A City Life For Me

Only a couple of months later (backdating to keep things in order) ...but the little man turned two on August 27th! Henry is thick in the "terrible twos" and testing every possible boundary!  He is the biggest copy cat that I have ever seen...he has to do everything his older siblings do!  This also means that he is a little "ahead" of where the other kids were at his age.  He climbs and runs and does stairs and plays games and rides bikes...if the bigs are doing it he wants to do it too!  Henry loves to color and he watches Bible class with the twins every day.   He isn't talking much yet, but a few words are definitely distinguishable - "Mom!", "uh-oh", and "NO!"  We're working on "help" and "please" but they are more like grunts right now!  Henry does pray for a meal sometimes.  It is always three words, and sounds something like, "sus, ank, me."  (Translation - Jesus, thanks, amen). ...

Bronx Zoo  (He’s such a good dad!) Love this! He was causing trouble.  Getting into school.  So Elaine made him a play station.  Lasted five minutes.  First and last play station ever. First one awake gets to watch Blues Clues!  Wait…it was Henry?!?! Elaine’s Cursive   Rib Fingers!  (They want to know when I’m going to make Grandpa’s ribs.  Um…never).    Little Leaguers!

Last Friday, since we did not get to close on the house, we decided to take an outing.  We just needed to get out of the house and direct our attention on something else.  Nolan even cried when we told him about not closing on the new house, so we definitely needed a distraction.  We decided to go to the Statue of Liberty.  We hadn’t been since the first summer we moved to NYC (2010), and none of our Brooklyn Babies had ever been!  The kids were elated.  We may have caused a little bit of confusion, because after the trip I overheard the twins saying there are two Statue of Liberty’s – one in the water, and one in the grass!  I guess since they have only seen her from the highway, standing out in the entrance to New York Harbor, they thought she was just floating in the water!  When we got to see Lady Liberty in person, they thought it was a different statue – in the grass! I never get tired of this sight! First arrived on Liberty Island Hami...

  I started (and completed!!!) a study in Psalm 91 from the Doorposts blog.  This is the first time I have completed a Busy Mama 30 day study in…30 days!  Henry loves his new glasses! Labeling some stray tracts with our new church logo! The kids enjoyed some quiet reading time while I had morning devotions We found strawberries for $1 a quart and made 16+ pints of strawberry jam! Spring snow storm…to the kiddies delights I have always favored the McDonalds Shamrock shake, with its rich mint flavor only available in the month of March.  My budget couldn’t follow my cravings, especially when the kids got a taste of the deliciousness.  So…we made our own!  They had chocolate chips in them, the only thing lacking from the Mickey D’s version!     I started cloth diapering again with Henry.  Grandma & Grandpa Fezzie came to help us with a St. Patrick’s Day blitz, and Henry enjoyed wearing Grandpa’s boots. Bubbles!  I brought h...

Henry always lets us know when it’s time to eat.  Sometimes I find him getting out the cereal boxes or raises as a “hint-hint” that he’s hungry.  He’s also developing quite a sweet tooth…   He’s not too happy when I say “no” to more cinnamon rolls!  (He already had two!).  He loved the candy package from Grandma Godby for Valentine’s Day!

Henry got his first haircut at Grandpa’s barber!  I expected to have to hold him, but he sat up there in the chair just about perfectly still!  Such a cutie pie!  

:: One year ago, we welcomed Henry into our family.  He’s my little happy boy who is nearly always content.  He loves to play peek-a-boo and be included in big sibling activities.  He nods his head to answer yes, and won’t drink any milk out of a cup.  He claps and laughs when you tickle him, and loves to toddle around, especially in the bathroom (yuck!). || Newborn || || 11 Weeks || || 4 Months || || 5 Months || || 6 Months || || 7 Months || || 8 Months || || 10 Months || || 11 Months || || One Year ||   Milestones and New Things This Month: Started walking (Aug. 4) First whole slice of watermelon (he LOVES watermelon) New states: Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington (that makes 43 states for our family, and slightly less for Henry) Visited Yosemite National Park Visited San Francisco, CA Throws and chases balls Loves Cheez-Its, cheese sticks, mango, watermelon, banana, and waffles.  Hates eggs and milk.  Enjoyed his fir...