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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Birthday Bash (for Henry and the country)!

Better late than never, eh? For those of you in the know, Henry's first birthday was July 2nd. We had a big bash to celebrate the day, and Henry seemed to have a great time. He entertained guests with his rendition of Da-Da-Noing, held them in breathless anticipation as he studied and mauled his birthday cake (although he never really ate any), jumped in his above ground pool (relax ... it's one of those plastic baby pools!) and got antsy as we opened all of his presents. A great time was had by all. Enjoy the pictures ... the second one is Henry in his red wagon, a birthday present from Mommy and Daddy!

Two days later, our nation celebrated its birthday. The weather wasn't nearly as good. Actually, it rained. It rained a lot. It was really heartening, though, to see all the folks around us that showed up for the Fourth of July parade. We all got wet, we all had umbrellas or slickers or windbreakers (or all of the above), but many of the folks in the parade did not. It was great to show our support for our neighborhood and our country (I know, all we did was stand in the rain ... but it was still nice).

1 comment:

Ava Elizabeth and Lillian Christine said...

Happy Birthday Henry and congrats on learning how to walk! You do the rest of us babies proud!