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| Jani, Dan, and Henry |
This week's big highlight was the return of Grandma and Grandpa Bogart from their wintering in Florida on Thursday. Henry was super excited to see them, as I am sure they were to get to hold him after 3 1/2 months away! We didn't do anything in particular, just caught up and they played a lot with Henry. They really enjoyed getting to go to swim lessons on Saturday morning and seeing him splashing around.
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| Henry and Grandpa in a stare contest - loser eats carrots! |
On Saturday, we had our first housefire of our lives. Somehow, the heat from a candle we had setting on our new dining room table caused the finish on the table to ignite. Henry was upstairs napping, Reggie was gone, and Laura was just getting out of the shower when she heard the smoke detector beeping. She came down the stairs to see foot and a half flames coming off the table!!! Luckily, she was able to quickly put it out and no further damage was caused. Somehow, Henry slept through all the commotion. He must get that from his mama.
Reggie and Laura headed up to Weston on Saturday night to meet some friends from St. Joseph. It was a great time, and especially nice to get away for a short bit to just have fun with adults. Thanks to Jenni for watching Henry while we were gone!
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| The girls raced to see who could finish their flight of beers first. Two hours later, Ashley won! |
On Saturday afternoon, Laura took Henry up to Brookside to meet up with her friend Rebecca and her son Lawson. The boys eventually started to semi-wrestle, which you can see at the bottom of the Week 32 pictures (sorry, we couldn't resist posting that picture early!). Later that afternoon, girlfriend Sara came by to try to explain herself as to why she had been going out on dates with guys. Henry is still on the fence about what to do. Stay tuned........and Emily keep your cell phone on!
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| Lawson showing Henry how to shut up a bird |
Developmentally, Henry has really found his voice. He is continually squeaking and talking (just like ol' Dad). We try to encourage him a lot by somewhat repeating back to him what he had just said/mumbled/squeaked. If this keeps up, I see Henry missing a lot of Reading Rainbows and recesses for talking (again, just like ol' Dad). Also this week, we attempted to introduce meat into Henry's diet. So far, he is not a fan of pureed chicken. He also generally hates vegetables. Reggie tried to surprise Henry by giving him a spoonful or two of pears, followed by a spoonful of chicken and carrots. That worked two times before Henry was ready to give up on the whole dinner! Finally, his new favorite toy is a dump truck and blocks that our friends Carie and Emily got him. As I am sure all kids love to do, he dumping out all the blocks from the truck more than actually playing with them :) He does like that they are of different shapes for when he puts them in his mouth!
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| Bella, please play with me! |
