I'm only posting this picture because it reminds me of how YUMMY the food was!
but this is where he spent alot of his time...
Here's the homemade yogurt strawberry cake I made for my big guy. When it came time to sing Happy Birthday, Trent knew just what to do with the candle....although he did struggle a little.
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| the strawberries are supposed to form a 2 on top |
He didn't get as messy this year as he did last year! Maybe the cake wasn't as good...eeeek. Just kidding.
Later, I tied balloons to Maggie, but she didn't float away
A few days later, on Trent's actual birthday, Kevin took off work so we could spend the day as a family. We started by taking Trent to IHOP for breakfast! The waitress asked if she could sing and bring ice cream out for him, but sadly we had to get going. Kevin had a doctors appointment just down the street that we were running late for. Luckily, the appointment was very quick, so we were able to continue our day-o-fun by going to Hullaballoo (an indoor play place for kids). We spent a few hours there climbing, sliding, running, and throwing balls. Being that it was a weekday, there weren't many other people there, which was nice. Once Trent was all tuckered out, we headed home for a nap. It was a good thing he got a couple hours of rest, because as soon as he was up, we jumped back into it. We decided to take the ball and head to the basketball court down the street. During our walk (the court is only 3 houses down) we ran into Uncle Paul. He was on his way to bring Trent some cupcakes, so he joined us on the court instead. I made the silly mistake of insisting Trent have a cupcake right then....which totally distracted him from playing ball. Fast forward a bit....after dinner we had, yet another homemade (albeit boxed) cake, along with the rest of Uncle Paul's cupcakes. 
Trent's 2-year well-visit with the pediatrician was a week or two after his birthday. We went over all the usual stuff, and overall Trent is doing great. He's in the 50th percentile for weight, height, and head circumference (28 lb, 34"L, 19"). She was happy to hear that Trent's speech is improving. He now says approximately 20 words on his own, but he will try to repeat other random words we say from time to time. The words he says regularly include (but are not limited to): no, truck, poop, baby, dada, ma, bubbles, cup, juice, milk, sit, ball, shoes, up, bye, hi, please, and go. He will also make the noises different things in lieu of saying the actual object: woof woof (dog), gitcha gitcah (which is supposed to be the chugga chugga of a train), baaa (sheep), and vrrrooom (car, boat, plane, helicopter).
Here are a couple of the classic chair photos.
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| on his birthday, whenever we asked him how old he was, he'd try to hold up 2 fingers and say "two"...but his "two" sounded just like "six" |
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| here he is pointing at the beautiful quilt Aunt I made for him before he was born |
