Jayhawk Prayer

Our Father, who art in Lawrence,
Hallowed be thy Game.
Thy tourney come,
Thy championship will be done,
In Atlanta as it is in Allen Field House.
Give us this day our deserved victories.
And forgive us our turnovers,
As we forgive Roy who double-crossed against us.
And lead us not into defeat,
But deliver us from East Coast bias,
For Kansas is the basketball kingdom,
And the tradition,
And the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen.

Busted

We are wondering if this is how Gigi keeps Henry out of trouble when he is at her house....

GO HAWKS!

NCAA Big 12 Champs!

His style

This morning I said "Henry, time to go to Gigi's, go get your shoes. Get your dinosaur shoes that go ROAR." His pointer finger pointed up to the sky, as if to say "Got it!", he said "shoes" "rrrr" and was off. He ran through the kitchen and into his bedroom. I sat in the dining room putting on my shoes and could hear him working. After a minute he returned with Papa's boot, gave it to me and ran off again. More working...shoes hitting the floor, a grunt, something that sounded like the kitchen cabinet opening (which I can only guess was a moment of distraction but he quickly got back on track after a "Henry, shoes..." from Mama) And he was back, another one of Papa's shoes, this time a tennis shoe, he gave it to me and ran back into the bedrooms....more working, grunting, a cat clearly annoyed runs out of the kitchen...This went on for a few more minutes and then I decided to head back to get Henry and his shoes. I walked through the kitchen and found Henry standing by the back door, next to a pile of shoes. Apparently, he had pulled out all the shoes in our bedroom and his bedroom and decided on Papa's checkered Vans, rather than his dinosaurs, because he had one on each foot, backwards.

Love my Papa

Ready for St. Patty's Day

Big steps

Henry loves to wear our shoes. In this picture he has put on Mama's shoe and Papa's sock.

One funny & one sweet

Henry has a cold. I have been trying to teach him how to blow his nose so that we don't have to use that terrible sucker thing. Well, he's got it, he can blow his nose. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand the need for a tissue. Today he blew his nose on my arm, the sofa and a guitar.

Usually Henry goes to bed around 8 and we just put him down in bed and he falls asleep. Tonight, probably because he isn't feeling very well, he struggled a little putting himself to sleep. When I heard him fuss I went in and picked him up. He does this thing now when he is sleepy, I call it snuggle fish. Right when you pick him up he puts his head on your shoulder and nuzzles into your neck; he puts his arms flat on his sides and straightens out his legs. He doesn't hold on, just relaxes, stretches, trusts that you'll hold him up and falls asleep. It's nice to be that for someone- their soft, safe place. Anyway, so, tonight when I picked him up of course I got the snuggle fish but also, in between his whimpers and whines, he said "elo" "elo" "Mama" "elo". Translation- hello Mama, I'm glad your here. That's the good stuff. -L

Slow riser

Moon kisses

Henry discovered the moon tonight. He pointed to the sky and said "Ohhhh, light".

Aunt Susie is in town this week and Henry REALLY likes her. When we left Gigi and Grandpa's house this evening Gigi got two kisses and Aunt Susie got 6 kisses!

Helping out

Comprehension

Last night the cats were eating dinner at the same time as Henry. One of our cats is named Kaiser. We call him Kai for short. As proof that Henry is understanding a lot more than what he can communicate right now, he looked over at Kaiser, pointed and said "Kai eee"; translation: Kaiser is eating. That was fun. He also has figured out that he can carry our little step-stool around the house and put it in front of places that he can't reach in order to reach them. Then there was the other day when he woke up from a nap and I picked him up and held him as I opened the curtains in his room. He pointed outside at the blanket of powder covering everything and said "snow". This kid is only 14 1/2 months. On top of him starting to really "get it", he is getting big. Proof of that is in the pictures and in the fact that I threw my back out today picking the little bear up. -W

Rugby Player with no Drawls...

Mr. Mischief

Sir Henry is a VERY busy little guy. When he's asleep, he is a quiet snuggly little bear. But when he's awake, it's on! Catch me if you can Papa!

Funny stuff

Multi-Tasking

Sometimes you just don't have enough hands...

Mini-me

Last night I was trying to put Henry's shoes on and he wouldn't sit still so Wade started into his comedy routine which usually involves things like dancing back and forth across the door way and pretending to hit his head when opening the door. So his joke last night was to casually walk down the hall and then turn and slam into the wall. Henry thought it was hilarious, he was cracking up, so Wade did it over and over again. Once Henry got his shoes on he immediately got up and started walking into the walls...and laughing...he did it several times this morning too.