Mom's Birthday

This past weekend was a wonderful weekend. I finally got my birthday present from Edgar-my parents came! We had such a nice time with them. The arrived late Wednesday night-they didn't get to our house until after 1:00 am. Thursday was my mom's (and Krista's :) ) birthday. It was very fun to make a birthday cake for my mom. I remember her always making the best cakes for us growing up. I had always wanted to learn how to decorate cakes because she knew how. Ryan, Jenny, and the kids came over and we had a great night celebrating.

Eli, of course, was center stage :) He got to try 'real' food for the first time that night. He has been eating cereal for a little over a week, but the doctor said he could start having baby food-like carrots, apples, etc. SO, he ate carrots-and thoroughly enjoyed them. He ate the entire jar.

Carly got to try her hand at feeding him too. She's so cute with him. She's always willing to help :) She even got to carry him that night...of course, I was right in front of her. with my hands under him. watching her every move. (and we still almost managed to bang his head on the corner...luckily daddy saved the day as usual :) )

Ben, making sure no one steals his Bakugons.

Eli got his bath. He's been taking a bath on this sponge thing, and seems to really like it. He enjoys talking to the shower head and splashing his feet. Pretty sure he's going to be an Olympic swimmer :)

After Eli's bath, Uncle Ryan played with Eli. It was adorable. Ryan gets Eli laughing so hard. They played for a long time, then Eli went to bed. All the excitement of the party wore him out!

After the party we all headed over to the movie theater to watch the new Star Trek movie. It was very good. We got there early, so we played in the arcade for a little while. I was a little disapointed that no one showe up dressed like a Vulcan, but oh well.

We got home late and headed right to bed. Two nights in a row of a 1 am bed time was enough to make me exhausted! I don't know how you do it, Jenny!