As Henry turns 10 months today, I'm realizng how fast he and Mary are growing up. Henry looks nearly identical to Mary when she was this age. Watching the bond form between the two of them fills my heart with so much joy. Mary wants to be with Henry always, she often times will pick him up, carry him around, stop him from putting things in his mouth that he shouldn't, "share his cheerios" with him, always has to kiss him good night before bed and when she goes to school in the morning. Henry's face lights up when he sees his big sister. There are the occasional screams when she gets a little too close to his personal space, but most of the time its giggles, goos, gaas, and grins. Henry is very mobile these days, crawling quickly, pulling up on anything that he can and "cruising" around. Within the last few days he's discovered the stairs and that he can climb up them! He's so proud when he gets a few steps up and looks back to see if we're watching. Then we see a little temper come out when we have to remove him and redirect him. Time to get the baby gates... Henry has mastered the art of waving for "Hi" and "Bye bye" which he accompanies with a giant grin that shows off his teeth (5 so far, with more near based on restless sleep the last few nights!). Henry is learning to feed himself - cheerios, small bites of sweet potatoes, strawberries, bananas (although we've found that they stick to the tray), peas (green, black eyed) and beans, scrambled eggs, pumpkin bread - basically anything and everything that we give him. We're seeing that he is a verbal child and makes his presence known wherever we are, whether it be a restaurant, the library, or Mass - thank goodness Father Henry doesn't mind! Henry has started the dadadadada, babababa, ggggg, and ssssss sounds and he's mastered the art of high pitched screams to get our attention. Still waiting for a mamamama, it will come I know. Everyday is a gift with these two little ones!!! Now to get some work done while he finishes his nap!