Before and After

Henry has been losing his hair. It started slow, one here and there... but it's been picking up speed. Hair in his mouth and hands, stuck in his drool, and recently starting to clump on his pillow. So, we had our friend Jami come over to shave him down.

It started with a cute kiss. He thought it was pretty cool having everyone looking at him.

Then the tears came... and a lot of them. He started to cry as soon as the purple cape went on.

When I held him, he didn't cry as much... he may have just given in.

Me and my bald baby.

Lucas and his mini-me.

I think he looks quite handsome! (Lucas AND Henry)

Airport: trip one

What does the Friedler family do when they are together for the first time? Go to the airport! On Friday we went to the Hillsboro Airport. We watched this airplane very closely, when it left, Owen said, "Owen misses airplane". I think Lucas loved him even more after that...

Home

We got to bring Henry home on St. Patrick's day. It is so nice to have all of us under the same roof, at the same time. I was worried how Henry would adapt, would he remember his home after five weeks away. The answer was YES! He has had such a great few days at home.

"where are all my toys?" Self-portrait... almost got all of us!

SMILE!

Last hospital pictures (of this round)

Here a few random pictures from our last day at the hospital. We got to bring Henry home on Thursday the 17th, exactly five weeks from our admit. He has so much more energy than he did a few days prior...

"let me out!"

There's our Henry

Today was the last day of the first round of chemo! We are slowly seeing more and more of our "happy Henry." More smiles, more laughter (yes LAUGHTER!) and more play. It's so nice to see! He has felt so puny for the past few weeks. We will take it while we can, then hopefully start the next round of chemo on Monday.

He is in LOVE with puffs. Any flavor will do. He will slowly put it in his mouth...

Then shove it the rest of the way in, with a look that says, "don't you dare try to take this away from me..."

Then happily shake the container for more.

We spent some great time on the floor this morning playing. Playing on the floor is a decently tricky endeavor. We have to move the rocker out of the way, push the table to the side, pull out the mat and cover it with a blanket, move the IV pole just so... and then play. Completely worth it when we are down there for a while... so sad when he doesn't want to play.

He confiscated my (empty) coffee cup... another sign that he is feeling better.

We played peek-a-boo with that for a while.

"where'd he go?"

He loves to play with music.

I can't begin to describe how wonderful it is to see Henry smile. He just melts my heart.

Let's Play

Owen and I went to Munchkin Playland a few days ago. We had a great time! He found this little green truck, and carried it around for the entire time we were there.

So handsome!

model

Isn't he handsome!