Eli had a great birthday last week. It just so happened that my mom and sister Heidi were flying through that day, so they got to spend the day with us! They had both been in New Jersey visiting my sister Wendy and her family. My mom had flown out from Sacramento and Heidi flew out from here, but they both had the same flight coming back so they could then drive Heidi's car home (packed to the brim with all her stuff from living in Provo for a year). So it worked out that the day they were flying through happened to be Eli's birthday!
So I picked them up at around 10 am and actually I also got to see my dad at the airport for about 10 minutes too. He was continuing on to Sacramento about an hour later, so we just had a brief visit, but that was fun for him to see Eli too. Anyway, so we had a fun day visiting with them. That night we had this for dinner (Orzo - I figured Eli loves pasta and rice, so pasta that kind of looks like rice was bound to be a hit, and it was) and then he opened his presents. He had a little more fun ripping the wrapping paper off than he did at Christmas, but he still wasn't too into it.
He mostly got clothes (very needed), and if the weather ever decides to turn warm, he'll get to wear them!
Then it was cake time! To my utter and complete joy, Eli hated the cake. I know, I'm a weirdo. I didn't want to give him cake in the first place, but I succumbed to societal pressure and tradition. In the end I don't think he swallowed even a crumb of it, so it all worked out. :)Big number ONE! (I hate making cakes by the way, so this was a stretch for me. I love to cook and I love to make bread, but I just really don't like making cakes. I think I just lack patience - precise measurements, frosting, ugh. Anyway, moving on...)
This picture pretty much sums up his feelings on the cake:
And then he smashed it to bits and wanted to be rescued.
With Grandma:
And Heidi and Brianna (Heidi's old roommate; she's in Provo for the Spring/Summer so she wanted to come visit too)
Anyway, so it was a fun birthday. Heidi and my mom left early the next morning, but it was fun to see them for a day. Since then it seems like we've been busy, but I'm not really sure why. Oh, Eli had his 12-mo. checkup on Friday and that went well. He is 30 in. long and weighs 20 lbs. 11 oz. He continues to be long and skinny (weird, I wonder where he got that from) with a large head - although it wasn't quite as high on the percentiles this time around.So that's the news! We've been having some crazy spring weather here lately too. They said on the news that the mountains got 84 inches of snow last week. Whoa! We saw some too, and we're hoping it's done now so we can plant our garden on Saturday!
6 comments:
I still can't get Jonathan into the opening presents thing. Next Christmas he'll be 3 months away from being 3... surely he'll get it then?
And you crack me up with being excited that he wasn't into cake. Good for him! Jonathan took right to it, haha :)
Okay- that is the cutest cake ever! Good job! Eli is so cute! Thanks for posting!
Good job on the cake... although I hear you in how it takes patience (that I don't have). :)
That's fun that you got to see your parents and Heidi on Eli's birthday. It's crazy how fast a year goes. He's sure a cute 1-year-old though!
Sarah it was so great to spend the day with you, Eli, Heidi and Jeremy. We love you and you are such an amazing homemaker and cook! I always love spending time at your home because you are so much fun. I love to read your blogs!
What a cute cake! It looks great, and it's good he hasn't developed a sweet tooth yet. :) I think it gets harder with the younger children. Kenneth didn't have much sweet stuff till he was older, but Shannon and Vanessa knew much earlier what something sweet and tasty was!
I cant believe he is already one! That means that it has been such a long time since I saw you last! I am glad you keep up on your blog because it is sure nice to see what you guys are up to! The cake looks awesome even if you hate making cakes- nice work! See ya!
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