Henry at 4 months

Our sweet little Henry man is 4 months old and we love him so much!  He is a very mild mannered, content little baby and brings us so much joy.  This past week, we have "sleep trained" him, letting him cry in his bed until he soothes himself and learns to go to sleep on his own.  Henry is a champ and learned very quickly.  He cried for about an hour and a half the first night, but slept for 8 hours after that.  The second night, he didn't cry at all and went right to sleep (it helped that I made sure he was VERY tired before putting him down in his crib).  Then, he slept for 12 hours!!!  Mommy is loving the extra sleep she gets and I think Henry is too.  Take a look at that baby chub- this baby does NOT need to eat in the middle of the night!

Elly and Miles love him to pieces and they are the sweetest older siblings.  They each love lying by him and playing with him.  Miles lies down by him and looks up at me "This is my best friend, Baby Brother."  It melts my heart every time.  Elly is such a good protector and babysitter.  She has a special touch with Henry and we call it "Sister Magic".  Since he was born, she's been able to calm and comfort him when I need a couple of extra minutes to do something.  She mostly sings to him, but talks to him too.  He adores her.

Henry has a couple of nicknames, just like all the children born to their Father (he is really good at making up names for them).

Henry Benry (that one was mine- not as good or cute)
Baby the Man
Babies the Man
Shweety the Man
Shweety Le Mon
Goo gee
Googs
Goo genhiem (that was a new one yesterday)
Googie the Man
Googie Le Mon


Googee is our favorite little baby man and we are so glad he came to live in our family.  Whenever you smile at him, he smiles right back.  He is very happy and makes us want to just have more little Anderson children come live with us!