Guess who turned one year old today?
For Eli’s special day, we took him for a walk downtown, despite the freezing temperatures. Of course we stopped in the little toy store:
After letting him play with the train set, we walked around to see what caught his eye. He got some bigger items for Christmas, so we just wanted to get him a couple of little things that would make his day exciting. Eli immediately became attached to a very LOUD maraca (that only came in purple + pink, much to his macho daddy’s chagrin), as well as a little pinwheel up by the register. We also picked up a small kickball, because really, every kid needs one.
We left the toy store and walked down to the bookstore, but nothing really jumped out at us there. He was still happy with his maraca anyway, so we decided to count ourselves lucky and walk away having spent $10 on his birthday. It’s probably the only year we’ll get away with that sort of thing anyway.
After our shopping, we went to “Downtown Park” (gotta love small town creativity) for some photos and birthday video. Eli got to swing by himself for the first time ever, and he loved it! He couldn’t stop laughing as Nathan pushed him.
Not so much on the slide, though:
Back home + ready for a nap:
I made burgers for dinner, and even a little tiny one for Eli. He loved it, but not as much as what came after:
Happy birthday, Eli — thanks for helping to make this the best year I’ve had yet. I love you!
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I must say the slide crying was because he needed a nap… not because he’s a wimp! He wasn’t happy with anything we did at that point in the game.
1. Hot mama and cute boys!
2. Looks like a very fun day and I love how you documented it of course!
Happy Birthday to Eli!!! Can’t believe it’s been a year already.
I love reading all your posts girl…I’ll definitely be a follower now=)
Happy New Year too!!!
I think it’s hilarious how Nathan feels compelled to defend his one-year old’s masculinity :) And I love the way you treated him to a special outing on his birthday. Wish I would’ve been there to add in some GrandMama spoiling. Thanks for giving us a peek into his day.
Love, MOM
What a fun day! He will look back on all this and think, “I have such great parents!” :) He is super cute… I can’t wait to see what Baby2 looks like! The shirt is much more boyish than Thomas’ baby birthday shirt…but then again he didn’t get cake or anything so he seemed more like a baby. Happy Birthday and congrats to the mother (and congrats for wanting to do it all over again!).
how cute! happy belated, eli! the picture of nathan with eli in the swing at the park looks like a classic scene from an old time book. sounds like a fun outing…authentic, natural, and sweet.
i come here everyday just to look at that first picture of eli. i love him.
He is adorable! Thanks for posing all these pictures. I have to have hard copies of some of these. I enjoyed my time with him this past Saturday. Can he spell Grandma with his blocks yet?