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Here is Henry in all his greatness! Make sure your speakers are on! (Filmed last night right before bed!)

Enjoy!

So Long!

I can't believe it has been about 3 weeks since I last posted. Between being in Florida and continuing our searching and exploring up here, the time is FLYING!

Florida was great. It occurred to me that within about 2.5 weeks Henry had his first swim in a lake, in a pool, and in the ocean! Quite the lucky boy. He was very excited and accepting of all 3. Belli and Logan, as usual, LOVED being in Florida. Logan was a little swimming machine. Thankfully, I snuck his lifejacket into the big bag that carried one of the three carseats on the plane---he swam all over by himself. He also had no fear of the ocean, which was fun. Luckily, Daddy has no fear of the ocean either, so they were getting plowed over by waves and laughing hysterically.

Henry was the perfect little traveler. Belli and I sat with him on the plane. He stayed awake almost the whole plane ride down, but spent him time cooing and smiling! Belli was great as a big sister, helping whenever possible. Mema also had gotten re-routed and ended up being on the plane with us on the way down, so she was nice enough to hold Henry during potty breaks, etc. She was sitting next to another set of grandparents who were just about ready to eat Henry--he is so cute that other grandparents even like him! :)

Since we have been back home, we have been hanging out. Last weekend we visited Fort Snelling (or as Logan calls it Snort Telling). It was very cool to see how the soldiers used to live--and hear the cannon shot off!

Enjoy a few pictures! We are heading to Des Moines on Sunday for a few days to have some time with the cousins! And then heading to Illinois on the 18th to see the Beazleys before they head back home to Rome, and then to play the waiting game on the newest member of the family....I wonder if that little nephew of mine got the message that he can't come out until I am there?!

Hope all is well with everyone!

Henry has been cracking up laughing lately, so my goal is to get him in action on video---as soon as I do, I will post it! He has a tendency to get rather serious as soon as the camera is in his face!

4th of July, 2011

4th of July was TONS of fun! It was so great to have family up here staying with us! We really appreciated having the company--I appreciated cooking for everyone! And we really appreciated them bringing boats, so we got to check out the St Croix River and White Bear Lake. The house had 12 people, 6 dogs and a cat for 5 days and everyone survived and left smiling!

I attached a video slideshow of some of the pictures I took over the weekend. You will see it starts off with photos of Jonah and Carl running the half marathon thru Minneapolis the morning of the 4th. We were all really proud of them! The morning was beautiful, and the boys worked hard to make the run happen. They finished by running across the Stone Arch bridge which is where Stephanie, Henry, and I were waiting and taking pictures. The skyline is really nice from right there too, so I had fun playing with my camera lense!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th as well. We are off to Florida on Wednesday for a little vacation!