and shepherds watched their flocks by night . . . wait, wrong holiday

big smile! now if there were only a sheltie with the shepherd . . .

happy st. patrick's day

my favorite irish blessing . . . "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face,and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand."

henry update:

• henry had his two month check up last friday (although he turned nine weeks yesterday). he is up to 11 pounds 4 ounces and 22 1/4 inches long. he did well with his shots . . . his little legs were sore friday, but seemed much better on saturday.
• henry is showing no desire to roll over. his marathon "scooting" has ceased as well. so for you that voted 10 weeks, I'm thinking you may want to re-cast your vote. :)
• he has learned how to pitch a fit. yes, a fit. when you stop to burp him during a feeding, he screams this high pitched cry, not like his "I'm hungry" cry, or his "please change my diaper" cry or his "someone hold me please, I'm bored!" cry. it's a comepletely different pitch and he even makes a different face while crying this cry!

gary & summer update (like anyone cares about us now!):

• gary is still enjoying his job with northrop grumman here in auburn. he loves being in town and not spending 2 hours in the car every day. he is also doing some website design on the side. he is an amazing father, very helpful, and truly enjoys being with henry during the good days and bad days!
• I go back to work tomorrow (part time). I will be working tuesdays-thursdays. My wonderful sister will be keeping henry in the mornings and we have a sitter coming to the house in the afternoons. I feel great about leaving him with these two, but must admit that Sparing you details, I am having a really, really hard time thinking about leaving henry, even for only a couple of days. I'm told time will make things easier and I'm just trying to focus on the positives. Sometimes it is easier than others.
• Lastly, Sunday afternoons are our dogs' day. We took them out to the land yesterday to run and swim. Check out their eager faces below . . . this picture brings a huge smile to my face!

sterling, bricks, savannah and shelby.
sterling and shelby in action . . . barking action that is.
goofy goldens.

the series of henry stories continues . . .

henry and I decided to put aside whatever we "needed" to do on saturday and spend a wonderful day together. we concluded that what we "needed" to do was have lunch at Amsterdam, taking our time, enjoying every bite of the fried green tomatoes and turkey wrap. then we strolled downtown, ambling aimlessly in and out of the shops. by the way, there are a few new shops downtown Auburn that seem great! then we went to the grocery store and slowly filled up our buggy (this never seems to happen, we are always rushing in and out). we then ran home, fed the doggies, put away the groceries, grabbed some snacks/drinks, and then ventured out to the lawn at samford hall to enjoy the gorgeous weather. off came our shoes and socks, out came the blanket (and the camera) . . . it was perfect. gary soon met us there.

full tummy!

i LOVE all of the daffodils!

overalls for henry

Sue's mom sent this cute outfit to Henry . . . you probably can't see them, but there are dogs on the onesie. First time in overalls! Thanks Mrs. Shirley!

oh my cuteness

bath time!

look at this laid back fellow

henry goes to church . . . and toomers corner

I feel like I'm writing a children's book . . . "Henry goes to church" or "Henry's first bath" or "Henry's big adventure." argh. I'll try and stop that.

Anywho, we went to church for the first time with Henry this past Sunday. It was a little chaotic at the nursery but he did just fine.

after church we went to Toomers for lunch. Gary was very proud to have him on the famous corner!

Snow Angel

I just love how he sleeps with his arms up!


Snow twice in one winter in Auburn?! Inconceiveable!


Henry made his first appearance at Mellow Mushroom Friday night . . .
And later fell asleep in this "praying" pose.

the week in pictures

Henry has had a busy week this week - lots of visitors and outings. He is holding his head up very well and his legs are getting stronger and stronger. He is smiling a lot these days. He is also really studying his surroundings and is very alert. And, he has figured out he likes to be held . . . a lot!

little guy on a big couch . . .
he seems to enjoy his activity mat and sometimes prefers to sit up and check things out rather than lay on his back.

sheep feet!

I was trying to catch a smile . . .

henry has several keepers. yesterday during his morning nap it was savannah. it's really sweet to see the dogs be protective of their brother. wherever henry sleeps, you can count on finding one of the dogs curled up at his feet. I am extremely impressed with how they have taken to him! it took a little time but they are doing so well.

thanks to gary's mom for henry's adorable jogging suit! as you can see, his jog really wore him out . . . and speaking of jogging, I'm back in the game. after 26 weeks of not running, I ran three times this week and I can't even tell you how wonderful it felt each time!

Gary's Mom and Jon came down for a visit!
this is what henry looks like each morning when we get him up-all swaddled and cute. that is, if he doesn't break out of his swaddle in the middle of the night! :)

weekend update

the weather was so nice this past weekend! henry and gary went to the football scrimmage on saturday morning (yes, henry has now been to jordan hare), we celebrated Cole's second birthday, and went for a walk out at chewacla state park on sunday afternoon with my sister and her family.

dinner time

this is the scene at our house every day around 4-5pm . . . dinner time for the doggles. some people may find all the craziness annoying-we love it!