Stepping out! - Week 50

Jeff, Tami, Mason, & Rylan Kirn & Charles, Tina, & Campell Quijano with Henry

Week 50 featured Henry's first trip to Grandpa and Grandma Bogart's house in Carl Junction (Joplin). We all loaded up and headed down on Friday with Aunt Allison. On Saturday, Grandpa took Henry and Bella on a morning golf cart ride. Henry at least got to act like he was driving the cart. The kid absolutely loved this! As Grandpa would pull forward, Henry continually made a squealing sound to show his excitement! Later, we all went to lunch at the Under Cliff grill, where Grandpa fed Henry french fries and other non-healthy things. Also, one of the waitresses loved Henry, and kept wanting to take him behind the bar. As always, Henry had a huge smile the whole time.

The Grandparents

On Saturday night, Uncle Rusty and cousins Courtney and Grant came over for dinner (Week 47 picture). This was the first time they had seen Henry since Christmas, so obviously there were a lot of changes!

Love my Aunt Ally!

On Sunday, we took Henry to church. As you may remember from a few weeks ago, the last time we attempted this Reggie ended up in the church basement all service playing with him. Sure enough, after about 10 minutes, Henry was done with the service. Grandpa scooped him up and took him to the nursery to play. Laura went to check on him, only to notice the girls watching the kids were about to give Henry a PB&J sandwich. Laura quickly explained to them that full sandwiches are a bit above his current culinary level :)

Now, at some point during our visit, Henry officially dumped 'ol mom and dad. All Henry wanted was his grandpa. Heck, he was giving him hugs, yet never gives mom or dad a hug! As we left on Sunday, Henry started to cry when grandpa shut the car door. We determined that between the golf cart and french fries, grandpa had an ace up his sleeve! It is a rough feeling as a parent to know that you can be dumped for a basket of fried food!

The greatest toy ever!!!!

On Friday, Laura took Henry over to Elizabeth Mills' house to play with her son Cormac. For some reason, the boys were infatuated with the magnets on Elizabeth's fridge.

Just two dudes playing with magnets

A huge developmental point happened on Friday, where Laura noticed Henry taking three steps in the house! He was in the process of falling, so she didn't know whether to count it or not. This was repeated on Monday and Tuesday at daycare, as well as back at the house on those nights. The babysitters at Union Hill predict he will be full-on walking within a three weeks! Watch out world!

The only other developmental item/game Henry has developed relates to ball throwing. For some reason, Henry now finds it hilarious to pick up the ball and throw it away from the other person. The only exception is when he is playing with Bella, who still gets them thrown directly to her :)

Stand up and cheer - Week 49

Janna, Jackson, & Jeff Sindelar with Henry

This was our first weekend at home in the last three weekends, so there wasn't a lot of big happenings for the week as we utilized it to get caught up around the house. The big event was that Henry started to stand on his own this week! He is able to stand for about 3-5 seconds before he drops. Funny how something as trivial as being able to stand on your feet can make two adult parents cheer like crazy :) When he stands up, he starts to get really excited because people are cheering for him. When he tries to clap for himself...down he goes!

Look Mom, No Hands!!!!

Happy 30th Bday JP!!!

This weekend Laura threw a surprise birthday party for Jenni Payne on Saturday. Knowing we would be out late, Aunt Allison came over to watch over Henry. They got to play and eat dinner together. Most importantly, no one got locked in or out of the house! It is so great having our sisters in the same town as us. We know Henry loves it. He has been missing Aunt Ally now that she doesn't watch him twice/week!

Developmentally, Henry has developed a case of separation anxiety. It all started on Friday when Laura dropped him off at the gym daycare. Henry went into a huge cry when Laura set him down. This repeated itself the following week at daycare when Reggie would drop the little guy off. It lasts for only about 5 min, and then he is back to his fun-loving self. Laura had to drop Henry off at daycare one morning, and just about couldn't leave him. Reggie's cell phone rang, and for the first 10 seconds, he couldn't tell if it was Laura or Henry himself calling due to all the sniffling and whining :)