And He's One

Eli turned the big One on Friday.  We had such a busy weekend that I didn't even have time to take the standard 12 month picture in the chair.  I planned a big huge birthday party for Eli.  It just felt right to have every one over and celebrate my babies milestone.

Eli and Adam woke up to this birthday surprise in the hallway.  I hung streamers and balloons.  Eli loved it and it was fun to walk through all weekend.

 Dad made Eli's favorite breakfast treat- lassi's (mango yogurt smoothies).

 And of course we sang Happy Birthday to our Little Man.

I sent squeeze strawberry applesauce to Eli's daycare class as a birthday treat and his teachers assured me that all the babies loved it.   Daycare sent home a helium balloon attached to some puffs.  There was a pink and a blue balloon at daycare, because Anna's 1st birthday was April 27th also!

I had some birthday crafts to finish up before Grandma and Grandpa showed up and turned my craft central room back into a guest bedroom, so Dave took Eli to the grocery store after we ate pizza for supper and Adam watched some cartoons.  Eli really loves getting out of the house.  To finish up Little Man's special birthday we gave the boys a bath, which also happens to be an Eli favorite activity.

His birthday party was on Saturday, but that will have to be a whole separate post.

Eli You're a Dirty Dish

I forgot to put a bib on Eli and we had mashed potatoes with our dinner, so Eli was a mess.  Adam told Eli that he was a dirty dish.  And then he decided that we should put Eli in the dishwasher to get clean.  I opted for giving him a bath instead.  Although Adam is full of lots of interesting ideas.

Tomorrow Eli turns one.  His party is on Saturday, but I have a few Birthday surprises ready for him tomorrow.

Naps

We struggle with naps on the weekend with son #1.  It takes him the better part of an hour to fall asleep and once he's asleep he can sleep solid for 2-3 hours.  A lot of times we'll be in the middle of that hour it takes to get him to fall asleep when Eli needs to take his second nap of the day.  And two awake boys in a room that's only semi-dark leads to two awake boys yelling and squealing at each other.  So on Sunday when Eli needed a nap and Adam hadn't fallen asleep Dave allowed him to come lay on the couch and watch the Twins game with him. And this is what happened.

Awake happy Adam on the couch cuddling with the dog.

And then the next thing Dave new both Brockway and Adam were snoring:

For a long time he's been insisting on changing into his jammies before nap time.

Almost 1 Checkup

We got a call from day care on Friday that Eli had a fever.  His well child check up was scheduled for Friday afternoon with our doctor, so it became a well/sort of sick child check up.  His ears were clear and everything else looked good, so we got the "it must be a virus" verdict.  Eli's teething- his canines are coming in.  But his fever was 103 on Friday, which is a little high for teething, but since then we haven't seen a fever.

Not only was Eli sick for his well child check, but he isn't one so for both of those reasons we had to forgo the shots (darn right).  But the stats are still in and I'm feeling like my peanut is finally growing.  Weight 19 pounds 11 ounces- 26th percentile, height 29 inches- 22nd percentile and head 19 inces- 96th percentile.  Eli's bucket car seat's height limit is 29 inches so we need to get a new car seat.

I've been prepping for Eli's 1st birthday for more than a month now.  At first it was pinning ideas on pintrest, but lately it's been just a ton of crafting.  We're having a "Little Man" themed party next Saturday and I'm really excited about it.  I can just picture all the little kids running around wearing the tie shirts I made.

Eli's New Trick

Eli can climb up onto Adam's bed all by himself.  It took him a little while to figure it out the first couple times he tried, but now he motors up there like it's nothing.  And once he's up there he throws blankets off the bed, rolls around, pretends to sleep on Adam's pillow and then tries to get down again (mostly head first instead of feet first).