7 Months

So this past week Henley turned 7 months old. Wow - how time flies. She has been growing like crazy and we had some really big milestones this past week.

She had her first Easter and the Easter Bunny didn't forget her. She had a cute basket filled with lots of goodies! We all went to church and she got to wear her precious Easter dress. We then met April's parents for lunch before heading back to church that night. It was a really nice day.

And then on Monday, Henley crawled forward for the first time....Yea! She still shimmies but she can definitely move forward when she wants to. With as much as she likes to pull up and stand we were really starting to wonder if she would just skip the crawling. But we are glad she didn't.

Then on Wednesday, she ate her first Mum Mum all by herself. A Mum Mum is like a teething biscuit that dissolves quicker than regular food. It was one of her surprises for Easter and man she loves them. The best part is that she can feed them to herself. And then finally, later that day she drank her first "juice" out of the sippy cup. So she eat and drank like a big girl.

We are so proud of her!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! Hope everyone has a great day celebrating the resurrection of our Lord!

Henley pulling herself up

Henley isn't quite crawling yet, but she is pulling herself up all on her own. She is quite proud of herself!

Not the only grandbaby anymore

Last weekly we visited King to celebrate April's Mom's birthday. We had a great time and everyone loved getting to spend time with Henley. She was the center of attention as always. And this past weekend, April had a mini reunion with her best girl friends from Campbell. So things have been busy, busy for us.

Henley is going strong as ever. Still not quite crawling, although now she does the bear crawl where she is up on her hands and toes. I wonder if she will just skip the crawling and go straight to walking. I guess we will see. She has also moved on from the D's to the N's. So now instead of Da-Da-Da. It is now Na-Na-Na. I think April wishes it was Ma-Ma-Ma but you can tell that it is coming soon.

And for the big news, Amanda and Justin are expecting their first baby in October! So Henley is going to have a little cousin! We are so excited for them and are praying for an uneventful, healthy pregnancy for Amanda...and good luck to Justin - just kidding, well sorta. :-)

Crawling soon?

Last week Henley had her 6 month check up. She now weighs 18 lbs 3 oz (90%) and is 26 1/4" (70%) tall. She did so great at the doctors. April said she had three vaccines. The first oral and 2 shots and didn't even cry! Such a good baby.

She is changing so fast it is hard to keep up. She now seems to prefer solid foods over milk. Her dinner each day normally includes a variety of oatmeal or rice, a vegetable, and a fruit. She is in love with apples. I think it is her hands down favorite. She also loves pizza, well pizza sauce. Each time we have pizza, she will fuss non-stop until you let her suck on a piece. It is so cute. All she gets is the sauce, but she acts like it is the greatest thing ever. And this past weekend, we went to a local dairy farm and had homemade ice cream. She got her first taste and seemed to like that as well. I guess who doesn't love pizza and ice cream?!? :-)

She is so on the verge of crawling. She is now able to fully get up on her hands and knees. She will scoot backwards over and over again but hasn't figured out how to move forward yet. It is coming!