Although last week Henry could take a step or two if coaxed, this week he started walking on his own volition! On Tuesday Scott was able to come home from work around 5. When I got home a few minutes after him I came through the door and was walking over to Henry to pick him up. Scott, who was holding Henry's hands so that Henry could walk around said, "No, wait..." Before I knew it Scott let go of Henry's hands and Henry walked 6 or 7 steps towards me with big open arms. What a wonderful surprise! Now Henry is taking steps all the time. Gone are the days when I could just stand him next to the bookcase and assume he's just keep on standing right there holding onto it.
With this increased mobility comes a lot more fun at the playground. Although Henry clearly still loves to sit and play in the sand, nearly burying himself as he moves little handfuls of sand from the bucket onto his lap
He also loves to climb up the big play set and persuade me to ride down the slide with him.
Today we had fun as this sister and brother pair, 2 and 4 years old who are in one of Henry's play groups, sat together at the top of the slide and asked so sweetly if they could hold on to Henry and slide down with him. I just had to oblige - while offering some subtle support of course. Super cute!
Speaking of play groups - the one I mentioned above is an informal group of neighborhood nannies who know each other well and regularly plan get togethers throughout the week. There's another group we visit with often organized by some moms and a dad. One of the moms is a trained pastry chef (and her husband is a coffee expert and they are here to open up a coffee shop that will sell freshly roasted coffee!! Cheers to having something other than Nescafe instant coffee.). The other day she hosted play group and enticed us to come with the offer of a cinnamon roll taste test for treats they'll make for their shop. Those were some dang good cinnamon rolls.
In other Henry news, he got his top two teeth this week. This time around there was no fussing; we only found out he had the teeth when he leaned back and smiled. Let's hope the other teeth come in so uneventfully. As they start to stick out a bit more we'll be sure to snag a photo.
To round out the focus on Henry, I'll say that he still LOVES playing with balls and will hunt anyone down holding one. He loves playing with Guinness's big plastic food bowl making it swirl all around and make noise. Sometimes he gets to Guinness's water bowl before we're able to and enjoys the excitement caused by dumping water all over the place. He also loves to hang out in our bathroom and pull everything off the shelves. This interest has lasted a few weeks now.
Another member of our family has been making friends. One of our friends asked if her daughter could play with Guinness because she recently became very interesting in Clifford books and has never really played with a dog. Guinness loves any opportunity to play fetch and doesn't get shy even if a few people grade his skills (notice a guard and a woman start to gather. I hear by the end of this session there were quite a few by-standers.)
And finally, Happy birthday, Scott! You can see how much Henry enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Dad.
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