The Husband and Henry are out on the town, showing the grandparents around Charlotte, but I decided to stay at home and plow through some work. All hands on deck! I’m trying to do a week’s worth of catch-up in a few hours. It’s not looking good.
One very fun task: a conference call with my book publicist to discuss the upcoming release of the new Operation Beautiful book for tween and teen girls. I’m so excited for this book – all the notes and stories in the book are written by young girls or by adult women reflecting on their teenage experiences.
So, it’s a crazy day, but luckily for me, there was a massive breakfast buffet prepared this morning, and we have a ton of leftovers.
Hello, lunch.
Kale, potatoes, eggs, tomatoes and rice.
I’ll leave you with this cute little story…
Henry is obsessed with the baby in the mirror. There is also a mommy in the mirror, but she is not half as interesting as the baby in the mirror. The baby in the mirror follows him everywhere! On his play mat, in the bathroom, in the laundry room, in the grocery store. We can find that other baby everywhere. He is particularly in love with this flower mobile, which has a mirror in the center. Hello, baby!
I caught him chatting with the baby the other day. So funny. I wonder how long it will take him to figure out that he’s the baby in the mirror.
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I LOVE that video of Henry! Adorable how enamored babies get from gazing at their beautiful face.
My daughter just started kissing herself in the mirror. It is really funny
I read somewhere that kids don’t understand that it’s their reflection in the mirror until they’re around 2 years old!
Caitlin used to crawl behind a mirror leaning on the wall looking for the baby…
That video is precious! Our boys used to do that with the mirror on their swing mobile but I never caught it on video…good thinking
Oh, Henners!!! Love the vid! Good luck with all your work.
That is too cute!!! haha
The photo and video of Henry in awe of himself in the mirror is adorable. He is such a sweet boy!
I get a weekly email of “What your baby is up to” from some baby site, and just last week it said that at 7.5 months my baby should be figuring out it’s his reflection in the mirror! Thought that was so cute.
How you can tell james is smart: he always poses for pictures! Maggie is oblivious
Henry is so big! And definitely chatty
Hey! The test they often do for psychology experiments is putting a dot on their forehead while they aren’t paying attention and then putting him/her in front of a mirror. If he/she point at the dot on the mirror image, he/she hasn’t grasped it yet. But if he/she feels on his/her own forehead, he/she gets it!
Must be fun to do sometime when Henry is a bit older! 
I saw this on a discovery channel documentary, it was so cool to watch between the toddlers that didn’t get it and those that did. They did it with a dot of paint so it moved as their finger moved in the paint.
This is so cool, I’d love to try this with our son!
I was feeling so stressed out at work before I watched Henry chatting to himself! Maybe singing? Thanks for posting, it turned my afternoon around
That video of Henry is SO adorable !!
Holy goodness! That was a pretty precious video of Henry. I love all of those sweet, happy sounds he makes!
AWwww CUTE!!
Awwww.. he’s so cute Caitlin!
(tmi, but I still breastfeed and I just felt the milk coming when I heard him babbling on the video. lol!)
hahahaha!
ha!
1) I totally thought James was wearing a striped sweater by my quick glance of how the light/shadows were hitting his body! LOL
2) super cute video!
…I’m off to coach lesson 4 for GOTR…
That is too cute! On a side note, that hash looks so good!
my comment is off topic, but just wanted to say that I’ve been meaning to purchase your Fiona sports bra and a reflective vest and I finally did this weekend! Love that the bra straps are adjustable! cant wait to wear both tonight!
Awwww, CUTE! I love watching babies discover stuff like that.
Although I’m not sure I had grasped the concept of a reflection yet. Not sure; might have to ask my parents if they remember…
We have photos of me standing in front of a mirror when I was a toddler–so fun to look at years later.
Henry is so cute! I think my little brother did something similar when he was a baby. Good luck getting all of your work done!
Love the video!
I love that stage. I remember when my son reached out to grab the baby in the mirror and he was so surprised that he touched something hard. He just gave me a look that was hilarious.
So precious!! that baby (and baby in the mirror) just makes my heart melt.
Oh my is that adorable!
Caitlin Henry is so freakin cute!!! That strawberry hair is too much for my soul…..
Precious!!!
That is too cute! I bet Henry’s thinking: “Who IS that good lookin’ baby?!” And love your meal…all my favorite simple, go-to foods in one dish!
Adorable video
Love all the baby videos! Keep em’ coming!
Love love love- my son coos like that all day long and it melts my heart! He also “sings” along with us- his favorite songs are “Danny Boy” and the song from the forest in Sleeping Beauty. He’s a lover already!
Clearly, the video is adorable!
I wish I could be that easily amused.
Ah! The baby in the mirror! We have one in our house, too….
our son loves going “baby hunting” where we take him around the house, and find the baby in all of the bathrooms. It’s so cute. Henry sounds so happy!
Henry is so cute and adorable! Waaaaaaaahhh!! I want to meet him
This child of yours is seriously heart-melting. He can’t be any cuter! Those eyes. Ah. I have no words.
Oh my goodness- so adorable! I’m pretty sure he’s telling the baby in the mirror what a cutey he is!
P.S. Your computer screen is HUGE! I am jealous!
So cute!! Henry is a week older than my son, Tim, who has just making really similar noises!!! Love it
I forgot to say on the other post about home decor that the way you can handle the cables coming off your desk is to attach them (as simple as a good tape) along the underside and leg of your table.
My cat got kind of freaked out hearing that video! But I thought it was cute.
Also, I’m reading some old posts (I started reading HTP about six months ago or so), and now know that Henry is actually supposed to be named Cashew Butter.
Lol the baby coos confused my dog too!
Awwwwweeee – what a cute video!!!! He is precious!
This is too cute, I want to squeeze him!
I would LOVE to know what goes through a baby’s mind and just what exactly they are saying!
he is absolutely adorable!!!! great video!