Saturday, July 10, 2010

My 1st Haircut

I wanted to get Eli's hair cut before his 1st birthday, but we had so much going on with his party I couldn't get it done until almost a month later.  E's hair was getting Very Unruly so it was finally time!!  It is so thin, and there are even some parts on the side of his head that are still growing in....I love the Fo-hawk look for little boys so that was what i was going for.  Ryan didn't really mind that I wanted to get it cut, it really did need "Cleaning Up".....but daddy didn't want to cut too much off the back even though mommy thought that our sweet baby boy was growing a little mullet!
Although I was very anxious to get this done, I was very nervous, and hoping that I wouldn't take him somewhere and he would freak out and someone would mess up his hair.   I had asked a couple of my friends with kids E's age where they got their child's hair cut and after much thought I decided on "The Kid Salon", in Allen.  I made an apt, and took my mom for support and someone to help me take pictures.  I made sure the apt. was after E's nap so that he would at least be in a good mood.... 
Sooo..We ended up walking into this very kid friendly place that had lots of toys in the lobby area and was very bright and colorful!  I got a pic with my little man before we started and then our stylist, Vanessa, called us back....
Vanessa was great with Eli, she was so friendly and took us straight over to E's seat....he got to sit in the little car and she turned on Elmo for him to watch.  He was pretty excited to "drive" the little car and sat very still...
And here is my little man with his new look!  I loved it, and Vanessa is now his new stylist! 
Eli Rockin the Fo-Hawk....

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Zoo Friends

In May, Eli had his first visit to the zoo with some of his buddies.  I have a great group of girls at work that all have kiddos around E's age, so we have a built in play group!  Some of our friends didn't get to join us this time but hopefully we will see them soon! 
Will saying hi to Eli as we enter the zoo... 
 
Sam and Caroline 
Will the Thrill...as we call him or Mr. Wiggles...
he loved climbing out of his stroller to look at the giraffe
Checking out a few more of the animals...
Eli riding the turtle
Mommy and E at the end of the day...
Tell me this little boy didn't have fun...just look at that
SMILE!
Group shots at the end of the day...they were all pretty sleepy so no one wanted to look at the camera
The beginning of many life long friendships!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Pirate Ship

Ahoy Mate!

For E's Birthday we got him a Pirate Ship splash table.  Eli loves to play in the water and splash around.  It took me forever to decide which one to buy him, all of them have their own features.....in the end I thought that this one was the COOLEST of them all!  The table is just the right height for my sweet little boy and will grow with him...It is in the shape of a ship (of course) and has so many cool things for him to play with.  Equipped with lots of pirate men and a cool slide to push them down into the water.  Also,  it came with an anchor that he can lower up and down, which I am sure he will LOVE once he gets bigger and learns how to use it.  I believe that his favorite part of all is the TALL sail...it filters water up to the tip top, and as it pours down to the bottom, it makes all kinds of noises and fun things to look at spinning so fast! 
I love to see how happy it makes him!
BUSY, BUSY BOY! 
Daddy showed him how to push the button on the canon and squirt mommy!
Even though we had lots of fun splashing around, CURIOSITY got the best of him and he wanted to go EXPLORE what all was going on in the back yard.  At this time he was taking a few steps, but not completely walking without help so he started this cute army crawl to get around in the grass!
This was just a pic I took trying to get a look at his onesie he had on....it was his "sea turtle".  I thought it was perfect for the occasion for my little PIRATE playing in the "sea".  :)

Saturday, June 26, 2010

I HATE IT! HELP!

I hate my new template and background!!! I was trying to mess around with my background and started using the new templates provided by blogger and totally MESSED EVERYTHING UP!!! Now I don't know how to get back the simple 2 or 3 column template so I can make my blog cute again with a pretty background!!! AAAAHHHH..... I didn't save my old one, (stupid me) so now I am stuck! Can anyone help or suggest another website where I can add a template that I might like? Sorry to be so negative but this really upsets me!! HELP!

Friday, June 25, 2010

A Day at the Park

This was a fun day with Eli. I took him to the park one morning after his nap. We were getting stir crazy in the house, which is usually a daily thing for me! HA! This was a couple of days after Eli's 1st Birthday, so NO it wasn't recently in the awful heat!! I have a ton of pics since my last post, and I am just now trying to catch up...sorry! Anyways, he had a lot of fun playing and I got some really cute pics!
Mommy can you see me?
Playing in the dirt like a TRUE boy!
What's down there?
What a sweet smile....do you think he had fun?

Monday, May 10, 2010

Birthday Party Time!

Here are so pics from Eli's 1st birthday party. We had our families, neighbors, and a few friends over, keeping it small since Eli didn't even know what was going on! It was a whole lot of fun and we have great pics and long lasting memories made!
Some of the decorations....I made a banner that had a picture from every month of his first year, I think it turned out pretty cute!
The CAKE!! It turned out even better than expected! I am already thinking about next year and a theme for his 2nd bday and can't wait to see that cake. Here is the website for the place where I got the cake, she is awesome!!
Ryan grilling for the party, mmmm!
Some of the friends at the party...
Brayden
Miss Baylee, Brayden's little sister
Miss Kinley, a few months younger than Baylee
Some of my favorite neighbors and friends!
Miranda, Steph and Amy
The boys playing, E had so much fun playing with the "big" boys...
I know you usually hand out party favors when you have a bday party, but I made goodie buckets for all the kids that came over so that they wouldn't be too bored. Since Eli doesn't have too many "bid kid" toys to play with I wanted them to have fun too. I filled their buckets with water balloons, silly string, sidewalk chalk, crayons, and a coloring book and some cute pezz dispensers! They seemed to love it all, and I was glad they had fun!
Presents...he had a lot of fun playing with all the paper and cards.....I guess that's a 1 year old for ya! He got some really cute clothes, and fun toys....thanks everyone for all the great gifts!
E playing with his uncles
Being silly with Aunt J
Eli had a little practice with the cupcake a few days earlier, but I think he might have been a little shy since he had a whole room of people singing and starring at him when cake time rolled around. He finally got into it and ended up stuffing his face and making a big mess...FUN TIMES!!
His Bday hat!
A family pic, the only one we took all day!

Time for a scrub down! We stripped him down and stuck him in the sink! He was so cute, must have been thirsty!
Clean, and happy baby!
Pics of all the fun the daddies and kids were having outside with the water balloons...