Has it really been 6 months?

I cannot believe it has been such a long time since I have posted anything! Henry has grown and changed in so many ways. April:Papa and Nana, Aunt Kit, Aunt Margot, and Aunt Jan came to visit in late March/early April to help us during my foot surgery and recovery. Henry had a blast!

On the 28th of April we got a call from my mom that my dad, Henry's papa, had died. We were all in shock and headed to Milwaukee for the funeral. Henry is still processing what happened. He thinks that Papa is in heaven playing golf and throwing the tennis ball to our dog Cody. Henry walked up to the open casket shortly before the funeral and said "bye, Papa, I'll see you later." Henry sat next to me during the mass...he really seemed to understand the intensity of the day. We miss Papa very much!

May: May seemed to have very many four year old birthday parties! Here is Henry with his choice of face painting at one of them. The parties usually have a face painter, balloon maker, bounce houses...

June: Henry had a fantastic year in preschool this past year. He said good-bye to Ms. Rosio and Ms. Alexis. Next year...onto room 7!! Henry is feeling very excited about this move!

We went to Wisconsin June 19 to spend time with family. The Rogall side of the family got together the last week. Henry had fun with his cousins Brian, Alex, Jack, Isla, and Leah.

July: The Wiedenmann side of the family gathered together in Milwaukee for a reunion. Henry went on his first brewery tour, discovered a talent in the game ladderball, and literally sat under the fireworks at his very first big firework show.

A few days after the fourth we were down by the lake. Henry and his dad were walking on the rocks and when coming back over to the sidewalk, Henry took a fall. (I can't believe I actually captured it on film!)

The part we can't figure out is that when he fell, he landed on his left arm...the one that Mark is holding during the fall... Turns out Henry broke his arm. He had a greenstick fracture that required surgery a few days later. Talk about a trooper! Not one complaint from this little guy!

Henry had a chance to meet and play with Violet, Ella's sister. Ella was adopted from Vietnam not long before Henry was. It's always fun to see them!

August: Growing, growing, growing! I was rubbing Henry's feet tonight and noticed that the skin was rubbing off...he says," yes...skin comes off cuz I'm growing into new skin!" The other night he was struggling with a task. I asked, "Who believes in you?" Henry said, "God, you and Dad. So right, Henry!

So now it's September... Henry is playing soccer again and is in room 7 with Ms. Sharon! He LOVES her and his new classroom. I'm starting the Kindergarten application for Chadwick...hard to believe! I am going to write down all the adorable things I hear Henry say during the next month!