Henry is TWO!

Checking out the new bike! (Look how small it is!)
Getting ready for the party!

Look at the expression on his face...he loved that cake!!

Henry turned two years old on Saturday. He was so darn cute; all day we kept telling him "It's your birthday today!" and he would act like he was blowing out candles. Brett had gotten him a balance bike for his birthday which we gave him on Saturday. A balance bike is essentially just a bike without pedals. It allows the child to use their feet to push themselves along so they learn how to balance and steer a bike. They can get going fast then put their feet up and coast too. Once they master the balance bike, they are ready for a bike with pedals (and no training wheels). Of course he loves it! He's only gotten one chance to use it so far since it started raining, but as soon as the weather improves I'm sure he'll want to use it all the time.

On Sunday we had the grandparents, Uncle Geoff, my aunt and uncle Joan and Bill and cousin Kate over for cake and presents. Gigi made him a basketball cake, which Henry absolutely LOVED. He also loved all the attention and presents! We are so fortunate to have so many people that love him so much. Thank you to everyone who was here - whether physically or in spirit! :)

The video is just a short clip of him getting his bike.

In non-birthday related news - the cold/virus/lung infection has cleared up but in it's place has settled a particularly nasty case of thrush. It started on his upper gum, cleared up for a couple days then came back on his tongue and has since spread to the roof of his mouth and throat. Today we saw the doctor for his 2 year check up and she prescribed a medicine for it. But until it clears up he is having a very tough time eating and is in pain. Always with the eating!! He only weighs 22 pounds, 5 ounces, which puts him in the 2nd percentile. He is 35 inches tall (long?), which puts him in the 65th percentile.