Something about a fresh faced, sleep eyed baby in the morning just makes me incredibly happy. Henry turned 19 months a couple of days ago and can I just express how much he is not that little baby he once was.  Every time I look at him I'm blown away by things he is doing.

• Henry can point to eyes,ears,tounge,hands,belly button, nose, and feet
• Henry weighs 22 pounds 
• he knows what sound a lion makes, a duck, a dog and a cat
• he can point out mommy and daddy from any picture
• when he wants to leave he says, "less go!" 
• he can count to 3
• he cannot sleep or do much else without teddy(I'm so paranoid about losing him)
• he's pretty independent on the playground
• he will let me know when he's thirsty, his cups are in a lower cupboard so he is able to bring it to me.

first haircut

                                                               
                                                                   Before

                                                                 After!

Time

I wish there was more time for all the things on my list. Lately it seems I have a million things I want to be doing but when it comes down to it, I get overwhelmed and end up sitting on my butt watching tv or something else unproductive. I don't know how to remedy this. Henry has been getting up so early since we have been staying with my parents. since we moved he now gets up around 6 or 7, when at home we at least got to eight. I am always tired because of these early morning wakeups, and I know this contributes to the unproductivy. This morning it seems both Henry and I have caught the lazy bug. I have so far only accomplished making myself coffee and Henry's breakfast. Oh well, I have the whole day to do something productive, right?

wellll now.

As of today January 26, 2012 my son's father and I have broken up. The future it could change because we didn't break up because we fell out of love or anything. We broke up because he decided to mess up his life up with drugs. I tried to help him while I lived there and all it did was lead to plenty of fighting. After almost of year of this constant cycle of him lying to me, me pretending everything was OK, and more fighting than I would like to admit I moved out and took Henry with me. We have been staying/living with my parents and they have been great. Very supportive and taking care of everything Henry and I could need. I have been looking into buying a townhouse. We put an offer down on three bedroom, fixer-upper, but sadly, we lost it to a higher bidder. So now we continue to look and we put an offer on another place which I hope works out. A lot of things keep running through my mind about this whole situation I have been put into. Chris seems to be working towards getting better, but is that going to stick? Should I move on with my life or should I continue to be a part of Chris's while he gets better. I am trying to make moves to better my life without Chris as of right now but I am not positive I want him out of my life.
     Today we took Henry to Kidzclub in Phoenix. It was basically a huge playhouse for children. Henry had a blast climbing, going down the slides, play with the mass amounts of toys, and popping bubbles. Chris and I took Henry and it's the first time we have done something together since this whole mess started. We got along well and actually enjoyed being together. I think it was because we had to focus on Henry the whole time and we couldn't do much else. I hope today was a glimpse of how our future could be, us all getting along and enjoying the company.

sixteen months

My baby is now sixteen months. 16! It has been a crazy last month for Henry and I, so of course it feels like things have flown by.

• Henry points to his nose, belly button and sticks out his tongue when asked
• he will get his shoes for you when you ask as well as throw garbage out when you ask and help you clean
• He loves to talk on the phone and it sounds like he is having an actual conversation
• Sometimes he comes up to you says something and you wish you knew what he is saying but of course it's just jibberish, but I don't doubt he has actually said something completely revelant. 
• he loves climbing, playing horsey, horseplay, anything that involves being rowdy 
• he eats just about anything you give him. and he loves to dip things. Doesn't matter if it doesn't go together. (ketchup and oranges YUCK)
• he is getting a bunch of teeth. four back teeth and one little tooth next to the bottom two front. he has been handling it really well. a little cranky, a little early morning wake ups but honestly nothing huge.
• Henry can say dada, momma, ball, and hot, he can sign hot, more and all done
• he loves eating for everyone but me. I swear he doesn't like to eat when I am around. and he sticks to me like glue. trying to get things done with him around is next to impossible. he's such a nosy little boy. I know i will miss it one day. 
• He enjoys brushing his teeth and getting his hair brushed
• He cannot live without teddy 

He's just an amazing little boy.

don't ask me why this is so hard.

Blogging sounds easy but it's not, taking classes sounds easy but it's not, and  taking a quick nap sounds easy but it's not! The reason?

One active child.

epic fail

I have not posted in so long and so this means I broke my promise of blogging on the regular. I'm back though, and ready to continue my new years resolution. I think the main reason I stopped blogging for awhile was because I was the only follower. If I am the only one reading my own blog what's the point of making the effort to write? I started writing in my journal when I was in first grade and I kept it up all the way up until my beginning years of college. It's awesome to read back and be like "Wow I don't even remember doing that!"  So you know what who cares if no one reads my blog, it will be nice to just read back on this years from now with Henry and be able to tell him about all the fun things we did. I am going to make more of an effort to get my blog out there because after being a blog reader for over a year and all the friends and opportunities there are, why wouldn't I want to do it?