Nee-uck Ise

On Sunday evening, Jeff and I had planned to go out to dinner and a movie with Carolyn. Things started off as planned. We had a lovely dinner at Saffron. At the end of dinner as we were gathering our things up to head to the movie theater, we got a call from my parents. They had received a call from one of Carolyn's neighbors. There was water streaming out the front door of her old house, which my parents still own. We ended up meeting them at Carolyn's old house. There was an inch of water in every room of the house. Everyone's shoes and pant cuffs were soaked. Henry was mad that we wouldn't put him down to play in the water. He went from person to person trying to get down, and when his holder didn't acquiesce, he'd call out for someone else to hold him...and the process would begin again. Jeff and I decided to call it a night while my parents and Carolyn waited for the restoration crew.

On Monday, I took care of the Doodle Bug in the morning but then dropped him off at my parents' house. He spent some quality time with Aunt Carolyn, who was swayed by his pleading eyes and dramatic "pease...pics." She said that she couldn't say no, so they looked at lots of pictures on the computer together. Carolyn reported that Henry was using the word "me" to refer to himself. He's been doing that for a couple weeks now, but I usually have to prompt him. I was pleased that he is doing it without prompting.









In the evening, we went for our walk. We stopped by Dakota and Outlaw's corral. Janice was in the corral cleaning up. She has been trying to get Henry to say "Janice is my favorite neighbor." Henry almost said her name.

At dinner, Henry wasn't that interested in the food, although he did have some of my onion soup, which he rejected a couple weeks ago. He decided to throw spaghetti on top of Roger's head. Roger didn't seem to mind. Henry also held out his hands for the dogs to lick them. I wasn't thrilled with that (after all, they eat horse poop off the road when we aren't looking) and told Henry to stop as it was "nasty." I guess I'd never used the word before and Henry found it hilarious. So he repeated the word "nasty" about 20 times. After dinner, Henry played on his slide and watched the Wildcats play Weber St. Henry learned Nic Wise's name (guard) and repeatedly said Nee-uck Ise throughout the game.

Henry turned 20 months actual on Tuesday. In the morning, Henry played on his slide and with the dogs. He was in a mischievous mood. He spent time with Carolyn again and gave her a good run for her money. In the evening, we went to Swenson's with my parents. Henry liked the french fries and even had some hamburger. I left before dessert as I had decided to rejoin WW to get rid of my post-baby fat.

Henry and I slept in this morning until 9AM. Jeff is off-work today, so he's on Henry Patrol.