Elayna's First Birthday

For Elayna's birthday, we had a very small get together. Her cake was fabulous. It was a three layer cake. We intentionally ordered it this way so she could have the top layer and destroy it as needed. Unlike Hannah, she was very dainty and only used one finger for most of the feasting. Finally, tired of the cleanliness, Aunt Amy put her fist into the center of the cake. Not knowing what to do with the blob of cake in her hand, she just held it until she was finished eating with her other hand...completely unlike Hannah's experience. As the bottom right picture shows, she looked like she ran a marathon by the time she was finished. It was a nice enough day that we were able to spend a little time in the back yard. It was Elayna's first time in the swing...she absolutely loved it. She received many wonderful gifts, crawling into one of them before it was even out of the box. All-in-all it was a very low key, laid back event.

Cool Shades Man

Hannah found her Tinkerbell sunglasses this morning. She put them on Elayna...too cute. Maybe the weather will cooperate and we can actually start wearing sunglasses on a more regular basis.

Beautiful Ladies

Jaime's baby shower had many beautiful children. For the most part, they stayed downstairs playing with the toys and watching Wall-E, but they did come up for dinner, cake and of course a shower game! The object of this game was to scoop the cotton balls from one bowl to the other...blindfolded. Seemingly simple concept, but surprisingly difficult to accomplish. Hannah and Jayden struggled somewhat, but we made sure they were able to scoop at least one cotton ball into the bowl. Brooke, Kailey and Zoe were all somewhat successful without assistance. The five of them were very well behaved and a joy to watch interact with one another!

Elayna's First Baby Shower

Tonight we had a baby shower for Jaime. Elayna had lots of fun. Hannah was too busy with the other little girls to get many pictures. As is common to most babies, Elayna loved the wrapping paper more than any of the toys. I thought it was cute when she sat on the side of the box and tried to use the wrapping paper as a hat. She also tried to reach through the yellow wrapping paper tube; all too adorable.

Train Riders

I was working on the computer when I heard Elayna grunting. When I walked into the living room, Hannah had pulled her up onto the train. SO CUTE!!!