Henry is 7 months old now, and has mastered sitting up by himself. He is quite happy sitting where he can see us with a box of toys within reach, and often babbles or squawks away.
He's a pretty content and easy-going baby, which is good since we are on the go a lot between school for M, errands, and fun outings with Ross. When we do have a day at home, he does often have a good morning nap and then a shorter afternoon nap. He's happy in the car or baby carrier too though.
Although he loves sitting, he's still only rolling front to back, and manages to get to out-of-reach toys pretty well by scooting around on his back. He's enjoying having meals with us now, and has tried all sort of new foods. His favorites so far are cheesy toast fingers, strawberries and blueberries, avocado, and sweet potato fingers. Madeleine loved feeding herself from day one, Ross loved being fed, and Henry is a bit of both - he loves holding onto some things, but is happy to be spoon-fed as well. All the food seems to be helping his night sleeping - he is finally getting back to sleeping longer stretches (which he hadn't been doing for a few months).
Ross is VERY ready for kindergarten this coming August, and enjoys doing day trips or park dates with friends more than staying home and letting Henry have a solid nap. Here was one of our days out together - at a science centre near Steve's work, that has a gorgeous view of the bay.
Henry got to have some garage time with Daddy and try on one of the big kids old hats!
We celebrated my birthday with a yummy Angel Food cake, made by Steve.
A Henry-boo sandwich!
Henry is keeping the tradition of pudgy Gibson babies, and I think he's taller than either of the others, just based on which of their sleepers he's wearing already.
Madeleine had a week off of school last week for President's Day, so we had fun with her around more. Both big kids are very helpful with Henry, and M enjoyed having more time with him. Ross loved having her around more too and they played all sorts of role play/imaginary games. We did a couple of outings - to a Space Center and to a zoo, but otherwise just enjoyed being home and not having to get ready for school each day.
