Our trip to the pumpkin patch!

So yesterday, Bryan, my dad and I all went to a pumpkin patch in Longmont. It was pretty fun, the weather was amazing and there was lots to see. We bought pumpkins, roasted chilli peppers and had apple cider and carmel apples. Grandpa bought us some acorn squash to enjoy at home, so that should be a fun dinner.

Henry was more occupied with all the people, the feeling of hay and the noises that the rides and animals were making, but we finally got him to smile for the camera one time.... Here are some photos from the day, enjoy.

With mom, no smiles yet. Just up from a nap

In the patch with daddy.

A little more smile, in the corn maze

This pumpkin tasted good I guess.....

A pretty fun morning

Henry and I are having a quiet morning at home and after his morning nap he came downstairs to play. He doesn't often make himself laugh, but this morning he found a toy that he thought was pretty funny for a while. I am posting a video for you to see of how happy this simple toy makes him.

I also decided that you might want to see Henry crawling. He has it down pretty good (minus a few slip ups) but in this video he goes right for the TV (one of his favorites... there are lots of buttons to push and things that are colorful! Thank goodness for gates)

Seven Months Old Today

Henry turns 7 months old today. I cannot believe that 7 months ago I was actually without him. My how time has flown by!

I was remembering this morning how we finally got to meet him, and how long it seemed we had been waiting. I remember that I was shopping at Nordstrom with Natalie and getting ready to have lunch with my mom when I just knew. I remember that my silly husband was out drinking beer at lunch with his work buddies and didn't have his cell phone and didn't believe that I was actually in labor for real :) I remember how frustrated Bryan got when we checked into the hospital and it took forever until we got a nurse. I remember walking up and down the halls at Rose and trying to think about anything but the contractions. I remember how long it took for him to be born after they said "just one more push".

What I don't remember is how much it hurt, how tired I was or why I was so tired of being pregnant. I can hardly remember how small he was (as I was reminded this last week when we saw our friend Suzanne's daughter).

We wouldn't give Henry back for anything in the world, he has changed so much in the last months- he went from being a cranky baby with colic and reflux to a happy (well happier), crawling, loves his food, little man.

Love you baby boy!

Henry at 7 months

Henry about 2 days after we got home from the hospital.

Avocado, no thank you. Pumpkin Pie, yes please!

So in the last few days we have tried a few new foods- avocado and pumpkin pie were among them.

When we tried the avocado he spit it out at first. Not wanting to give up on it, I tried it again. This time he spit it out and gagged. I added a little lemon to the avocado thinking it might need a little flavor. This time, he spit it out and did an exaggerated gag. He continued to gag for about 5 minutes before I finally had to take him out of the highchair so he would stop.

We also tried pumpkin pie. He didn't know if he was going to like it at first, but I mixed it with a little formula and after another bite, he decided that he really liked that pumpkin pie.

Lets hope that he comes around to that avocado...

Our Fun Weekend

So the George Family had a pretty fun weekend. For the first time in a while, Katie didn't have to work as much as normal, so we had a fun weekend with each other.

Friday Katie and Henry had a fun lunch with our friend Suzanne and her two kids- Henry really enjoyed playing and was a good boy. Mommy was happy to have an adult conversation at lunch!

Saturday morning we enjoyed a quiet morning at home... and then had fun playing with Daddy and a bath.

Asleep Saturday morning

He was a little cranky to be up at all

Daddy made it all better!

In CSU gear that uncle Jordan and Miss Becca bought for Henry

We went out to lunch Saturday, it was almost 80 degrees here, so we sat outside and Daddy had fun giving Henry limes.

Yuck!

Saturday night we went to Nana and Grandpa Purvis' and had dinner with Uncle Buck and Stephen. It was fun and Henry impressed everyone with his new ability to crawl.

Sunday afternoon we headed up to Fort Collins to see Grandpa and Grandma George, and stopped to see Uncle Jordan. Henry wore his CSU gear (much to his Daddy's dislike!) and had a pretty good time.

Grandma let Henry play the piano (which he loved) and she made everyone a great dinner.

We got home late on Sunday and Henry was thankful to go to sleep! It was a fun weekend. Next weekend should be pretty fun too... we are going to the pumpkin patch and we might visit the zoo with our friends and their kids for "Boo at the Zoo"

Bath Time

Henry loves bath time, and recently we moved him from the infant bather to a big boy bath seat. He loves it! We try and get him into the tub as often as we can (a few times we put him in there two times a day)

He can play with all of his toys and he loves playing with the faucet. He also likes splashing the water, and can play in the tub for half an hour or more. Here are some photos of him in the tub this last week.

Henry is going to start swim lessons this month, so lets just hope that he likes those as much as he seems to like the bath tub!

Uh-oh!

So last night Bryan and I were surprised to see our son CRAWLING around. Bryan was changing him and as always he had flipped himself over but this time he crawled from one side of the changing table to the other. We thought it must be a fluke, so we put him down on the floor and sure enough he could make it a couple of "steps".

He still isn't great at doing it, but we know that now that he has figured it out it is only a matter of weeks (Nana says days, we are hoping for the former) before we get a full on crawler. Here are some photos of him this morning

Focused on getting what he wants

Look what I can do mommy!

He was pretty happy with himself!

So mommy and Henry are going to be shopping for some baby gates today (he was already into the TV stuff last night) and will be doing some baby proofing this weekend! Nana reminds us that Christmas should be fun :)