Happy Birthday, Henry!

Happy birthday to our newest grandchild...

Henry Oliver!

photo by Alicia Graham Photography

It's so hard to imagine that this smiley, crawly, goofy guy 

came into the world just a year ago,

5 weeks early 

and only 4 pounds, 8 ounces.

I remember sitting in the NICU, 

trying to get him to eat...

Look at him now!

alicia graham photography

Happy birthday, little man...

We love you!

We'll celebrate with you tomorrow

Mr. Henry is 9 Months Old!

It's hard to believe that 9 whole months ago,

that tiny little guy entered our lives...

It was pretty scary,

we cried, we prayed...

He's such a blessing.

Following tradition,

Here is the shirt I made for him to celebrate his 9 months on earth...

And here's a picture of him that I took recently.  He loved the pool!

Happy monthaversary, little man.

We love you!

Henry is 8 months old!

Every month since Henry was born, I made him a onesie, 

(otto mesi means eight months in Italian.  Mindy is very proud of her Italian heritage)

I do every month and will until he's the big ONE!

I don't have a picture of him in this month's shirt, but here's one that Mindy took recently...

Isn't he something?

They grow so quickly!

February was Short and Sweet

Seems like February was celebrations...

Henry was dedicated during church service...

Mindy's mother, aunt and niece came,

Mr.K met us after church and we all had lunch!

We celebrated Henry turning 3 months...

And of course, we celebrated...

Locklan's 4th birthday!

All in all, it was a short and sweet month...

My 500th post/Happy Father's Day

Can you believe it?

I've been here, at Red Sock Mama for 4742 days but it's only my 500th post.

As much as I talk in real life, I think I could have 

done better than that.

If you think that, keep it to yourself.  

I'm rather sensitive

How strange that not only is it my 500th, but it's father's day...

Humor me while I show you a few of my favorite photos of fathers being fathers...

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I couldn't dig up any photos of Mr. K being a human dad in my files...

but he IS Shirley's dad too...

Happy Father's Day!

What Happened in March?

Soooo, what DID happen in March?

Actually, not much...

The highlight of the month was Michael's birthday.

He turned 50.

How does it happen?  My kids are now older than I am!

Locklan got out his roller skates...

Uncle Tony gave him a few pointers...

While wearing his roller blades!

Andy was working on some home repairs while Locklan was in pre-school...

Teagan went along for the ride!

I decided to jump start my spring preparations...

I think we all experienced a little hockey fever...

Tony signed up for another session of roller hockey,

playing with a few of his high-school team mates!

Andy took the kids to the Dek Hockey rink.  

He said Locklan was more interested in the bleachers...

Teagan, on the other hand...

Teagan wasn't walking yet, but she was hell bent of wearing Locklan's roller skates!

Our new sectional came.  It kept Locklan busy for hours, rearranging the sections!

Henry turned 4 months old...

One Friday, Locklan decided he needed to watch a movie with Henry...

Of course, there was a lot of cousin love going on...

And we finally found a use for that bench in the family room...

A staging area for car seats!

All in all, it was a fairly quiet month, but fun to remember!

April Looked Kind of Like This:

As I was waking (way too early) this morning, I realized it was June and I probably have things about April to talk about!...

Uncle Tony bought someone Knex.  We had an ongoing project on top of the china cabinet for weeks!

Someone  decided he needed a tattoo so he gave himself one!

We had a birthday in the family so we gathered, as we usually do, over pizza!

Mom got to hold Henry for the first time since Christmas.

And here is our very own birthday princess.

Teagan turned one!

Yes!  I made her t-shirt.  I'm finally learning to use my Silhouette!

I also made these...Henry's says "Will trade cousins for jelly beans."

Locklan and Teagan's says "will trade brother/sister for jelly beans."

You would think that with all those years photographing children, I would have managed a decent photo of these three...

Of course, Henry and Locklan love each other!

In April, Locklan and I decided to make our Thursday night sleepovers adventure Thursday.

We went camping!

I bought an inflatable bed, we set it up in the living room,

used the electric logs as our camp fire, read our story by flashlight and 

giggled and snuggled!

Also in April, Henry (aka Hank the Tank) celebrated 5 months.

 I continued to spend as much time with these kids as possible...

 And this became the usual Friday morning here!