Ellis turns one!

Today was Ellis' first birhtday and in my opinion he really did it right! He started his day off by sleeping in and Trevor and I really couldn't think of a better way to start a day than that. He had oatmeal for breakfast and since it was his birthday I said he could have the special treat of brown sugar in it. (I'm not really sure if he even noticed.) After his nap he only wanted cheese for lunch, so that is what he had.


I made his cupcakes during his second nap and when he woke up we took a few over to our neighbors so they could celebrate too. Neither Shelby or Rachel wanted to sing to him but they did say happy birthday and loved the cupcakes









We had the Greers over for dinner. We tried a new recipe my friend Julie Butler sent me a while back, the adults liked it but Ellis loved it! I gave him one bowl before they got there but then Dale ended up giving him another bowl while I was getting all of the food on the table. During dinner Ellis found the present that they had brought for him so we stopped for a second so that he could open it. Sasha helped him rattle the paper in the bag and that was good enough for him. She finally just dumped it out for him. They got him a stuffed animal cat but had it "wrapped" in a box that made it appear to be real. I think most of you know that Trevor doesn't like cats much so it is kind of a running joke with them. Matthew and Marsha even said on his 2nd bday it would be a real one. We decided to name the cat Miles, much to Sasha's dismay (she was pulling for Alice) The bag that came with the cat was animal crackers...."cat and kid food".




After dinner Ellis dug into his cupcake. He loved the candle.....I'm hoping that this is not a prediction of a future of fire loving because I don't know that I have the patience of Trevor's mom. At first he didn't see to sure of the cupcake but when he found out that if he took a bite and dropped it that Dale would pick it up for him and they could do it all over again, it really became fun! He ate most of it and after a while of crawling around on the floor came back and discovered what was on the floor and finished it off. All in all it was a great birthday.




































I have been wondering how the commemoration of his first year would feel to me for some time now. I feel like I have had so many people say oh just really enjoy it and don't miss a thing, a lady in the grocery store on Friday even said sit back and try to remember every minute of it when her daughter asked me how old he was. I don't know that I enjoyed this day anymore than any other day that I spend with him but I do have to say that in the last few months so many times Trevor and I have stopped and looked at one another with smiles and said "just look at him" or peeked in after he had been asleep for a few hours and just enjoyed the sight of it. It is hard to imagine being capable of loving someone as much as this little one has stolen our hearts. One of my favorite songs is by Sara Groves, its is called You Cannot Lose My Love and for me it says it best.
You will lose your baby teeth
At times you'll lose your faith in me
You will lose a lot of things
But you cannot lose my love

You may lose you appetite
Your guiding sense of wrong and right
You may lose your will to fight
But you cannot lose my love

You will lose you confidence
In times of trial you common sense
You may lose your innocence
But you cannot lose my love

Many things can be misplaced
Your very memories be erased
No matter what the time or space
You cannot lose my love
You cannot lose
You cannot lose
You cannot lose my love