Henry's birthday

Henry's second birthday was May 13th.  We celebrated on the actual day with his favorite meals -- 

grilled cheese for lunch, pizza for supper -- and ate both of them outside!

We took the pizza and cupcakes to the lake for a picnic, since Henry really loves going to the lake.

He actually ended up feeding his cupcake to the fish after he ate the frosting off...I guess we know which part is his favorite.

But he really loved looking at the fish with Daddy!

We also got to see boats,

throw rocks in the water,

and play some football.

Happy boy!

We also had a little birthday party the next weekend with the Kaldenbachs and grandparents.

Henry finished off that day by helping Travis wash the car and getting completely soaked, then coming in to play with his new "choo choo trains" minus the wet clothes.

We had a great time celebrating Henry's little life.  We love our two year old and we are so blessed by him and grateful that the Lord has entrusted him to us!

Beach Trip

A few weeks ago Henry and I were able to go to the beach with Andria, Teri Lee, Carter and Samuel.  Andria has rented this condo for a week the last two Summers, and Henry and I were able to go last year and this year.  It is so nice being right on the beach with the boys, and it is so much fun for all of them to get to play together.

I think Henry's favorite activity of the week was playing "choo choo trains."  Carter brought his train set and Henry never got tired of it.  

The boys also all enjoyed watching movies...

and even got to use Andi's ipad!

There were also lots of books read

and lots of bubbles blown on the back porch.

We also went to the aquarium in Myrtle Beach on one of the rainy days.  Henry loved putting his hands in the water in the touch tanks, but he wasn't such a big fan of the fish swimming in them...I think he missed the point of that :)

And we got to go under the water tunnel!

The first day that we went out to the beach, Henry was enjoying putting his feet in the water and feeling the waves...

until he got overconfident and this happened.  Then he didn't want to go near the water for the rest of the week!

But all of the boys enjoyed playing and digging in the sand.

And this little guy especially loved it!  Carter and Henry were very careful not to get wet or sandy while playing, but Samuel had no reservations!

Even though we had a great time, we still missed Daddy!  Henry got to talk to him on the phone most afternoons.

And on the last day that Henry and I were there, we took a trip to Krispy Kreme!  Henry hadn't had a Krispy Kreme doughnut before, but he loved it.

And this was the funniest reaction I've ever seen anyone have to a doughnut!

Thanks, Andi, for a fun week at the beach!