A Perfect Gentleman

My cousin Tom and his son Henry. 

Henry pushing Mary.

The two cousins.

Mary met her cousin Henry this week. He came up from Memphis and used his southern charm to woo Mary. Henry is one year old and is walking like a champ. Henry showed off his skills by pushing Mary in his fire truck as he walked behind her. He would stop every time the music stopped and push the button in order to entertain Mary even more.

Mary's Lullaby

Mary loves to listen to music. We know she will be a future Rockette but is singer/songwriter in her future too. We know it is not in my immediate future. My apologies in advance.

Mary and her pals

Broden, Mary, and Isabella

Mary had a few playdates this week and she enjoyed showing her friends all her tricks. The first play date was with Ethan. We met Ethan's parents during our breastfeeding class at Christ Hospital. Ethan is 7 months old and debuted his crawling moves at our place-very fun. Mary loves touching other babies but we thought the putting the sleeper hold on Ethan was a little much. We are still trying to teach her the word GENTLE.

Next we headed over to baby Ava's house. Ava's mommy Ashley was sweet enough to fix me lunch while I held the two babies. Ava is four months old and is very cuddly. I enjoyed holding her since she is not a wiggle worm like my little girl. (I hope to have a picture of Mary and Ava soon so check back.)

Our last playdate was really an adult playdate for me. My girlfriends from Mason Heights had a little soiree and children were allowed. Isabella was nice enough to let Mary "play with her hair" and crawl all over her. Broden just sat back and took it all in even though Mary tried to claw his face off. I told her this was not the way to get a man's heart but nevertheless she went for it.

Mary giving Ethan her famous sleeper hold.

Where's Mary?

Mary loves playing this game. 

Aunt Katie's Visit

Aunt Katie came to visit and we had lots of fun shopping and dancing (Katie has shown Mary all the latest salsa moves). We can't wait to see Katie again in a few weeks for Christmas.

Brunch with Santa

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Mary was introduced to Santa on Saturday and it wasn't a pleasant meeting. Next time we will set up a play date first so she can get more comfortable around him. 

Thanksgiving

We travelled to Rochester, NY to celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving (in that order) with the White's. Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Joel, Peyton and Owen hadn't seen Mary since she was five weeks old so they were anxious for our arrival. When I say our I really mean Mary!! We had a great time eating, playing Pick up Sticks, watching football and High School Musical! Mary had fun but she was exhausted from the trip. Enjoy the slideshow of pics.