Toddler Room!?!!?

So my little man moved into the Toddler Room at daycare!! He was in the infant room from 10 weeks old til 16 months exactly. The infant room teachers made us promise to bring Henry back to visit now and then.. they just loved him. So now yesterday was his transition to the big kid room!! I was so nervous for him, and just as you'd guess, he did awesome! I'm glad to have a kid that isn't really shy and doesn't mind benig around new people. This toddler room thing is very different from infants. They get dropped off in a common room (cafeteria/gym) and eat cereal, fruit and milk and play- they even sit at the table to eat! Then they have scheduled activities all day long and during nap time they sleep on little cots! I was really anxious to hear if Henry would do that... he's in a crib at home and was in a separate room at daycare in a crib in the infant room to sleep.. but sure enough- he did great. They said he did it like he'd been doing it all along! I suppose those little kids see all the other kids do it and just do what they do.. All new activities and people -- I'm sure he'll be nice and worn out by the end of the days.. I'm really glad he's moved up now, I think he was sick and tired of being with those babies all day long! He wants to play with the big boys! Hopefully another great day today!

Henry at 5:45am-- getting ready to go off this first day of Toddler Room School! : )

Brendon got Henry his first golf game... oh gosh... " )

This was so funny. at the fair Henry loved the semi truck ride... he likes anything with a steering wheel. when the ride was done, he shut the door and said no... he did this about 4 times, and then Pam quickly got her camera out and caught this one...

"Mornin"

This morning Henry was getting ready and I took him into see Brendon getting ready, we walked in and I said "Morning Daddy" and Henry says clear as can be.. Mornin! Brendon and I both giggled and tried to get him to say it again.. it's so cute the things that pop out. Henry is talking a lot, the Dr said he's above on that right now- normal is 4-10 words and Henry says a lot more than that.... granted not are all super clear, but they are there! I don't know why I think this is so cute that he said "morning"... maybe because it's his first "big" word more than one sylable...

Dr appt

Henry had his 15 month- well 16 month Dr appt today (I'm about a month late..oops). Henry did great, he had to get 3 shots. The first one he barely made a reaction, second one he got all red in the face and the 3rd one he started screaming. Poor guy-- I grabbed him and cuddled and gave him juice and he was all good within a minute or two. What a kid! He walked out all smiles, then we stopped at the DQ for a treat, and imagine that, Henry didn't even want any ice cream. Oh well- he was happy with goldfish!
Stats are: Weight 26.3lbs and is the 67% (fully clothed and diapered) it was cute watching him stand on the big boy scale and not the baby scale anymore). Height 2ft 8inch also the 67%, and Head was 19inches and is in the 75%. All great and is right on his curve. She said he was perfectly heathly and looked just awesome!

4th of July Weekend

What a weekend. Friday night we went with the Pagel family to the Cannon Falls Fair and went on some rides and in the barns and such. Henry had a good time.. none of the rides interested him too much except for the trucks... since they had stearing wheels then he was all smiles. When the ride was over I went and opened the door to get him out and he quickly shut the door and said no! Grandma Pam got a video of it, so I'll try to get a copy to put here.

Saturday morning we took my nephew Brady and Henry to the parade in town. They were very good. Henry sat on my lap almost the whole time and Brady had fun too. Then home for a nap and then the Pagel family came over for a little BBQ. We were going to go back to the fair again with the Pagel family to watch fireworks, but it gets pretty late for Henry.. he typically goes to bed at 7:30, he got a nice afternoon nap in so we were thinking about it, but Brendon said he'll enjoy it next year and we should skip it this year...which is fine, I think Henry would be pretty crabby by 10pm when they start. Hopefully Sunday will be a nice relaxing day. Monday we have his 15 month Dr appt.. it's a month late, but oh well. I hate those darn shots, that I didn't care about being late, but he needs his medical sheet updated for his start in the toddler room next Tuesday! Wahoo, my baby is going from infant room to toddler room! I'm so excited for him and I think he's so ready-- he's sick of those babies all day long. It's a totally new schedule and I'm sure it will be a big adjustment, but I think he'll love it.
Here are some pics from this weekend.


Brady and Henry at the parade... how cute.

Brendon, Jenae, Landon and Henry on the ferris wheel

I love this one... Grandpa walked around on the horses with Henry and is clutched on to Grandpa's arm..

Not sure what to think about this one...

WEEE... I love this ride. Trucks are the best!

Cousin Landon is a good protector of Henry.. He made sure Henry wouldn't falll out..

On the Merry go Round

mmmm-- I love Bananna's

Hello? Daddy? Is that you?

Phone's ringing

Say Cheese honey

Good Times

Had some good Henry time this weekend. I took half day of work on Friday and went to get Henry at daycare which I hardly ever get to do. It was fuuny showing his teachers what the duckys say and his quack quack and moves his arms like a duck-- they got a kick out of it. (it's from Barney and since they don't watch any tv at daycare, never get to see the ducky moves)!
Saturday Brendon played ball all day and Henry and I hung out- had such fun. He is just growing so fast and learning so many things. He'll tell you where is nose, eyes, ears, head, "pee-pee", and belly is. He loves to tickle our toes and tell you to "come on"... he throws his arms against his chest and sort of says come on. He's got new words coming out every day, which is awesome! He still does quite a bit of sign language and once he moves into the toddler room at daycare next week he'll start doing even more signing-- right now it's just the basics. Henry and I also continue to feed our neighbors ducks a lot and water the plants and garden every night. Henry absolutely loves me filling up his watering can and watering all the plants, he also really likes to water the cement walkway!

Saturday night I left about 6pm to go to my sister Beth's bachelorette party-- lots of fun, but I probably won't post any of those pictures! HA

Then Sunday the three of us hung out all day long. Of course Henry woke up at 5:30am.. he NEVER does that and didn't really want Brendon but just me, he's been kind of a mama's boy lately. So no sleep for me! We came down stairs and he did actually fall asleep cuddling with me- and that almost never happens.. he's not really a cuddler for more than 5 seconds.

Lately I've taught Henry to catch a ball... it's the cutest freakin thing.. he puts his arms out and puts his head down too.. then I throw the ball in his arms and we get all excited.. I'll have to get a picture or a litte video. Then I also set up his t-ball set. We put the ball on it, and I tried to teach him to use both hands on his bat to swing.. sometimes he does it, but most times just uses one hand on the bat and hits the ball... in anycase, it's good contact. Such a funny boy we have.

Guess this is the only pictures I had on my camera.. hard to tell but Henry has two hats on and he had just stepped out of Brendon's shoes, I think he wore Brendon's shoes almost the whole day that day! Onto a good week now, I took a couple extra days off work and we have some fun plans. Brendon and I want to do a little family time- just the 3 of us, and take Henry to the fair and see the animals and go on some rides-- I'm soo excited to see his reaction. We might get out in my grandma's pool this week too-- we'll see how she's feeling first. And we have the annual Pagel/Duden/Lundell picnic in the park and parade watching.. and I'm sure we'll do the fair again after that too- as long as Henry still has some energy! So many fun things to do this weekend!

Busy Weekend

Friday was so nice, I took the day off work and got to enjoy a day with Henry. We got up early and fed the ducks, watered the garden and flowers and just goofed around all day-- just him and me. Then we ran errands and back home for awhile. Saturday morning we got up early and played then headed out to watch Brendon play softball. We were in Zumbrota for about 5 hours! Henry was so good and even though it was soo hot out, you'd never know it bothered him. His cheeks were so red, everyone thought he was sun-burned, but I knew it wasn't, he was just flushed with it being so hot out..thank goodness for good baby sunscreen! Not a pink spot on him-- Bren and I both got red, but not Henry. Just lots and lots of water and sunscreen, it made it a great day. He threw a fit when we were trying to leave! Bren stayed and played another game and went to a BBQ at the Stays house, so I got some Henry time later that evening too. Sunday Bren went to play softball again (they got 2nd place!), Henry and I hung out at the house, took a nap, then went out to my parents to have a late lunch, play with the kittens, the dog, and got his first ride on the bobcat-- not really a ride I guess, but go to sit on it! So a busy weekend, but lots of mom/Henry time, so I loved it!

Playing in the driveway

Loves his little bike he got from Landon-- he doesn't move much on it, but he still loves it!

Watering my plants... what a good helper!

Just goofing around inside-- he pulled out a bunch of ribbon out of a drawer in the office and I think he has a lint roller in his hand too..

He loves sitting in the laundry basket

I love this video.. Henry loves to "help" me water my plants and flowers, so I give him the watering can with a little water in it and he goes to each bush and waters it then points to the next and grunts like he's asking that one too? Then I say yes, that one too, then he goes to the next and the next and the next... it's so stinkin cute! The video cut short, but you get the point.

More kitty pictures

Some more pictures of the kitties at my parents house..


This is Brady determined to get that kitty in the back of the kennel out! Notice the dinosaur slippers he has on! : )
Sitting in the hay barn playing with the new kitty's

The kittens are so sweet and tame... Henry kept wanting to touch their noses!