HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIJAH!

Elijah turns 1 today!!! Crazy how fast it goes by. It seems all at once he is blowing kisses, saying "bye-bye" and "uh-oh", and drinking out of straws. He has even taken a few steps today...he is SO CLOSE to walking.

Today we took his great-grandma to the airport. On our way we went to IHOP with her. Eli got to eat eggs and a pancake for his birthday. After coming home and lots of playing around the house, Nana & Papa Barton came over to celebrate with him. We ate dinner and CAKE (that Aunt Rebecca made) which ended up all over him...that was the most fun part! Then after his birthday bath he got to open his present from Nana & Papa. It was a super fun truck, wagon and push toy all in one. :) Maybe this will keep him from pushing my furniture all over the house. HA!

too curious for his own good

Elijah is so inquisitive. He watches EVERYTHING and absorbs as much as he can. This week he learned how to drink out of a straw. He got a juice box at Chick Fil A and loved it!!!

It's amazing how fast they grow and figure things out. Yesterday I was picking up his room and knew he was pulling things out of the drawers but figured I would get to that after and there was no sense in me picking up every blanket and putting it back because he would just pull it out again. :) So I went about my business...when I turned around to check on him he had figured out how to pull the bottom drawer out, stand on it and was working on the next so that he could climb his dresser. REALLY??? Isn't he too young for that.