Island Playground

Today Henry and I along with my friend Kate and her daughter Amelia went to Island Playground. IP is an indoor play area with everything from blow up slides and dress up areas to a toddler room with blocks, cars, and train sets. I know it sounds silly for me to take Henry at his age to a play area you have to pay money for, but he LOVED it. Now that he is crawling and pulling himself up, that is exactly what he did on EVERYTHING! Some of his favorites as you will see in the photos were... big, colorful foam blocks, a table (just his height) with bright, harder blocks he of course liked to bang on the table(he may have gotten a little too excited with these and hit himself a few times, but he didn't seem to mind, and no one was hurt!), a big blowup thing with bright blow up animals on it, and a tunnel (he was a little skeptical to go through this at first, but after seeing me on the other side, he took a chance). This place was great, and it proved to be even better when Henry took a 2 hour nap! SUCCESS!

Henry loving this foam turtle.

Checking out the blow-up crab.

Henry and Amelia hard at work on the blocks.

One of my favorites...Making his way through the tunnel.

Mommy and Henry tired after a long morning of fun!

Pulling Up!

Henry keeps us busy non-stop. Not only is he an expert crawler now, he has mastered pulling himself up on just about everything. His balance on the other hand is not quite up to par. He may pull himself up gracefully, but letting go with one hand and getting preoccupied with something else can cause a not so graceful landing. He loves hanging out in his pack-n-play (this gives me a little relief from chasing him all over the house too) and his gently used leap frog desk(Thanks Mike, Laura, Nolan, and Carter!) Here are some of his latest achievements!

So excited about his new toy!

A side view of him standing.

Hanging out in his Pack-N-Play

I had to put this on here! We realized after our picture taking that Henry had a very full diaper (as you can probably tell in the above picture). Jeff was the lucky one to change this one, and it was pretty bad. Sorry Daddy!

10 Reasons for a Great Weekend!

10. Saving money on groceries at Wal-Mart (I've never been much of a bargain shopper, but I am getting really good at this!)
9. No traveling.
8. Watching old movies (after Jeff fell asleep I could change it from football!)
7. Henry taking long naps (or longer than usual)
6. Watching the Carolina game at a friend's house (even though they lost)
5. Watching Henry grow up as he crawls like a madman, and pulls himself up on everything. ( I will post pictures of this later)
4. Finding toys in the garage from Laura that Henry can use now. We are very thankful for older cousins with great hand me downs!
3. Coming up with clever ideas for Jeff's upcoming birthday.
2. Getting a good laugh from Rick's email of their rental car. (It reminded me of the one from the movie, "Just Married")
1. Eating lunch out on Saturday while Henry snoozed!

Oh, and one more, a great sermon on Sunday morning!

Family Time

We went to Sumter for the weekend, and made our rounds! It's amazing how fast your days go when you are visiting and catching up with family. All in one weekend we collectively visited grandparents and great grandparents, went to the mall (me, not Jeff), went hunting twice (Jeff, not me!), went to a wedding, watched the Clemson game, and had a date night, and we still didn't see Jeff's parents (they were out of town) or Memonee. They will be FIRST on our list next trip! We had a great time, but it is nice to be back in the comforts of our own home.

Henry about to eat cereal (which he is doing well with, by the way) in his big boy high chair at Mimi and DeeDee's.

Henry laughing at Granmama.

Henry listening to Ervin's stories.

Entertaining Grandma Alma and Grandpa Johnny. GiGi was here too, but there was so much going on, I didn't get a picture with her. We love you GiGi!

And then there was 2...before our date night in Columbia with Katie and Rick. My mom watched Henry while we went out. I don't know who had a better time, her or us! Thanks, Mom!