Big Kid

Sitting tall like a big boy now! Trying to have my first beer on July 4th but mom said no!

Henry has also been sleeping in his own bed in his room for 3 weeks now! He takes 3 - 4 naps a day (about 40 minutes each, sometimes will give me 1 really long nap) and also does well at night with bed time around 7pm. He still does not sleep through the night and I often wonder if he ever will! Usually I am up once for a feeding and 1 - 2 times to simply pat his butt give him his binkie and he goes back to sleep within minutes. I really hope he can learn to self soothe here soon as I would love to only get out of bed 1 time in the night. So, while I am getting more sleep I am still somewhat of a walking zombie on most days!

Other new things:
- He can finally use his Baby Einstein Jumperoo and loves it!
- We have had bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, peas and squash and he loves it all!
- He is getting better and better at drinking out of a sippy cup...so cute to watch him try to figure this out!
- I also think he is starting to mimic me around meal time as I always give him a bite and say "Mmmm" and now he is starting to take his bite and make a similar "Mmmm" sound. Really funny and also a reminder to watch the trucker mouths around our casa!
- He can also roll over from his back to his belly. Still hasn't perfected the belly to back, which is opposite as most babies do belly to backs first. This causes a bit of anxiety for mom as I find him stuck in his crib on his belly a lot now. However, he is strong enough to move his head from side to side and yell out for some help.

Overall, things are going really well. I love being a mom and am learning more and more every day. Chris and I also are finding more times to have alone time now that he goes to bed around 7ish in his own room. That has helped us a lot as any new parent knows you tend to not get much couple time for awhile. And, finally the boys won their Softball Division yesterday! They had to beat the same team twice to get 1st place. The first game was 23 - 22 with our friend Evan hitting a walk off home run! So exciting! Then they beat them 13 - 3 to take the title for the billionth year in a row! Next year Henry will be running all over that ball park...can't wait!