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Bret and I shared a wonderful birthday with Elliott today. We did our normal Tuesday thing... gymnastics, then not listening to story time at Barnes and Noble, and then Mommy/ Elliott (& Daddy) lunch date at Panera. Then we came home and had cake and presents!! In the picture above, you can see Elliott loved his chocolate cake... as well as the cool train engineer hat his Aunt Kelly got him!
The coolest thing about today was that Elliott "got" it. He's been asking for birthday cake for about 2 weeks, and this morning I asked him what day it was and he answered, "Birthday!" He blew out all the candles on his cake all by himself, made a royal mess eating it, and then said, "Presents!" when he was done. He "got" it.
Mr. Frog was, of course, present for the festivities. This party was family only... Elliott has a party with all his best buds on Saturday.
Playing with his new Duplo blocks with Daddy.
Mr. Frog joins in the building action too... this is a picture of Mr. Frog getting the block out of the bucket...
... and then Mr. Frog holding it up so Daddy can see.
Elliott's favorite present was a stethoscope, which he called "doctor." He took it up to bed with him when he went for a nap.For me, it is a little bittersweet. While I relish every small milestone, I can't believe it all passes so quickly! At this major one, I realize my little guy is a baby no more. I wish I could bottle up those little toddler fingers, that squealing laugh, and his wide-eyed view of the world, so that O can hoard it and save it for a day when I might not be able to remember as clearly as I can today.
Well, I guess tomorrow will be just another day. But I'm sure it won't be boring :)
P.S. I didn't want to wait to do a birthday post, but I have lots of pictures I haven't posted yet from the last couple of weeks, so look for those in the coming days!
It goes way too quickly, doesn't it?!!?!?
ReplyDeleteAWWW HE ISN'T A BABY ANYMORE AND I AM SURE IT WON'T BE LONG HE WONT WANT TO BE CALLED A BABY EITHER. 2 IS QUITE THE STEPPING STONE AS YO BOTH HAVE LEARNED. HE IS QUITE THE LITTLE MAN NOW ISN'T HE??? I'M GLAD THE 3 OF YOU GOT TO SPEND HIS SPECIAL DAY WITH HIM AND I AM SURE HE WILL ENJOY HIS PARTY ON SATURDAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND KELLY AND I WILL PLAN A TRIP SOON- LOVE NANA
ReplyDeleteawwwww the blue steel baby!! i love that picture! :-)
ReplyDeletewhat a nice birthday! looks like you have a train conductor/doctor in your future. (that's better than what i wanted to be at that age, which was doctor/trash collector. seriously.)
hee, aren't you glad you now have a blog so you'll always be able to remember his early milestones? ;-)
Wow, what adorable pictures of Elliott when he was a little baby and now. What a difference in just two short years. It does go by WAY TOO FAST!!!
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