Pictures from the day

Henry and I checked out a new park near our house and had a lot of fun. We have had a couple cool days which has been wonderful. It has also rained which is even better because things have been very dry. Also, we had some exciting news yesterday---David was offered a position at a law firm he interviewed for a couple weeks ago. He starts tomorrow so he is coming home at a normal time tonight since he finished up on a project. I can't wait to see Henry's face when David walks through the door tonight.

Pictures from the day

Tuesday Playgroup

We hosted playgroup at our house today and it was a full house. All but one toddler showed up so we took the opportunity to get a group photo. Click here for photos from today

A quick week in review

As I write this post, Henry is finishing up his dinner (chomping on corn on the cob again) and David is crashed on the sofa. David and I have had VERY little sleep this week and are totally drained. David actually got no sleep last night--not even a wink. I actually had a good night because I think I clocked 4 hours if you add it all up. This week I tried to do less running around with Henry and have more down time in an effort to see if that helps him calm down and stay asleep through the night. I haven't seen progress yet but I can't complain too much b/c we have been seeing some progress...although slow. Tomorrow afternoon David and I have a babysitter coming to the house so we can go see Harry Potter. We both are looking forward to going to the movies ...just hope we don't fall asleep through the movie.

Below is a video of Henry "helping" me vacuum.

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A Rooom of One's Own

We spent the weekend planning, shopping and putting together Henry's bedroom. His crib had been in our room but we moved the desk out of the second bedroom and created a beautiful little room for Henry. Henry slept in his room for most of the night last night ( :

Below is a video of Henry eating corn on the cob for the first time. He really enjoyed it!!!

Henry scarfing on some corn

Pictures of Henry's room

Video of Henry saying Apple

Rockin' out to Rocknoceros

Today Henry and I (along with our good friends Heather and Johanna) went to see a band called Rocknoceros out at the Wolftrap Center for the Performing Arts. Wolftrap is a National Park that is dedicated to the Performing Arts. It is a beautiful area with multiple venues. The Rocknoceros show was located in the Children's Theatre in the Woods. They aren't kidding! It is really deep in the woods. It is a beautiful walk to the location and a very comfortable place to see live music.

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Hostess with the Mostess

Yesterday we hosted our Tuesday playgroup at our house. This was the first time it was at our house and I was curious to see how Henry would react to toddlers in his house playing with his toys. Henry behaved wonderfully and I was very proud of him. He even shared his vacuum (in exchange for a baby doll stroller)!

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Weekend in New Bern

On Friday morning we headed down to New Bern, NC for a visit to see David's family (and a much needed few days off work for David). It was great seeing the New Bern gang and we all had a lot of fun. On Saturday morning we went down to the New Bern Farmer's Market and then strolled around downtown. On Saturday night we went to see David's good friend Jon Johndrow play a show with one of his bands. I forgot the name of the band, but you can check out The Hanging Chads (one of Jon's bands). This was a rare event to be out after dark with Henry and he behaved wonderfully. He had a couple Cranberry cocktails and danced to the music. As soon as we got up on Sunday we headed to the beach (enjoying a Bojangles biscuit on the ride down--yum!). Henry loved the water which surprised me because when we were down at the Gulf in Florida he was a little nervous near the water. The beach was wonderful and before heading home we scarfed down some Sprimp burgers (the eating motto for the weekend was "When in Rome"). Later on Sunday afternoon Jon and Marcia Johndrow took us out on the Trent River on their boat. This was Henry's first time and he really liked it. I really enjoyed the quarry Jon took us to. I don't usually enjoy swimming in the river but this secluded spot was wonderful and I really enjoyed it --except when I lost my floaty and was nearly drowning while trying to keep Henry afloat (hee hee).

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