Harvey turns 2!

Our cute Harvey boy turned 2 on November 15th! His actual birthday wasn't super exciting, but luckily he is just 2 and doesn't understand or care. He came with me to a baby checkup while Max was at preschool. He sat there so quietly and ate pretzels like a champ. Harvey loves pretzels!

And in the afternoon the poor guy had to skip his nap and come to another doctor appointment, this one a last checkup for Max's eye. Luckily the office had a super cool fish tank.

Harvey received lots of love and FaceTime calls and in person visits too! I only happened to grab a screenshot of his visit with Nana and Botz and his visit with Monka.

A birthday bubble bath. I thought this would be fun for him and it was for a minute, but it turns out he doesn't like how bubbles stick to you easily! I sure love his smile.

The next day we had a family birthday dinner at McDonald's, clearly the only place we like to celebrate the kids' birthdays. For the record, we'd let them go anywhere they chose! They just always choose McDonald's. 

We had birthday cupcakes too. 

I took these two snaps from a video - he got so smiley and cute while we were singing "Happy Birthday" to him! It was adorable. And then he totally blew out all his candles on the first try, shocking us all. 

Gigi and Poppy came by with some fun gifts for him, including his very own scooter! He was so excited to try it out.

I can't believe Harvey is 2. Wasn't he just barely this little squishy baby with a crazy umbilical hernia and rolls and a cue ball head?? Time is such a thief. 

Some things about Harvey at 2 years old:

- He LOVES drinks. Give him some kind of special juice and he'll be your best friend. He's a pretty good eater too, but drinks are a sure-fire win for him.

- Harvey is so adventurous. He runs with abandon and loves to climb and jump off of anything he's allowed to, or not allowed to.

- He has followed his brother's footsteps and inherited a love for cars, dinosaurs, and trains. Cars the most though.

- He has the cutest little impish smile. It matches his personality so well!

- Harvey loves his big siblings and fancies himself one of the big kids. But he is no passive 3rd child - he will definitely make it known if there is any foul play or unfairness.

- He is the best snuggler. You wouldn't think he would be given how active he is, but if I'm sitting or lying on the couch he'll often wander over to me and ask to snuggle. Or ask to "hold you." 

We just love our Harvey boy so much!!