Happy Birthday, Hayden!

Today we went to Hayden's first birthday party. He had a wonderful party and really enjoyed his cake! Guy and Kally, his parents and our friends, did a great job decorating and planning. It made me realize that I have exactly six weeks from today before Eli's party is here. WOW! I better get planning! I don't even know where I'm going to have it yet! Guess I better get busy :)

Eli was very subdued today at the party. It was about an hour before his nap time and he was well on his way to dreamland. He may have been tired, but he still had fun pushing scooters around, sitting with Ms. Ashley, eating Cheetos, and watching everything going on around him. We had a great time! Happy Birthday, Hayden!!

Watching Hayden eat his birthday cake

The birthday boy!

Lovin' the cake!

All the kids that were at the party. Guy offered to hold Eli for the picture.

Eli and Ms. Ashley
Eli's thinking, "Why are you here on a Saturday?"

Just a little smirk ;)

Cute birthday cake by Edna

Presents!
(That's Hayden's sister, Jada, cooling off in the wagon on the right)

Jada and Eli
She is such a great big sister to Hayden and loves Eli as well!

Eli loved pushing this scooter around.
A girl stopped him to check out his ride ;)

My handsome little man

What's a party without Cheetos?

Eli and Hayden

For several weeks now, Eli has been going to a new sitter in a new house with a new little friend and so far it is going great! Some friends of ours, Guy and Kally, have a little boy, Hayden, who is about 6 weeks older than Eli. They have a wonderful sitter, Ms. Ashley, that comes to their house every day to keep Hayden. When they found out we were looking for a new sitter, they asked Ashley if she would mind keeping two babies. She said she wouldn't, so Eli started going to their house this summer to play with Hayden. Both sets of parents wanted Eli and Hayden to start getting some socialization with another child and to get used to being away from Mommy and Daddy during the day. So far, so good!

These two boys are great together and it seems like they have a lot of fun during the day with Ms. Ashley! When I dropped Eli off this morning, I snapped a few pictures of the boys and then I left my camera there so Ashley could take some pics of them during they day. It makes my heart so happy to see my little boy having so much fun. Josh and I are so thankful for Guy, Kally, Hayden, and Ashley. I can't wait to see this little friendship mature :) I'm seeing future teammates, classmates, best buds, and pals :)

Hayden :)
He's such a fun baby!
I'm so glad he and Eli are going to be best buds!

So sleepy, but he looks like such a big boy sitting there on the couch.

Trying to get a 9 month old, a 10 1/2 month old, and a 6 year old to pose...not so easy!
This was the first try and it's all I could do today because I had to rush off to
school before I got written up for being late!

Playing so well together

Playing "peek-a-boo" with Ms. Ashley

He LOVES Ms. Ashley! And this warms my heart so much to know how much he adores her! I want him to love others and to go to them without hesitating. I'm so so thankful for her!