Fun and Fireworks - Week 46

The boys - Henry and Jack Sifford (Jack is 2 1/2 months old, yet 3lbs. less than Henry!)

This week brought Henry's first 4th of July holiday. To celebrate, the Bogart clan headed down to Lake of the Ozarks with the Siffords to April's family lakehouse. April's parents were there as well for part of the weekend, which was great since it freed us up a bit to enjoy the lake. Obviously, Henry didn't go into the lake, but he did get to walk on the shore with his mom, and really enjoyed the water hitting his feet. The lakehouse already had a baby pool, so we were able to fill it up and let Henry play on the boat dock. Again, the kid LOVES to splash!

On Saturday, Henry got to go on his first boat ride. I don't know if it was due to the motion of the boat, or that it was close to nap time, but Henry slept through about 90% of the ride. Also, I don't know if you can tell by the picture or not, but those infant life jackets are tight! We put it on Henry, and were mildly concerned that we were cutting off his air supply. However, he seemed fine with it, other than the fact it made him hot and sweaty. While we were out, we pulled up to a floating coffee shop that happened to also have popsicles. We gave one to Henry, which he loved. Of course, when you have your big front teeth pushing through, I'm sure that something really cold feels really good!

Ready to go boating!!!

Pulling over for lattes and popsicles

Mmmm, feels good on the teeth!

The other big development is that we have decided to take Henry to a new daycare, Union Hill Day School. It is a Montessori program, which essentially means that he progresses at his own pace. Also, based on the lack and type of toys on our visit, I think the kids have to make their own out of a block of wood :) This new daycare is literally a minute and a half from Hallmark, and so it is very easy for mom, dad, or even Aunt Jen to get to him quickly if needed. Reggie told Bright Horizons, and one of Henry's teachers, Elaine, has been accosting Reggie ever since with comments like, "You mean you are pulling him out because you can't get out of bed early enough in the morning!" It is all in good fun, and he will definitely be missed. Trina and Elaine were very good to/with Henry.

We started setting up appointments for bids to fix the busted window from "the lock-in," and every person was telling Laura it would be $800! Luckily for us, Grandpa Rick came up, took the window out, and took it to a guy that can just replace the glass for $100. It is good to know "handy" people!

Developmentally, Henry's top right tooth has finally started to push through, and you can see signs that the left is also about to show itself. All this has meant is that our house runs out of Kleenex every two days! It's hard to believe it, but there are only 6 more posts left before Henry is 1. Seriously, where does the time go? It seems like only two months ago we were bringing that little guy home for the first time, not really knowing anything about what to do. These last six weeks are going to fly I'm sure!

Henry likes to show his 'pecs' and 'guns,' while Jack is more reserved :)