He Is...

We sure do love you, little man!

The Luckiest

First & foremost, I have him.

  Secondly, I get to be his mother.

Today I have felt very lucky to be this kid's mom.  

I am so grateful my other children will have him as their older brother.  

Henry is such a joy.  He is so blessed with a happy countenance.  A very, very happy countenance.  

We laughed & played all day today.

I hope I always remember how lucky I am

because

I am the luckiest.

Typical Monday

Monday:

Running day (not on a rainy day like today). Stay inside day.

Cleaning day. Laundry day.

So-glad-I-don't-have-to-go-to-work day.

Movie day. Play day.

Monday from another perspective:

Stay inside day.

Cleaning day.

Laundry day.

Movie day.

 Play day.

Updates All Around

Brendon

Found a new hobby called mountain biking,

 which means he loves Utah even more than he did before

Had a birthday and turned 27 years old

Finished his family medicine rotation and is now doing surgery
 (He loves the surgery room a lot, but says it's not for him [thank goodness!])

Bought a mountain bike
(Happy Birthday + Merry Christmas to him)

Started to help coach UVU's club volleyball team

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Stephanie

Canned homemade spaghetti sauce & chicken for the first time

Had a freshman roommate reunion

Started teaching herself to crochet

Went to the Gardner's Village with Henry & Grandma

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Henry

Stands on his feet nearly all day long
(Notice the one-handed trick; he even climbs up the walls)

Says "Mmmm" with almost every bite of food
Says "mom" & "momma" regularly

Became an exclusively formula-fed baby
(& mom couldn't be happier about it)

Experienced his first fever

(like a champ)

Happy {Belated} Halloween

First & foremost, Henry made quite the cute little monkey.  Even though I insisted he didn't need a costume, grandma pulled through.  Whenever I held up his costume & made monkey sounds, Henry smiled really big.  Oh, I just love my little monkey!

Brendon & I were invited to a Halloween party by Brendon's cousin so we uncreatively researched ideas online & found an idea we liked.  I decided to make the costumes (totally unlike me, I know) & was really pleased with how they turned out.  I never thought I'd say this, but it was a really fun project.