11 Month Old Henry Baby

My little Henry baby is 11 months old (as of last Sunday)! Oh, how time flies. Besides being being all big and almost 1, he has also decided to take other steps to ditching the baby status. He's picked up walking! (Haha! He's taking "steps". I did not do that on purpose.) He took a few steps on his own early last month, but the decided he wasn't interested in walking and didn't try to walk anywhere with or without us holding his hands. Then he decided he was interested. Now he likes to try to walk everywhere. While exciting and extremely cute to watch, I'm kinda wishing he could have waited a little longer to learn this new skill. He was busy before, but now there is a whole new area of the world (kitchen) to explore. Really, it just motivated me to pack up everything but the bare essentials. He picks things up and brings them to me, sometimes (rarely) puts things back where he got them from, and regularly throws things in boxes for me. So, all things considered, I guess it's fun.

Notice the spatula in the bath tub? Don't worry. That one has been permanently assigned to the toy box.

The first of many facial falling injuries, I'm sure.

He has been very helpful lately. Teddy was at the back door letting us know it was time to let him in, so Henry went to let him in. Good effort.

He's been helping me pack,

make supper,

and empty my p.j. cupboard so I could box it up. I might not fill that back up for a while. It's just the right size for Henry to sit and play.

I have to admit. I love my baby boy. He's fun and I love spending my days with him. He's my best little bud.

P.S. Does it bug anyone else how Blogger takes the double spaces out between sentences? It sure bugs me!

It's August already?

So, like I said. I love summer and have obviously forgotten some things. Like how to take pictures. I was uploading the most recent and realized it's picture taking was not my strong suit in July. That's okay though. We've been having fun. Henry and I have been taking Mommy and Me swimming lessons. Obviously one cannot take pictures of that while your hands are full of baby and you're in the water, but I'm sure we'll get some of Henry demonstrating his new skills before the summer is over. Anyways, here are some of the few pictures I took in July.

4th of July corn on the cob for Henry!

Sparklers please?!

Emily, Ian, and Chelsie came down for Chelsie's birthday. While they were here we attended the Payson Scottish Festival, where we enjoyed Fish & Chips and root beer in cool bottles.

Later we went to Gardner Village, where Henry got to feed some ducks. The one on the left was kind of rude/aggressive and when we started to run out of Cheerios would jump up and dig them out from under Henry's leg. I thought this would frighten him, but Henry thought the duck was trying to play.

Henry (food) attracted quite the crowd.

After all of the company left, Henry was a helpful little boy and helped me roll up the air mattress. What a good helper!

Slacker Blogger

So, I've really stunk at blogging lately. I will eventually catch up. If I promise that I'll do it, I'm much more likely to. The truth is, I LOVE summer. I love being warm. I love that there are leaves on the trees. I love being able to drive and not have to worry about slipping across the road. I love slippers (flip-flops). I love shorts. I love not having to grab a jacket or two or three when I walk out of the house. I love trying to grow things (I'm not always successful). I love watering the things I'm trying to grow, even if they're almost dead. Summer is just the best! I can't let any of it slip by without enjoying it. Hence why I've been a worse than usual blogger. Of all the things I would rather be doing, blogging is not one of them. BUT I am way behind on Henry documenting and picture sharing, so I will get to it soon. I promise!

Oregon!

Here are some pictures from our trip to Oregon. We drove from Utah to Jerome to see Grandma and Grandpa Dixon, spent the night in Boise, then drove to Portland and down to Eugene. From there we went to Crater Lake and over to the coast. In a week and a half we had lots of fun and saw a good chunk of Oregon.

Caleb and Daddy at Crater Lake

It was bright up there with the sun and snow and all.

Pretty!

Henry got sick of all the driving.


After a couple switch backs I decided to take a picture. We hiked down to the lake.

Proof

On the way home we stopped to see the 2nd highest falls in Oregon. It was a pretty drive going there and back.


The coast! So pretty!
We decided that just when we convince ourselves that Utah is kinda green, we visit someplace that really is.


Heceta Head Lighthouse


See the cave(s)?



Hecta Head B&B. We didn't get a great picture of it, but it's pretty. Staying there is officially on our bucket list.

Tide Pools

Shark Tunnel at the Aquarium. Henry really liked watching the fish.

He wasn't so sure about his sea anemone hat.

Newport lighthouse

We got fish right off the boat! Yumm!

It was a type of pacific cod fish.
I love fishing boats.


Henry became a pro at crawling on his hand and knees while we were at my parents. Since we've been home, he's figured out how to climb the stairs. He's busy now!

Henry liked corn on the cob!

Sorry for all of the Henry pictures. Daddy was looking through my online album while we were there and like he said "You'd think you had a baby at home." It's true. We do.

It was a fun trip! Thanks Mama and Daddy for playing tour guide and showing us around! There was lots more we wanted to and could have done, people to see, etc, but time just flew. I'm sure we'll be back. Now that we're home, Henry is missing all of the attention, Nate and I are missing all of the help, but none of us are missing the car.

Happy Memorial Day!!

We are sad to see this weekend come to an end, but it was really a lot of fun. We went on a few long family walks, Teddy included, got stuff done, chilled, and had fun.

Today we had a lot of fun! We went to Camp Floyd and the Stagecoach Inn State Park for a Civil War reenactment. It wasn't really a reenactment, but they had 10 or so tents set up, people in Civil War era clothing giving demonstrations, and there were lots of activities for kids. Henry was not quite old enough to participate, but Nate was!

Nate got to fire a musket. They made him use ear plugs and protective eye wear. They also assured me that it was quite safe. I'm still not sure if they were just trying to be all gentlemanly, like during Civil War times, or if they really thought I was worried. If I would have had another dollar or they'd had change I would have shot it myself.

Henry did NOT like wearing the solider hat. I think it was because it was a Yankee one. Smart boy. (Confederate hats were not available.)


He got to pet a horse. I don't think they cared for each other.

The Boy Scouts are going to put up a flag in front of our house for all of the National holidays this year. All of the flags they are using actually flew in Afghanistan or Iraq. Kinda cool!

Michael Buble

For Christmas, I got 2 tickets to the Michael Buble concert when he came to Salt Lake. It was WAY fun!



P.S. This is part of Henry's favorite song.

I didn't say when...

When I said pictures were coming, I didn't say how long it was going to be. :)

Because I don't feel like doing much else today, I have decided to blog. Here are some pictures from past months. I am not promising much detail.

Henry likes Fox News.

Henry on his 6 month birthday.

He watched General Conference too.

Happy Easter! Don't worry. He shared.


Road trip!

He went swimming at our hotel in Rexburg. He would get to where he got excited, would splash the water, then get upset that there was water in his face. I'm excited to take him swimming again. We've been practicing playing with water while he's in the bathtub and he really likes it a lot now.

We've been spending time in our back yard, so I got him this cute hat. Until now he has hated hats, so I made him wear it around Target for a bit before I bought it. He seems to like this one!

I got flowers for Mother's Day! I love my flowers. If you will also note that my fence is newly stained. Henry and I spent a lot of time getting that done. My other Mother's Day present was Nate's help on Saturday. With out his help it would have taken me another couple weeks at the rate I was going. Thank you!!! I am very excited about my little back yard!