Time for an update on hen hen...

I can't believe it has been October since I have last blogged on here.  wow.  This fall has really gone by fast!!  I wanted to take a few moments to write down a few things about sweet Henry because he is turning into such a big boy, and I don't want to forget this precious age (16 months).  We just love him to bits!!

Size- 18 mo clothes and starting to look so long...can't believe how long he looks when he stretches out in the tub to "swim"

Henry's Favorites- He is still absolutely obsessed with choo choos, but he is also starting to love trucks and cars more too.  I love the way he says "choo choo"...melts my heart every time.  He says "tank you" the same way he says choo choo too.  His favorite animal right now is probably an elephant, dog or cat, but he loves to say all of the animal sounds.  His favorite book is any train book but especially "the little train" that we ended up buying from the public library because he destroyed it/loved on it so much. 

Favorite words/phrases- We definitely have a talker!  Henry loves to communicate, and he is getting to the point now where he is almost adding a word daily.  I was writing down his first words through 15 months, but there is no way that I can keep up a list now.  I really believe the reason he has started talking early is baby signs.  I'm a huge fan of starting baby signs around 6 to 8 months of age.  I've seen so many moms afraid of teaching signs to their babies because they think that it will keep their baby from talking but all of the research shows (or at least the studies I've seen) that it actually helps babies/toddlers to talk early.
His favorite phrase by far right now is "fix it."  He absolutely loves to bring me or Shaun something that is "broken" to "fix it."  He actually put three words together for the first time this past weekend when Shaun was working with tools in the garage..."Dada fix it!"  Thankfully, the door from the house to the garage was open so I got to hear it too.  Other favorite phrases are "all done" and "all aboard" (this one melts my heart every time too).  I'm trying to get as many of these first words on video because obviously writing doesn't even begin to do it justice. He is starting to have fun with opposite words too like open/close, up/down.  He loves saying "shirt" right now and just recently said "mama's shirt"...although sometimes that "r" goes missing so it sounds pretty funny :).

Henry is such a boy!  He absolutely adores making sounds and mimicking and thinks certain sounds are especially funny.  Especially....poots :).  I can thank his dada for teaching him this one.  I will never forget recently when I was sitting with Henry in a rocking chair, and he pooted.  He looked up at me with the biggest proud eyes and said "poot" and then laughed his head off.  THEN...he proceeded to hike up one leg and do it again.  I was laughing so hard...it was too funny.  I guess since I grew up with three brothers that bathroom humor doesn't bother me too much.  Now Henry even says the past tense "pooted"...oh boy!  I'm in for it!

Other fun firsts this month-
Turning around in a circle for dancing
Stomping
Using a fork (just starting this one...)
First time to see santa!
Loving Christmas this year (amazing to watch Christmas through his eyes)
Saying "no" to questions that we ask him sometimes now...oh boy starting the twos early?

I need to upload the pics from my camera but until now how about a cell phone pic of a pic?

Here is Henry sitting on Santa's lap!  He actually liked Santa and was talking to him.  I was so surprised!

 
And for those of you who don't read prayingforalittleone...Henry is a big brother!  Baby Sirmon is due July 25, 2011!!!  Praising God for this precious miracle!!  I will be blogging over here about my pregnancy so look for a post coming soon!