Broncos Game

Last night the Broncos played- Bryan was excited to watch two games in one week. I know he is hoping that Henry will want to watch the games with him one day soon... but for now he is more interested in the gate the surrounds the TV (which I thought was a brilliant idea when I bought it, now I see that my son is going to be able to destroy it).

Trying to get the gate apart and get at the TV!

Watching the game with Daddy...

Trying to watch the game with Daddy, what you can't see is that kitty is to the left of this photo, that was more interesting to Henry.

On a fun note, I have had some fun making new things for Henry to try. Yesterday I made him acorn squash with brown sugar... he thought that was quite good. We also made mashed bananas and more applesauce. I am going to make him mashed potatoes for dinner tonight, I think he might finally come around to that one. I made him stuffing this week which he also liked, so we are right on track for a big Thanksgiving day dinner... with pumpkin pie!

Lunch with Miss Natalie

Yesterday Henry and I ventured down to Cherry Creek to have lunch with Miss Natalie at Zaidy's (a wonderful little Jewish deli). Normally this would not be all that newsworthy- we have lunch with Miss Natalie once a week. This week however, there was a photo-op that I just couldn't pass up.

We sat down at our table, put Henry in his highchair, and right in front of him was the "kids menu" (they always bring a menu for Henry, I wonder, can they not see that my child is clearly not going to eat a grilled cheese or hot dog?!). Anyway, he picked it up and was really interested in it. When Miss Natalie asked him about it, he turned to her and started gabbing up a storm. It was adorable.... (well I thought so!)

Hum, what am I going to have?

Telling miss Natalie what he wants to eat :)

We had a fun lunch, Henry shared my potatoes with ketchup and he was really happy (and loud I might add). Thanks for a fun lunch Miss N. We will miss you when you are in London!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Here in the George household, November 1st is the official start of the holiday season. We get excited, listen to Christmas music, watch our favorite Christmas movies and get a move on putting up our Christmas decorations.

Since we have lived in our house, Bryan has become increasingly excited about putting up Christmas lights on the house. He loves getting everything up (although it takes him a couple days). We will be putting up our lights in a couple weeks, so the countdown begins.

As far as home decorations go, we are normally excited to get the tree up inside a couple weeks after Halloween is over, but this year we are re-thinking that schedule... Henry has a fascination for lights and we know he is going to want to grab at the tree and ornaments. Since he is crawling we are debating a gate around the tree (but how icky would that look?)... we are still debating the best way to do all of this. Who knew this would ever be an issue!

In the meantime, we have realized the Henry LOVES the Christmas lights. We have been going to Target to see all the lights they have for weeks... he just stares at them. So this week we got Henry some lights to see at home... he really liked them (he was more interested in putting them in his mouth, but that is ok too!)

Lots of pictures to come this holiday season!

Kitties!

Henry has always really liked the kitties in our house, Midge and Princess have never felt quite the same. Princess has never liked Henry, and Midge is curious but cautious.

With the recent addition of crawling, Henry realized he could get pretty close to the kitties if they weren't careful, and that makes him very happy. He squeals, giggles and yells when he sees them (especially Midge, since she is brave and comes to see him when he plays on the floor). Princess thinks she that can avoid him, but I know when he gets a little bigger that won't be the case, so we are teaching Henry to be nice and gentle with the kitties. (Right now, he doesn't listen well... he grabs their fur, ears and tails... and likes to hit them)

Yesterday Henry was playing with Midge, she was not a happy camper...... (well Henry was playing, Midge was trying to figure out how to get away from Henry)

My trip to the park with mommy

Being that it is uncharacteristically warm here this November, Henry and I went on a walk to the park the other day that was pretty fun. We have been over by the park before, but have never really been on the swings (mom thought I was too small) but after a little thought I realized that he REALLY loved his baby swing, so why not give it a shot.

Well, the swings were a hit! He laughed and giggled and talked the whole time that we were swinging, especially when mommy would make the swing go high! We also ventured down the slide a couple times (which he didn't like as well, not nearly as exciting!) and played in the rocks a little (he is after all a boy!). We finished up the morning playing in the grass, but Henry soon realized that there were lots of fun things he could put in his mouth (dirt, rocks, leaves) so we decided that we should head home.

We walked through our neighborhood and looked at people taking down their Halloween decorations and begin putting up their Christmas decorations (there is a guy down the street who is about 75, and he starts with the Christmas decorations the second that Halloween is over- much to most of his neighbors dismay).

Yesterday, I am proud to say, the entire George household went to VOTE. Sadly, we were out voted, but Henry was happy to get a sticker and spend the afternoon with his mommy and daddy.

Our Fun Day at the Park!
Mommy pushed the swings pretty high!

I VOTED!

Just before he ate a leaf....

We went down the slide

One more time on the swings....

Daddy was so proud

Henry recently found daddy's favorite toy ... a golf club (yes, he practices his swing in the bedroom) and he was pretty happy about it. Here are some photos that Daddy thought were pretty exciting. Bryan seems to think that Henry will be playing golf with him and his Grandpa George by next summer, we'll see :)

I'm a Monkey!

We have had a rough couple days in the George house. Last weekend after a fun trip to the pumpkin patch and a hockey game with the AIMCO HR team, we all got the stomach flu. Bryan and I were sick until Tuesday, but Henry only started feeling better Friday- just in time for his costume!

Nana, Grandpa and GiGi came over to see Henry in his costume and help hand out candy. Henry was a pretty good sport in the costume, but he was a little unsure about the feet of the costume. He was pretty shy and since he wasn't quite back to normal, he didn't smile much. We went to see all of our neighbors, and they thought he was pretty cute too!

Here are some photos from our fun evening! He was the cutest little monkey (no bias here!)

In his monkey costume
With Grandpa, Nana and GiGi