ham

me: hugh, what would you like for dinner?
hugh: ham.
me: ham??
hugh: yeah! ham!

a day like today

• 6:00am: it becomes patently obvious that henry is not going back to sleep. go to get him and he laughs at me. dude, it's 6am, please read the memo about the time change. within the next hour i make coffee, get the paper, watch the news, play with henry and feed him a bottle
• 7:00am: young master hugh arises
• 7:45am: breakfast for everyone!
• 8:30am: get henry, hugh & i dressed, get henry into a nap
• 10:00am: playdate! hugh makes a turkey and plays with trains. i discover that henry's bottle decided to spontaneously disgorge 3 ounces of itself into my (surprise!) dry clean only diaper bag. a good time was (seriously) had by all.
• 11:45am: lunch for everyone!
• 12:45pm: naps for everyone!
• 1:00pm: mama considers a beer, but decides against it
• 3:15pm: snack for everyone!
• 4:30pm: hugh decides that life as he knows it depends on going to the park. immediately. it looks like rain but, sure why not? toss both boys into the car and we zoom off. hugh has a blast on the swings and slides. "these swings are fun, mama!"
• 5:30pm: dinner for everyone! wine for mama! henry becomes increasingly convinced that fingers are an appropriate chaser for rice cereal.
• 6:30pm: bath for henry
• 7:00pm: henry sleeps....
• 7:15pm: bedtime for hugh

during dinner i could answer honestly when hugh asked "mama happy". yes, baby boy, mama's happy.

henry at five months

• can roll over in both directions
• likes to have raspberries blown on his belly
• can almost sit up by himself, but is still more wobbly then weebly
• still prefers to be naked and especially likes to make funny faces at the naked baby in the mirror.
• is getting closer to being able to burp on his own