Heisel Rules!: Henry is 21 months!

Well that went by fast! Gosh. It's becoming more evident as of late just how much of a big boy, and how much less of a baby he is becoming! He's practically half the size of me now. I hold him in my arms, and his legs dangle down to my knees! I usually get comments like, "He looks so tall for only 20 months!" Truthfully I think it's just because I look like the height of a 12 year old next to him. ;)

He LOVES cars. And trucks. And tractors. And trains. Ok, well, pretty much anything that has wheels/moves he's into it!

He also loves horses. We have a neighbor/friends who have a horse at the stables on post, and Henry loves to go visit the horsies and Mr. Ris (Chris) and Mrs. Eesh (Angelic). He used to just look at the horses, but now he's getting brave and he'll touch them.

He loves to be outside. Anywhere outside, but particularly the swings currently. The mosquitoes are so bad right now, though, so our outside is sometimes limited.

He still loves balls. He'll say bassse ball sometimes, but not on the spot. ha! We're working on his 2 word sentences. He'll say "thank you" on command, he even says, "Pwease" without being asked. I'm trying to drill those manners into his sweet face! He can also say his name "Whee" for Henry and "Hise" for Heisel. And if you ask him who your best friend is he'll say, "Whee" (Henry). SO cute.

He'll say "ahyouw" for I love you. It's precious though. He knows to repeat it after you. Melts my heart into a puddle. The best is when he says it out of the blue-without anyone having said it to him. *sigh* he's learning love. And he still blows kisses, although he's becoming stingy with those! He knows how to pop his kisses now. Cutest thing ever. ALthough, he mostly open mouth kisses still. I taught him how to shake hands and kiss the top of girls' hands. It's darling.

He is way more active than ever! Whew. He's all the place and into everything.

My favorite times with him is in the morning. That's when he's the sweetest. We come downstairs and he will self play with cars on the rug in the living room. I can just see his little imagination running wild! Of course he makes the car noises and such, but sometimes, he's just laying there, car in hand and running it back and forth on the ground. I just wonder when he's thinking about.

He LOVES to swim. Loves everything about the water.

We celebrated the 4th of July by watching fireworks here on post, and Henry was surprisingly scared of them and he actually fell asleep on my chest while we watched them. :( Maybe next year will be better.