Happy Valentine's Day!

To celebrate Henry's 1st Valentine's Day, I got him this cute footie and took some photos! Check out how photogenic he is... Just smiling and laughing away. What a happy baby!

Meanwhile, when Alexa got home from daycare, we took some photos of her in her Valentine's Day outfit from Grandma Lil! So cute. I bribed her to get a smile. It worked!

We printed wallet-size photos of Henry and Alexa to include in these super cute Valentine's Day cards! The pink handprint is Alexa; the red footprint is Henry. Happy Valentine's Day!

Uh-oh, someone discovered lipstick!

I gave her my chapstick so she could copy Mommy and put her lipstick on! Oh dear... Very cute, but oh dear. At least she isn't eating it... yet!

Yum, yum! Pretzyl necklaces!

Another cold day kept us indoors after Alexa's nap, so I grabbed some left-over Christmas ribbon and a few snack packs of pretzyls for a necklace-making project! Alexa insisted on eating many of the pretzyls before stringing them, but somehow she still had enough to make the necklace! She had fun, got her afternoon snack and worked on her fine motor skills. Win, win, win!

Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!

We had a fun-packed day today that included the consumption of many cookies! We started the day with Spanish class, then headed to music class. Afterward, Alexa went up to her friend Avery and said: "Avery, you want to go to the tookie store?" Avery said yes! So... Off we went!

After her nap, Alexa was still in the mood for cookies... So we made lazy man's cookies! I used a cookie cutter to cut hearts out of wheat bread, then iced the bread cookies and let Alexa dump sprinkles on them. She loved dumping the sprinkles! It was kind of a mess. But we had fun!

Tot Shabbat at the Temple

Alexa was excited to go to the Temple tonight! We met up with her friend Ella and Ella's family for Tot Shabbat, which features music, storytime and dinner. Alexa will be going to preschool here with Ella in the Fall, so we are trying to get her used to it by going to as many events as we can. She loves Tot Shabbat! She calls it a party and asks to "go to Temple." Here she is enjoying juice!

Henry shows off his custom shirt!

This "Henry" shirt was custom made with love by Grandma! Isn't it cute?! Henry looked adorable in it and got tons of compliments. Here he is mugging for the camera... My handsome little man!

Henry goes for a walk at daycare!

Henry and his baby friends were just coming back from a walk when Daddy went to visit... Look how cute he is in his new snowsuit! He sure likes his walks! And his teachers!

Henry's 4-month doctor appointment

Wow, I can't believe Henry is already 4 months! Actually, he was 4 months on January 30. But today was his 4-month doctor's appointment. He is now 26 inches tall (90th percentile) and 15 pounds, 1 ounce (50th percentile)! And, of course... Monthly photos! I know I'm behind on blogging, but I've still been taking photos! Here is a look at how Henry has grown in the last four months...

Some things Henry can do at 4 months:

• Rolled over once
• Likes to sleep on his side
• Can grasp toys
• Smiles!
• Laughs out  loud
• Coos and says stuff
• Follows things with his eyes

I need LOTTA tookies! (video)

Grandma sent Alexa a tin of star cookies... And Alexa was excited to eat ALL the cookies! Here is a totally cute video that many of you have already seen. But I had to re-share! I love this video, cracks me up! I need ALL the tookies! I need LOTTA tookies!

Alexa's first theater experience!

We had a really fun day! Alexa and I went to see "Mouse on the Move" at Imagination Stage with my friend Tricia and her daughter Ella. The show was amazing, very interactive! But no photos allowed... I actually was having so much fun that I forgot to take any photos during our awesome play date. So here is a video preview of the show so you can see how awesome it was! We are planning to go see another show at Imagination Stage with all of Alexa's friends next month!

Fun at the mall

It was rainy this afternoon, so we headed to the mall! We met Alexa's friend Eli at the bounce place. They had a blast and burned A LOT of energy! Afterward, they each got a yellow balloon and played on mechanical toys. They both jumped in the car and asked for money to make it go. So we gave them "pretend money" and then rocked the car ourselves! They loved it! But then they wanted more "pretend money"...... All in all, an awesome day! That's the word of the day, by the way. As in: "Mommy, you're awesome! Henry's awesome too!" Awww, thanks Alexa!

Henry dresses for success

Look at this cute outfit we got from Daddy's friend! Jeans and a bomber sweater from GAP. So cute!

Back to work...

Sigh. My maternity leave is over! Back in the office today. It helps to look at adorable photos of my beautiful family... I'm so blessed!

My little yogini

Another yoga class with my little man! I can't even count how many yoga classes Henry has been to. Definitely more than Alexa. He loves it! I massage him, push his knees up, bicycle his legs, stretch his arms wide and then crossed... He rolls back and forth, does baby bridge pose, fish pose and pulls up to standing! He laughs and squeels in delight the whole time. We love it!