(that is perhaps my most dull title … ever)
It has been almost a month since Tommy’s birthday.
It was a fun day with door balloons, party hats, pizza, chocolate milk, birthday cake, and presents! Plus, lots of hugs and kisses and smiles.
We all had to have our party hats on …
We had chocolate cake sandwiches for Tommy’s birthday cake …
He concentrated really hard to get that first candle blown out …
Since all of Tommy’s breath was going up and moving his hair, I think it was a puff from one of his brothers that actually got that first candle out.
Tommy was focused again, determined to get that second candle out …
He might have gotten this one out on his own, or maybe his mom helped a little. I’m not sayin’ …
Tommy wasn’t as thrilled with his cake as I’d hoped, but Billy more than made up for it!
Then it was time for some presents …
Trying to keep the brothers back so Tommy would have room was tricky …
Tommy was good at unwrapping and didn’t really appreciate my attempts to help.
On Mother’s Day some family came for dinner and we celebrated some more. Tommy was quite social and even gave quite a few hugs …
And the older boys got some good video game time with Cousin Danny …
In between all that celebrating, Tommy visited our friendly pediatrician. He was declared happy, healthy, and fine. He weighed in at 26.5 pounds, was 33.7 inches tall, and his head measured 19.2 inches in circumference. His height and weight were both in the 30th percentile. Good enough for me!
The doctor was rattling off all the things that Tommy should be doing and I was nodding along and thinking how advanced my son was. Then the doctor said, “He should have close to 50 words …” and I paused. I told the doctor that I didn’t think he had that many, but my oldest son was slow to start speaking so neither of us worried. Yeah. Tommy has way more than 50 words now. Around our house it is affectionately called his “language explosion!” Everyday he says something new. It is sometimes hard for me to remember to listen closely and that those noises he’s making are actually words!
We love having a two year old again!