Eli turns O N E!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Eli Zachary

Here's the birthday boy first thing in the morning :)

That hat lasted about 2 seconds . . .

He was so proud to take it off and found it much more fun to play with and chew on than wear!

After reading some birthday stories, it was time for breakfast in his decorated chair

He thought it was very fun to pull on and play with the decorations ;-)

We spent the day playing inside and outside.

All was going well until the afternoon . . .

I was helping Alli change and thought Eli was being a little too quiet as he played in his room

I was right

I walked in to find him eating poop (his own) out of a diaper!!!

Eeeewwwwwwwwww!

I promptly started to clean out his mouth, which smelled AWFUL.

This is when G got home.

Alli ran down to tell him I needed him right away.

He found me and Eli in the bathroom

Eli screaming and me completely grossed out!

G took over cleaning Eli while I called some neighbors who are docs

I managed to reach our neighborhood OB who said to wash Eli's hand and give him a breath mint ;-)

I went to tell G who was brushing Eli's teeth ~ Eli thought that was GREAT!

Guess he figured he needed to make his first birthday extra memorable :)

After dinner, we gave Eli his star cake

I think he had more fun playing with it than eating it but did seem to think it was good

Then it was off to the beach where we were spending the weekend.

Eli had a blast taking a bath in the sink as usual and got really into the splashing

After his bath, G read him Happy Birthday to You,

a tradition we started with Alli and read on each birthday

Happy birthday sweet boy!

We cannot believe a year has passed since you joined our family and showed us what we had been missing.

We love you more than we ever thought possible.