No one is touching Henry's Frog

We have been visiting Grandma Kate in the hospital this past weekend, and hoping she starts feeling better soon so she can be at home and Henry can come over to her house again. He loves it there- it should be a surprise to no one, she has made her house very baby friendly :) We are all hoping that she comes home very soon.

Here he is at the hospital, he does not trust us with his frog so he is clutching on to it while he naps.

Uncle Adam's visit

This weekend we went over to the Grandma and Grandpa Jackson's house both Friday and Saturday. Adam came home this weekend so we spent some time in Woodbury. Uncle Adam and Grandpa played with Henry:

Henry & Uncle Adam:



Henry & Grandpa:



The dogs are resigned to their new second class status:

Spring has sprung! Even if it is only for a day.....

Today was 60 deg F here, and we took our 1st family walk. Hero has had the worst case of cabin fever of our house, and she was overjoyed as we strapped her walking collar on. Henry stayed snug in his stroller as we were on our way!
Getting ready to go:


Henry's outside!

The Bouncer!

Henry is loving his bouncer. He is not quite tall enough, he has to use his tip toes:



He loves playing with the toys on front and will give you a big gummy smile if you bounce him up and down :)

Him playing w/ his toys:

I will NOT admit Grandpa is funny!

Who needs sleep?

Sleep has become an elusive goal in our house. First of all everyone tells you that you will be tired with a newborn, but you don’t really believe how tired you can be until you have a newborn. Henry is not one to miss a meal, so in the beginning he was up every 2-3 hours around the clock. We got used to it, and it became doable. Then once he got a little bigger he started sleeping for longer and longer stretches through the night, until one morning Eric and I woke up in a panic wondering if Henry was ok- our bodies telling us that we have slept way too long! Then he did it again, and again, until we had good 7-8 hour stretches!!!!
What no one tells you is that once your baby sleeps through the night- at any point in time they can decide to STOP sleeping through the night again. For the past week Henry has wanted nothing to do with 8 hours without food so he is up in the middle of the night again. The good news is most of the time he’s all business when he wakes up. Here’s his checklist:
- Wake up and realize I’m hungry
- Scream/cry until dad comes
- Wait impatiently while dad insists on changing me
- Cry some more until the bottle is here
- Eat with a fury
- Burp
- Pass out on dad’s shoulder on the way back to my room

We think he’s going through a growth spurt, and hopefully when it is done he will go back to his old sleep habits!


Sometimes he is a bit worried when he drifts off to sleep:

3 months old

Henry is already 3 months old! He is changing so much, so fast. He is holding his head up no problem now, and is generally getting stronger and bigger. Here's some shots of him:
Tummy time:




I have returned to work and Eric is at home with Henry everyday. Henry does have a standing appointment with Grandpa and Grandma Jackson every Tuesday so Eric can either catch up on work or head to ND. So far the boys have fared well!