Eli's 1st Birthday Party - Friends

We are so sad that we did not get a group picture of all the friends at Eli's 1st birthday party, but here are some pictures of some friends playing at the party.

Kate and Eli playing with the ABC bus

Although we told our friends that gifts for Eli were not necessary, Eli was overwhelmed by the number of birthday presents. Everyone was very generous and Eli and his friends had so much fun opening the presents and playing with the new toys.Here is Ryan checking out a present before passing it on to Eli.
Eli and Mommy reading a card.
Look at Eli's crossed feet - he crosses his feet all the time and I just LOVE it!!
Eli and Ryan looking at the paper - sometimes they enjoyed playing with the paper and gift bags as much as the toys.
Abigail and Kate looking at one of Eli's favorite toys!

Getting Ready

A Look Back

Before I post pictures from Eli's 1st birthday, I thought I'd share some of our favorite pictures from the past year. Thank you, Eli for all of the wonderful memories during your first year of life. We look forward to many more during year 2! We love you! : )



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What's out there, Mom??

I made some front porch decorations for Eli's birthday party. I planned to leave them in the hallway until Saturday morning, but Eli was getting into them so I put them on the porch on Friday afternoon. After I placed them on the porch, Eli looked at them through the window all afternoon.

Eating

More pics of Eli eating...he is doing so good with his spoon!

One of the gifts that Aunt Lisa gave Eli was a toy that Lisa and I had when we were little girls. We used to play with this at our Grandma & Grandpa's house. When Eli opened the toy, it brought back so many memories of playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was a very thoughtful gift and Eli enjoys playing with it as well. Thank you, Aunt Lisa!

Birthday Presents from Alaska

Eli received birthday presents from Aunt Lisa, Uncle John, and " the J cousins" today. Although his official birthday is not until Saturday, he opened the presents today. He loved the presents, but Aunt Lisa also sent Eli some Valentine cookies that were a HUGE hit! Eli loved them - after about 4 or 5 cookies (they are small), I had to distract him and then hide the cookies! : )





Eli shakes everything....incliding his new clothes!