Happy Birthday Elliott!!

So yesterday was the big day... Elliott turned 1!! I can't believe it's been a year since he's joined our family, it seems like we just brought him back from the hospital. He's been such a joy to our lives, he's such a sweet kid and we love him to DEATH!!

So on his birthday he slept all night (yay!!) and when he woke up he was his usual happy self. We ate breakfast and since it was a special occasion, I gave him a sugary cereal instead of the usual Kix (Boo Berry left over from Halloween. By the time he was finished, his hands and mouth were all blue... More things turned out to be blue than just the cereal, more on that later). So long story short, we just played until about 2 pm when I all of a sudden realized that I didn't know what to do for a cake. It was his first birthday cake, so I wanted it to be cute and homemade, so I looked online for some cute ideas and decided on something like this:

Cute idea, right? So I baked and crafted all afternoon (all while Elliott played away from the hot oven... He's such a good baby!!) and finally I was finished. The end result was a bit anti-climatic. I've decided that I'm not a creative baker.

Oh well, he doesn't care, right? It's the thought that counts... :) I'll just keep on telling myself that...

We're having a birthday party for Elliott this Saturday, but had the Jackson/Bugg family over because they weren't going to be able to make it this weekend. They have 6 kids so Elliott was having a BLAST!! Here are some fun photos from the night, please enjoy.
Elliott enjoying his Boo Berries breakfast. I didn't get a shot of the blue all over his hands and mouth afterward, too bad. It was pretty dang cute.

He just wanted to eat the paper, he could have cared less about what was inside.

After lots of eager hands to help him unwrap, he found a toy laptop from his adopted Grandma Bugg...

A train with tracks from Kim, Rodney, and the Jackson kids...

...which he then tried to eat...

Then he got mad when we took it away.

He got a box of tissues from his mom and dad (hey, we're poor, and he's easily entertained. We want to exploit that for as long as we can) :)

And finally, Jacob came home with a surprise present, Star Trek. Needless to say, it was even a surprise to me. Apparently according to Jacob we're not so poor as to deprive our one-year-old action/adventure movies.

Right here is where a video I tried to upload should have been. It was of Elliott starting to eat his birthday cake, but it was taking FOREVER to upload. I started at about 11 pm last night, waited until 1 am, went to bed, and in the morning it still wasn't done. I tried again, but now it's 1 pm so I've decided to give up. We have the video on our camera so if anyone is super curious, come on over and take a look. ;) So Elliott started off a little slow with the eating of the cake, but after a few minutes he wasn't so shy anymore. :)

...And he's done. He fell down from his sugar buzz pretty quickly, it was kind of funny to witness.

Behold the destruction...

After his bath he decided to start playing with one of his favorite toys. He's just recently discovered toilet paper also, we'll have to make sure to always leave the bathroom door closed. :)

He noticed me taking pictures and decided it would be more fun to play with the camera instead.

Resting on his bed of tissues right before bed.

It was such a fun night, hopefully the video uploading fiasco was just a fluke and I'll be able to post videos soon, there are a few that are really too cute to not see. By the end of the night it was clear that Elliott was sick, his little voice sounds like Copper from Fox and the Hound, all raspy and cute. I think he'll be feeling better by his party on Saturday, he'd better be!! :) The next morning he woke up cheerful as ever, and gave us one more happy birthday surprise by finding the contents of his diaper as blue as the frosting on the cake. I'll spare you pictures, but just know that it was pretty dang funny. All in all, it was a spectacular birthday, and we can't wait for everyone to party with us on Saturday!