Month: July 2012

Eleanor and Henry had a fun week trying to beat the late July heat.  Our park trips were a bit shorter than normal – Henry in particular doesn’t love the heat.  Henry’s first top tooth is finally making some progress after several weeks of anticipation.  It has now broken through the skin and is just…

Henry turned seven months old this week!  He has just about perfected his sitting, and is starting to try and roll over from back to tummy.  He hasn’t quite made it yet, but he gets about 75% of the way there.  Unfortunately, to get him to do that we have to tease him with a…

Henry took his first trip to D.C. this week, and he and Eleanor were both very good and patient travelers. We returned with lots of pictures, fun memories, and four runny noses. Henry also had his first trip on the ocean, during our fun Pirate Cruise on the Chesapeake Bay.  Eleanor had fun watching the…

The kids celebrated the Fourth with a BBQ at Uncle B’s house, with master chef Jay cooking up an amazing spread.  Henry conquered a few firsts this week, including his first time down a slide (with Mom holding on), and on Sunday he added three more roll overs to his original for a total of…

Henry and Eleanor packed up their bags and took a quick trip to Michigan this week to hang out with Grandma, Grandpa and the Martins.  They both had a great time and accomplished a few firsts in the process.  Unfortunately, neither one was able to stay up for the fireworks.  For Henry, he took his…