Day in the Life

I thought it would be fun to record what a normal day at home is like for us right now, when Henry is 1 and Jack is almost 4. A week ago Henry started walking everywhere, so that changed our days a fair amount. Henry is a man on the move that is for sure.

6:15 – Henry wakes up.

7:15 – Jack wakes up.

8 – We eat breakfast and then Henry looks for birds and squirrels on the back deck. For breakfast, Henry eats a bowl of baby oatmeal and about a million Kix. Jack’s breakfast favorites include waffles with peanut butter and syrup, egg muffins, cereal, smoothies and oatmeal.

After breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays we get ready to take Jack to school. This consists of Henry trying to escape while I try to put his hat and coat on. Jack does a great job of putting his shoes and coat on by himself and getting his backpack. On non-school days we usually read books until naptime for Henry.

9 – Naptime for Henry and playtime for Jack and Mommy.

10:30 – Henry wakes up and they play until lunch. Lately, they walk around constantly, especially Henry. He is not still very often anymore and Jack will walk around with him for awhile before he gets bored.

11:30 – Lunch and then more playtime. It takes Henry about an hour to eat it seems. They love getting everything out of the cabinets in the kitchen of course. On school days we pick Jack up at 12.

1:30 or 2 – Naptime. Henry doesn’t always take an afternoon nap if he has taken a long morning nap but he still stays in his crib awhile. And Jack never sleeps anymore; he “rests” in his room for a couple of hours. Lately, resting means playing with Legos. He is all about Legos right now and this morning we put his little table in his room so he could have a special Lego table. I’m hoping this will keep them off the floor but it probably won’t work.

3:30 or 4 – Playtime until Daddy gets home. And snacks. Henry decided he needed to start having an afternoon snack this week because he Jack has one.

5:30 – Henry starts eating his supper because he takes such a long time to eat. That way he is almost done when we eat, so I can eat too.

6 – Supper time.

6:30 – Bathtime for Henry – one of his favorite parts of the day because he loves the bath and because he gets to be with Nathan by himself.

7 – Henry’s bedtime and Jack gets to play with Nathan.

8 – Jack’s bedtime. Aunt Regina got him his first chapter book for Christmas, the 1st of three in a series. We are already on the 3rd one. We’ve also been reading the Jesus Storybook Bible lately. Nathan and I agree it is quite an amazing Bible and that maybe we should read it everyday without Jack it is so good. We also pray and sing 2 songs at bedtime.

Snack Cup

Henry discovered the wonder and joy of a snack cup today. Jack had one this morning before breakfast filled with Cheerios and Henry very quickly decided he wanted some. So he chased Jack around for awhile until we realized what was happening and made Jack share. Then at lunch Henry spotted the cup on the counter and refused to eat any more food until he had it. Then he put his peas and pears in the cup and ate them that way. After lunch the obsession continued until I finally gave him more Cheerios to eat on the floor.


Jack wanted his picture taken too. When I told him to look at the camera and smile, this is what he did. Oh, and Henry is officially a walker now. He is doing it on his own and choosing walking instead of crawling. It's pretty cute.

1 Year Old

My baby boy is 1 year old. This year has flown by and I know that all too soon he will be running around and talking nonstop. He is growing up so fast and just gets cuter everyday. At 1 year-old, he:

- has 7 teeth

- loves blueberries, mandarin oranges and peas

- says da-da, Jack, uh-oh, dog, and the occasional Ma-ma.

- roars when he sees pretty much any animal -- alive, stuffed or in a book

- can walk when he wants to, but prefers crawling when he needs to get somewhere fast

- loves bath time and cries every night when Nathan gets him out

- loves to swing and ride Jack’s tractor

- still takes 2 naps, despite trying to go to 1 a few weeks ago

- plays peek-a-boo in his crib at bedtime and cracks up every time

- gives hugs at bedtime

- sometimes will blow kisses

- isn’t afraid to go to other people, but lots of times prefers Daddy over everyone else

And last but not least… we’ve been waiting for him to start defending himself against his big brother. The other day Jack was bugging him while Henry was standing up holding onto our bed. So Henry just looked at Jack and started kicking him. Very much on purpose.

This week he has a cold, so he has been waking up at night and wanting me to rock him back to sleep. At 2 in the morning it is not at the top of my list of things to do, but there is not much of anything better than a snuggly little boy asleep on my shoulder. He is precious and truly a gift from God, given to us at just the right time. We are so thankful for him and pray he will grow up to know the Lord and follow Him. We love you Henry.