Elijah Turns One!: The Party

The Saturday after Elijah's birthday we had a dog-gone good time at his dog themed birthday party! I chose a dog theme because it was one of the first animals Elijah could identify, and he always gets excited to see a doggy. :) It was really a special party because several of Tim's family members were able to come from Wisconsin for it. Elijah seemed to enjoy the attention, he has always been a people person, and he definitely enjoyed his cupcake!

I made some decorations, including a birthday banner,

dog balloons,

and dog cupcakes!

This was my first attempt at cake decorating and I think they turned out pretty well!

And, of course, there were lots and lots of presents!

Elijah just learned how to ride this bike all by himself today!

After opening his presents, we all sang "Happy Birthday" to Elijah and he hammed it up eating his cupcake. I knew it would be a good show because he has always enjoys his food. :)

You can't stop eating for pictures. :)

I'm really happy with the way we celebrated Elijah's first birthday. We made a lot of good memories and showed Eli how much he is loved. I read in a magazine once that a mom started a blog without the intention of ever having followers or readers, but just so that she and her family could look back on what everyday life was like. She wanted her kids to be able to see pictures and hear stories and thoughts on life when they were young. I would like to do a better job of that on here. This blog was started to keep near and far family and friends up to date on our every changing life, and it is doing just that. But I want to start recording more, posting more pictures and writing more thoughts on everyday life. For this blog to be a digital scrapbook of sorts. Hopefully someday adult Elijah will be able to look back at our blog and see how many people have loved on him over the years. :)

Elijah Turns One!: The Birthday

We have been very busy celebrating at our house...Elijah had his first birthday!!!! Since his birthday was on a Wednesday, we had a fun day on his actual birthday and then had his party on Saturday.

On his actual birthday, Elijah and I went to story time at our library like we usually do on Wednesday mornings. Elijah received his first birthday card from a little friend of his who is only 20 days younger than him. It is always fun to watch the two boys enjoy the stories and singing together. At the end, the whole group sang happy birthday to Elijah, and I think he may have sort of realized they were singing to him. :) That afternoon we skyped with my sister and her kids so they could all sing happy birthday to Eli.

Nana & Papa gave Elijah this couch for his birthday. :)

For his special birthday snack Elijah had a powdered donut, which he thoroughly enjoyed. And I thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures of it. We were still talking to my sister and Elijah was being very silly.

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Daddy came home a bit later and we gave Elijah his presents. We decided I would make his gifts since I have been improving my crochet and sewing skills a lot recently. I crocheted a football hat, made a Packer blanket with Elijah's name on it, and made a felt quiet time book.

For dinner we took Elijah to McDonald's, but we forgot the camera. Overall I think it was a pretty good first birthday. :) Stay tuned for Part 2 of Elijah Turns One!: The Party