Snapshot of Henry at 8 months

Henry is such a sweet little boy. He loves his big brother and basically everyone else who looks at him. He had been working on the transition from army crawling to "real" crawling at the beginning of December and decided while we were in Utah that real crawling was faster than army, he also learned how to climb up the stairs. Definitely not what I was expecting. He is so proud of himself for it too. Grinning all the way to the top. Thankfully our stairs at home aren't in his line of sight and he hasn't bothered with them. He started waving goodbye and hello over Christmas vacation as well. It is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen. He will also clap when we ask him too. Which is also on my list for the cutest thing ever. Matt and I are both shocked that we can tell him to clap and he will do it with the biggest grin. He had been sleeping through the night up until the 10 or so of December when he got a double ear infection. Then when that was over he started cutting his first tooth. It was awesome. Poor little guy. He has been doing better since we have been home and is now catching up on some much needed sleep. and so are we. He is such a joy to be around. I am amazed that he is approaching his 9 month mark. I want to pause him just where he is at. He is so much fun!

A little sunbeam

Yesterday was Liam's first day in sunbeams. I'm not sure who it was more traumatic for, him or me. It started with him walking past nursery saying he wanted to go play with toys and then me coaxing him into the primary room. He wouldn't sit down and right when I thought he was getting cozy I see a blonde boy dart out of the room. He proceeds to run down the halls giggling as Henry waves goodbye to him. I'm sure Henry was taking notes. Liam Thinks this is hilarious. I don't. Especially after i get him back to primary and he just runs through the room. At this point I went to get Matt. I'm crying for three reasons. One, my child is in PRIMARY! Two, he Is hating it and scared of the change. Three, I'm embarrassed. We end up finding him hiding behind a couch in the foyer! After bribing him with gum and one visit to find me and see that I am still around he makes it through singing time. I'm not exactly sure how class went. I walked by twice and peaked in the window. First time he was yelling no at his teacher. The second time he was screaming for me. Matt walked by once and found him standing on a chair.
I use to be happy that he made the cutoff by 3 days and didn't have to spend an extra year in nursery. Now I'm not so sure.