Henry VanDyke

Henry recently passed the two month mark. Unfortunately, this meant his two month doctor’s visit was unavoidable. He received two shots which neither he nor his parents enjoyed.

At two months Henry has achieved the following milestones:

• Weight: 12 lbs. 8 oz. (75th percentile)
• Length: 24 inches  (90th percentile)
• Rolling over from stomach to back
• Recognizing faces
• Holding his head up for minutes at a time
• Imitating vowel sounds

His growth this month isn’t quite a dramatic but you can tell he’s a lot more expressive and aware of his surroundings.

On Wednesday Henry turned one month old. The occasion was marked with a birthday text from Oppa, a birthday hat courtesy of Uncle Chuck and apple dumplings from AJ.

No, of course I didn't want a hat but what choice do I have.

At one month Henry has achieved the following milestones:

• Weight: 9 lbs. 14 oz.
• Length: 22 inches
• Smiling
• Following people or objects close up with his eyes
• Cooing
• Holds head up for brief periods

You can see in the picture below how much he’s grown in the last month.

Henry at five days old.

Henry at one month.

Now that Henry is outside Erin’s stomach, we’re taking our “Size of a…” series in a slightly different direction. Each month we’ll post a picture of Henry and his teddy bear. Over the course of his first year it should be neat to see how much he grows. Here’s the first installment at four days old.

I got this idea from some friends of ours who also have a blog for their son.

In case you need a universally constant description of Henry’s height, he is .17 light nanoseconds (the time it takes light to travel the length of Henry’s body in a vacuum [Don't worry, the light goes in the vacuum not Henry's body] )

Don't worry, the bear is just a stuffed animal.

We bought Henry a lamp for his room. I’m a fan of lamps so Erin made it my job to purchase a lamp for Henry’s room. My personality leans me in the direction of being picky about the things I like  so it’s taken awhile to pick one. At Target today we found a nice floor lamp that I thought had the right combination of classic and modern.

Milo the Teddy Bear basks in the glow of soft energy efficient florescent light.

I took 70 pictures to get two I liked... Yes, it's time for Henry to come.