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Twelve Months: Happy Birthday, Henry!
Dearest Henry Jones,This is the last month of your monthly letters and photographs. After this, we are moving to a yearly schedule. You are growing so fast!… Read MoreWhat has this month brought to us?
One of your favorite activities is reading. You love to flip through your board books and make low, gurgling noises as you “read.” You also hand us the books over and over to read them to you. You also read a lot when you’re sitting on the toilet. It’s adorable and melts my heart every time.
You love pulling on fan cords (our new house has a lot of fans). If we ask you where
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Dear Henry: Your First Birthday Party
Dearest Henry,… Read MoreI know you’re not likely to remember your first birthday party, so I wanted to jot down some notes for you about how it went. You had fun! We spent time doing your favorite things: playing in the backyard, hanging out with Hoss, and eating.
We had seven guests: Grafton (who is one month older than you) brought his mom (Leslie), dad (Daniel), and sister (Cassie). We met them at the silent film at Discovery Green when you were a mere four weeks old. They moved to Austin a couple months before we did. Our good friend, Claire, came. We’ve been friends with her for years. Two of
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Henry’s First Birthday Party
The birthday party is Saturday. Hooray!Here’s what we need to do to get ready:
- Borrow a crockpot
- Go grocery shopping (I decided at the very last minute to switch from the grilled cheese bar to chili. I think it’s more economical.) We’re going to make vegetarian chili and white bean chili, as well as spinach-artichoke dip, salad, fruit kabobs, and cake, so we need to get: 2 cans chickpeas, 2 cans black beans, 2 cans corn, 2 cans kidney beans, 2 jars salsa, 3 onions, 2 cans white beans, 1 can of chilies, 1 bag of frozen corn, a bag of tortilla chips, cheddar cheese, sour cream, parmesan
