Henry's 2nd Birthday Party

Okay, I swear I am almost finished with the birthday pictures…2 weeks after the fact, haha.  But I wanted to share some pictures of Henry's 2nd birthday party.  So grateful for all of our friends and family who made it to the party and came to celebrate with us!  :)

Here is the firetruck birthday cake I made for my little honey badger :)

And here is a "beautiful" picture Charlotte took of me getting ready…she wanted to play photographer that day, and was going around with the camera just like mommy does haha.  I think she has a few things to learn :)

Bad lighting here (thanks to Charlotte switching my camera settings), but Henry was so excited when he got up from his nap and saw the party balloons!!!

Happy boy :)

l have the exact same picture from his 1st birthday party :)

All dressed and ready for his party guests!

He is definitely up to no good here…about to do something he knows he isn't allowed to do :)

"Are you watching mommy? Here I go!"

"Okay, maybe I shouldn't try to jump off of the ottoman when mommy is standing right there…"

"Unless, of course, everyone is going to laugh again…then I will hop right back up there!" :)

Eddie and Tessa, same expression!

Posing with Abigail (who is clearly paying absolutely no attention)

Rare pictures of the two of us!

Henry sharing his food with Cas

Kim & Abigail

Clearly, the girls weren't very cooperative!

The grill master hard at work, haha

All of the kids (and Jess) playing with Henry's cars

Little ham

Still loving those balloons!

Me & my Jessica

Hugs for Aunt Jess :)

Attempting a family picture, but someone wouldn't cooperate (as usual, haha)

"I. WANT. THAT. CAKE!!!!"

Still trying to get at the firetruck, saying "wassat?! wassat?!"

Perhaps I am singing "Happy Birthday" a little bit too enthusiastically :)

Blowing out the candles

Patiently waiting for us to cut his cake

Okay, not so patiently now…he can't take his eyes off of it, as if he doesn't trust that we are actually going to give it to him haha

Henry still won't take his eyes off of the cake!

Apparently, Jess and Jon were taking too long to strap him in…he had to take care of it himself so we could get on with the cake! :)

No time to wait for utensils!!!

MUST.EAT.CAKE!

Not sure why he didn't have a spoon or fork yet, but it certainly didn't stop him haha

Another attempt at a partial family shot :)

Finally a utensil!  Showing Aunt Jess how to inhale the cake :)

This is awesome!

Amassing a collection of zippy cups, apparently!

l have no explanation for this…Mike was sitting down and Henry just kept on going over to him and getting in this position.  Bizarre.  And kind of funny :)

Buddies

Again, no explanation here…he wanted to ride his balloon, and of course Jess was right there along with him :)

Dance party time!

Henry finishing the night off with a little break dancing…quite the 2nd birthday party! :)

A big "thank you" to Mamie & Poppy for hosting such a wonderful party, and to all of our friends/family for coming to celebrate...it was a great night, and it was so wonderful to see Henry surrounded with so much love  :)

Xoxoxo