squash

Just like his big sister, he didn't care so much for rice cereal but loves him some zucchini.

rolling. sitting. eating.

henry seems like he's developing at warp speed. ever since we stopped swaddling him a couple of weeks ago, he's been eagerly moving and shaking. 

in late april he started rolling from back to tummy and now he can roll tummy to back as well. he can really only go one direction so he gets himself pinned quite a bit. he did roll the other direction a day or two ago but hasn't remembered how to do it again.

just a few weeks ago, i posted a video of him playing the fridge farm while in his bumbo. now he can sit up all by himself. he's not super sturdy yet so i have to stay close in case he tips backwards.

yesterday we played outside ALL day. it was beautiful weather and we had such a fun day in the grass.

henry had his first "solid" food yesterday morning: rice cereal. i'm not sure how much actually ended up in his tummy but he's getting the hang of the spoon and the whole process. he's all about it! he's even started drinking a little water from a sippy cup.

picnic lunch

tractors.trucks.copters.

yesterday we met up with Marianne's friend, max, and his mom and brother at a local school fundraiser. The smartest fundraiser idea I've ever heard of: it was called "touch a truck". Where kids could literally touch, climb, explore, and investigate all kinds of trucks. They had fire trucks, ambulance, front loaders, grader, crane, dump truck, limo, army truck, police car, and an enormous rescue helicopter. Henry, in the carrier of course, slept but Marianne had a blast. She got to drive a fire truck, empty a dump truck load, get scooped up by a front loader, and pilot the copter. I think her favorite part was buckling herself in to every seat in the heli.

fridge farm

in the last month henry's development has been exponential. he is rolling over, jumping in his jumper seat, grabbing everything in sight, and almost sits up on his own. it is just so amazing and fun to see how active and curious he is becoming. there's a lot of trial and error resulting in frustration for him but it truly is awesome. he watches every move his big sister makes and it's almost like he's constantly thinking "i can't wait until i can do that!" after watching marianne play with the fridge farm yesterday, he wanted to give it a whirl while she was away at preschool today! awwwww...sweet success!

a little more bumbo time while momma eats breakfast.

over the river and through the woods.

to grandmas house we go.

we had a fantastic visit at nana & papa's house. bbq.bonfire.campfire breakfast.playing with cousins.steak dinner.family photos.

tonight we made it to grandma & grandpa's. Henry practiced driving the gator...we'll be taking it for a spin tomorrow. Marianne is currently having a super fun bath with the toy bath frogs grandma keeps in the guest bath.

uncle John and aunt Julie joined us here tonight and will be staying to hang with us tomorrow. We're so excited to have them here...they are the first of the Laflen uncles and aunts to meet Henry.

magnet art

Marianne's placement of magnets on nana's fridge.