Last night we stayed up late decorating. We spent
all day yesterday preparing for today, that includes Kim baking Elyas a
homemade banana cake with cream cheese frosting.
The first thing Elyas noticed when he woke up was
his decorations; especially the balloons. Kim played with Elyas until Chris
woke up. Then we waited until after his nap to take him to the park for a
picnic and some swinging.
At the park we found a picnic table in the shade
right next to the playground. We set up the picnic and began to eat, but the
wind began to pick up and the next thing we knew Chris was wearing his salad.
The funny thing is that since we moved here it has always been warm and sunny,
but for Elyas’s birthday it was so blustery.
Elyas had his very first baby-sized ham and cheese
sandwich, which he loved, and he also had his first taste of apple strawberry
banana sauce.
After we were done
eating we pushed Elyas on the swings. He loved it; swinging is one of his
favorite things to do.
After pushing Elyas on the swings for some time we
went for a drive around Upper Klamath Lake.
The drive was beautiful, but we were all anxious to
get home to open his present and to do cake and ice cream. When we made it home
Elyas opened his birthday present. We gave him the blocks that Chris had received
on his first birthday that his great grandparents had made for him. Elyas loved
them; he pulled them out of the box one by one.
When Elyas was done playing with his new blocks we
cleaned them up and set up a table for him to experience his first birthday
cake. He loved it, it was so cute. He studied it, bit it, pounded on it, and
had a lot of fun with it.
Elyas’s first birthday was a success. We all enjoyed
our day, and Elyas knew that this was HIS special day because we treated him
like king. Happy Birthday to our sweet, precious little bumbles, we love you so
much.
