5 Henrys

Sweet Baby Reeve

2011-11-26T09:34:00.015-05:00

She's here! Apologies for the late update once again. Reeve Gabrielle Henry arrived on October 20th to many adoring fans. Check out the pictures from the kids Halloween party at school as well as trick or treating.

Revenge of the Blog

2011-08-19T21:01:00.011-05:00

Hi again everyone,

The blog is taking it's revenge on Facebook. The majority of the pictures below are exclusive content to the blog. We'll soon begin charging for access. Get in now while you can! I'm thinking $10/month introductory. It jumps to $20/month if you wait too long.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures! #3 is scheduled for 10/20/11.

Pizza Friday!

Pillow Panda!

O and the turtle

Pearce and pandas - who would have guessed?

Crib

Not sure what to make of this

A circle of pandas at 11 PM

Riding the matchbox truck

Giving Pete the Panda a heart

Obsessed with trains

Zac and the dolphin. A serious moment.

Pearce and Papou

Pearce cheering me on as I mow

O tries out the chopsticks

Summer Update

2011-07-10T18:30:00.006-05:00

Hi guys,

It's been a busy summer so far. Baby Henry #3 is due in October so it's only going to get busier. Here's a few pictures from the summer/spring so far. Hopefully we'll get back to regular updates soon.

Photo Shoot

2011-04-28T20:11:00.003-05:00

A few photos from the kids' Easter

shoot with our favorite photographer. A

little late, but better than never! Enjoy.

Busy

2011-04-01T22:43:00.007-05:00

Hi again everyone,

Finally an update. Facebook's killing the blog so sorry. It may not seem like it but we're actually taking more pictures now than ever before. I think mainly because our phones take great pictures so it's easy to catch the kids in something spontaneous. Enjoy the latest round, eventually we'll get around to unloading the pictures from the actual camera onto blogger.

Pearce's first taste of Happy Joe's pizza imported from Iowa

O waiting for the doctor for her 4 year check up

Day at the Park

2011-01-30T18:20:00.007-05:00

Hello everyone,

We hit Piedmont Park today since the weather decided to do a head fake and crank up to 70 degrees. Two weeks ago it was snowing and temperatures couldn't get above 32. Go figure. We'll post the snow pics later, for now enjoy the photos from my awesome new phone:

Whitish/Brown Christmas

2010-12-27T09:43:00.017-05:00

Hi again everyone,

We had a little snow fall on Christmas night which left behind the typical Atlanta ice. Liv insisted on playing in the snow much to my dismay. Nothing like rolling up a snowball with dog poop in it. Enjoy!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T09:23:00.017-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! We've had great time over the past few days. The kids were very excited Christmas morning. Unfortunately Pearce decided everything was for him and popped Olivia a couple of times. No permanent damage though. Check out the pictures, Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving, P-Roni's Big #2 Bash and a Recital

2010-12-11T15:20:00.033-05:00

Hi again everybody,

We just wrapped up Thanksgiving, Pearce's #2 and Olivia's first recital. All very interesting in their own way. We decided to celebrate Pearce's birthday with doughnuts since he's obsessed with them. We've been cleaning up sprinkles for a week. Enjoy the pictures and make sure to check out the video at the bottom.

P.S. We're going to have to skip the National Championship since we'd probably have to sell Pearce for tickets and I've grown quite fond of him. War Eagle anyway!

O's first recital

Doughnut Daddy!

Zac and P

First take with Santa

Foreshadowing....

O and Luke in the car at the cabin for Thanksgiving

Lance doing his Cam Newton impression. What you can't see is the vodka tonic in his hand.

Dad is very concerned...

Lola!

First try at the family picture

"Daddy hold you!"

O doing her little French girl impression

Christmas 2010

2010-11-28T14:32:00.001-05:00

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Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T21:43:00.006-05:00

Happy Halloween from the Four Henrys and their

four Jack-O-Lanterns! Yes, the little one counts too.

Bat Boy and Busy Bee had a WONDERFUL Halloween

with their friends, Luke and Lola. Mommy and Daddy

had fun too and enjoyed chili and corn muffins with

Lance, Kelly, and Uncle Joejoe.

Here is our Busy Bee after her first piece of candy.

Bat Boy quickly got the hang of Trick-or-Treating.

After his first candy score he looked at Pat and said:

"Open this!"

Lady O and Super Luke after their first candy score

at Chris and Claire's house. We did not go back to C and

C's this year for drinks as they spoiled O so badly w

candy last year that she PUKED chocolate. Yes, it is

true!

Getting ready to head out for candy loot!

The Motley Crue of costumed kids! They had a ball.

We are so thankful that we have such fabulous and

generous neighbors who go all out for Halloween!

We were treated to two free "haunted houses," glow sticks

and candy galore, and many fun yard displays.

Happy Halloween!

Lazy Blogging

2010-10-24T08:45:00.046-05:00

Hello everyone,

It's been a long time since we blogged but here's about 9000 pictures to make up for it. We recently went to Napa and San Fran for our anniversary so some of those are included. Also some great pictures of the kids at the pumpkin patch. Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Power! The driver at Berry Patch Farms

wore this very appropriate t-shirt.

Hayride to the pumpkin patch.

Does anyone ever look AT the camera at the same

time?!?!

Hercules!

Resting on the pumpkin with "freckles" that

O insisted we buy.

Boo!

Pumpkin head.

The fabulous four...mini-pumpkins.

Silly siblings.

Here are some photos of our visit with Kate's

cousins, Kara and Leah, in Oakland.

Doesn't Kara's boyfriend Mike look like a ghost

or an orb? This is due to an error with the camera's

timer.

Kate and Kara look drunk here...but they weren't! They

just have the "Skafidas" gene when it comes to being photographed.

Hanging inside a Redwood at Muir Woods.

Views from the Pacific Coast Hwy.

Crookedest Street. We walked and drove it.

View of fog from Lombard St.

Alcatraz!

If you think Chicago is windy, you should visit San Fran.

The wind was unreal!

Views of and from Alcatraz.

Cheese shot #101...we had a few of these.

Naaaaapa!

Silly Napa.

One of the many, many, beautiful views while in Napa.

Notice we were dressed in layers. There can be up to five

temperature zones within a small area of a vineyard

in Napa. It was hot/warm/cold....all within a few feet.

Kate makes friends with a vineyard dog.

Pride Vineyard...the first and most educational of

our vineyard visits (notice I did not say it was the MOST

FUN visit...). Excellent wine at Pride!

Breakfast! This wine is one of many of Pride's wines

served at French Laundry. It was just a tad more

economical to buy it directly from the winery.

Had to go to Haight Ashbury for some Cherry Garcia.

Park next to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Foggy view of the bridge.

Chinatown...where we ate the most disappointing

Dungeoness Crab ever. No thanks to you, Anthony Bourdain!

Summer Update

2010-07-28T19:37:00.031-05:00

Hello again everyone,

It's been awhile since our last update. Since the last time we've posted we've hit the beach, took the kids to the Braves game for July 4th, got Pearce's hair cut for the first time and actually had two people look at our house since it's been on the market. We have a few good pics so please enjoy!

Kids crawling on my company car. Wonderful.

First haircut!

Happy 4th!

2010-07-04T12:38:00.001-05:00

Happy 4th Everyone! We are off to partake in the

festivities. We hope you all have a wonderful day!

Milestones and Memorial Weekend Visitors

2010-06-04T17:31:00.006-05:00

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, we had visitors!

Olivia and Pearce had a blast with Yiayia and Papou

and continue to ask why they had to leave. :(

As you can see, Pearce is growing at record pace.

He just had his 18 month checkup. He now weighs

almost 30 lbs. and is 35 inches tall. He is in the

95th percentile and seems to be bigger every day.

Have we mentioned that our baby boy is indeed,

ALL boy?!? He loves to run around, play ball,

and wrestle his sister. We aren't sure how he

did it, but somehow he chipped his front tooth

(fortunately, he will get a new one for free!). Ahhh,

to be a kid again.

Our precious princess, Olivia, is growing like a weed

as well. She is amazing us every day with her vocabulary!

Just last weekend she "read" her brother a book and

put him in a time-out. If only she could potty-

train him.

One of Olivia's favorite things to do is plant and smell

flowers. Here she is checking out the herbage, err, mini-

herb garden (our favorite new cooking ingredients

are included!).

Big Update

2010-05-22T15:22:00.042-05:00

Sorry we're slow to update again but we've got a lot to show. It's been a lively couple of months since we last posted. Pearce is chatting up a storm and Olivia is drastically improving her vocabulary using words like "fortunately". Very funny to hear a three year old use that in a sentence.

Pearces new favorite thing is to climb up and stand on chairs, look at us and scream "get down!" We're going to have a problem on our hands. Here's the pics - some from Liv's birthday in March as well as Easter and some pro shots from our photographer. Videos coming soon.

PS - house is on the market so if you know anyone looking for a house in downtown Atlanta send 'em our way.

Random huskyness

Videos

2010-03-04T20:28:00.005-05:00

Hello again everyone,

Finally got the camera cooperating with the computer so we have a few videos for everyone. Enjoy!

Long overdue update from Disney!

2010-03-01T22:24:00.031-05:00

Hello again everyone!

We realize it's been quite some time since we last updated the blog. We just returned from Disney so hopefully these pics will entertain enough to make up for it. We had a great time and can't say enough about the folks down there. They really go above and beyond. Special thanks to Amy and Aunt Dottie for the hook up on the entrance an breakfast. Any time I had any issues I told the people my cousin Amy was a big shot at Animal Kingdom and I'd have their jobs if they didn't do exactly as I asked. Just kidding Amy.

On to the pictures!

First, a few photos of Olivia mugging for the photogrpaher at her friend Alise's party.

We have a party animal on our hands!

And now....on to Disney mania 2010.

Pearce is loving Olivia's early birthday cake!

Thank you Aunt Deen Deen for the wonderful cake

and presents!!!!

"Magical Horses"

Alice in Wonderland with Liv. Alice was subbing for

Belle. After convincing Olivia that Alice was Cinderella,

she calmed down and smiled for her. She has no

idea who "Alice in Wonderland" is as she is not an

"official" princess.

On the dock waiting for the boat

The castle where old Walt's frozen body lies underground.

The Aquarium at Epcot.

Olivia with Ariel...her favorite. Video to come-
stay tuned for some hilarious conversation. "Where

are your feet and shoes, Ariel?!"

Snow White addressing Liv's hair issues.

Teaching O to look even more precious.

The result.

Sleeping Beauty with Pearce. He was busy eating a cinnamon roll.

Olivia quickly ditched Princess Aurora when she

saw Snow White was coming behind her. Really,

it was hilarious. She was startstruck by Snow

White and Ariel...her two faves.

Cinderella.

Belle. "Mommy, you ar Belle." I wish.

Excitement ensues!

Pearce fed the birds some goldfish, then he cried
because he was still hungry.

Pearce checking out the birds.

Dadd-O.

Well, folks, we wish we had a larger variety of pics.

Unfortunately the RAIN, the COLD, COLD, RAIN,

prevented us from taking our camera out most of the time.

However, it didn't prevent us from having fun!

Thanks again to all of our family members who helped

make this trip possible. You all are the best!!!!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T17:17:00.017-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a great holiday even though we were flying solo. We visited the Pink Pig at Lenox Mall on Christmas Eve. Short story--it's a ride that looks like a pink pig that's been an Atlanta landmark for years. It used to be at the Rich's downtown until some crazy parents got the idea that sticking a bunch of kids in a pink metal tube with chicken wire windows might be "dangerous." I can't imagine why, I mean it's not like they had seatbelts to restrain them in case of an accident.

Pay close attention to the videos - we captured their first actual fight. Pearce was definitely persistent but I think Olivia got the better of him. We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Festivus!

Elf on the shelf. Olivia named him Charlie.

He found his way to the lights.

Snow White mixing baby food for American Girl

"baby Marie."

So many toys, so little time.

Pearce - drinking and driving

Why can't they ever look at the camera at the

same time?

Prissy pose.

Christmas morning! Look closely...you can see that

P was once again knawing on his crib. Nice.

They really look like they love each other here. Just wait.

Mom and Olivia front row at the Pink Pig.

Attempted family shot.

Olivia at Pearce's Birthday party

Photo with creepy Santa.

"Oh...I am suppose to eat that?!" Yum, I think.

Pearce's first birthday

Thanks to everyone for the Christmas presents as well everyone who

came over to celebrate P's first big party! He loved seeing you all...as did we!

Photo Session

2009-11-30T21:03:00.012-05:00

We had a photo session at the beginning of November and just received the finished product. Hopefully everyone likes them as much as we do. More updates soon, enjoy!

Saturday in the park

2009-11-14T21:31:00.025-05:00

We took a little jaunt to Piedmont park today to visit with Cousin Joe. We had a great time and got to play with the camera we've had for a a year that neither one of us has quite figured out yet. Needless to say we got some pretty good pictures. I went for a hike bright and early this morning to Sweetwater Creek State Park (only about 20 minutes from us downtown) and also got some pretty good photos. The trail actually contains the ruins of a mill that was built in 1840 and destroyed during the burning of Atlanta during the Civil War. Pretty interesting and the photos do it a good amount of justice. Enjoy!

Atlanta skyline from Piedmont Park

Olivia on the playscape at Piedmont

Momma and Pearce

Pearce on the swings

Olivia being silly

Hmm look like anyone else you know when annoyed?

Pearce with Joe - He was restricted to holding Pearce due to his awful outfit

Sweetwater creek - we've had some flooding again so the creek was more like a river

Ruins of the New Manchester mill

Sunrise over the creek

The trail to the ruins

A duck I saw on the docks. I decided to experiment with the camera settings on this one.

Halloween Hijinks

2009-11-01T20:29:00.028-05:00

Hello again everyone! We had a great Halloween. This was Olivia's first trick or treat adventure and she took full advantage. Unfortunately she ate so much chocolate she ended up throwing up around midnight. Not fun but she was fine this morning. We didn't realize how much fun our neighborhood would be on Halloween - quite a few unique costumes from our gay neighbors up the street. Two of the guys were wearing the sheriff's outfits from Reno 911 - Officer Dangle if you're familiar with the show. If not, he likes to wear pretty tight uniforms with very small shorts. Hilarious. Another one of our neighbors was dressed as a dominatrix passing out candy to the kids. Interesting to say the least. Great neighborhood for Halloween - the kids had a blast and we were thoroughly entertained the entire evening. Anyway, enjoy!

One of Olivia's first houses - she was a mermaid

Kate and O walking down the street

Loot!

Kate and O the mermaid

Pearce the dinosaur and me

Gretchen getting in on the shot

Pumpkin patch

I love this sign

Troublemaker

At the pumpkin patch

This looks like a Sears catalog photo

Update - some videos

2009-10-24T11:16:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone,

We'll be adding some pictures soon but I wanted to upload some cell phone videos I've taken of the kids over the past couple of weeks. Olivia's making up words to her favorite books and Pearce is feeding the dogs. Good stuff.

Olivia reading Pinkalicious

Here's Pearce feeding the dogs

Poker Face

Olivia and the flying Roni

2009-09-25T20:19:00.032-05:00

Very sorry for the slow updates. We've had a fairly adventurous September and have the pictures to prove it. Everyone's good, Olivia's acting like a 16 year old and Pearce is growing like a weed. Enjoy!

Elephant towel

Go Hawkeyes!

More elephant towel

Phillies fan - we won't mention this night again...

Olivia and Cousin Boomer

Cheerio Face

Midnight snack

Olivia, Long John Silver's and Cousin Boomer

Roni going after his first beer from Uncle Zac

Best friends

The best dog in the world for kids

Roni's first swing

Olivia and the Flying Roni

We think he got sick right after this shot

Absolutely no fear on this one

Damn brake pedals

I'm amazed that he knows to put his hands on the steering wheel

Olivia trying to hog all of the toy cars

Liv, Pearce and Nina

Check out the bruise my sister left under my right eye.

Recon!

Aunt Mary and Pearcearoni

Birthdays and Poop

2009-08-26T21:55:00.008-05:00

We have been B.U.S.Y! Sorry for the delay

posting photos! Here is the latest family photo,

taken August, 16th...Grand-Mom's 29th birthay!

We decided to humor Grand-Mom on her birthday and

we dressed Olivia in a Phillies jersey. Despite the outcome

of events at the Braves/Phillies game, we think Olivia

looks cute in her jersey.

Do you like those candles? They will be

recycled for every future adult birthday in

this household.

The most exciting news in the Henry household

(at least for today) is that Olivia is a ROCK STAR

when it comes to potty training. We have been going

strong for 10 days now and she has only had 4 accidents!!!!

She still wears a diaper during her naps and during

the night. That said, she is doing a fantastic job

of pottying and today, she even pooped in the

toilet without making a huge fuss. We have been

rewarding her with m&m's, stickers, and everything

Dora.

Here is our proud pottier and her sticker chart.

You might wonder/ask why we have been so busy?

Well...we have 2 kids, 3 dogs, and 2 jobs (one of

the jobs is still new). Connect the dots...it's crazy

around here!

Mobile Uploads

2009-08-01T00:17:00.024-05:00

I recently bought a new Blackberry which has a very good camera for a phone. It's resulted in a lot of candid moments from the kids. I thought I'd upload some of the pics from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Lookalike?

2009-07-31T14:31:00.007-05:00

My parents see so much of Pat in Olivia. They
are always saying how much Pearce looks like
the baby photos they have of myself and my Dad.

My Mom gave me a few photos for comparison.

Dad: 1945

Kate: 1975

Pearce and O: 2009

What do you think?

Finally, an update!

2009-07-31T14:04:00.006-05:00

Pearce and Momma traveled to Iowa last week to
check up on Yiaya following her surgery. Yiaya
is doing well and Pearce had a great time hanging
with Aunt Mimzi, Uncle TJ, Mia and Sammy Jo
(as you can see from the photo...Sammy loved him too).

Pearce and the Griffins. A few moments later,
he received his first fauxhawk, courtesy of
cousin Mia.

He looks like is getting ready to surf here.

Pearce was as happy as can be on the flight.

He loved chilling in the seat and being

ogled by the flight attendants. Pearce is

a lady's man!

A great photo of Pearce and Great Aunt Dawn.

And of course, Pearce loved his Yiaya. She made him

laugh uncontrollably!

Other than our trip, we have been really busy. Pat is

adjusting well to his new job and Pearce is loving daycare.

Pearce started crawling this week and is now trying to get

into EVERYTHING. Thank goodness we have a babyproofed

home.

Olivia is also doing well. She loves her new toddler/pre-school

class and has been reciting the alphabet; counting; and spelling

small words like "n-o" and "p-a-r-k!" Now, if we could

only get her to potty-train!

Fun on the 4th!

2009-07-05T20:10:00.002-05:00

We enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July! A great (annual)
pool party, BBQ with the neighbors and a visit from
Grand-Mom and Pop-Pop. What could be better?

Lil' Roni swimming with Christian.

Mmmmm...chips!

Sibling love!

Happy Birthday USA!

Hanging with the Reinwald's

2009-06-29T09:36:00.044-05:00

Hello again everyone! We made a last minute trip to Aunt Mary and Uncle Shawn's beach house on Emerald Isle in N.C. last week. After an absolutely brutal 9 hour car ride with the kids (We pulled over three times to correct a behavioral problem which culminated with Olivia asking for "more time out Daddy" probably time for a different approach with the time outs) we arrived to the ultimate in hospitality from the Reinwalds. The house is gorgeous and the beach was great. Anyway - here's the pics!

The Reinwalds with Pearce and Olivia.

The girls with Pearce and Olivia.

Olivia applying sunblock to Uncle Shawn's nose.

Ms. O and Pearce taking a break.

Olivia and Pearce at Aunt Mary's place.

The girls Posing with Pearce and Olivia.

Emily and Olivia.

Pearce and Aunt Mary checking out the fun ball thing.

O with Mom and Dad in the pool.

Pearce and Aunt Mary.

Kelly and Pearce.

Beach girl

Momma and Olivia.

Here's Olivia checking out the surf.

We could not get her out of the water once she got the hang of it.

Momma and Olivia.

Here's O chasing her shadow.

Ready for the water!

Of course the family beach shot.

We had a great time at the beach - thanks again to Aunt Mary, Uncle Shawn and the girls for watching the kids and letting us hang out at the beach. One unfortunate side effect of the weekend (besides my nuclear sunburn) is that Pearce is so used to being held constantly he cries whenever he's left alone for longer than two minutes. I overheard Mary talking to a Marine Recon unit planning to kidnap Pearce in the middle of the night. We'll be on guard....

A Girl And Her Grill

2009-06-21T16:36:00.004-05:00

Check out my new grill/kitchen AND apron
(apron courtesy of Aunt Deen Deen).

My grill talks! I LOVE IT!!! Now I can go
"cookin'" whenever I want.

"Wanna pepper Momma?" Actually, she initially
called it an apple. But hey, close enough.

"Order up!"

Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday Aunt Mimzi!

Blog-o-riffic update

2009-06-14T14:08:00.015-05:00

Apologies for the late updates but we're going through a terrible two stage right now. Two things you tend to gloss over when warned about it before becoming a parent: the sleepless nights of newborns and two year old tantrums. I should have listened to those stories a little closer. I don't know if I'm an idiot for trying to reason with a two year old or she's incredibly stubborn. Maybe a lot of both.

Olivia's vocabulary is growing on a daily basis hence the need for us to watch our mouths even closer. She's offering advice on parenting, "he's hungry Daddy.." Disciplining the dogs, "Momma said go outside Nina!" She's even noticing if I drive past our street, "Turn here Daddy!" Pearce is even warming up - I've been practicing Dada with him and he's saying something very similar to that on a regular basis. Anyway, here's the pics! Until next time.

Peas!

Pearce and O.

Playing with big sis.

More with Olivia.

Kisses!

Olivia is also a neat freak. Here she is picking up trash off of the playground. She also likes to pick up pieces of the dog's fur and put it back on them.

Pearce!

Bubble time with the world's crappiest bottle of bubbles.

Monkey face

Practicing our photo face.

Here's Kate and Olivia at her friend Walker's birthday party. She threw a fit over the dress.

Pearce-a-roni - disregard that awful hat. Luckily the logo's not showing.

More of Spanky, I mean Pearce.

Ms. Flyer & Baby Bro

2009-05-25T21:09:00.006-05:00

After a few months of hearing about her serious

"bike obsession," we decided to buy Olivia a pink

Radio Flyer trike. As you can see, it is adorable.

This is not her Momma's Radio Flyer either. The

so-called "traditional" model came with a horn,

music, and turn signals. My "traditional" Radio

Flyer was a red wagon. Enough said.

I didn't have to wear a helmet to ride in my Radio

Flyer either. My, how times have changed. I have

to admit I felt that Olivia looked ridiculous wearing a

helmet to ride a trike. In fact, I think the helmet purchase

was made because we feared being ridiculed by our neighbors,

moreso that it was out of fear that Ms. O would actually

be seriously injured falling off a trike that is a foot off

the ground.

At any rate, Olivia selected her own helmet. She was thrilled

to find one with a pattern that had an Eric Carle theme.

She loves her "Ca-er-pilllll-er" helmet.

Ready, set, ride!

Once she adjusted her helmet, she was ready
for take-off.

Here she is, getting ready to pedal away. She seemed

so excited to finally have her very own "bike." The

big excitement lasted all of five minutes. Once our little

princess saw a family with two children heading to the

local playground, she quickly forgot about her bike and

scurried off in an attempt to hit the slide. Too bad for

her that Mommy and Daddy didn't feel like socializing

on the playground. She had to settle for a trip to the

ice cream parlor instead.

What a princess we have!

All the while Olivia was "princessing" around

on her bike, Pearce was chillin' in his car seat.

Check him out as he bides his time biting

his lip.

As you can see, his face has changed considerably

over the last few months. He has really begun to

fill out (no thanks to four daily feedings of solids!).

Master P's eyes have gone from grey to chocolate brown.

Fortunately, his luscious lips and super-chill

attitude have remained intact!

And finally, the latest and greatest happening in

lil' P's world....TEETH. Pearce has TWO bottom

teeth! He is drooling all over the place and constantly

chewing on anything and everything. The funny thing

is that he is so laid-back that you would never know

he was teething. This kid takes everything in stride.

We are praying his smooth personality stays with him

(at least until he is out of the house).

Until next time....

Pearce Laughing

2009-05-18T21:43:00.003-05:00

We've been talking about getting this on video for a couple of months so we finally did it. Here's Kate making Pearce laugh like a crazy baby. Kate acknowledges that she sounds like a fool. We all have our moments and well worth it for the result:

Finally an update...

2009-04-30T13:00:00.023-05:00

Apologies to everyone for slacking off in our duties the last month. Pearce was baptized on April 18th here in Atlanta. Everything went very well except the sound system at the church. Our priest let it be known that heads would roll if it wasn't fixed... in the middle of mass. Nothing like a good old burst of anger to kick off a baptism. Anyway, here's the latest from the clan:

Olivia saying hello to Pearce and pretending to be a bat.

Not real sure how to read the fixation on shoes.

Pearce feasting on rice cereal.

The grandkids! Most of them.

Olivia imitating Momma with the sunglasses on top of her head. She looks about 17 years old in this picture.

Three generations of Henry boys.

Ok Kate's going to have to correct my Greek spelling but the family with YaiYai and Papu.

The family with Grandmom and Pop Pop.

Trying to keep the kids under control long enough for a photo op.

Liz, Matt (the Godparents), Pearce, Mom and Dad.

Everyone with Pearce and myself looking in some random direction.

Mom and Dad with Pearce after the deed.

Getting dunked.

Here he is getting some pretty powerful oil rubbed on his head.

Right before the big moment.

More serious moments...

Prepping.

Liz and Pearcearoni.

Photo op before mass.

Here he is again

Not sure what this face was all about.

Pearce sitting up.

That's all for now - we'll do a better job of updating here in May. Thanks to everyone who came in for the big event. Sorry I caught the swine flu Saturday night.

Cousins...and...potty. Doll potty, that is.

2009-03-29T21:41:00.004-05:00

After careful thought, I've decided to being this post
with the doll potty incident. Olivia has become totally
obsessed with the "potty." Not to be confused with
the actual "act" of pottying. She is obsessed with
the toilet and her training seat. She also does a wonderful
job of telling us about her potty. Like after she has pottied...
in her diaper. That being said, we are extremely proud
of her potty efforts and we can't forget to mention
that she did "poopy in the potty" today. Apparently,
so did her doll.

I heard Olivia messing around in our powder room
this morning and when I went in to check on her,
this is what I found.

She is so proud of herself and her dolly. I am not
sure why she is wearing sunglasses. Perhaps she
thinks it is sunny in the bathroom?! The "doll
go potty" incident is by far one of the funniest
things she has done yet. She is such a ham!

On a separate note, the Barczak cousins stopped in
for a short visit on their way to Florida. Here is Sam
helping Olivia with her breakfast.

Oh, did I mention that Olivia is a ham?

We made several attempts to get all of the kids to

pose for the camera. Only the oldest two and the

very youngest complied. :(

I love this photo. Don't Bo and Olivia look like they

are girlfriends chatting it up at a slumber party? Do

you like the way he has her brush and she is playing

with his truck?

And finally, Pearce and Bo. Bo is a little more than

four months older than Pearce and it is extremely

evident in this photo. Bo looks like he could squash Pearce.

I am thinking this photo will reappear one day, like when

they are both playing in the NFL. Ha!

All for now folks.

St.Pat's Pics and the Park

2009-03-25T20:37:00.009-05:00

More updates from Atlanta a little late. We made cookies for St. Pat's and went to the park last weekend. Olivia is absolutely obsessed with slides. We cannot get her away from them.

Slide walking. This concerns me.

Cute but not the look we would like to see in twenty years.

More swing!

Action shot

Pearce-a-roni on St.Pat's

Cookies. Delicious green cookies.

That's all folks!

Belated Updates

2009-03-16T22:40:00.006-05:00

Ahhhh, the park!

The weekend following Olivia's birthday we enjoyed a

last minute visit from Yiaya and Papou. We were fortunate

to have 70+ degree weather. Perfect for hanging out

at the park! Check out our 2 year-old hamming it

up in C-town.

I was pushing Olivia in this photo. Doesn't it look

like we are both doing some sort of dance move?

The boys with beards, 2009. We think Zak definitely
has Papou beat now that Papou has trimmed his wild

white beard.

S.L.I.D.E!!!! This child is a bona fide slide addict!

Doesn't Olivia look like Pebbles in this photo?

Pearce is such a chill baby and this photo embodies

his laid-back personality. He loves to lounge and watch

TV.

This photo is hilarious. Pearce is just as focused

on the computer as Pat is. I guess he can be a little

intense too. :)

Pearce and Yiaya and Mom at the park.

Ticklish toes. This boy has the most infectious

laugh when tickled. We really need to record

it and post it online.

Happy early St. Pat's Day!

Happy 2nd Birthday Olivia!

2009-03-03T20:45:00.025-05:00

We've been a little slow with the updates so here's the latest to make up for it. Thanks to everyone who sent gifts and called O on her 2nd birthday, she now thinks anything that comes in the mail is a present.

Mmmm Frosting

Smile Pearce!

Frosting was everywhere.

Here I am being told to sit down again.

Can't quite figure out the party hat thing.

Liv was not happy with Pearce sitting on her slide. Olivia's slide Daddy!

Mugging on the new slide.

Within an hour and 15 minutes she made it down the slide about 45 times.

I should be concerned about her going head first.

Me and Pearce.

Kate and Pearce.

Pearcey Lips.

Olivia cooperated long enough for this shot before heading down the slide.

Liv got a new baby Elmo complete with pacifier and diaper. He went down the slide a couple of times.

Head first - Elmo in tow.

First attempt at a family photo. We couldn't get Olivia off the slide.

Second attempt.

This one is from Sunday when we were hit by Winter Storm '09. We probably got about an inch of snow which stuck to some of the roads and created complete havoc in Atlanta for 24 hours. At least it was pretty.

Grant Park Fun

2009-02-22T14:45:00.002-05:00

This morning we took the kiddos to the park.
We foolishly did not anticipate the COLD weather.
It was windy and chilly. I felt like I was back in the
Midwest. Thankfully, Aunt Libby hooked Pearce
up with this snuggly Flyers carseat coccoon. He
slept like a champ the entire morning!

Olivia, on the other hand, had a blast. The cold did
not stop her from enjoying swings, slides, and balloons.
Oh, that's some other kid's balloon. Too bad for him,
according to Olivia, everything is "mine" these days.

Finishing a trip down the "big kid" slide.

Clowning with Mommy.

Sugar Cookies

2009-02-16T22:53:00.004-05:00

Enjoying the fruits of her labor.

Sugar cookie #2...going down!

Sprinkles rock!

Why no sprinkles on this one?

A little help goes a long way.

Pearce gets some Valentinian love from our

Anteater...er, Siberian.

Fun in the bouncy seat.

Doesn't he have the sweetest smile?

We hope everyone had a wonderful V-Day!

Sandwich Artist

2009-01-31T15:15:00.004-05:00

One of Olivia's favorite new snacks/lunch foods
is an open faced peanut butter sandwich. She
also loves grapes. Here she "glues" her sliced
grapes onto her sandwich.

Mmmmmm....so glad that Jif isn't tainted!

8 Weeks Old

2009-01-29T23:31:00.003-05:00

Nina leans in to give Pearce a "Happy 8 Week
Birthday" kiss. What she is really thinking is, "if
I have to be a dog pillow for this kid, he needs
to have some decent food remnants on his face!"

Really, Nina is such a sweet and loving puppy.
She is WONDERFUL with both of the kids.

I sometimes think Pearce looks like Olivia when
she was his age. Other times I feel that he looks
like my father's baby photos. One thing is for sure,
he has Pat's cleft chin!

Finally, a smile! How I wish this photo wasn't
so blurry!

Tough Girl

2009-01-24T21:23:00.003-05:00

This is our "guard dog" Gretchen. She is all

snuggled up to Olivia's fake maltese. When our other

dog tried to "disturb" their cuddling, Gretchen nearly

bit her face off. She is such a protective pup and loves

Olivia and Pearce to death. Sometimes I think

she thinks Pat and I are not attentive enough

when it comes ot our parenting duties. She loves

all things small!

Puppy Hat

2009-01-21T11:39:00.003-05:00

Attempt #1 at cute puppy hat shot. Not going
exceptionally well (no smile), but could be worse.

Attempt #2-he's not sure what to make of this
dog and pony show with the camera and hat.

Attempt #3-I thought this was turning into a smile,
but clearly it was not. Try again later!

Thanks to Team Deen for the adorable hat and booties!

Boots, Booties, and Booty

2009-01-13T20:51:00.005-05:00

Olivia: "Hey BABY!"

Pearce: "What the?!?!?!?"

Here are a few recent photos of the kids. As you can see,
they are getting along fine.

Olivia decided to get a spiked hairdo while brushing her teeth.
She decided to show it to a bewildered Pearce.

"Baby Waves."

"Why is HE in MY crib?"

The infamous booties. My Aunt Joyce had these

made for Pearce. He wears them daily because they

are cute AND he cannot get them off. He was

constantly removing his socks and his feet were

always freezing before we received the booties.

Aunt Joyce also hooked Olivia up with these

snazzy pink cowboy boots. Don't they

go nicely with the pink fairy flower tent

from Aunt Nadine?

A full body shot. This guy is GROWING!

More boots. Olivia likes the look of them. She

says "pretty." However, she cannot figure out

how to walk in the boots; or how to get off the

floor while wearing the boots, for that matter.

And finally, the princess dress from Aunt Nadine.

I think this is suppose to go with the wings and the

fairy tent. Olivia has decided to model it with a

pink blackberry. I think we are going to be in the

poor house the way this little lady likes clothes and

shoes. I am praying we wear the same size!

Can't forget the "booty shot." Olivia

looovvveess digging through Pearce's

makeshift "room" inside our room. Too

bad she can't figure out how to get up with

her boots on!

All for now...

Photos of the Kiddos

2009-01-06T21:25:00.007-05:00

About a week after Pearce's birth we had a
photographer come over to the house to take
photos of the kids. Here are a few of the more
than 100 shots she took. Enjoy!

Big Sister Elf.

Santa, Baby.

Sleeping Pearcey.

Luscious lips.

Pensive toddler.

Olivia LOOOVVVED "holding" the baby for

these shots. She was devastated when we "took

baby" away.

We will be sure to show these two these

photos in 15 years when they

are trying to kill one another.

Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday YiaYia!

2008-12-30T11:27:00.002-05:00

Unfortunately my scanner is NOT cooperating,

so this image will have to do!

Happy Birthday YiaYia!

XOXO-

K, P, O, and Little P

Merry Christmas and Happy Anniversary Grand Mom and Pop Pop

2008-12-28T15:21:00.023-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! We took quite a few pictures over the holiday so we're a little late in updating. Uncle Joe, Aunt Ann and the boys stopped by on the 26th to meet their newest cousin. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Nina checking to see if Pearce has any spare food.

Nope, no food. See you later baby.

Me and Pearce watching the fights.

Mom and Pearce.

Pearce waking up.

He's not liking the flash on this one.

Pearce's hair is starting to blonde over. I'm thinking a young Daniel Craig.

Play-Doh! Play-Doh!

Bo!

Liv, tongue out drawing.

Liv playing hide and seek with Sam.

Bo taking over Liv's high chair.

Kate, Bo, Aunt Ann and Pearce. Sam popped in like a Whack-A-Mole.

Olivia playing with the boys.

Me getting to know Bo.

Our first a attempt at the family photo.

A little better.

Grandmom and Bo Bo.

Uncle Joe, Liv and Kate.

And finally - another Olivia video where she violently tucks in her Bitty Baby. She's much better with Pearce.

Wrinkly Baby Elf

2008-12-20T16:40:00.003-05:00

Here are a couple of photos of our little elf!

This one is my favorite. I contemplated stuffing
him in his Xmas stocking and taking a photo. Despite
using lots of butter, he just wouldn't fit. I had to
settle for the hat look instead!

Pearce has the cutest forehead wrinkles. They
really complete the "toothless, almost hairless,
old man look" that makes babies so adorable.

The wrinkles are on the sides of his forehead...
no wrinkles in the middle (yet!).

Hope this fulfills your need for a Pearce fix.
Photos of Olivia to come...

Photos of special agent hit the net!

2008-12-18T20:21:00.011-05:00

OK...we've heard your cries. Here are a few photos
of our little 007. Just know that all proceeds from the
release of these photos are being donated to charity
to help buy new shoes for an angry Iraqi reporter.

Pearce is 2 weeks old as of 8:46 this morning. We
can hardly believe he has been here 2 whole weeks
(mainly because he is quiet and barely opens his eyes!).

007 took his first bath last week and all went well. As you
can see, he bears a strong resemblance to Olivia in
his cozy yellow bath towel.

When Pearce is actually awake, he spends

his time thinking. We assume he is pondering his next

meal as all this child does is eat! He is nursing like a

maniac. Unfortunately, he does not at all have any interest

in taking a bottle. Today, cousin Liz was kind enough to

babysit so Mommy could go to the Dr. and Mr. 007

kindly refused to eat until Mommy returned. Hopefully

we will be able to break this habit soon. We were lucky

that Olivia would always take any food in any way she

could get it (hence the reason she is 27 lbs at 21 months-old).

As for his Angelina-like pout...well, it is here to stay.

Pearce has his Daddy's dimple, his Mommy's coloring,

and his Papou's full lips!

The playmat: this is our attempt to keep the

little man awake during the waking hours. Hopefully

this tactic will continue to keep him from waking

during the sleeping hours!

In other news, we have been blessed to have both Grand-Mom

Henry and Yiaya Skafidas here the last 2 weeks. The

grandmothers have enjoyed spending time with Pearce as

well as teaching Olivia lots of fun catch phrases. Grand-Mom

taught Olivia to say "ta-da!" and Yiaya taught her "OH MAN!"

and "okey dokey." Olivia continues to refer to the guest

room as "Grand-Mom's" or "Yiaya's." She is so cute!

As for the Mom- I am doing great. People continue to ask me

about my elective c-section. I have to say it was the best

(and really, the only) surgical experience I have had. I mean,

how often do you get to pick out the music in the operating room

and actually stay awake (without pain) to enjoy it while you

are having a baby?! Oh, and the anesthesiologist ended up taking

the best newborn photos of Pearce, Mommy and Daddy...soooo

cool! This experience sure beat the hell out of 16 hours of painful,

drugless labor, with a baby that was turned the wrong way!!!

As for recovery...it has been a miracle! So much faster and easier

than the regular delivery I had with Olivia (and I had a great

recovery and uncomplicated natural delivery with her).

We are thrilled to be so blessed during this holiday season!

New Pics and Videos

2008-12-09T09:36:00.012-05:00

Sorry for the slow updates, we've been a little busy. Here's the pictures of Pearce leaving the hospital yesterday as well as the videos I talked about. We have a brand new video camera which is supposed to be HD. Apparently I had it on the "old shitty movie" (excuse my language but I thought it was the most appropriate way to describe the shifting of the frames) setting and not on the HD setting when I took the videos. Be careful, they might cause an epileptic seizure.

Leaving the hospital.

Another angle.

Mom and Pearce

Pearce in his going home outfit.

Liv and baby brudder.

Pay close attention on this one, you can hear Olivia call Pop Pop Fran.

Meeting baby brudder for the first time. She didn't like what was left of the cord.