2 Year Well Check

We saw Dr. Traynham yesterday for Henry's 2 year well-check and everything went great. He was blown away by his verbal skills and says he's several months advanced for his age. He checked all his nooks and crannys and all looked well! It's time to visit a pediatric dentist, so I'll be calling to make an appt. to get his little chompers checked out soon! We are going to switch from whole milk to 2% and we are now free to try peanuts/peanutbutter and shellfish. Brad can't wait to feed Henry his first boiled peanut from Creel's this weekend! And I can't wait for him to have some good ol' local McClellanville Shrimp! Woo Hoo! We discussed discipline and consistency is the one thing that kept coming up. He explained that it was normal for 2 year olds to push the limits and it's our job as parents to try to steer them in the right direction and try to stay sane at the same time. Good luck!!! Henry was his normal charming self while trying to take apart the paper roll aparatus and at the end of the appt. Dr. Traynham goes: "He is awesome! I could do this all day long!" I was pretty proud and walked away feeling pretty good about my little angel! Check out his stats below:

• Height: 36 1/4 inches (92nd percentile)
• Weight: 31.5 lbs. (80th percentile)

*note: they don't measure their noggin's after 18 months

A Very Buggy Birthday Party

Saturday was the absolute most perfect day to have a birthday party at Henry's favorite park! We rented the picnic shed just beside the playground and the theme was just what every little boy loves: Bugs and Dirt!

We had pizza, juice boxes, worms, bugs, spiders, rats, and all kinds of other critters that covered the tables. Henry had several of his little friends and cousins come and they all had so much fun playing with the bugs and on the playground.

I made these little centerpieces for the tables.

Check out all those creepy crawlers!

Nana made these cupcakes with "dirt and worms" on them.

I went "Martha Stewart" and made Henry's cake this year. It's a "Worm Dirt Cake" made in a terracotta pot. It turned out so cute!

Henry contemplating his next move. The child did not STOP the entire party. His little cheeks were bright red!

Mommy and the birthday boy

Chase 6 months

Christine and Olivia

Uncle D

Jesse

Aunt Sarah and Bradley
The Lucas' drove all the way from Greenville and BACK in one day just for Henry's party! Thank you so much! And thanks to Uncle O too!

Nana and Papa and Henry

Mimi and Pops and Henry

Pops and Henry

Henry's bestie Olivia helped him open all of his presents! So cute!
This is the John Deer Tractor that Nana and Papa gave him. It was quite a hit with all the children yesterday!

All in all, Henry had the best birthday any little 2 year old could ask for! Thanks to everyone who came!

A Year in Review

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March 7, 2009

March 7, 2008

Henry's 2 Year Old B'day Party at Daycare

Henry had a little birthday party at "school"/Mrs. Brenda's today.

I made cupcakes and brought everyone a birthday hat to help celebrate his big day tomorrow!

We all sang Happy Birthday and I could tell Henry loved that feeling you get when everyone is singing that song to YOU! He had this big smile and then blew out his candles!

This is Mrs. Brenda, a.k.a Saint Brenda. I do not know how she stays sane doing the job that she does, but I sure am glad she does. Henry loves her! And I mean, really loves her! She is so patient and kind and soft spoken and you can really tell all the children love her. It's such a great feeling to know Henry is happy and safe while Brad and I are at work.

These are some of Henry's little friends that he plays with everyday!