Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We had a long but good day. We went to Richard's Granny's for lunch, and when we got back Henry and I went to Aunt Marie and Uncle Bill's. We had leftovers and played a wild game of pit as you can see Henry even got in on the game, until he could no longer keep his eyes open from such a long day. He fell asleep before we left to go home.
Or was it Henry teaching George how to play? 
And yes all of these kept him entertained for the whole evening! So again why do we buy toys?
Henry's new favorite thing to do is go in his room and get his dirty diapers out of the trash and bring them to me. He is so proud when he brings them to me. The trash can has a lid on it but he can open it. The other day when Richard went to put a diaper in Henry had put a bunch of his balls in the trash, one day the lotion was in there. So I guess if we are frantically looking for a shoe one morn the trash may be the place to look.
Ok so you should never say I'm never going to do that when I have kids! Yes tonight I have proved myself wrong. I had always said that I would not put my kid in front of the tv and use it as a babysitter. Ok so I did tonight. I was trying to make dinner and Henry was there right under my feet just winning and fussing, yes he dose do that from time to time. So I thought let's try the Lion King and it worked like a charm he sat and watched it while I made dinner. It also caught Richard's attention as he was walking through to get some more wood from the garage to work on the shower, he had to stop and watch for a while. In his defense he is a tv junky and could sit and watch just about anything at anytime usually three shows at once, but that's another story. So the moral of the story is never say I'm never going to do that when I have kids, until you have a one of your own.
I decided it was time for Henry to try and feed himself so I let him eat his oatmeal by himself. He did a pretty good job as you can see, but he is pretty lazy and would rather have me feed him as I tried to get him to feed himself the next morning and he just sat there waiting for me to feed him! I guess he thinks why should I work for my food if some one will feed me ;)
Ok Henry will not stay away from the stereo so I thought since he is afraid of dolls if I put a doll in front of it he would leave it alone as you can see from the pictures it worked but not for long within a day he would touch the doll with a toy and pretty soon he would grab it and move it quickly out of the way and get to the stereo. So it did not work as well as I thought. Debbie said she would send me a Dora doll but not sure I want to traumatize him that badly afraid he might have nightmares.
(Picture is magnified actual size only about the size of a pea)
At the park
On the way home
As always we both had a wonderful time. I am so glad that you all got to share in Henry learning to walk we may live far away but a least you got to share in one major milestone. I am sure trying to keep up with all the older kids helped move the process along. Thank you all for thinking of Henry's birthday and making a special deal about it. A special thanks to Madison and Sarah for making the cake it was so cute. I didn't know you were that creative Sarah HA HA. Can't wait to see everyone for New Years. Until then I will keep you posted of updates on the "Monkey"
Madison and Henry
Swinging with Andrew 
Cherrios time with Anna and Abby 
Daniel & Henry
