Henry Tennyson

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Box Car Boy

This kid has got imagination! He crawled right into a box and started making "vroom, vroom" sounds. So we helped the car move by pulling him around on the rug. Who needs to buy toys from the store when every day items around the house can transition into fun toys?!?!

Henry also started to learn to shut his eyes for fun when mommy took pictures. He's such a crack up!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Holiday Update

We had a wonderful Christmas filled with family, presents and lots of food! Just as we anticipated, Henry officially became a walker by Christmas! And he hasn't stopped running about ever since.

Santa visited our house Christmas Day and Henry wasn't a fan of the man in the red suit. But after seeing the present santa pulled out of the bag for him, he cheered up.

Henry also received a rather large, assembled gift from Santa since he was such a good boy this year - a motorized quad! Yes, it moves and Henry has figured out the little red button makes the big wheels move forward. However, he gets constantly stuck since there is no reverse. To mitigate this, we are quickly teaching him how to steer :)

Here he is with is sippy cup in place in case he gets thirsty on his ride.

Henry's first fat lip :(

At Sunday school.

Where are all the presents?

Vader showing some Christmas spirit.

Trying to get Henry to smile.

Bathtime fun!

Sporting the faux-hawk.

Henry taking notes while Daddy installs saftey locks on the bathroom cabinets.

Me? Did I do that?

Henry helping with some housework.

Henry and Grandpa Sabo at Thanksgiving.

Herny at The Little Gym.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Flush Rod, Jr.

Henry's Grandpa "Toilet Man" will never be so proud! What will we name Toilet Man's grandson who is son of "Flush Rod"? Why Flush Rod, Jr. of course! Looks like we have a plumber in the making!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Henry's First Steps!

We were told that if Henry wasn't walking by 15 months that we would need to let his pediatrician know. With the deadline just three weeks away, we have been encouraging Henry to venture out of his comfort zone and take his first steps without assistance. He is a great pupil and with much praise received, he has started to break free of our grip and walk on his own. Now it's only a few steps on his own, but we think he'll be running around by Christmas. Watch out - this kid is going to be a handful!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Henry dressed up as a puppy for Halloween. We joined our friends Ben, Amanda and Victoria at Bellevue Square Mall to go trick or treating. It was the craziest experience trying to navigate through the crowds - I think every one in Bellevue decided the mall was the place to be! Not sure we'll be going back there next year...

We then went to Grandpa Patches and Nana's neighborhood to go door-to-door visiting the neighborhood friends. Aunt Amy was there too helping pass out candy at the front door.

Cutest puppy ever!

At the mall with Victoria the bunny.

Grandpa Patches with the two puppies - Henry and Chico!

Playing with a backhoe.

We thought it would be funny to dress Henry up in Thor's batman costume. So here he is at my office dressed up as a puppy that's dressed up as batman for Halloween!

Crabfest for Mommy's Birthday

For mommy's birthday we celebrated by taking a ferry ride to Port Angeles and renting a cabin on Lake Sutherland for the weekend. Our friends Scott & Mary joined us as they had planed to go to Crabfest in Port Angeles the same weekend. Sounded like an adventure, so we went along with them too. We spent the day eating crab in the crab tent and walking around the pier. In the evening we ate chocolate mousse cake (thanks Mary!) and ice cream. It was a fantastic birthday!

Blowing out the candle.

Yummy chocolate mousse cake from the french bakery!

Lake Sutherland from the cabin.

The BIG tent where all the delicious crab was eaten. Hanging from the tent were papermaches of various sea creatures - crab, jelly fish, salmon, clams. Henry LOVED staring at the all the things danglind from the ceiling.

This is one cool kid.

Henry with the birthday girl!

Henry showing Mary that he can clap his hands.

We ate breakfast at Granny's, a roadside cafe with delicious food and some farm animals behind the cafe.

Stormy holding Henry and showing him the animals.

Dwarf goats

This kid is too adorable!

Look at How I've Grown!

Each month we took a picture of Henry with his patchwork puppy. It's amazing to see his transformation over this past year. People say kids grow so fast - and it's only now after experiencing it for ourselves that we truly understand what that means. Here's Henry's line up over the last twelve months.