Henry's Birthday Week

This is Mr. Henry's birthday week, so in celebration of one whole year I am going to share some past photos that really tell how his first year went.

Starting here, this was me about 6 weeks before I gave birth, I was all tummy!


This was me at 36 weeks, Bryan told me that we needed to take a few "belly" shots before he got here (we didn't take a week by week photo, maybe next time!) I was just about ready for Henry to get here (as my facial expression might suggest)


Up close of the belly, it really got even bigger in the last 4 weeks (see photo in my last post- I was HUGE)

We finally got to meet Henry after 15 hours of labor, not bad actually. I went into labor at 1:00 in the afternoon on a Friday. I was out to lunch and shopping (at Nordstrom of all places!) with my mom and my friend Natalie when I realized that I was indeed in labor. Bryan was also out to lunch.... remember that Bryan?

A photo of us about 10:00 the morning he was born, still no sleep!

Henry was delivered after 3 hours (yes three) of pushing, and he weighed 8lbs 1oz. He was 21 inches long and was born at 4:10 am (his momma was born at 4:12 am!)

He was not a happy baby in these photos, the cord was wrapped around his neck (hence 3 hours of pushing) and he was a tired little man.

Little did we know what we were in for..... more posts later this week including Henry and his family, Henry- a collage of 12 months, Henry and his favorite things and some of our favorite photos!

Birthday Boy!

Well, the big birthday is coming up in just a couple of weeks, hard to believe that a year ago I was trying to figure out how to make Henry come out faster, now all I want is for time to slow down so that I can enjoy my time with him! Can you believe that this was me nearly a year ago? I look happy, right?
We are planning a party at my parents on the 22th (the day of!) and we are planning cake and ice cream (and as grandpa says, lunch too). I am pretty excited to be making his cake- we will see how it goes, but the way I figure it, he is going to smash it anyway, so who cares?

I am also planning to make some cookies with his name on them, like these. Aren't I domestic?




Well, I am off to look for some birthday fun items (including a birthday boy outfit, but don't tell daddy). We will keep you posted on upcoming birthday fun, and look for a progressive post the week of his b-day, it will be fun!)

"No"

Henry has recently learned a fun new skill- shaking his head "no". I don't think that he really knows what it means, but when we tell him "no" he shakes his head back at us. He learned how to do this last week, so here is a little clip of him telling Bryan "no"

Walking!

A couple of weeks ago, when Henry and I were hanging out at home, he took his very first steps. I yelled, I jumped up and down, I kissed him- he looked at me like I was nuts. We tried to get him to do it for daddy when he got home, but NO LUCK. I think Bryan thought I had made it up.

Well last week he thought that he might start trying again, and we got him to actually walk- a LOT! We caught a couple on video. He is even better now (much more balanced!) and we think he should be pretty good to go by Jayme's wedding.

Enjoy these, we will get some new ones soon to post!

Laundry, again

I know that I have posted before that my son REALLY loves his laundry, but it has gotten worse.



Anytime that I take the laundry out of the dryer (even if it isn't warm!) Henry likes to play in it. Last week he played for a straight 30 minutes, so needless to say I didn't get any of it folded, but it kept him happy and busy.

Enjoying our Sunday

Henry and I were enjoying our Sunday morning while daddy was sleeping....

Happy Sunday!

Upcoming Plans

We are planning for a busy 2009 in the George house- most currently we are getting ready for Aunt Jayme and Uncle Tyler's wedding in Omaha March 28th. Henry is going to be the ring bearer and hopefully will be walking down the aisle. (Otherwise mommy will be carrying him, and at nearly 25 pounds, that will be fun!)

We are trying to figure out an outfit for him to wear- there are a couple of options, one of which is a little tux, or we can be a little more traditional and choose a suit, like the ones they have at Janie and Jack (plus at Janie and Jack they have a tie that is PERFECT for Aunt Jayme's wedding).
www.janieandjack.com

Tux

http://www.botiqueforbaby.com/

Any votes?

Another fun event is also coming up, Henry's 1st Birthday! More on that in a later post!