Henry VanDyke

A few weeks ago Erin and I had a date night so I surprised Erin with James’ Tour of the Weird and Wonderful in Dallas. Basically it was just a few places that she had never been before. I hadn’t visited most of them either. It made for a fun evening. Aunt TM and Uncle Mo watched Henry so we could enjoy our night on the town.

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The places:

• Lego Dallas exhibit at Northpark Mall
• Meadows Museum Sculpture Gardern at SMU
• Pearl Cup Coffee House on Henderson
• Katy Trail near Knox
• 106 flavor soda machine at Taco Bueno on 75
• Jesus statue at First United Methodist of Richardson

Henry is sometimes a little surprised that we interrupt him to take his picture so often.

Spell checkers weren't built for the world of babies - sippy cup.

Henry often likes to help us walk Tigerman. Well as long as you consider sitting in his stroller while we hold the dog and push him helping.

We try telling him that it's not that big of pain to walk the dog, no need to bite a strip of leather.

The parenting books tell you that one of your goals as a parent should be helping your kids discover their true passions in life. Henry’s passion is water – playing in it, drinking it, splashing it. So needless to say, he had fun on this day in the pool.

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Henry is ten months old now and since I missed the nine-month update, this post will incorporate both.

He is now weights 22lbs 8oz.

Henry has accomplished the following milestones:

• Crawling
• Pulling up on furniture
• Standing in his crib
• Sitting back down in his crib (unfortunately about a week later)
• Has two teeth
• First surgery – ear tubes
• Eating table food, including Chick-fil-a nuggets
• Drinking mostly cow’s milk
• Drinking from a cup