Hard to believe that in just a couple of weeks, Taedon is going to be a big brother!  The doctor is predicting another big baby (oh joy) so we have been making guesses as to what this one will weigh.  I'm definitely ready to meet him and see what he looks like.  Seeing my feet again will be a nice bonus as well.

We had a great Christmas close to home.  Taedon was so much fun this year opening gifts and saying "woooow" every time I would turn on the lights on the tree.  Such a fun age.  He was very good at opening gifts but made us laugh because every time he ripped off some paper, he had to throw that piece in the trash bag before continuing.  To say he got a bit spoiled is an understatement but I can proudly say he has played with each and every gift almost everyday so they are not going to waste by any means.  Helps this tired mom out when I need a few minutes to think.

The before picture:

He got a lot of large gifts that filled up the entire room almost!

Trying out his new truck

Hoping we get some snow soon so we can try this out!  We have been teased a few times over the past few weeks but so far, nothing has stuck enough.

He sure does love to drive trucks.  If one isn't handy, he will improvise with the closest item.  So far he has used remote controls, legos, my computer mouse...just about anything that can be driven around.

Niko got his annual giant candy cane rawhide that he just loves.  He has been faithfully working on it a little everyday since Christmas.

The Henry's 2012

Taedon has had a lot to say lately.  It's like he woke up one morning and realized he had a voice and now babbles nonstop!  He loves to tell stories about who knows what and is very animated with his hands while he talks.  He really enjoyed Thanksgiving since we hosted about 15 people.  He talked to everyone all day long!  As you can see, he was still a bit wired after everyone left that evening so he decided to check out the black Friday ads to see if there was anything he should venture out to purchase.  We ended up purchasing a new refrigerator so I appreciated his research!

The day after Thanksgiving we still had the baby gates to the dining room down (he is not allowed in that room because he tends to play in the dog's water bowl and rearrange my china cabinet) and after me searching for him for quite awhile, I finally found him here.  He had found the perfect privacy place to do his business!  He of course had to explain to me why he was hiding there.  I'm assuming his explanation was good and that he wanted me to go away but feel free to interpret for yourself.

Here he is telling me about his nap and why he loves to spend time in his crib.  I am hoping that he doesn't figure out how to escape anytime soon.

We took our first overnight trip away from Taedon a few weeks ago to attend the annual Army Navy game in Philadelphia.  We had a great time and they won!  Thankfully the weather cooperated and it was a very nice day.

We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!  We stayed in and handed out candy this year since it is our first time to actually get trick or treaters and Taedon is still a bit young to go out himself.  Plus it was cold outside still from the hurricane.  Having grown up without neighbors (me) and then living in apartments for the past ten years or so (both of us) it was fun to actually get to hand candy out and see the cute costumes.

For the evening, we ordered pizza, carved our pumpkin finally and handed out candy.  Taedon dressed up as a pirate and Niko was his parrot and they helped us hand out the candy.  Taedon kept trying to give the kids whatever was in his hand at the time they showed up.  One time he had the lighter for the candle (it looked like he was trying to light them on fire or something) and another he had a cup and confused a poor little kid by holding the cup out until the hesitant little boy, dressed up as a cop, finally stuck his hand in the cup with a look of what will happen if I do this on his face.  I reassured him nothing would happen and that Taedon was just confused on what he was supposed to be doing.

During the day he got to wear his skeleton shirt that glows in the dark.

The costumes!  Niko, you are always such a good sport with my ideas.  It was hard to get both to stand still and actually look in my direction.  This was the best one we got.

This picture more accurately reflects how they both felt about their outfits.

Niko has done this enough now that he knows the drill.  If you just sit still and look at the camera so she can get her picture, she will let you take it off quicker.

Dontae hard at work creating our "ghost" pumpkin.

The end result.  He did a great job!  Here is our pumpkin family from the pumpkin patch. We each picked out one to represent each of us.  I forgot to get one for Niko.  Ooops, sorry dog!

Keeping busy while we wait for trick or treaters to show up.

We had to shut down candy operations once Taedon went to bed around 8 p.m. so we ended up with a lot of candy leftover.  Guess I will have a nice stash to eat after baby comes in January.  That is if it doesn't get eaten before then by other people!