People Meet Henry

It's true, Henry has been busy entertaining his dedicated fans these past two weeks. First, he would like to give his Nana a big big thank you for all of her help for 10 whole nights. What would we have done without her? Oh, its easy. 1) Not slept. 2) Not had any home cooked meals. 3) Lots and lots and lots and lots of dishes (note to self: get new dishwasher) 4) Lots and lots and lots of laundry (I forgot how bodily fluidy new babies are...) 5) Grocery shopping and 6) More toddler entertaining than we had the energy for





John Dickson was so disappointed when he came home from school on Tuesday to find Nana gone. He got out her golf club, looked around for a second, and then it dawned on him: "where Nana doh?" Grumps couldn't stay the week, but he came up for the big day and came back for the next weekend. After he left:

John Dickson: "I need it. I need it."
Adam: "What do you need?"
John Dickson: "I need Grumps back."

John Dickson: "Daddy get it?"
Adam: "Daddy get what?"
John Dickson: "Daddy get Grumps truck"

Leslie came for a visit to meet Henry Bear and to make John Dickson laugh like this:



And we got the super exciting surprise of seeing Ali and Enga! Thank you high school teacher conferences in Greenville!!! Ali and English stopped by to deliver some always yummy food and to snuggle the little guy. Henry tried to make out with Ali. Twice. Apparently she made quite the impression.



Jess came by the hospital before we left, and then she left to go to San Diego. Indefinitely. So. Bummed. We'll miss her like crazy, but are super excited for her new job and CANT WAIT to go visit. Leave Adam with the boys... head out west with Leslie... nap on the beach... see California... yes, sounds perfect. Anyway, I didnt get any pictures of Jess on my camera, but she got a few, and as soon as I get my hands on them, I'll be sure to post.

And Henry got to meet his Great Aunt Barbara!!! Barbara stopped by for a fun visit, delivering a superhero starter kit to John Dickson. He runs around the house now in his fun red cape. It is too cute. And he and Adam shoot spider webs at each other, Spiderman style. That and his impersonation of Adam doing horse sounds are my two new favorite things that little man does. Again, Barbara got pictures, but I didn't thanks to a dead battery, so we'll just have to wait until we get our hands on those.
We'll have to get our boys out to the Griffiths very soon, as John Dickson wont stop talking about the black cow and 2 horseys. And "Bahba".

Sadly, we have no pictures of Henry meeting Sarah, nor do we have any of her amazing chicken pot pie left. De-licious. Despite not capturing the meeting on camera, it was still really good to see her. People shouldn't leave where I work until I leave. Nobody listens.

And John Dickson had a couple of rough days adjusting to Henry, although he loves Henry like crazy and has not taken it out on him in the slightest. But this weekend, he was a new little man. He picked his potty training back up, and is finally telling us when he needs to go (hooray!!!). And he has been behaving like an angel.
He has been pretending the baby tub is his car, and he will ask for the keys and either "go to store. get batteries." or "go monkey joes." He has learned that you can fix anything with a battery and a screw driver. He wanted some faux doors to open on a fire truck, and he kept asking Adam for a screw driver. Then he asked for batteries. He wants daddy to "biscuit" everything. (Biscuit = fix it) Daddy is pretty much his hero.