Arizona Adventures

This blog post is a little overdue (oops!). A couple weeks ago me and Henry went Arizona to visit my parents and Nana. The nice thing about being a stay at home mom is having the ability to go on little trips like this. I just had to get over my anxiety of driving there and back by myself, and we were set to go ;) We had so much fun in Arizona, even though it felt SO HOT! Thank goodness I packed every pair of shorts Henry owns, because that's all he wore while we were there. Thankfully I managed to remember to snap some pictures, so here are our adventures:

my driving buddy! we were ready to go!

my parents have a pool. they had just added a lot of the water, so it was freezing

thankfully my photographer grandma was there to take some awesome pics!

Henry had no qualms about jumping right in. Freezing or not, he loves the pool.

there was a little propeller on this toy that kept splashing him in the face. 

Clearly, he found it hilarious

a lot of his sunscreen rubbed off on my tank top, but he didn't get burnt :)

fun with noodles. 

good times in the pool!!

we went to a fun playground and also got to feed the ducks

Henry was a little hungry himself

Henry loved this mini rocking chair. It's the perfect size!

My parents got a swing hooked up out back. Henry approved. 

I wonder who he takes after?

Getting a ride with Grandpa on our way to frozen yogurt

Playing games with grandpa

Henry being such a good boy on the drive home (w/stops it takes about 7 hours)

this is how we arrived home :) 

We had so much fun, and Henry got super spoiled. We're excited to plan another trip soon! Although I really wish it wasn't approaching summer so quickly, Arizona is like a toaster oven!! Keep that pool running, Grammy and Grandpa! :)

Uncle BJ came to visit

Uncle BJ came to visit this past weekend, and him and Henry became BFF. They were so sweet together and played almost non-stop. Here is a complete photo-dump. As you can tell, there was a lot of video-game playing and block building.

playing Mario Tennis with daddy

Henry was obsessed with turning on/off the gamecube

slightly annoying ;) haha

controller-ed up!

one of the boys

they were all so cute

BJ took Henry to check the mail



one of his favorite activities, now done with his bff!

adorable :)

chasing blocks around

cheese!

he didn't want BJ to leave

but we sure had fun!!

Thank you Uncle BJ for coming to visit us and for playing so sweet with Henry. It was an awesome weekend and we all had a blast. Come again sooooon!!!

Easter pictures!

I wrote a basic post on my blog, but wanted to save the picture overload for Henry's blog :) Easter this year was brought to you by Mok and Pok! Thank you so much Mok and Pok, he loved everything about it!

On Saturday he found his basket and pulled it out of the Target bag. He kept holding it up to his face and saying "Aww" because it is so soft :)

We got some little cookie treats for him, a toy train, and some Elmo "eggs". We skipped the candy this year.

After church on Easter we set his basket down. These pictures aren't the best quality, sorry.

"Well well well, what do we have here?"

he got so happy when he found the Elmo eggs

so happyyyy!!

he was just running around squeeling with them

Elmo face mask?

new Easter outfit!

The hanger on the pants said 18 months, but later when he was wearing them I noticed the tag said 24 months. Oops. No wonder they were so humongous on him!

love this baby!

Carrying his basket around :)

It was a lovely Easter, and Henry was absolutely adorable. I can't wait until next year when he understands it even more, and we can have a true Easter egg hunt. Thank you Mok and Pok!! We love you. I hope everyone had a lovely holiday :)

first birthday!

Happy birthday Henry! On Saturday little Henny Benny turned one. It was such a fun time, I love this little kid! We had some family over for a little party Saturday night.

One of Henry's favorite foods, lasagna!

Henry didn't know quite what to do when we started singing Happy Birthday...

...so he started crying

Then he realized it was going to be ok, and cheered up a little

Once he had a little taste of it, he went crazy! Cupcake delight!!!

Cupcakes were enjoyed by everyone :)

Present from Mok and Pok! He loves it :) Thanks!

Henry got SPOILED

Bubble machine for the win!

bahahaha. Funniest face ever. Love it

Happy birthday buddy!