Henry welcomes his new baby sister to the blog!

Meet Vivian Kate Frey, born on April 24th @ 9:58am. She weighed 7 lbs, 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. She is 4 days old in this picture....I can't believe how much she is changing day to day!

She is only 2 days old here, and already asking for bows in her DARK HAIR!!!! I couldn't believe it when she arrived with a full head of hair...and either could her brother!

Here we are....party of four now! The first time I saw this picture I had to look again, I almost couldn't believe it. We are multiplying:)

Hmm...not so sure about this new baby!

Meijer Gardens

Henry and I went on a "date" today.......The Butterfly Exhibit was open at the Frederik Meijer Gardens....he was a little weary of the huge butterflies all around him, but he warmed up to it and loved pointing them out to me.

It was a little cold out in the Children's Gardens, but he still had a great time. I love this picture of his little pouty face:)

His first walk over a suspended bridge...he did well! I couldn't believe how many kids Henry's age were there....he was saying "hi" to all the ladies, it was adorable. He seems to prefer blondes:)

They have a special kid-sized entrance to the Gardens....I wasn't sure if we would ever make it in the actual play area, he liked this gate so much.

I'm so excited we signed up to be members for a year....free admission to the Garden's anytime, along with free admission to all of the exhibits!!! I think we will be here at least a few times a week this summer while I am on maternity leave.

This made me laugh so hard....I didn't think he would actually stick his head through for a picture, but once he did it, he wouldn't leave. I had to rip him away multiple times to let the other kids get a photo and then he would just run right back to it!

Hogging the photo op!

Staring up at the butterflies......

Happy Easter:)

It was a beautiful day to be outside! Henry enjoyed playing with Mike's cousins at Grandpa Frey's house.

He was quite proud of his egg dying skills! When we gave him one on Easter morning, he discovered they look better than they taste.....he gagged on it!

Helping Mom dye eggs.....

We dyed one pink one for his baby sister to be! Only 3 more weeks until the due date....

He was a bit of a rascal on Easter morning and wasn't very cooperative when it came to getting a picture of him all dressed up! He looked like a little man:) We are all moved in to our new house now, when I get some time and energy (probably 20 years from now) I will post some pics. Oh, and Henry is doing GREAT in his big boy bed and new room, we are so proud of him!

Henry's last night in his crib......

Tonight is our last night in our first house, and Henry's last night in his crib! Tomorrow night he will be in a big boy bed at the new house....wish him luck! Mike and I are very interested to see how this transition goes. We hope he goes to bed with the same ease and willingness he has done for the past 19 months.

Move over Henry, your new little sister is about to take this crib over!

Snuggling with Mom

I have been feeling really sentimental lately, getting sad that Henry is growing up so fast (I'm blaming it on the pregnancy hormones too:)). The other day for some reason he just wanted to cuddle with me, so I soaked up every minute! I know these days are numbered, so I wanted to capture it so I can remember it always.....

Sophia Rose has arrived!

Kris and Regina had a beautiful baby girl last week, Sophia Rose!

Henry wasn't quite sure what to think at first, and was a little jealous of her thick dark hair!

Isn't she perfect??!?! We can't wait until our baby girl arrives, only 8 more weeks and Sophia will have a buddy!

A Lady for Each Arm

These pictures crack me....we put Eloise (9 weeks) and Sophia (1 week) next to Henry...... and he froze up and wouldn't move a muscle! Mike and I weren't sure if he was playing it cool with the ladies, or was just so intimidated by them he didn't know what to do! We have 15 pictures that look just like this, he wouldn't even smile, so funny!~

Harmonica Maddness

Henry and I take a Kindermusik class, and we each got a harmonica to use at home....check out these musicians!!

Pics from my phone....

I have WAY more pictures of Henry lately on my Blackberry, so I thought I would share a few on the blog. Here is Henry snuggling with his green hippo Grandma and Grandpa bought him. It is fun to watch him carry it around the house since it is just as big as he is.

Turns out Henry loves the bar! I captured this shot of him right before he launched the beer bottle behind him....and hit an innocent by-stander! Luckily it was empty, and the girl thought Henry was cute enough to forgive him. He also spent a lot of time dancing by the jukebox....I think we have a little party boy on our hands.

He still LOVES bath time, and frequently asks us after dinner if he can take one.

Mike got his wisdom teeth pulled yesterday, and Henry has been right by his side helping him recover.

I will have to post a video soon of Henry talking....he can say so many words now....MaMa, DaDa, ball, moon, baby, bye-bye, night-night, bath, mooooore, nana (banana), uh oh (his favorite), hi, CeCe (his friend Cecelia), LaLa (his friend Holly....that one is a stretch:), Grandma, and one that we have no idea what it means- Bab bow. Any guesses? He says it about every two minutes, and we just act like we know exactly what he is talking about:)

Hanging out with Grandma Linda

I realize that I don't take near as many pictures of Henry as I used to....and the reason is he is so hard to capture these days! He is always on the move, and not as eager to pose for the camera with so many other things on his little agenda. I'm going to have to learn to shoot with a faster shutter speed to catch him!

This weekend Grandma Linda and Dan babysat him while we went to a concert...they took him to his first hockey game!

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Grandma and Henry posing for the camera...he almost has the word "grandma" down, although it sounds a lot like "ma ma":)

17 Months ago today.....

We had a baby from the Conehead planet join us......

Thank God the conehead has gone down (even though he has the same amount of hair still) and now he is a cute little boy!! Here he is at his Godparents, Kris and Regina's baby shower last weekend.

As you can see, he had a hard time waiting for the new parents to open their gifts, so he went ahead and started it for them.

Happy 17 month birthday!!!

Happy 2010!

On New Years Day, we went to our new house and took Henry sledding down the back hill...enjoyed zipping down and kept asking for "morrrre".

It was so sunny we should have brought shades!

All smiles.....

Even Bailey came to see the new house for the first time- to run around in his new backyard with woods and all.

His new sled he got for Christmas was perfect for him!

Henry brought in the New Year with his best bud Cecelia......

And a new friend named Will! He will be living a couple houses down from us in the new neighborhood, Henry can't wait!