Our little Elijah Cole turned one today! We had a birthday party for him at my parents' house on Saturday. It was ballon/ hot air balloon themed :)
I got some custom made decor from etsy and was overall happy with my purchases. We didn't want to spend too much money on a custom made cake so we just ordered a small cake from Marthas Country Bakery and put cupcake topper on all of the cupcakes for our guests.
The color theme was teal and green:
Danny, my sister and I prepared all the food and we made too much! Life is a handful with baby so I just wanted to do something simple and not so elaborated.
Eli with Grandpa Lee- his fav!
The birthday boy with daddy at his party:
Here is a family picture of my side of the family with Eli's great grandparents, my parents, and us :)
It was so hard getting a family picture at the party, but here is our first family photo:
Eli took his first steps this month. We've been encouraging him to walk but he was always too scared. Then out of no where, he decided he was ready and started to walk! Now we play a "walking game"- I would turn him towards the sofa and instruct him to walk there and he would wobble there and then once he is there, he would turn around and wobble back.
Eli also learned a few more commands this month. One of my favorite is that when asked how old he is (in both English and Mandarin), he would give you one finger:
It's so hard to entertain him nowadays. He is up and about and want to touch/grab everything he sees! We are working on saying "No" to him. It's very difficult, he thinks everything is a game. For example, he loves to lick/chew on his walker, I would firmly say "No" every time but he thinks it's a game. He would on purpose does it while looking at me and when I go over there to stop him he would scream out of excitement. So nowadays I just ignore him. He's so cute though:
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| Mama look at me! |
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| I'm gonna do it.... |
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| see! hahaha |
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| again? |
We feel so blessed to have him in our lives. We are so thankful that God has protected him during his first year of life and I feel like the luckiest mom in the world!
