90% Big Boy

Time for Henry's 2 year check up. He hammed it up for me as he usually does when the camera comes out! He immediately wants to see the pictures of himself afterwards. He checked out perfectly healthy, averaging 90% in all areas. 30.2 pounds= 85%, an even 3 feet tall=88%, and a nice big head at 20 inches= 96%. Lots of brains in that big head!! :)

He was a very cooperative patient, saying "ahh" when he's supposed to, following the light with his eyes, giggling when his belly was poked, running around the room when the doctor asked him to walk, and showing off his chatting capabilities! This was one area we were concerned about at his 18 month check up. His verbal skills were a little slow to develop, I'm most certain it's because his older brother won't let him get a word in! Henry's words have blossomed in the past couple months, now putting words together. He can say just about anything now if prompted (and Kellan loves to prompt him into saying all those "potty" words that boys for some reason love to say). No more pointing and grunting at things. "me doo-it" is a favorite. He finally is able to say Kellan "Kan-kan", which has been a very hard one for him. He loves his big brother and seeks his approval and attention. They play together pretty well, although Henry is certainly starting to be the non-sharer of the two. Kellan often gives into Henry's crying (screaming) and gives him what he wants. I discourage this so that Henry learns! They also are happy playing two different things. I have enjoyed watching their relationship grow and often sit back and let them figure (battle) issues out. This is what siblings do, right?! I'm still in denial that my "baby" is 2! Tim and I are open (depending on the hour) to having more (one more) child and we'll see what God has planned. Right now, we are so thankful and blessed to have these healthy boys in our lives!

Happy 2nd Birthday Henry Theodore!

It's time for a party! We had to wake Henry from his nap right as our first guests were arriving. We went low key this birthday with just a few friends. One of the many reasons we are moving, so that we have more space to invite all our friends. Although I can't say Henry has a lot of friends yet! The Blairs (Wyatt and Wes), The O'Shaughnessy's (Ollie and Lily) and our neighbor's, The Brown's (Ruth-Henry's daycare pal).

Henry's favorites: mac-n-cheese and chicken nuggets were served for the little ones. The adults got to eat crockpot lasagna and salad. I let the guys handle the crazy kids, while the ladies ate leisurely in the dining room. :)

Decided to have one game for our firetruck themed party: stick the hat on the dalmation (a version of pin the tail on the donkey). A couple of pictures of the boys while they are cooperating.

Lily was happy to join in the picture too, Ruth wasn't so sure. She was a little shy around all these loud boys. Kellan is peaking out of his shades to put his sticker exactly where it belongs.

Henry's friends: Wesley and Lily (Wes and Lily are about 6 months younger)

I attempted to be Martha again with Henry's birthday cake. Bought a Wilton Firetruck pan and followed the directions. It looks pretty good in a picture, just don't look too close. I'd say not bad for my first decorated cake. Thank goodness a 2 year old isn't too judgemental!

Love the intense look of Henry's face while we are singing, then the very excited "Yay for me!" look while we were clapping.

Waiting for cake! It's chocolate and yummy!

Is that all the cake I get?!

Time for presents. Henry got some fun new books, a Little People dump truck, and a cool Playmobile rocket. Thanks everyone!

Goodie bags were passed out and everyone took home these fun, rubbery, light-up chicks.

We Skyped the Lanz's at bedtime and showed them all the neat toys Henry got for his birthday. A very fun day!

Party Prep

It's the party prep committee! Yay, it's our sweet boy Henry Theodore's birthday today! He is "tee-oo" as he likes to say. Not sure he understands the whole meaning, but he sees and hears the excitement in Kellan's voice and gets excited too. Very cute! After some pancakes, we had Henry open a couple of his presents, on the strong urging of Kellan. Of course Kellan insisted on helping him open them. He also helped me wrap them, so knew exactly what was in them (more toys to play with!)

This present had Christmas paper on it since it was a "leftover". I had decided they each had too many presents already at Christmas time so put one away for a birthday. Henry loves trucks of any kind, enjoys watching the garbage truck out the window in the morning. So now his very own.

I got the cheese of approval on that gift!

From all of our closet cleaning,I found a few rolls of streamers. So I had 2 very willing participants in decorating for the party.

After running a few errands, we treated the boys to some McDonalds (still don't get why kids like this place). I guess it's all about the toy that gets played with for all of about 5 minutes! Oh well, Happy Birthday Henny!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My two sweethearts!! Happy Valentine's Day!

It wasn't Kellan's day to go to school, so I took both boys in for his party in the afternoon. The kids were all sitting on the rug anxiously waiting for the party to start. Henry loves going to Kellan's school and playing with all the "new" toys.

The kids had a plateful of sugar, I mean, goodies! Henry liked being a big kid too, although he was a little hesitant. I think he thought I was leaving him there. :) I was the only Mom there today so I was very popular! "Kellan's Mom, Kellan's Mom..." They all had something to tell or show me. Very cute!

After all the sugar was eaten, we headed outside for some play time. Henry was like a little new puppy that 4 or 5 kids followed around. He of course wanted nothing to do with them and insisted on going to the toddler playground where he saw people his own size.

This is Kellan's Valentine's Day box he made at school. Very large and held lots of goodies!

I helped him make these cute rockets I found online. We wrapped paper around a mini fruit roll-up, taped on tissue paper for the flame and a Hershey's kiss for the tip. Kellan signed his name on all of them and I wrote "You're a Blast!". I felt like Martha (Stewart)! :) A very fun day!

Date night with Buzz and Woody

Tim and I had an early Valentine's date night. We went to our church's annual dinner and auction at the Rivercreek Country Club. We got to get dressed up, have a fancy dinner and spend lots of money! My kind of night! We bid on a couple small items, like the Buzz and Woody cut outs for the boys. Our table of 10 bid together on a dinner with our Pastor Fr Mosimann and Parochial Vicar Fr Peffley at the Rectory. Looking forward to that!

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Our sitters for the evening were Aileen and Carolyn. We picked them up earlier in the afternoon, fed them all dinner before we left at 6pm. They had fun playing hide-n-seek, games and who knows what else! They said the boys did great. They went to church with us the next morning before we took them back home (to MD). Just wish our sitters lived a bit closer!