Henry Turns 1!!!

Henry had such a special birthday weekend! On Friday his grandmother, aunts and uncle came to town to celebrate with us. We had a lovely, low-key celebration that included a yummy "binky" cake which Henry tasted and seemed to enjoy. We took some nice walks, had some nice meals and celebrated Henry turning 1! On Sunday we joined 26 other 1 year old babies for a group birthday party. It was so cute to see all the babies toddling around, eating their first cupcakes and playing together! On Monday, which was Henry's actual birthday, he got an aquarium and it is set up right next to his crib. He absolutely loves it and I think it is so relaxing and calming! It was such a great weekend and I still cannot believe that one year ago I was taking a brand new Henry home from the hospital. It has been such an amazing journey and we are so proud of our baby boy!

Enjoy seeing how special Henry's birthday celebrations were!

Visit with Papa

Recent Pics of Henry

Hi All! Happy April! Here are some recent shots I got of Henry playing and "doing his thing." We are all very ready and excited for spring to be here (as I write this it is snowing and we have about 6 inches of snow already on the ground!)....and we are gearing up for Henry's 1st Birthday in a few weeks-hooray!

Enjoy. Hope everyone is well.

Continued pics from NY weekend

We had a really nice visit to New York last weekend and Henry got caught up on his kisses/hugs from his extended family! On Saturday morning Henry and I had coffee with my good friend Claire and spent some nice time with her. From there Henry and I headed into Manhattan where we met up with Grandma and Grandpa Welch and Matt. We had a lovely lunch in Grandma and Grandpa's sweet 34th floor (with unbelievable views!) apartment. Then the three of us headed out for a walk around the city and a visit to the Morgan House/Museum. Henry missed most of the museum due to his nap time, but he did enjoy a nice snack at Le Pain Quotidien with us. On Saturday night Papa Ernst came over and met us at the apartment and Grandma Welch made a fabulous pasta dinner for us all. We had many laughs and surprisingly Henry went down without a problem that night....which didn't last, but that's okay! On Sunday Aunt Robin and Lauren came over with Papa and Anastasia for a nice brunch. We had a very typical NY brunch with bagels and lox...yum! Henry was in seventh heaven with all of his family paying attention to him. He showed them his crawling and standing skills and showed off his one tooth! We made the long trek back to Maine later that day...it was a long ride back and Henry decided that he only wanted to sleep for an hour of it....so needless to say, we were all ready for an early bedtime that evening. All in all, it was a fabulous trip and we thank everyone for having us and paying such special attention to our Henry. Thanks!!!

PS More pics coming soon...they are on Matt's camera, so I have to wait for him to download those:)

Visit to Momo's Classroom

Henry and I made the trek down to Greenwich Connecticut yesterday. We left Portland at 8 am and Henry slept for 2 1/2 hours until we stopped for a snack/bathroom break at 10:30. We then got back in the car and Henry proceeded to sleep for the rest of the trip! So all in all he slept for the entire 4 1/2 hour trip! What a great traveling companion he is. When we got here we went to Momo's school to visit her classroom. The big kids absolutely loved Henry and Henry loved all their attention! Momo paraded him around RPNS and he went to about 10 different classrooms. He handled all the new people and stimulation very well! When we got back to Momo's she pulled out all kinds of new toys she got Henry for his visit...he loves the push cart! Henry is very interested in the dogs this time. He wants to hold Harper's paw and pull on Jackson's ears...it is too cute! The dogs are very gentle with him and quite patient. I think Harper will be somewhat happy when Henry leaves tomorrow! Henry slept great last night in his room here at Momo's house. The last several times we have travelled Henry has had a real difficult time settling down to sleep, so we are happy that he did well last night and he's already down for his morning nap as I write this. We are going to head to the Norwalk Maritime Center this morning for some aquarium fun and then out to lunch! I will make sure to post more pics as our adventures continue....for now enjoy some shots of Henry reading with Uncle, having dinner and playing at Momo's.