Elaina's First Birthday Party!

Elaina had her 1 year old birthday party tonight with Adam's family. It was a lot of fun. We opened presents and then had cake. No one in Adam's family likes cake so it was all for Elaina. She thought it was pretty fun to dig into it. At first she kind of looked at me like, "Is this okay," but then got pretty into it. At one point she got a taste of the cake and then from there on out she tried to eat it. Afterwards, she got a bath. The night was a lot of fun.

Elaina's 1 Year Old Today!!!!

This past year has gone by so quickly and I just don't know where it all went. Elaina was born a year ago today at 8:21 a.m. She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. It's so amazing how much she has grown and learned since then.
Elaina is so full of life and personality now. She has so many signature characteristics like: her dance moves, her kisses, her hugs, her smiles, her laugh, her curiousity, her independence, her jibberish, her occasional diva attitude, her attempts at being helpful. She is such a sweet baby girl! Adam and I don't go a day without being greatful that our Heavenly Father has blessed our lives with Elaina. She is perfection and the greatest joy of our lives. Happy 1st Birthday, Elaina!

Playing Toys

This is how we found Elaina playing with her toys the other day.

Play Toys

ELaina loves to climb in her toy basket to play.


Sometimes it's hard to find room to sit, though.

Elaina's 1 Year Photo Shoot

Elaina got her one year pictures taken last week. Pictures were at 10 a.m. which would have been great if Elaina didn't take after her dad and love her sleep. I had to wake her up early and she through a fit for the rest of the morning. It also didn't help that she had three teeth coming in at the same time. Poor baby girl. Anyway, needless to say she was pretty mad the whole picture time and most of her pictures had her with crying red eyes or her yelling. The photographer did a great job, though, and was really patient with us. Here are some of the pictures that did turn out.

Elaina had a running nose for a few days. During that time she learned how to pick her nose.

My Little Cleaner

I'm not sure Elaina should know how to use a vacuum so well. Maybe I spend too much time vacuuming and cleaning. Oh well. I'm pretty proud of my little cleaner. Her favorite cleaning activity is reorganizing.

The Amazing Wiggle!

Elaina's always had the most amazing wiggle. Here is just another example of her skills. She usually likes to stand on her chair and then dance. She gets pretty crazy sometimes.

Elaina's New Sleeping Position

Elaina is so cute. The past few weeks she has picked up a new sleeping position. She likes to sleep with her butt in the air. It is so cute!

Elaina and her Sucker

Elaina found a sucker and wouldn't give it up. She was so sticky from all her sucker drule. Here's one time that I tried to take the sucker from her. She learned not to trust me with it again.

Easter!

The Easter Bunny visited our home this weekend. Elaina seemed to know what that meant and really got into the whole Easter basket thing. In the future I will ask the Easter Bunny to use tissue paper to stuff the basket instead of that grass stuff. What a mess that stuff can make. Here's Elaina in her Easter dress. She's such a pretty girl.

Elaina's Goofy Trick

Elaina does this arm thing with Adam. It's so funny. She gets real serious when she does it and then afterwards does this funny laugh. She's so cute.