Rocky Mountain Hank

Henry has been very busy lately. He's been on vacation in Colorado with his Pickle grandparents, Aunt Lori, Jeremiah, and, of course, his parents. It was a total blast! Henry weathered the trip really well. He was great on the plane and in the many cars and the trains and everything else. He is a real trooper. Here are some highlights from the trip:













More trip pics at our family website: Pickleinfo.com


He also met several important people this week! His nephew Erik:



And, several of his mom's good friends:

Shelley-



Amy, Vickie, Marcie, Jennifer, and Amanda-







And, his Aunt Bliss and Uncle Minsok:

Henry goes to DC

Henry just got home from his first trip across the country. I had to go to DC for some meetings, so my mom came along to help with Henry while I worked. We had a great time. Henry was awesome on the plane rides. No trouble whatsoever. It's funny to be on the other side of the dreaded "oh no, there's a baby on my flight" look. While we were there we visited my great uncle Pete in the US Military retirement home. (Bliss and Shannon, remember Uncle Pete?) He's 92 and doing pretty well. Henry also met many of my coworkers and my friend Alison. You'll notice in the picture below that he is JUST ABOUT to spit up all over her and her cool dress. (Sorry Alison!) Here are some pics from the trip.

Everett is Here!

Carmen and Tony have had a little boy. His name is Everett. He was 7lbs 11 ounces and is very cute! Henry has a new friend in the making (we'll force them to hang out even if they don't get along.) Way to go Carmen. She had no drugs and went through labor like a champ! Here are a few pics. Also, here are a few pics from this past weekend at the lakehouse.

Trip to Galveston and Houston

This weekend we made a trip to Galveston for David's graduation from med school and also stopped through Houston to see some family. It was a great time! Here are some pics

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a really fun weekend. It was Ben's 30th b-day so we went out a lot and Henry enjoyed every minute of it. He had a great night out at Freddie's with our friends and then had his first fancy restaurant experience. He was very good! Plus, a trip to barton springs and his first hike. He loved the hike. He was all smiles looking up at the trees, etc.

Three months!

Henry was 12 weeks old this past Friday. I'm not sure when you're supposed to stop counting in weeks and start counting in months. Regardless, it's true what they all say about the 3 month mark being a big turning point. Suddenly this little tiny baby who just seems to kind of be there starts becoming totally interactive and so much fun. Henry is smiling all the time. He's got to be in the running for the best baby ever awards because he hardly ever cries and is pretty much always happy. He's totally flexible and can still touch his feet to his cheeks. He's getting more and more hair and his skin is so soft you could sell admission just to touch it! His big blue eyes are tracking things now and he seems to really be watching everything going on around him. He's started to notice the pets too which is pretty funny. He'll watch them walk around with kind of a "what the hell is that?" kind of look on his face. But, his favorite thing (other than playing with his parents, grandparents, and Aunt Lori) is watching the fan. He seems so fascinated by it. I think he worships the fan. If he's kind of cranky or something, I can just sit him down under the fan and his eyes get all big and he starts smiling. So funny! It's crazy how he's just part of the family now. You always think that when you have your first child that suddenly there's this "other person" around all the time, but it's not like that at all. He's one of us and we're one of him and it's just so natural.. like he was always here. It's so much fun. These are the best days of our lives.

Here's some pictures from this past weekend-

weekend of firsts

Eli Martin Rider turned 1 this weekend. The party was awesome. He is totally walking now.



Henry met his great great Aunt on Mother's Day.


And, spent some quality napping time with Rose.


Eli and his Dad went swimming. David graduates from medical school in only a couple of weeks! Henry joined in the swimming too, but was not as sure of the water..

mucho mucho handsome (10 weeks old!)

This weekend we celebrted my mom' s 60th birthday in Georgetown


We took a really long walk in downtown...


Henry practiced the piano... he's getting better every day.


He went to a Hawaiian wedding shower for our friend Robin who's getting married in a few weeks



And, Henry's Aunt Lori moved back to town. He's pretty excited to have more attention.