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| Emily Hyde, Carie and Riley Pintado, and Henry |
The week got off to an apocalyptic start with a blizzard in KC dumping about a foot of snow on us in less than 24hrs. On Wed. morning, Reggie spent a little over three hours shoveling the drive, steps, and sidewalks (and pushing his neighbors car out of the snow!). At the top of the drive there were 2-3ft. drifts! As discussed last week, Henry loved the jumper that the Knoblauch's had across the street. Thanks to their generosity, Laura went over on Wed. and grabbed it from them for Henry to use these next couple of months. Henry jumped all day until he was absolutely exhausted....and then he jumped some more :) What the 'snowpacalypse also meant for Henry was that he wasn't going to go to daycare at all this week. Laura stayed and worked from home on Wed, and her parents were in town to watch him on Friday.
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| This is both the deck, and the ground! |
As with most visits from the grandparents, Henry was showered with lots of gifts and love. This time, for Valentine's Day, he got a number of new outfits and pajamas. This is good, b/c we are a little short on the 6-9 month clothing! They also offered to watch him on Friday night so that we could go out do dinner. We accepted that offer immediately, and headed out the door to Cafe Europa for dinner, and Aixois for dessert (Editorial note - Do not go to Aixois for dessert).
On Saturday, we all loaded up and went to Columbia for Henry's first Mizzou basketball game. Our seats weren't great, but Henry didn't seem to mind. He was absolutely enthralled with everything going on (or at least how many lights there were). I also caught him shooting some 'come hither' looks towards several of the Golden Girls! He was wide awake, squeaking and smiling all the way until the 4 minute mark in the second half, at which time he fell off the wagon and passed out. Reggie was holding him at the time, and it was the first time he has ever just slowly drifted off to sleep facing forward. Once out, there was no waking him up.
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| Why did Dad get such crappy seats? |
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| After a long day of fun, this boy is done for the day! |
On Sunday, we went over to our friends Carie and Jonathan's home for a small Super Bowl party. It was definitely a different type of party than we have historically attended. Everyone had a kid! :) I guess that comes with the territory of getting older. Henry had a great time, and made a new friend named Carter, who is 3yrs. old. There was a semi-newborn baby there who was about a month old. Even though we keep this blog, it is still shocking how much Henry has grown when I looked at the size of Brice (the baby boy)!
Developmentally, we had to take Henry to the doctor on Thursday to get the cold he has had for over a week checked out. As part of that, Laura weighed him, and he is now tipping the scales at 15lbs, 15 ounces (with clothes on). Also, Dr. Natasha was very impressed with his ability to sit without any assistance. She has officially green-lighted Henry to start eating blended oats and milk!
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| Bellying up at Quinton's |
On Saturday, we all loaded up and went to Columbia for Henry's first Mizzou basketball game. Our seats weren't great, but Henry didn't seem to mind. He was absolutely enthralled with everything going on (or at least how many lights there were). I also caught him shooting some 'come hither' looks towards several of the Golden Girls! He was wide awake, squeaking and smiling all the way until the 4 minute mark in the second half, at which time he fell off the wagon and passed out. Reggie was holding him at the time, and it was the first time he has ever just slowly drifted off to sleep facing forward. Once out, there was no waking him up. 
