Happy Birthday, Reed!

We celebrated Reed's second birthday today with a family "monkey" party at our house. We served all of his favorite foods...chicken nuggets, mandarin oranges, and kix! Reed was very confused by the candles, but blew them out before we finished his birthday song. He loved all of his presents (especially the bubble wrap!)

We've come a long way in two years. It seems like just yesterday that we were taking turns visiting him in the NICU for five weeks and counting down the days until we could introduce him to Alex. The trauma (and the smell) of all the millions of spit ups has faded, and we now have one very grown up little boy!

Reed is fun and funny and silly and the complete opposite of his brother. He is a dare-devil and a world class cuddler all wrapped up on one cute little package. He may still be little, but his personality is huge! He can say tons of words and even a few sentences. His favorite phrases are "thank you", "more milk mommy" and any variety of commands followed by "now". He is sweet and cute and a joy to be around - we love you Reed!