Birthday Boy

Well we had a birthday! It is weird to think that Eli is already one, and has been for a month, but it has taken me this long just to get the pictures from the camera to the computer. We had some neighbors and friends come over and had cupcakes and ice cream, kind of a last minute thing, but it was fun.
I think though, reflecting that it was as much a celebration for Brady and I, we actually made it through one year of parenting, I know to all you veteran parents out there that might seem silly but that first year tried us in ways we never thought it would. But anyway, its over! In retrospect it wasn't as bad as at times it felt, plus he's probably the cutest kid ever......
So we let him have a go at his turtle cake, yes I made it.....not quite like my mothers cakes, but getting there! He didn't want anything to do with it, as soon as he had frosting on his hands and a little in his mouth he was finished, he only managed to destroy the front foot of our little turtle here... but it was a good day..