Henry is 9 months old!

Henry is so grown up now, and so big. We are looking forward to seeing how tall he is at our next appointment, though we know for sure that he breaks our arms every day as we carry him around. He is hilarious these days. He love to try and put his pacifier in other peoples mouths and then laugh as he pulls it away. He loves to get into everything that we tell him not to and laughs pretty much all the time. We are really having a great time with him.

Here he is riding on the bike that Gavin got when he was 1. He can actually push himself backward a little bit.
And we now find him standing next to something almost every time that we come into a room. What a champ.
Just a fun shot of Gavin caught in the act of fixing the shelves in the laundry room with his wrench.
This is Gavin and his friend Paili caught in the act the other day. It was very quiet in his room where they were playing and when I came in they were trying to get the lid closed while both in the box. Pretty funny.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving. We had a pretty uneventful one at home. Rachel came for the weekend from BYU, and I am sure that she probably got bored with us by the end, though Gavin talked her ear off day and night.

Henry enjoyed his first Thanksgiving dinner, but didn't eat much before he gave up and went to take a nap.

Gavin pretty much just ate his weight in stuffing.
Here is Caleb making the mashed potatoes. What a good chef.
Mom and "2 Boys".

Bathtime

Just a couple of cute shots of the boys in their hooded towels. We just got Henry a new one since he has gotten too big for his little towel from Stacy. He got a dog to go with Gavin's froggie. They look pretty good together, even though getting a shot with both of them is harder everyday.

I love these boys. (Even if this shot of Gavin is a little funny. I love that you can see all his curls.)

Itty Bitty Soccer

Hurray for organized sports, though I think what we have so far witnessed with Itty Bitty Soccer (for kids ages 2-4) is much more sporting than organized. But it is fun. Gavin has now been to his second soccer class. The first day was interesting, since there was only one other boy in the class that day, and they were certainly acting their age. The main thing that Gavin told everyone about his soccer class was that he ran away, and he did. He probably ran 100 yards before I realized that he wasn't going to turn around and I think I caught up with him after atleast another 50 yards. For the second class today there were 5 total kids, which was alot better, and Caleb cut out of work for an hour to go and witness the fun. I think he is learning a few things, and hopefully getting some of his energy out.
Here he is excited for the first day.

Some powerful kicks.

This blog entry wouldn't be complete without some video of the action. This first one really shows you the way that it went last week. But the second clip actually got Gavin on a good run the first day, so we can actually show off that he has some moves.

This is really just a funny shot of Gavin doing what he likes to do lately... watch the video Ipod. The strange thing is that now he knows how to restart the videos when they end and how to play one. If he could read, he would be better at using the thing than I am. Pretty crazy.

Sweet Cheeks Henry

Not so much these cheeks...

As these...
Henry has got to have some of the most kissable little chubby cheeks that I have ever seen. I think we spend most of our day kissing them. Gavin sometimes tries to pinch them, maybe a little too hard, but Henry laughs about it nonetheless. Even people that don't spend as much time with him as we do, love to kiss Henry's cheeks. What a cutie.
He has been crawling for quite a while, but as of yesterday, we are on the scary road to pulling up on things, so far he is only at his knees, but getting more determined every day. Here is a video that I took today showing him in serious action. (The siren is the sound of the buttons he is pushing... not an emergency near our house.) You can also hear him say his favorite thing. Man this kid is fun.