The kids

Last weekend we had four visitors!! I can't tell you how excited we were waiting for them to get here! Mae and Hen have been squealing a daily count down to each other for weeks. Those two are crazy about each other!!! It's kind of unbelievable giving how little they actually physically see each other. But they've been thick as thieves since Henry was born and we couldn't be happier! Then there's our sweet Lore. Henry was semi-excited she was going to be here, but he really doesn't 'get' her just yet! He was a mother duck to her all weekend! I'm sure she thought 'back off dude. I got this!' but she did great putting up with him all weekend :)

This time in Maryland, really the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic is incredible. I LOVE FALL! It is so picturesque around here, which made me even more excited about our visitors. We spent Sunday wondering around our neighborhood, playing in leaves, and finding acorns.

Henry is sooo over having his picture taken.

See what I mean?! He loves her, but it's a rough love.

We loved having you guys, and are ready for our next batch of visitors anytime now!

In fact, stay tuned for a impromptu visit from Ms. Julie starting TOMORROW!!

Henry and Ribsy

Henry has never really been attached to any one thing, with the exception of a paci, since the day he was born. He had a lot of great stuffed toys and little loveys that we hoped he would use to self soothe, but he never really cared for them. Thankfully, he was a pretty easy baby! But then one day during a Daddy-Henro shopping trip to Ikea Henry found a new friend. We've been reading Henry Huggins a few pages at a time to Henry for a little while now and all decided this dog should be called Ribsy like in the story. I thought for sure that the novelty of Ribs would have worn off by now, but apparently this particular thing is sticking around. Which is completely fine. We all know I love a good stuffed animal (hello Katy!). The only thing is, Ribsy is HUGE! He's as big as Henry is! We started using him as a bumper to make sure Henry didn't roll of the bed and the two of them are the same length. At first Ribs just stayed in Henry's bed and waited there for him, but now as Henry becomes more attached he goes most places with us. Henry even knows that the rule is he can't have toys on the stairs so he stands at the top of our staircase and throws Ribs over the railing onto a bench in the foyer! Rob says that should be proof we should hold off on having a brother or sister any time soon :) So anyway, family meet Ribsy.

This is what you see all the time now. Henry lays on him on the couch or sits him up to watch tv.

The good part about Ribs being so big is that we never lose him!

Below are just a couple of pictures we took at an orchard last week when I went to take our friend Mary's maternity pictures. (www.kaseycaruthers.wordpress.com)

This is the face I get now when Henry sees my camera. He says 'cheese.' but you can tell he's not really into it!