internet next Monday...how am I posting now, you ask? I'm on my work computer :) We recently sold our home and moved to another suburb in Dallas. It's closer to both of our jobs, which is SO nice. We are also much closer to Lauren and Justin, and we've seen them every weekend (ok, twice a weekend!). It's really great being so close to them.
Henry celebrated his second Halloween...under the weather. It was kind of sad. I made an appointment for him on the 30th. Although he felt TERRIBLE, I dressed him up in his costume. That may be borderline child abuse, but he looked so cute! He's just now starting to feel better. I'll post pics our our lil Tigger when we get the Internet hooked up at home. I'm not sure if I've blogged about this, but we've got a walker! Henry was toying with the idea of walking when we were packing to move. The week after we were all moved in, he became an expert "beginner" walker (does that even make sense?!).
We are adjusting to our new home and Henry's new teacher/sitter. We are incredibly blessed by his new teacher. I found (by God's grace) an in-home sitter that teaches preschool from her home. She takes no more than 6 children and happened to have a spot available. He gets little "assignments" during the week. It's pretty cute I must admit. She's a believer which is reassuring, and she teaches Bible stories, too.
By the way...How 'bout them dawgs on Saturday! I'll have TONS of pics and videos next time...

We are Moving!

The house is sold. We have to be out soon...Oct. 9! More to come!

Birthday Party

We celebrated Henry's birthday last Saturday. It was supposed to be a pool party, but it rained all week and consequently all day Saturday. We moved the party to our house, which was a little nerve-racking because it's up for sale! We made it work and enjoyed our guests. Thank you so much for coming and celebrating our baby boy! We even had some out-of- towners, Aunt Wendi, Grumps, and MeeMee came. Henry LOVED his cupcake. He didn't let a drop go to waste!

Nana gave him a phone for his birthday because he's OBSESSED with mine!

All the family but me...taking the picture ;-)

Aunt Wendi (how great is this picture...why won't he do this for me?!)

Grumps and Henry

Helping Daddy open gifts

At least we got a picture together!

Henry's real birthday was on Tuesday of this week. We went out to Texas Roadhouse, a local favorite. My dad ate ribs and thought Henry should try some! He gave him one of his bones that had some BBQ sauce on it...a tad redneck so I snapped a pic.
Happy Birthday, Doodle! We love you so much!













What a difference a year makes!

My sweet baby boy

Today is Henry's first birthday, and I'm consumed with thoughts of where we were this time last year. My precious Doodle was on his way. I am humbled and overjoyed that God would create such a gift and allow Jared and I to borrow him and raise him. We celebrated his birth on Saturday with family and friends. Pics to come...

Happy Birthday, Henry, you are truly loved! :-)

Love

This was supposed to be a mohawk during bath time but oh well...I just think he's so beautiful sometimes! :-)

I'm so proud of...

ME!!! Henry will have breast milk for the entire first year of his life! This week I'm finally allowed to enjoy a day without having to stop every few hours to pump. There are so many benefits of breast milk, and it became important to us for Henry to have it for as long as I could produce it. It just worked out that I produced enough and had the patience to stick with it for this long! I have enough stored in the freezer to get him to his first birthday and a little after. Yea! When I first went back to work in June, my production decreased dramatically, but I didn't give up! Thanks An, for the pep talks and referring me to the lactation consultant...and, of course, all the difficult/time-consuming caring you do for our little Doodle! I know he loves you and is so well taken care of! So cheers to me!!!! I'm really quite proud!!!