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January Photos (#2)
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Photos from January
As promised, here are some of the recent photos that I’ve been working through. Enjoy the first of many batches…
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Feeling Better
After the last post we had one more bout of sickness. Jacob was running a very high fever and ended up having an ear infection. It has since been two weeks and he is off his antibiotics. Happily I can say that we’ve been sickness free for one week! 🙂
In the meantime, we continue to hang out, play, and watch the two boys grow. Henry is now eating solid foods (rice cereal) and quite the little smiler. The big moment this morning occurred when Henry rolled from his back to his stomach (previously he had only done the opposite). Pretty soon he’ll be rolling around! Jacob continues to build his vocabulary, loves finding the goldbug in his Richard Scarry book, and is starting to use the big porcelain bowl.
As I write, it’s a dull, rainy day outside which is helping all of the snowmen melt away. The whole family will be eager to get outside once the weather warms up! Until then, Elise has been busy indoctrinating the boys into our alma mater:
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Not so healthy
The past month has been a harder time at the Werth household. There’s been a variety of sickness going around and unfortunately we’ve experienced most of it – which is probably why I haven’t written anything lately!
As I write, Jacob is battling a stomach bug with a slightly elevated fever. About a week ago, and he was getting over an ear infection that came after a cold. Henry is on the tail end of a lung infection that had one scary trip to the emergency room (due to shortness of breath). Elise and I managed to dodge most of the sickness, except for one or two days each.
Despite the variety of illnesses, it’s been a decent month filled with family visits and birthdays. Jacob has continued to develop his vocabulary and speech at an astounding rate and Henry is becoming quite the little personality. He is now five months old and, upon a doctor visit last week, weighed in at 18 lbs and 26 inches.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last few days. Enjoy!
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Christmas!
This has been an exciting month at the Werth household. Our activities included a lot of holiday-filled events, such as:
- Visiting the reindeer at HyVee
- Christmas light hanging on the house for the first time
- Hunting for a Christmas tree at a local tree farm
- Getting the tree in and set up!
- Henry becoming more engaging and talkative
- Playing and recording in a wonderful cantata at our church
- Elise spending two days at home for snow days
- The Werth’s (Fred, Cathy, and Teresa) coming down for Christmas
- The Degen’s (Larry, Mary, and Laura) coming down for Christmas II
- Enjoying the Christmas cards of many friends and family
- Lighting up the fireplace and occasionally smoking out the house
- Finally getting back to working on the downstairs remodeling (installing plumbing for a new bath tub)
It’s been a great time and I’ve enjoyed spending time with the boys, Elise, and our families. Unfortunately, I did not get a Christmas card out this year and have been a little lax on the blog. So… I’m hoping to get a number of updates and photos up soon – as I’ve recently gathered all of our photos from various places into one (the trouble of having many devices – phones, cameras, computers, etc).
For now, enjoy these photos of our Christmas holiday!
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Christmas Tree Hunting
It was a strangely gorgeous day in Iowa City – 45 degrees and sunny despite it being December 8th. As a result, the Werth crew decided to go hunting for a Christmas tree. Upon the advice of Elise’s co-worker, we navigated to Handley’s Holiday Hillside Farm in Solon, Iowa. With Henry in tow and Jacob ‘running’, we set out to find the best tree. After some searching, much running, some yelling and some crying, we settled upon on a nice white pine. We flagged the workers and they came to cut it down for us. Jacob helped to drag it back to the truck and while Dad was getting the tree shaken and bagged, played on the model train. We headed back home and made use of our new tree stand while the boys napped. Unfortunately, we don’t have it decorated yet, but I’m sure there will be photos at a later date. For now, enjoy these photos of the hunt!
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Henry Finding His Voice
Enjoy this short video of Henry starting to find his voice. I know we definitely enjoy it!
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Henry Robert
As Elise, Jacob, and I celebrate Henry’s two month birthday today, I thought it would be pertinent to publish a long-awaited post. On Friday, September 14th, Elise woke me up at approximately 4 am and said, “My water broke. It’s time to go”. After calling the hospital, gathering our things, and grabbing the sleeping Jacob, we headed off to the hospital.
Things were progressing a little slowly, so Elise was eventually given something to speed up the process. My co-worker ever-so-kindly picked up Jacob to take of him during the day (thanks Brenda!). A little after 4 p.m. Elise was told to start pushing. Henry Robert soon arrived into the world and was a beautiful baby boy (it was a surprise). He cleaned up nicely and weighed in at a healthy 8 lb 6 oz, and 20.5 inches, with a full head of dark hair.
The rest of the stay in the hospital was fairly uneventful – much to our satisfaction – as we did not want another 7 day stay in the NICU. The Degens arrived Friday night, and when everyone came home on Sunday, the Werths also had made the trek.
Ever since the 14th, it has been quite the experience learning how to manage two boys and juggle other necessities. Check back soon for more updates as I’m now getting around to updating our online followers 🙂
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Hanging with T
At the end of July, Elise and I had the opportunity to drive to Duluth, MN to spend some time celebrating the wedding of our college friend, Brittany. Due to the long trek from Iowa City, we dropped Jacob off at his Aunt Teresa’s house to spend the weekend. The two of them had a blast together, spending some of their time together at a fantastic park (I know I’m jealous!). Compliments of Teresa, here are the photos from their weekend together. Be sure to check out the giant Teddy bear – don’t worry, you can’t miss it!