A Boy and His Doggies

Henry loooooves his doggies. They pretend like they don't love him but they really do. Lily is a little aloof, won't let him get close but she'll come sit in his room when he is going to bed. Oliver realizes that to be close to us it means being close to him so he puts up with the petting/pulling from Henry (see pictures below which I can't believe I am sharing because of my horribly unattractive pj pants - the things I'm willing to do for this kid).

Lately, Henry has really been showing signs of his love and interest in the doggies. Early on, Henry let out one of his first real giggles when the dogs were playing in front of him. He still finds them so funny when they run around and play in front of him. He has even started imitating them - carrying toys in his mouth when he crawls  (pictures below) and he will sometimes take his cereal puffs out of my hand by putting his mouth down around it like the dogs get their treats out of my hand. He also likes giving the dogs hugs and snuggling his head against them (grainy cell phone pic below).

And the latest, we are pretty sure his first word is going to be doggie. (Well I count that he already said mama and dada but his first real word). He has been talking a lot lately and one of the noises he is making right now sounds a lot like doggie. And he said it after Brendan called Oliver in the room and Henry saw him. So fun!