365 Days old.. Round 2!

Let the balloon bash continue!! You loved these balloons. We had them in every room of the house (including the kitchen and bathrooms) and you at least had a balloon every where you went. The party continued after you got better from your Hand-Foot-Mouth and we invited everyone over to party with us.

This party was themed Elmo, because well.. You LOVE elmo. (AKA "lala") We had a bunch of kids over and you had a lot of fun running around with them. Mommy rolled out all the stops and created as many things "Elmo" themed as I possibly could. The cookies (which you didn't eat.. sorry) were great. They were chocolate dipped oreos with Elmo candies on top. There were also Elmo goodie bags too filled with Elmo themed goodies!

 and everything else was red! We had the food (Subway) on red platters and the drinks were in a red bin. It was pretty awesome.. and did I mention there were a lot of kids there?

You can even see the fruit platter with elmo sticking out of the fruit! Ms. Kaytee, who was your baby sitter when you were first born and I had to go back to work (she was over on Mondays) also came to celebrate your first birthday, but she loved you so much then and she loves you now.

and of course, Barbara and Audrey were there too!! Audrey wouldn't miss your first birthday, since you were there for hers!

and then there was cake!!! Lots and lots of cake. We ordered a plain white cake from the grocery store and Ms. Jenn (Your baby sitter.. who loves you lots!) made the elmo on top. I will admit, sadly, it's now September as I write this and your left over elmo cake is still in the fridge.. It's still cute!

We all sang Happy Birthday to you, and you ate the cake and loved it. You also loved the red bin that the drinks were stored in. With ice.. You like Ice, and it's cold!

so your party was filled with Kids, Elmo, Cake and.. Ice.. cold cold ice!!

Hope you had fun. Even though you won't remember this special day. Mommy will, and hopefully you will look at these pictures and know Mommy loves you so much, she threw you a big boy elmo bash :)

Love you lots
Mommy

365 Days Old

Dear Jericho,
 Happy Official One Year Birthday!! On June 3, 2012 you became 365 days old! We've had a great 365 days, and I am happy to report Mommy doesn't feel so crazy anymore. You are sleeping well, mostly, and you are just an overall happy baby. Except for when you are not :)

 You love Elmo a LOT as I talked about in another post. We decided since you have a great love for Elmo, your first birthday would be ELMO themed.  Also, because you are a special baby you got 2 birthdays! One birthday when Grandma Janice came to visit and the other when Grandma Peggy came to visit. I hope you can tell how much your Grandma's love you because they came so they could party with you for your first big birthday!

 Your first birthday party was not big at all. We had originally planned for your birthday party to be on your actual birthday, but you ended up getting Hand-Foot-Mouth. It's basically a fever accomponied by a rash (pimple like) all over your body. This is a highly contagious virus which is spread along little kids. Since we were planning on having at least 10 little kids over for your birthday, we had to postpone it to be safe and courteous to the kiddos and their parents. That doesn't mean that Mommy didn't try her hardest to make your day special. Let's talk about Balloons!

 The night of your birthday Mommy and Sissy sat on the floor in the family room (Pirate Room) and blew up balloons until we couldn't feel our cheeks anymore! I then snuck into your room and filled it with balloons. We played with balloons for the day, and weeks to come!

I don't normally include blurry pictures, but this one is blurry because you were bouncing and grabbing the balloons and having so much fun!

For breakfast, we had birthday cake cupcakes, scrambled eggs and fruit. You loved it!!

We spent the day playing in the balloons more, and ended the night with cake and playing with Chalk on the driveway.  I am sure you had a great day. Mommy can't believe you are already one, but I love watching you grow, run, scream, giggle but not cry.. crying is not fun. :)

and did I mention cake?

Happy Birthday booger. I love you

Mommy