Tis the season...

So much to catch up on...

Henry had his 6 month appointment on November 8th. He measured at 27.75" (90%) and 18lbs8oz (75%). Both the nurses and the doctor commented on how tall he was. Apparently he has a good chance at being a tall boy. He was very personable at his appointment and, as usual, everyone loved him. The doctor cleared him to start solids, which of course we already had.

He is now eating 3 meals a day of baby food. He pretty much likes anything we put in his mouth. At first he did not like squash or carrots, but now he likes both. I think, however, we are supposed to wait on carrots, so no more for a month or two. He has moved on to stage 2 foods. He has no issues with any foods to date.

The doctor also mentioned on the 8th that he would have a tooth or two popping through any day. I couldn't see it, but the doctor was right. On my birthday, 2 days later, a tooth started poking through. A few days after that, Henry had his two bottom teeth! I was amazed at how fast it seemed to go from nothing to two teeth.

He is turned into quite the crawler and explorer now. He is constantly on the move. His crawling has gotten faster and he pulls up on anything he can get his hands on. He has even started cruising. He actually has stood up for a few seconds on his own a time or two. I had him standing on his own for 5 seconds yesterday (don't worry, I was protecting him if he were to fall).

Diaper changing time has become a nightmare. He does not want to lay still. Instead he'd rather turn over, butt in the air, and play around with whatever is nearby. You can tell he has started to understand things, like when he can cry to get our attention or try to get something from us. He falls and bonks his head, we have to wait a few seconds to react. Half the time he is fine and keeps going. If we react to it, that is when he starts crying. He wants to be picked up for a minute or two then he is fine.

He is SUCH a boy, already! We spent Thanksgiving with my family in the Beaumont area (then went back to Houston). My cousin's daughter Hailey is 54 weeks older than Henry. Already he was trying to tackle her. We even got a shot of him pulling her hair. He tackled her more than once, and they both enjoyed tearing up Black Friday ads together.

He also met his new friend Edie as well the day after Thanksgiving. Edie is our friend's daughter. She is 4 months older than Henry and they got along very well. Edie is a very laid back, yet active, little girl. She does not let much bother her and enjoyed playing with Henry. It was so wonderful to see him playing with another baby. I so wish he had another kiddo to play around with. Soon he will. Our friend's here in Weatherford havea son 7 weeks younger than Henry. It won't be long where he will be crawling around and they can get into trouble together.

It was so funny how vocal Henry was down in Houston. There were more people than he was use to being around, so somehow this translated to him being loud. Lots of babbling and squawking. He wanted to be heard! His uncles thought he was crazy I do believe, but they also seemed to enjoy him. We can't wait to go back for Henry's first Christmas!

Jason felt a kick!

We've been waiting for that for some time now. Every single time Jason tries to feel the baby, he stops kicking. It's as if he is playing games with us. Well last night we were determined and eventually Jason found the right spot. I think he was pushing back as Daddy was pushing forward. He was a very active little bugger last night! I probably just felt him more since we were up so late.

A few weird things have happened to me since being pregnant. One is random, I'll have it one week and not again for a few more. When drifting off to sleep, or even after I fall asleep, I'll make sounds. Usually just a monotone pitch sound, I guess like a mumbling, but it often times will wake me up, especially if I am almost asleep. I am contributing it to pregnancy just because I have no idea what else it could be.

Another one is sleeping in the car on long trips. My entire life I was one of those people who could NOT, for anything, fall asleep in a car. I slept for an hour on our way back from Houston. On the way there it was probably 30 minutes, and I felt guilty. Every time we're in the car for more than an hour I want to fall asleep.

The last thing is probably a bit more on the serious side, I am not sure. It went away for a week and a half and now it is back. In my right foot, in the ball of the foot, if I don't wear shoes pretty much all the time, it starts to feel swollen, especially when walking. It actually is NOT swollen, I've had Jason check many times, it just feels really tight. I think I just need the support of the shoe. I've researched everything I can and nothing comes up that sounds like it. It's not exactly painful, it's just annoying and makes my feet feel uneven.

Anyway, wrapping this up, and even though no one even knows this exists except Jason now, Happy New Years!