One Week Old

Today is Henry’s one week birthday. To celebrate, he had his first appointment with Dr. Lively and then went to Target with Mommy. He is getting bigger every day. He was 8 lbs. when he was born, yesterday a nurse from the hospital came over for a follow-up visit and he was 8 lbs. 4 oz., and today at the doctor he was 8 lbs. 8 oz. He’s starting to be awake a little bit more during the day and is only making me get up two times at night.

Brothers

Now that we’ve been home a couple of days with Henry, we’re finally starting to go through all the pictures we’ve taken. Here are a few and we’ll post some more soon. We took some pictures of Henry today wearing one of Jack’s old outfits. They could be the same baby! Here’s Henry…

And here’s Jack…

And here they are together…

Nightgowns

This morning while I was straightening my hair, Jack was in the bathroom with me. He saw a couple of my non-pregnant nightgowns hanging on a hook in the closet. He wanted to know what they were. So I explained they were pajamas but they didn't fit me right now. 

And guess what he says? "Oh, because of your big fat belly?"

First Snow

We got our first little bit of snow here on Saturday night and Jack finally got to go out and play in it this afternoon. It is also really, really cold here so we had to bundle up quite a bit, but we were able to stay out for 20 minutes or so. He loved it! The first thing he did was throw a snowball at me. Then we talked about how it’s a rule not to throw snowballs at Mommy. He was okay with it and moved on to other fun, like running and diving into the snow and rolling around and around. I can’t wait to see how excited he is when we get real snow – the ground wasn’t even covered all the way with this. He’ll be in heaven.

I just ate...

Today while I was laying down with Jack trying to get him to take a nap, he announced, "I just ate my booger." I told him that wasn't something that we do. He agreed immediately and said, "Right, boogers are too special to eat." And if you're wondering, no he didn't take a nap!

A Bit of Catching Up

I just realized my last post was on Halloween! That was a long time ago. So here are some pictures from the last month and updates on what Jack’s been doing. We started out the month going to Lebanon so he had to wear his Mizzou clothes -- for Uncle Mizzou of course.  I do have to admit that he loves his Mizzou jersey and picks it out to wear almost once a week.

 

We’ve also been busy getting ready for baby brother to get here. Jack has been very excited to help us get the nursery ready and he also helped me wash all the clothes. We got a new double stroller and he was quite excited to take the first ride. He doesn’t realize yet he’s getting kicked to the back of the stroller. This might have been his only ride sitting in the front.

Today we went to Crown Center with his friends Ben and Sam to the Crayola playland, see the gingerbread town and eat at Fritz’s. They all loved it and had a great time, despite the hordes of children roaming everywhere. It will definitely be our one and only trip to Crown Center this Christmas.