Happy 2008!

Mike and I have come to the realization that we are now officially "old". The epiphany came on New Year's Eve, when we were getting into bed at about 10:30 PM and were OK with it. In fact, I was very happy to be going to sleep at that time. I think our days of staying up until midnight and drinking copious amounts of champagne are, alas, behind us.

Thus far Henry has been enjoying 2008! While he has reverted back to his 5:30 AM wake up time and is still not napping for longer than 40 minutes, his mood the past few days has been much improved. He is turning into a little superstar - a complete ham who is ALL OVER the place. The "re-directing" has begun in earnest, especially when he discovers remote controls, cell phones, any type of wire, potted plants, newly folded laundry, food, glasses of water, coffee cups, shampoo bottles, and the trash can. Mike discovered this morning that the little guy has actually CHEWED OFF part of the finish on our TV stand. Who knew you could do that with only 2 teeth???

It is fun to watch him, though, and to see what things interest him. He is figuring out toys more - shaking rattles and banging things together. His favorite thing is still to just stand. Pulling up some one's legs is his greatest joy. We hosted a playgroup today and Henry startled quite a few other babies by crawling to them and then using their heads to hoist himself into a standing position.

We started a new baby class yesterday - lots of activities, song singing, etc. Henry's favorite activity was the parachute. He crawled to the middle of it and just laughed and laughed as it moved around him. A lot of the other babies in the class are not yet crawling, so Henry was the main attraction most of the day.

Yesterday we also braved the FREEZING temperatures. I believe it felt like 5 below with the windchill when we walked to class together. Henry was very comfy in his stroller and many layers. I, on the other hand, need to obviously invest in warmer gloves.

The cold weather made it necessary for Henry to truly bundle up, and hence I broke out his leg warmers, which he is modeling in the photo above. Yes, he may look silly (and like he is about to teach a jazzercise class) but since he is so tall all of his pants are like high waters on him, so the legwarmers help cover his legs (at least, this is what I keep telling Mike....)