henry 6 weeks

henry's balancing act

Hey everyone,
Henry is officially 6 weeks old now. He's grown up a lot in the last few weeks & gained a ton of weight. We don't really know how much, but will soon after he goes to his next check up. We have tried time & time again to post pictures on the blog, but our internet connection is so slow recently that we can't. I managed to get this one on today, but it won't let me add more..... not sure why. lame!
Henry is a happy baby & very strong! He can balance for a second standing up with daddy's help & can hold himself up on his forearms when on his tummy for a few seconds and look around all by himself. He kicks & squirms a lot when awake & even flails in his sleep. He is starting to "talk" a bunch (just vowel sounds & cute little squeaks.) He just started to smile really big too & does it all the time.
He has recently met lots of family members & friends. He got to see his james side ( Mary, Chris, Emily, James, Martha, & Spencer) his aunt Cy, Doug, Janet, and Duke, Dana, Kevin, Kelly, and April, and many more. He's loving the attention & can't wait to see you all again. He's still waiting to see all his out of state relatives.
Henry had a photo shoot with our friend Danielle who is a great photographer a few weeks ago & the pictures came out great!! We love them!! Danielle, Courtney, Alllison, and Megan came over for the shoot & we had tons of fun & got some amazing shots of the little guy! I wish I could download them!!! We will keep trying! If you want to see a sample go to www.criativophoto.blogspot.com We have tons more, so I hope to show them to you soon.
After I post this I will see if I can get more on. The picture above is from a few days ago. Ben was messing around with him on the couch holding him up on his lap & realized that Henry was actually locking his legs and attempting to hold his own weight, so he slowly let go with one hand & sure enough, he was really holding his own weight. He can only hold it for a second before those little legs give out, but it's a great start! We were thrilled! Henry did it several times & seemed to really enjoy the challenge. He was also holding himself up off Ben's chest while on his tummy for fairly long periods of time the same night. Crazy!

As for the two of us, we are good. Not getting much sleep, but have taken a lesson from our time on the boat & started to take night watch shifts. I take him from the time Ben goes to bed at night until 3 or 4 am & them Ben gets him from then until 7 or 8 am so we each get a solid block of sleep instead of us both waking up randomly throughout the night. We find that we are less grumpy in the morning with this routine.(even though I often only get 3 or 4 hours of sleep a night & Ben only gets about 5 or 6) I have him all day while Ben the breadwinner works & then Ben takes him when he gets home so I can cook dinner & get some house cleaning and alone time etc...in.
This schedule seems to be keeping us sane & happy. It's nice that we had all that experience with similar schedules on the boat to get us ready.
We are having a great (although tired) time with Henry! He's an awesome new addition to team Davidson & we are loving watching him grow up a tiny bit every week. We can't wait until he starts sleeping regularly. I love that he is so easy to care for right now though. He only needs to bed fed, changed, and loved. No crawling, solid foods, or any other complications to worry about just yet.
We will try to keep you better posted.
Thanks for checking in!
xoxox Kristen