33 weeks old

One of Henry's newer accomplishments, as of late, is feeding himself. He enjoys the cheerios when they actually make it into his mouth.

The Christmas tree

Every Thanksgiving is followed by the Christmas tree cutting and decorating.  We had fun, as a family of six, going out to cut down our tree on Friday and decorating it today. 

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a wonderful day celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. We have so much to thank God for--one of those things is definitely family. God has blessed Jeff and I so greatly with godly and supportive parents, good and encouraging siblings and wonderful children. How kind He is!

31 weeks old

Henry always enjoys time with his sister and grandma.

30 weeks old

Today, Henry is 30 weeks old.

Each Wednesday, the kids and I go to church for Kids Club. I teach the 3rd through 5th grade class and Joost, Grace and Kate all participate in their own classes. I thought it would be fun to show some of the people Henry sees at church each Wednesday.

My good friend, Pam, and I teach the 3rd through 5th graders and she's one of Henry's biggest fans....

We have some wonderful girls at the church who are willing to give up their Wednesday evenings to watch Henry and the other children of the Kids Club teachers. Courtney and Danielle are the faces he sees most Wednesday nights. They're great with him--they know exactly how to care for him. They even dress him for bed each night so he's as ready as he can be to hit the sack when he gets home.

29 weeks old

Henry's doing a good job pulling off a happy face, but the past few days have been trying for him.  On Sunday, tooth #1 punched through and since then the second tooth has been causing him a lot of grief.