2.

On Wednesday our guy turned 2.




Henry and I had come to Arizona the day before, so we held a small birthday party for him on Wednesday night at my parents' house with Bill, Alyson, Syd, Mia, and Kennie. The party featured loads and loads of balloons (with only a few mild injuries sustained while blowing them up), Henry's favorite Christmas album by Bela' Fleck and the Flecktones, a Frosty the Snowman cake, and a special guest appearance by Dad via Face Time on our phones. Henry had a blast dancing and jumping around all the balloons with his cute cousins. The video doesn't do justice to how much fun he had that night -- the boy can dance -- but it's the best one we ended up with. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes on his big day.

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfDfGM7DECs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7fE3eCP_hQ

thanksgiving in dallas

We tried to take some family pictures while we were in Dallas for Thanksgiving. Be serious. It was 35 minutes full of tears, wiping Henry's nose, feeding him marshmallows between shots, and shouts of, "Henry! Look! Truck!" and, "Henry! Look! Plane!" and, "Henry! Look! Cows!" Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for being such good sports about it. Here are some of the winning shots. Really.

(check out Grandpa's shadow on the tree. Very artful. An instant classic.)

Mom, how did you ever manage to do a family picture every year with three kids and Charlie?