4 months

Henry is 4 months old now, and is making more noises, and wriggling around more while on the ground. He is starting to hold toys and is always chewing and sucking on his hands. He always has huge smiles for his big brother and sister. We set up his crib in the kids room, so during the week he can sleep in there. On weekends, when both kids are home and they sometimes want to be in their room, he still has some naps in the pack n play in our room. He is a pretty good sleeper - usually just waking once a night, and not taking too long to go down for naps. He doesn't often nap for very long at a time, but a lot of that is also because so many of his naps are on the go for school pick up or drop off, or errands.  At his latest doctor's check up, he weighed 16 lb 6 oz, and was 26.5 inches long.

His eyes are still very blue!

Ross took this picture of us but Henry had had enough of pictures by then.

My parents came to visit again while Steve was very busy preparing for his big work review. They helped a lot - my dad set up some new bunk beds for the kids, and Henry's crib. My mom helped me in the garden, and with a lot of the meals.

And she knit this adorable sweater for Henry!

Lots of brother time on weekdays... Ross is so sweet and attentive to Henry.

Now that Steve's big review is over (which they passed with flying colours and oodles of praise), he is back to garage fun with the kids. Ross designed a crane which they built together.

Henry in some of his summer wear at the end of October, before the weather turned cooler here in November.

Madeleine loved scooping out the pumpkin innards with her hands... Ross stuck to the spoon.

Here is Madeleine's 1st grade class on Halloween. She is in the purple dress, third from the right in the back.

Not the best picture, but Ross was a hockey player - a last minute change from the cozy and cute hamburger costume we had originally bought for him. He was worried he would be too hot!

And here was Henry the Duck...

November has turned slightly cooler and Ross is actually wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts for the first time in nearly a year. This is good practice for him since we are heading to Ontario for Christmas again this year!