Henry turned 2 on October 26th. Last weekend we had a party for him at our place with nana made gourmet cupcakes and kids running wild. Will share some photos soon. For now, here are some shots a friend of mine who is a photographer took.
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We haven’t posted in an awfully long time, but after I saw this video, I knew I had to share it.
This weekend, we took Henry to Central Park for his very first carousel ride. It was the last weekend of the season for the Central Park Carousel, and we really lucked out on the weather. Gorgeous day. And once Henry realized he was on a NEIGH, he had a great time, as you can see:
It was also my first trip to the Central Park Carousel. Beautiful piece of machinery. We’ll make this an annual tradition.
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dad wrote a sweet little post about your toddlerhood so I thought I’d add to it. You are indeed trying to tell us things. I know one day you will ask me what you said and when. So here’s a list of your vocab. words as of 17 months:
“baabaa” (while playing with or pointing to sheep puppet
“uh-oh” (you’ve been saying this for a while, especially when something drops”
“babbye” (while waving good-bye)
“ei-i-ei-i-oowwhhh” (for Old Macdonald)
mama
dada
and you shake your head no a lot!
Other than that you communicate very well babbling sounds and syllables and pointing and gesturing. Hopefully one day we’ll just sit down to dinner and have a chat.
Your understanding is great too. You can get “Good Night Moon” off of the shelf if asked. You know what to do when the “people on the bus go up and down” and the “wipers go swish”. You also hummed “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”. If I say “go to your chair for breakfast” he knows where to go and the same goes for “let’s play in your room”.
I love you beyond comprehension.
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This video’s a bit old, but it’s a favorite, so we wanted to post it:
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You’re such a good-natured comedian, Henry. You’re making a lot more sounds than before—I think you’re really on the verge of talking, and I’m very excited to hear what you have to say. You’ve been mimicking us, too, when the mood strikes you. Just now, Mama made turkey gobble-gobble sounds at you, and you made them right back at her, sort of:
You also seem to understand us more. Not just “no,” either. Earlier today, Mama asked you to go and get Goodnight Moon, and you went right to the shelf and brought it back for her. Smart! Too bad the camera wasn’t rolling.
We love to see you grow up, but one of the drawbacks is that, at some point, you’ll be too old for us to make videos of you having a bath. Until then…
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Last weekend we had a relatively sunny day and decided to head back to the beloved Botanical Gardens. It seems like absolute ages since the cherry blossoms were blooming and sleepy baby Henry laid in the grass and nursed in the Japanese house by the koi pond. At almost 16 months Henry now runs around, pointing to things and exploring his new world. One of our family’s favorite spots in the gardens is the Children’s garden, a little patch of grass surrounded by herbs and small flowering plants (in warmer seasons) and a sweet fountain with a sculpture of a child pointing at the sky. It’s the perfect size patch for Henry to do his laps. On this day a sweet little 3 year old girl spotted and tried to befriend him.
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