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| Phil, Lindsay, and Noah Howes with Henry |
This week included Valentine's Day, so the Siffords were kind enough to offer to watch Henry on Friday night while we went out to a movie. This was our first time going on a date on a night in which we were both working during the day. I never realized how extremely difficult it would be to leave work at 5 and make a 7:10 movie! By the time we got him from daycare, got home, got ready (which as most of you know is about 45 min - 3hrs. for Laura :) ), fed Henry and packed his stuff up, and got him to the Siffords house, it was already 6:45 and we hadn't even gotten to eat yet! Luckily, Reggie threw together some PB&Js right before we headed out the door to tide us over (insert your own "Reggie is cheap" joke here). Afterward, while sitting at Cafe Trio for an appetizer and drink, we get "the call" from April; Henry had projectile vomited 'Exorcist style' twice, on her, Dave, and the couch. Though we all felt bad for the little guy, it apparently didn't phase him one bit considering her would just smile real big right after doing it!
We had Henry sleep with us in the bed on Friday night for fear he would potentially get sick and choke, but he did fine. On Saturday, Laura took him to lunch with Aunt Jen at Thomas, where Henry decided to have a repeat performance on Laura's shoe before they could even order! Laura and Jen called over for a mop/Hazmat team and headed back home. He never got sick again, though you could tell he didn't feel well. Henry then turned "outbreak monkey" on us and got everyone he came into contact with sick - Mom and Dad, Dave and April Sifford, Jen, Sara, Aunt Allison.
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| Before Aunt Jen caught the virus |
Saturday and Sunday nights were absolutely horrible for us. Henry would wake about every hour and a half and be very fussy, most likely because he didn't feel well. This was compounded with Reggie feeling sick, so Laura had to take most all of the bullets on Sunday night. Don't worry - Reggie returned the favor mid-week when Laura was sick!
Developmentally, Henry is really starting to talk a lot. He is constantly babbling sounds. We try to encourage this by talking back to him in between babbles. He looks like he thinks he may be having conversations with us. Also this week, we had our first try with real food! Henry ate some oats blended with milk on Thursday. He did really well with them, though it was a 5/95% split of food in his mouth vs. on his mouth! We tried oats again on Tuesday, but that was an utter train wreck, most likely because of him not feeling well.
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| Wait until you change this diaper, mom! |
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| Now sitting forward in the stroller! |
