we had a wonderful birthday party for hj monkey with friends and family at the zoo. we were so close to the polar bears we could see them walking around while we ate! we made bug collectors and collected (fake, mostly) bugs and had a puppet show and face painting and all kinds of fun. …

well. i spent all day yesterday reveling in henry’s vivaciousness and life and celebrating his two years with us on this planet. every day has been bigger and better than the last and i can’t believe how blessed i’ve been as his mom.  but i spent all week leading up to it aching for another …

so this little person turns 2 tomorrow. every time i mention his birthday for the past two weeks, he says “henry birthday hat.” i had no idea how he even knew what a birthday hat was, but i’ve been meaning to go get him a pile of party hats to take to daycare with him …