Henry Update

Sorry for the long gap in posting! Henry has been up to lots of new things lately.

• Today we were at the park and I saw him looking at this little girl all mooney-eyed. He kept following her around and then leaning in trying to kiss her. More than once! Quite the little Romeo I have on my hands!
• He has a few new words, the most prominent being "up." Pick me up, get me out of this chair, I want to sit on the couch...
• He went from not being interesting in TV at all to becoming obsessed with it. He has no interest in kiddie shows, he wants to watch what we watch. He will even lie on the couch with his little pillow. He starts pointing at the TV as soon as he wakes up.
• He has added many new moves to his dancing repetoire. He now stomps his feet, waves his arms, claps and bobs his head.
• He has also become obsessed with his pacifer which he refers to as "dada." If I let him he would have one shoved in his mouth and another in his hand all day long.
• He has lost some interest in pretend cooking now that he has gotten a taste of real cooking. Which is a nightmare for me when I am trying to cook dinner. He hangs on my legs crying "up" the entire time. He doesn't understand why he can stir hot frying pans or touch raw meat. I am such a meanie.
• He is firmly in the terrible twos category. He throws a few tantrums every day over a perceived injustice. Screaming, hitting, biting, the works.
• He loves to give kisses to Adam and I as well as little girls in the park. He will lean in, lips pursed and do the "mwah" noise. I love it.
• We solved our babysitting problem. I have started to swap time with the mom of his friend Kaden. Henry really loves Jill and is comfortable with her. She brought her husband and Kaden and they had a great time. Not to say to say there were not big tears and the fat lip but he survived.
• Henry can now do the hand motions for "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." It is so adorable but now we have to sing the songs over and over. And over.