Henry’s adorable outfit from Amanda
Henry is doing really well in his door jumper, but this morning he nearly fell asleep in it. Doesn’t he look sleepy?
Here he is, staring ever so intently at his mobile.
Look at that, you can actually see his neck!!!
We have a number of really cute videos of Henry at the pool, in his door jumper and in his exersaucer, but need time to upload them. Hopefully soon!!
Will and Ele brought Finn over for another pool day. It was lots o’ fun to hang with this fun couple and their cutie-patootie Finn. Ele’s post is better than mine, but I do have these cute post-pool pics I just had to share.
Here are Henry’s feet after about 15 minutes in the pool – all wrinkly!!
And then I couldn’t resist Henry’s buddha belly so I snapped a quick picture.
Henry looked at me inquisitively…
And then so did Dave!
How cute!!!!
A super fun night out with Cristin! Sadly, these are the only pictures I have.
Dinner at Dos Taquitos
Waffles and Champagne for breakfast!
Cristin’s post, with more pictures, here. Thanks, Ms. Criss!
A few books that I’m reading right now.
Parenting by Heart: How to Stay Connected to Your Child in a Disconnected World by Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau (2002)
Highly Recommend
A book whose central idea is to approach parenthood realistically, as a PERSON, rather than from some ideal as a PARENT. Taffel emphasizes that we should spend more time nurturing ourselves as parents and stop focusing all of our emotional energy solely and squarely on our children. I really liked his perspective and it actually made me excited about parenting an older child. (I was initially a little unsure about this book because I wasn’t a big fan of Melinda Blau but her writing style was nowhere to be found in these pages).
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (2007)
Recommend
An interesting vampire novel by a black female science fiction writer. Told in the first person, it’s an interesting read on the inner workings of a secret society hidden within our own society. I found it a quick and easy, engaging read. Sadly, Butler passed away just recently – it seems a loss to the sci-fi genre. I’m eager to read The Parable of the Sower next.
ScreamFree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
Haven’t Read
It got nearly 5 stars on the Amazon website, so I got it based soley on the title. 🙂
The Counterfeits by Leo F. Kelley (1967)
Do Not Recommend
A really, really not-very-good pulp science fiction novel. I love pulp sci-fi novels, but this just wasn’t that entertaining.
Parenting Beyond Belief edited by Dale McGowan (2007)
Recommend
It is not an instruction manual, but rather a collection of insights from parents who have raised their own children without religion. Contributors include Julia Sweeney, Richard Dawkins, and Penn Jillette, as well as a number of others. Still reading this, but I can tell it’s a edifying piece whose underlying message is that it is possible to raise decent, responsible and moral children without needing to wrap those messages in the fabric of religion.
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006)
Haven’t Read
From Amazon: “Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life is turned upside down when his father dies and a brother he never knew he had shows up at his doorstep. When that brother, Spider, starts to wear out his welcome, Fat Charlie learns that his father was not a man but the trickster god, Anansi, and both he and Spider have inherited some of Dad’s godliness.”
Granma’s coming to visit for a few short hours this Saturday, courtesy of her next-door neighbors. They’re driving down for the day to attend a wedding, and they’ll drive home afterwards. They’re carting her down here so she can play with Henry for a few hours. 🙂
Little guy went in for his four month checkup earlier this week and did great. He’s meeting all his milestones and the rest of his numbers look good, as well. He’s 14 pounds, 5 ounces (31%), he is 24″ long (13%) and his head is 16.5″ around (35%). He’s impressing the doctor with his 10 hours of sleep a night. He got three more shots which he did not like at all, but he was a champ about it.
For Father’s day, Dave and I left Henry at home to go have dinner and watch Iron Man. It was a nice time, and an awesome movie!!
Had a great time visiting Dave’s family in Cleveland over the fourth of July holiday. Henry got to meet the rest of his uncles and aunts and cousins! We also got to see Leslie and Vince’s house down in Hudson – it’s fabulous and the work they’ve done to it is amazing. We got to meet more of Vince’s family, which is nice, too, in preparation for their wedding in November.
All photos here.
With his Aunt Leslie
All the kids together
Uncle Eric
His cousin Riley
Aunt Amber
Dave’s mom has some crazy cats. They’re about a year old now and they are all kitten.
I put a baby bib on Gracie and I think she thought it was a cape. She acted especially daring.
Meanwhile, Marmalade was exceptionally malleable and maulable.
Can anyone come up with a good LOLCat? I should upload it.
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