Henry's 2nd Birthday- um, yes, finally

Well, you will see that the pictures were very bad- out of focus and blurry and dark. Hard to believe they were taken with my "good" camera! I guess I need to teach Shawn how to use the auto-focus feature! There are a couple pics that I doctored up so they would be decent. But overall you see that we all had a good time. I posted several more pictures on our flickr site (link is on the right side of this page).

Henry's party was on the Fourth of July (rightfully so). We invited close friends and neighbors to come celebrate for lunch. It was just too hot to do anything later in the day and we didn't want to keep anyone from seeing the fireworks, if those were their plans. We don't go to fireworks yet. It would not be worth the hassle to keep the kids up that late.

This was the fastest I have ever thrown together a menu, decorations, and party! We got back home on Saturday evening and the party was 10am Monday morning! But we decorated everything in either Thomas the Train or Red, White, and Blue.



We ate all the BBQ classics: Burgers, macaroni and cheese, and baked beans. I introduced a new dessert this year, which will now be a July 4th tradition. I stuffed strawberries with cheesecake filling and topped it with a blueberry. Oh. Yum.



Henry had a birthday cake which were two Jello poke cakes frosted with Cool Whip. He actually blew out his birthday candle, too!




He also had birthday cupcakes, just because I wanted to make (and eat) my homemade buttercream frosting!


Instead of ice cream, I put ice cream sandwiches on sticks and dipped them in festive sprinkles. I will throw a Red, White, and Blue birthday party every year for him- until he just flat our refuses.


I know it is hard to see, but look at Henry's big smile here! Hey, where did his juice box go?


Henry entertained us when opening his presents. He was very enthusiastic! He would say: "Oh My Go-no" Everything was Thomas the Train or trucks or something he loved.



After it was all over, we measured our little man on the family growth chart.



Henry measured at 33 inches. (Nick and Stella were both 35 inches on their second birthdays...)

I STILL have not taken him to get his 2yr old pictures taken. He has this scab thing on his scalp that won't heal. Then he needed a haircut, but I had to wait for the scab to get better. Then he got the haircut but scratched open the scab. Then he got a huge bruise in the middle of his forehead! The bruise is now yellow so it should be gone soon. And it will be easier to take him for a picture when the other two are in school. So, soon.

--Kate