8 months

as if we didn't already have our hands full with this wiggle worm, henry's decided recently that asleep or awake doesn't matter anymore. he's kicked his way off the bed in the middle of the night (luckily the bed is only about a foot off the ground), and he's rolled off his changing mat (again, only a few inches, thank goodness). if we leave him for more that 5 seconds he's across the room. and he's not even crawling yet! he rolls, he wriggles, he scoots, and if he's within arms reach of anything sturdy you better believe he's standing up. he has no downtime. no off button. no quiet reflections. just GO GO GO.

his teeth finally quit bothering him (until next time), and with that the fevers and snot fests disappeared.

we've been trying to take the kids on hikes every weekend, but the weather hasn't been cooperating lately. we did have great weather on mother's day and got some good exploring in.

sean and i also attended his last army prom a few weeks ago. the last time he gets to dress up in his fancy pants and drink too much with his army pals. being my first such event, i was a little shocked at how seriously all the army wives take this sort of thing. it really was like prom. big puffy dresses and crazy hair and me in my little black dress that i can still breastfeed in. i was really only there for the cheesecake (god, the cheesecake...). sean tried to steal someone's sword. it didn't work out, unfortunately. oh, army hi-jinks :) only 18 days left!!