another week, another ear infection . . .

it's another ear infection for henry boy. dr. says warm weather is right around the corner and we'll be having less of these problems. i sure hope so. i need some sleep.

made it to starbucks!

It's Sunday, 10:44 am and I just took a long walk, with Henry and my mac in tow down to the neighborhood Starbucks. Daddy was working on the bathroom project (including lots of banging, clanging, hammering and drilling), it was nap time for Henry, I needed the exercise, so I figured what the heck? Olive was the only loser in the whole deal - she had to stay home. But Henry is sleeping like a champ, I'm blogging with my iced latte in my hand. (Yes, Pablo, I'm paying for wi-fi).

What a weekend we've had! TWO NIGHTS OUT in a row with babysitters for Henry! Friday night, we hired Allison (a previous teacher from Henry's crazy daycare) and headed out to Donovan's with the Gregory's to celebrate Michael's birthday. We had a great time, not to mention great wine, great catch-up conversation (with the Cervi-Skinners and Kirk and Karla (sp?), too) and a tower of seafood that Val and I were still talking about yesterday. Thanks, Theresa for organizing such a great dinner! We were so glad you called us, and we could go!

Yesterday, Mom met Henry and I at Scottsdale Fashion Square and did some quick shopping (made a dent at Pottery Barn Kids) before heading back to our house. Grandma Patti stayed with Henry while Val and I went to dinner and a movie. We saw Breach (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7133600) and it was really good. It is about an FBI agent that sold hundred of our government's secrets to the Russians. It was interesting, because they couldn't even tell what secret he told. He is serving a life sentense in Florence, CO and spends most of his day in solitary confinement - and most of the secrets he gave away are still classified. I didn't care what we saw, just wanted to see what it felt like to sit in a theatre with my husband again, but I did enjoy the movie.

I'm off to read the news before Henry wakes up.

i need another buzz cut!

Well, my hair is still growing straight up. My mom thought it would have settled down by now, but no. I see a haircut in my recent future.

- henry

lots of milestones . . .

Whew! It's been awhile, and the last couple weeks have been very eventful for Mr. Henry. He is getting more mobile by the day - he can cover one end of the house to the other in no time. His two bottom teeth have popped out, finally! He can sit up from his back or his stomach, and he is pulling himself up to standing - especially in his crib. He is eating finger foods, and babbling up a storm. Henry LOVES to go to daycare, he gets excited when we walk through the doors, and barely notices when I leave. They say he is great all day long. He is having some sleep issues, and making his mom-muh and da-duh very tired. The lack of sleep has been really tough to deal with lately . . . especially when you have to show up for work the next morning. I hope we figure it out soon.

The weather is very crazy today - windy and cold - strange since it's been getting pretty warm out, we had our windows open most of the day yesterday.

he can crawl!

we are in high definition . . .

We haven't even had time yet to celebrate our BIG new flat panel tv. (Val says it's too big, but I am loving it.) Henry has been sick since Friday, and we've had very little sleep. It turns out Henry's ear infection from a couple weeks ago has never cleared up, so we are at it again. We are doing injections for antibiotics this time, and Henry gets his final shot tomorrow morning. Let's hope it does the trick. We missed a birthday party, the phoenix open, and the superbowl party we were supposed to go to, what a bummer it is when your kid is sick, in so many ways. Maybe a Suns game in HD would cheer me up. A good night's sleep would be nice, too.