Oma and cousin Janka traveled here from Germany this past week to meet Henry. We were so excited to have them visit, be able to spend time with them and show them where we live. We feel very blessed that Oma was able to meet her great grandson, and able to have 4 generations of family together. Their visit was far too short, per usual, but we had a wonderful few days.
We showed Oma & Janka our favorite places around the Twin Cities, including the "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture by Claes Oldenburg at the Walker Art Museum. 
Janka, my dad and I visited the Mill City Museum (the most explosive museum in the WORLD!) and the Guthrie theater.
We hung out at our house drinking Matt's home brew beer as well as took Janka to our favorite local bar, the Groveland Tap. 
And we enjoyed an outing to Minnehaha Falls of lunch and ice cream at Sea Salt. 
I have never been what you would call a "morning person," and I have been blessed with a son that is a lot like his father; bright and chipper and full of energy in the morning. This morning Henry was up at 5:00am and ready for the day, but I was luckily able to get him to fall back to sleep until 6:30am. I still consider 6:30am far too early for a non-work day, but much more reasonable than 5:00am. It is really difficult to drag myself out of bed each early morning, but it is hard to deny this adorable smile. It is almost as good as a strong cup of coffee (almost...).
Grandma & Grandpa chose a very cold and rainy week to visit Henry, but we have luckily been able to have some indoor fun. It took Henry a day or so to warm up to visitors, but he now seems to be having a lot more fun with Grandma & Grandpa than his own parents. Matt and I took advantage of live-in babysitters to run errands, go out for dinner and meet up with friends. Grandma & Grandpa are now very well practiced in changing diapers, bottle feeding, reading to Henry and putting him to bed (well, maybe Grandma a little more than Grandpa). These skills are very important as they will have a 2nd grandchild within the next month. I have a feeling Henry is going to be missing all of the extra attention when Grandma & Grandpa leave tomorrow, and we will certainly miss all of the extra help.
We have finally established a good bedtime routine for Henry, and he has been consistently sleeping 6 to 8 hours at night. We moved one of our rocking chairs into his room for reading books and I was amazed at how much more he seemed to enjoy the books. He would spend the entire time smiling, cooing and squealing in delight. Then I realized he wasn't actually paying attention to the books, he was looking past the book to his favorite object about 10 feet away: the mobile hanging above his changing table. He apparently loves it from all angles!
Henry also has a new favorite toy, the "winkel," which his cousin Oliver introduced to us. He can hold onto it on all sides, shake the rattle, and put it in his mouth (he even holds onto it when he is sleeping in the carseat)! 
We are enjoying an absolutely beautiful spring here in Minnesota. Today we went for a walk with a friend from our mom & baby class up Minnehaha Creek and around Lake Nokomis. W is 1 month older than Henry, but you certainly can't tell from this picture!
