December

Henry decorating his rocking chair for Christmas!

Cousin Isaiah's First B-day party!

Cousin Sabrina choreographed the 4th grade educational dance for the school assembly.

Later that day we went to Storybook Land in Albany.

He loved it so much...this was the first stop & he could have stayed there for hours!

This is his cousins favorite spot; they have to get a picture with the penguins each year.  This also became Henry's favorite station too.

We at least got a picture with Mrs. Clause!  He cried in Santa's lap.

One tuckered little camper.

Henry can finally feed himself with a utencil!

Great Grandpa Gordon sent Henry Christmas money & he got a bike with training wheels!

Dad couldn't resist a bike.  Henry pretty much picked it out at the store!  Whenever we went to WalMart he would run to the bikes & touch all the tires.  Once there was a little one like this & I pushed him all around on it and it was love at first sight!  He's a natural.  We figure he may be able to ride it on his own by summer?!

Henry was quite involved in the process of putting the bike together!

Christmas celebration at the Stuarts' home.

The little guys at the gate.

Jordyn, Bentlee, Henry, Isaiah.

The Stuart girls!

Apparently the only family photo of the three of them!

Grandma & Grandpa Stuart got each kiddo a Christmas present!

Then off to Grandma & Grandpa Millers' home in Albany for Christmas day.

Dec. 27th we went to the Wings & Waves Waterpark in McMinnville with Kambria, Sabrina & Aunt Angie.  We were there from 11:30 to 8pm.  Henry made it about 2.5 hours & enjoyed every minute of it!  He stayed there way past nap time until he couldn't keep his eyes open anymore.  Ryan came to pick him up, & said Henry fell asleep by the time they turned onto the highway!

He would try to drink out of the fountain, but his life vest got in the way every time!  He couldn't figure out what was going on & why he couldn't reach the water with his mouth.

Here is the wave pool.

Back at Gma & Gpa Stuart's house while Dad & Gpa elk hunt.

Clowie, licking her baby!

We spent the majority of three days finishing Jen's scrapbook from her graduation two years ago!

November

More balloons for Henry!

A coworker gave us the old birthday balloons to Henry's delight!  He dragged them everywhere for a
couple of weeks & finally they became old news.  He is still excited to see balloons in the stores.

We took a trip to visit Ryan's cousin, Amy, who lives in Tri-Cities area of SE Washington.

Although there were two big boys to play with, Henry loved Foxy the dog, the best!

They were inseparable & they played together so well!

Here are the two sweet boys, Gabe & Ben.

Corey showed us a new game to play with Huck...he LOVES it! 

Heidi and I went to Valonda's to learn how to make homemade bread.  Here is Jordyn & Henry.

 Henry & Isaiah found the remotes and kept themselves quite busy for a while.

 

And this is later that day!  Henry pulled a wire metal shelving unit in Valonda's craft room on top of himself while I was setting up his pack and play for naptime.  I watched him to make sure he didn't head toward the stairs & I thought he was going to Noah's room to play, but instead this happened.  Luckily not deep enough to require actual stitches & he didn't seem to mind at all.

Notice the mark by his eye and the goose bump above his ear.  There was also a HUGE goose bump on his little head.

Huck trying to smile for the camera!

Thanksgiving at the Millers'

Ryan & Henry looking into the attic ready to get the Christmas lights down.