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52 Portrait Update (19/20/21/22)

May 23, 2014

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 19: Busy busy busy. This guy never stops and can find something that fascinates him anywhere.

Week 20: Water baby. What else is new.

Week 21: He’s got the bike riding down. Our sweet friends let him borrow this bike and he has been riding it non stop, all throughout the house.

Week 22: Home Depot run. He started saying “depot depot” when I told him where we were going. Picking out paint colors for his big boy room which we are starting on next month. He still has this serious face in pictures and he doesn’t understand “smile” yet.

Life with a Toddler

May 16, 2014

Henry and I had to run a few errands today after his morning nap. A few days ago he took a nasty fall on this poor little face and also skinned up his finger. His new favorite word is “boo-boo” (also the name for bandaids) so as soon as he wakes up he is asking for boo-boos. I wrapped a bandaid around his finger and off we went. While at the store Henry told me he needed this Mike Wazowski ballon (by telling me, he literally screamed for the whole store to hear). Afraid that someone would alert the cops for a potential kidnapping, I gave in and got him the ballon and checked out. While outside, the balloon came off the stick and the wind blew it across the whole parking. You would have thought that I just killed the family cat. With Henry screaming, I stood there for a second wishing the wind would blow it back to me but then came to my senses and realized it was just blowing it further away, in and out of cars. I grabbed Henry and walked for what seemed to be 5 minutes just to grab this damn balloon. Finally back in the car and headed to our last errand (which happened to involve driving on the highway), Henry decides that the bandaid on his finger must be killing him because he is throwing the biggest, most epic tantrum I have ever seen. Of course I cannot pull over because we are ON THE HIGHWAY so I have to suffer through this until I pull off at a QT and remove the ~~tumor~~ bandaid. While he was throwing his bandaid fit I had rolled down the window to distract him and forgot to roll it back up after we stopped. All seemed to be good once we got back on the road and wouldn’t you know it … that damn balloon flew out the window. And for a split second, I dreamed that we had a clothes line.

52 Portrait Update (15/16/17/18)

May 5, 2014

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 15: Not the most flattering picture, but I love this one. His face looks just like mine after I have been outside in the heat (bright red!)

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 16: Strolling outside, looking for trouble.

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 17: His first Easter egg hunt. He was more interested in running free than grabbing eggs. Maybe next year!

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 18: My water baby, his first time in water wings. He loves pool time with Daddy.

Weekend in Florida

April 30, 2014

For Easter weekend we went to see Henry’s grandparents in Florida. It’s about a 6-7 hour drive and surprisingly Henry did great. Like I’ve mentioned before, he is obsessed with Monsters University and that literally played the entire time. His 2nd birthday has switched themes and is now, you guessed it, Monsters University. The first few days of the trip it rained (like central Florida tends to do) but the last 2 days were beautiful. Our ~~Henry’s~~ trip was filled with lots of golf cart rides (with Henry saying “weeeee” the entire time), swimming and running around the golf course.

Our last day of the trip we went to the Ocala Breeders Sale to see all the beautiful horses for sale. Henry loved seeing them all, as did my husband. I could had stayed and pet them all afternoon. We saw one horse sell for $270,000 and also saw the colt of Big Brown (who won the Kentucky Derby in 2008).

The trip was a nice getaway but it’s always so good to get back home too. Crazy that tomorrow is the last day of April. Happy almost May!

Henry’s Easter Basket

April 19, 2014

I was so excited to put together Henry’s Easter Basket this year. Since he is almost two, I was able to pick age appropriate toys that I know he would love. His basket consists of some ice cream shaped sidewalk chalk and duck bubbles from the Target dollar bin, a new chick sippy cup (also from Target), some bunny glasses and bunny ears, a chick stuffed animal, a new bunny blanket, an Easter themed book, and my favorite item: a wooden toy camera from Twig Creative. He is no stranger to the camera and even picks up mine and says “cheese” while putting it directly to his face. We are celebrating Easter in Florida this year with Henry’s grandparents. Their backyard is on the golf course so I can’t wait to scatter colored eggs all over for the egg hunt (and hoping it doesn’t throw off any golf games!) The basket I have been using for Henry was also mine growing up and I love that I can pass it down to him. I hope everyone has a great Easter filled with lots of candy!

Easter Style

April 17, 2014

This past weekend we took Henry to see the Easter Bunny and I was fully prepared for a Santa-like meltdown. Suprisingly he had no problems with the giant bunny and we even got a smile. I don’t even think Henry realized he was sitting on a large bunny until the photographer was trying to get him to smile so the bunny put his big paw (?) on Henry’s arm. He looked at the paw, then up at his face, and then turned to the photographer and smiled. It was the cutest little “aha” moment.

I had no intention of matching Henry’s bow tie to the Easter Bunny’s but it does look awfully cute. I found the shirt and bow tie combo on Old Navy for under $20. The sleeves are still a tad long on him (he’s in 18-24 month) so I rolled them up which I think looked better. Henry is finally getting some hair in and I just love making a side part with it. He is following in my footsteps in the hair department. I was nearly bald until I was two and people thought I was a boy.

shirt with bow tie / jeans: old navy (sold out similar here) / shoes: polo from last fall, sold out.

We’re so excited to do an Easter Egg hunt this year and for Henry to find his basket from the bunny. I have it all stuffed and ready and will post soon on the goodies 🙂

52 Portrait Update (12/13/14)

April 11, 2014

I am seriously behind on the 52 Portraits. Not that I haven’t taken them, just that I have forgotten to post them. My husband and I just got back from a business trip and Henry was with my mom for 5 days. He also got another ear infection while we were gone and was sick the whole time 🙁 It’s so nice to be back and we definitely missed our buddy!

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 12: Henry is obsessed with going outside. It is the first thing he asks for in the morning. As soon as you pick him up, he says “oufide!” And throughout the day, he will come grab my hand and say “han, oufide!”

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 13: I could stare at his eyes all day. They are so full of curiosity.

“a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014.”

Week 14: My little honey bunny ready. I love those moccasins on his feet and I love that he is still too young to have a say in his outfits 🙂

**Honey Bunny shirt found here**

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