Since starting back to teaching things have certainly been busy around
here, but good. I try to keep the weekdays fairly low-key since we are
not at home quite as much as we used to be. I want Henry to be able to
be at home as much as possible after school, so I don't drag him all
over the place running errands and seeing people if I can help it, although we do have to "make grocery" at least once a week, and we also have small group every Monday night. We
take lots of walks around the neighborhood and spend lots of time
playing with his toys when we are at home. It is so different now for us than it used to
be....we look at each other after Henry goes to be and and say,
"Uhhh....whatta ya wanna do?" Before, we just would up and go out late
in the evenings, but this is not an option anymore! It has made for
earlier bedtimes for us, which is a good thing! Our weekends have been
fun with a trip to TN and a weekend here, too, over the past 2 weeks.
See below for all of the Hough happenings!
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| We headed to TN a few weekends ago. On the way to see my folks, Steven met up with his mom at a nearby golf course to play a round together. While Henry did not stay and play, he was wearing his "Little Golfer" overalls to commemorate the day, so I had the three of them get a picture together! The course is suppose to be the backdrop. Oh, well! |
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| While they golfed, I headed to my folks for a few hrs to visit. Here is Henry saying howdy to his Papa! |
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| And here he is doing some serious work swinging with his Manar. The open mouth is a classic Henry face. Love it! |
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| The swinging wore him out and he actually fell asleep! It was such a pretty day and while I don't normally hold Henry during his naps, I made an exception. He is only going to be little for so long, ya know? |
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| Mom was laughing at how spread out and relaxed he looked, so she took some pics. |
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| This was the beginnings of his sitting up...with support as you can see here, but he would practice on his own for a bit, then teeter over. |
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| Always gotta have something in that mouth! |
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| Next, we headed over to Steven's dad's house where we met up with Heather and her crew to spend the night. Here are the boy cousins saying hi! |
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| Me and Layna...she had just completed her first week of kindergarten in Lexington and did great of course! |
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| Grandpa and Henry in his John Deere farm shirt that he and Peggy gave him. It says"Make way for the BIG GUY" on it. |
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| Aunt Heather always hooking Henry up with gifts!! |
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| She found this adorable astronaut Kelly's Kids outfit for him...perfect if you live in Huntsville, huh??!! And he got another cute outfit and some adorable shoes, too! Thanks Heather!! |
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| What handsome boys! |
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| Our cornhole boards have been seriously falling apart for a while, and we have known people make their own, but that they are a lot of work. With Steven's bday coming up, he put a request in to his dad to make him a set since he is Mr. Handyman. When Heather heard, she wanted a set, too, and who can blame her? Look at the finished product....they're awesome!! |
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| It was beautiful weather, so we enjoyed some outside time! Henry with is favorite aunt! |
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| Lovin' on the babe! |
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| BIG GUY:) |
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| Trying to get a picture of the 4 grand kids.....3 are being cooperative. |
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| The girls always have such cute matching clothes...the boys finally got a set! Matching PJs! |
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| Looking handsome, boys! |
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| After church on Sunday I wanted to get a picture of me with Henry...we just so happened to match really well that day! I got these chew beads from Steven for our anniversary, and Henry absolutely loves them. It's like he knows they are for him and every time I wear them he's obsessed! They're really cool...made of the same material a paci is made of, safe for his teeth, and safe for the dishwasher, too! |
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| What a nice looking family! I see some of Steven in Henry here. |
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| Ahhh...my sweet baby. |
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| After lots of trying....a great cousin shot!! We are trying to use these shirts as long as possible! The first time they were worn was when Henry was born, and I think they have a bit more wear in them! Cute big cuz, mid cuz, lil' cuz, and baby cuz. Thanks for meeting us, guys! It was lots of fun! |
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| Here are some pictures of Henry playing after school one day...he is loving being on his tummy now and plays the longest this way. |
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| He pushes and pushes himself up and eventually scoots backward off the playmate and onto my (not so clean) carpet. Cringe! But he's so proud of himself that I can't stop him. |
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| Playing with Dad after work one day. Henry is SO talkative now. He doesn't just make noises, but actually moves his bottom jaw and really acts like he is "telling us all about it"! |
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| Well, since Henry is now 6 months old (see post just below this if you missed his 6 month pics!), we started rice cereal. I wasn't sure how it would go, but he loved it! He has been watching us eat for a while now, so we knew it was about time. You can see here he is interested in it even before we begin.... |
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| First bite... |
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| He kind of bit on the foreign object in his mouth, but them got some in. He never made a bad face or acted like it was yucky or pushed his tongue out. |
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| And he wanted more right away! |
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| He certainly did like to "help" as Daddy put the spoon in! |
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| More helping...most of it ended up on the bib, but he quickly got the picture and started opening his mouth for it like a little baby bird. SO amazing! |
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| Mmmmmm! |
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| What?! We're through? |
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| On Saturday night we went to a cookout at a neighbor's house. It seemed like it had been forever since we'd gotten together, so it was lots of fun to see everyone. Here is Henry in a ball pit just his size! |
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| Henry was super content just chilling in his stroller most of the night. I put him in the "right" way, then looked over, and he had made himself comfy by getting sideways and propping his head and feet up!:) |
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| And who even needs toys when feet are so "handy"?! |
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| Yum! |
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| What? Haven't you ever seen a baby eat his feet before? |
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| Here's big boy Jackson swinging. |
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| And Georgia and Bennett playing on the slide...I missed pictures of Molly and Rylan somehow! They all seem so big compared to Henry, but I know he will be running around like this VERY soon! |
