Henry Ernest Wessman

Meet Henry Ernest, fresh off a nine-month stay in solitary confinement.

He keeps his hands up by his face a lot.

Julie holds Henry.

If you're happy and you know it...

Henry enjoys the radiation heater above him. Julie and I want to invent a big one like this that can hang over a bed, and which would also be a fan in the summer.







Stanley's first meeting with Henry.

Stanley practices soft touching.

Grandma Jolene and Henry.

Not long after meeting his brother, Stanley was introduced to the in-room television.

I'm not afraid to fight.

But I'm so sleepy.



Henry has been pretty interested in nursing. This is his default pose.

Stanley's second encounter with Henry. He looked up at mom in a nice way.

I'm hopeful that this smile does not represent any devious plans that Stanley has for his little brother.

something tells me it's all happening at the zoo

So in Minneapolis, about 12 minutes from where we live, and even closer to where we will live starting tomorrow (!!!), there's a park called Como park. At this park is a zoo, where for a suggested donation of $2 for adults and 1$ per child, you can go spend the day. Stanley and I did this yesterday, and had a great time. You really can't beat a 12 minute drive and $3 for a whole day of polar bears, monkeys, sea lions doing tricks, lions, giraffes, and a nice picnic lunch. It was really too bad that our camera was out of batteries and the spare battery is heaven-knows-where in the storage unit. This park also has a little amusement park with rides for the under-12 crowd; a carousel in a big pavillion so it can operate through halloween; a big conservaroty with a bonsai gallery, a fern room, and rain forrest room that's supposed to be a real treat to go to in the winter; a lake stocked with fish; a pool; an 18-hole golf course; miniature golf; and a bunch of ball fields. I had read before we came that minnesota has a great park system, and it's true! We have already been to a bunch of awesome parks. Many of them are built around these huge lakes, so they have like 20 miles of trails for running or walking (or cross-country skiing), and lots of wildlife areas. I know we missed the hottest part of the summer, but almost every day here has been really nice--perfect park weather. It's a nice place to live in the summer. Ask me again in February.