Henry at 11 months

Henry is 11 months old! The craziest thing about that is how close he is to turning one.
He was a little sad during this months' photo shoot, but he smiled like a trooper!

 

 

We had a fun-filled holiday month. Henry got to play in the snow, toboggan, and was spoiled with lots of gifts. He also got his first bad cold, which was less fun. He grew a few new teeth and became much more daring when walking around on furniture. It has been another busy month.

Enjoy some photos from this month!

 

Our Christmas Cards

Since it is Henry's first Christmas, I couldn't resist sending out some Christmas cards this year. I decided to try taking some photos myself for the card, and I'm really happy with how they turned out!

After taking the photos, I played around on PicMonkey and made the cards. I made 5 different versions in total. Since I couldn't decide on my favourite, I printed some of each. It was a simple, fun project and will be a great memory! Here are a few examples of the cards. Enjoy!

Henry at 10 months

Henry is 10 months old!
This has been our busiest month yet for sure! Henry is up climbing on everything. He is also growing like a weed! It seems like he is outgrowing his clothing on a weekly basis.

As you can see, it is becoming much more difficult to take his monthly photo. He doesn't want to sit still even for a minute!

This month he got a new nursery, spent his first weekend away from Mummy, and started getting up on furniture and walking along it. He also got one of his top teeth! The other is on it's way. He got to enjoy fall weather and wintry weather! It has been quite the month. 

Here are a few photos of this month. He sure is sweet!

He loves to get up on anything and everything!

 

Henry's Orange & Mint Nursery

Our first new house project is complete! Or at least, as complete as it's going to be for now. As I had mentioned in my last post, we decided to go with an orange and mint nursery, as inspired by the nursery on this blog.

The first order of business was replacing the nursery furniture. Henry's nursery in our other house was a fairly large room (I think about 12 x 12 ft?), so when we put his furniture in his new nursery (which is much smaller, about 8 x 10 ft, with awkward doors on 3 walls) it seemed like the furniture was swallowing the space. Not good.

I noticed that a few of my favourite nurseries had the same crib in them (It is the Hudson by Babyletto)... and then I found it at a local shop, The Baby Boutique. It was fate.

We also decided to go back to using his first change table. It is a dresser we found on Kijiji for $30. It fits nice, although it is a bit trickier to fit all of his things in it! But it works since he also has a good-sized closet. 

When we first began painting, I was a little panicky. The paint was looking rather 90's sea-foam greenish. But as we continued painting it definitely grew on me. And once we put everything back into the room it began to come together. Thank goodness!
 

As for where we got things: Most things were budget/DIY/gifts/thrifted. Our one splurge was the crib, but we even got that on clearance since it was the floor model. (We saved $115 even though it was in perfect condition!) We got the shelf, frames and carpet at Ikea. 

I do still have a few small items on my wishlist. Although none of them are overly necessary - such as a bunting (this one, perhaps?), and maybe a new crib sheet and/or changing pad cover in oranges/tans/mint. I'm also trying to figure out a book display/storage so that they are within reach of the chair. For now, they're just in a basket.

We are pretty happy with how it has turned out!

Henry at 9 months

Today, Henry is 9 months old! And it was harder than ever to get a good shot of him...

If I could describe his month in one word, it would be BUSY!!

Looking for some trouble to get into!

Henry is on the move... always. He is doing the army crawl, standing beside tables and couches, trying to take steps (with help, of course), trying to pull himself up on things, opening drawers and doors, turning on lights, and exploring everything... it has been busy, but it is such a fun age.

Playing with my toys.

Checking out all of the fallen leaves

All of this playing makes me dirty, Mum!

This month Henry had his first Thanksgiving and his first Halloween! He also, unfortunately, suffered his first bad cold. But he's all better now! Here are a few highlights!

I got to spend Thanksgiving with Nanny's great big family at the cottage! It was the highlight of the month.

Thanksgiving Hike

I ate Thanksgiving dinner by the lake. I am a lucky boy!

My pumpkin

I have LOVED all of the leaves this fall. So fun!

My Family - October 2013

I love the park more and more!

Exploring

I love bedtime stories!

Halloween!

It was a zoo on Halloween!

Daddy taking me out trick-or-treating!