Henry has officially turned 2 years old! We celebrated his actual birthday (6/15) while in Virginia Beach with my family. Made chocolate chip cookies (a double batch with no mixer -- thank you Daniel's arm muscles), sang happy birthday and opened lots of gifts. All the while, he was feeling a little bit beside himself cause I woke him from a nap because it was 6pm and he still wasn't up. You know what they say about not waking sleeping babies? It stands true for toddlers too. :)
A little bit about being 2. You are talking more and more. After coming home from vacation you really exploded with language development. I think we can thank your 5 nieces and nephews for that. You say things like "turn the TV off" and "humidifier." The other day Daddy said to you "you got your mom's beautiful butt" and you quickly repeated back "mom's beautiful butt." I guess it's in full swing now where we have to really watch what we're saying. :)
Your favorite books are: Goodnight Moon, Snuggle Puppy, Trucks and Trains. You also love hearing Aunt Anna's and both grandma's voices in the books that they have recorded for you.
Your favorite foods are: cheese (you've been known to have 5 sticks in one day), blueberries, bread (you'll say "cold bread" because you don't want it toasted)
Your favorite toys are: Bunny (he's in the picture below) who you do everything with. We've had to explain multiple times that bunny can't get in the bath tub. Poor bunny's mouth is so dirty from being fed, bottled, given medicine to, kisses, etc. You are also loving cars and trucks right now and play with a toy parking garage structure a lot. Papa O'Hara also made you a barn and you play with your animals a lot in there. Horses, lions, giraffes -- they all live harmoniously in the barn. :)
Your first babysitter: Devina Johnson, a coworkers daughter who is 16yo, just babysat you for the first time this past week. You did wonderful especially because you'd never had a babysitter before (well, Grandma and Papa Breuer watched you for a weekend when you were 7 months old). Devina said you cried for a little bit when you woke from your nap and we weren't there, but otherwise she said you didn't cry at all. That sure will make it easier for us to do more date nights. Especially because we spent our first wild and crazy date at Lenscrafters getting bifocals for Daniel. :) Hot, right? Well then we went to dinner. :)
We got these pictures taken by a friend, Denise, that Daniel and I work with. I'll be posting vacation pictures, too, in the next couple of days. We had such a great time, but I'll tell you all about it in the next post. Stay tuned!
