The Bucking Bronco

My people have been trying to catch Henry's latest move on video, but whenever he sees the camera he makes a beeline for it. This is the best they've gotten so far.

9 Months

Henry is 9 months old now. He went to the doctor today and everything looks good. He's 19.4 lbs. and 28" long, 50th percentile for both weight and height. He has 8 teeth (4 on top, 4 on bottom), is crawling all over the place (with his belly off the floor), pulling up on everything and slowly starting to cruise along the furniture. He's progressed from a pterodactyl type screech noise to a nice "ba-ba-ba" kind of talking. The nurse called him a flirt and the doctor called him "social".

Snuggling With Snow White

When Lily pretends to be Snow White, the entire family gets pulled into her fantasy world and the cast of characters are always the same. Greg is the Prince, Katie is the Queen (Isn't the Queen evil? Hmm.), Henry is Dopey and I am Grumpy (Wait, what?).

Ready to Dance!

Lily started dance class last night, beginning tap and ballet. She was super excited. Here she is in her tap shoes... and ballet shoes.

She did a great job listening to the teacher and trying the new things the teacher taught them. Parents aren't allowed in the room during class and they only have a small window to look through if they want to watch. My girl person was able to snap a couple of pictures with her phone through the window and of course, this is what she captured...

Lily off on her own doing who knows what. Ha! She goes once a week for 11 more weeks and then there's a little recital at the end. Should be fun!

New Trick

Henry has a new trick. He can now pull up on things! He's been perfecting it for the last week or so and now tries to pull up on everything. Just yesterday he was pulling up on sister's bed when he fell forward and hit his mouth on the bedframe. It was his first accident involving blood. The first of many, I'm sure. Fun times!

Look at me!

Oh, hi there!

Sister's ready to catch me if I fall.

Yummy Breakfast

The magic chair has started dropping food for me again! This morning the surprise was pancakes. Mmm...pancakes.

Einstein

Lily was supposed to be going potty while my tall girl person was in the living room. She was making whining noises from the bathroom and this is the conversation I overheard...

Katie: "What's the problem?"

Lily: "My hand won't stop hitting me."

She then walks into the living room while hitting herself in the head.

Katie" "Well, stop hitting yourself."

She walks back into the bathroom still hitting herself.

Lily: "Hand, stop hitting me!"

She's a genius, that one.