Happy Birthday Nathan!!!!!!!

Well yesterday was Nathans 1st birthday. What a day. Chris took off work to be with his parents so we spent 98% of the day sitting around asking... 'What should we do today?' and 'Where should we go?'. Chris' mom made a pancakes, eggs and bacon breakfast which was great, but after some eggs for Nathan he ended up throwing up. Fun times. I felt really bad, he was in his crib (trying) to go to sleep and he kept crying. I thought it was because he had dropped his pacifier which he ALWAYS does. (he had by the way) but then after his nap I see he had thrown up... bad mommy. :(

He sprung right back though and was fine the rest of the day. We played a little mini-golf and then came home to get ready for the family. Actually, first I took the boys up to buy some birthday balloons for Nathan. When we left the party store, Nathan was in heaven. He LOVED the balloons. We were getting into the car and Nathan was bouncing them around everywhere Eli said "this is his best birthday EVER!". I had to agree with him. His only other birthday was his actual BIRTH day, and I'm thinking that wasn't such a great day for him. Getting ripped from your warm, dark, quiet home to the cold, loud, bright world where they stick you with needles and you get hungry all the time. Must have been the worst day of his life. :) And one of the best days of mine. He has come so far from that day and so many things have happened. I can't believe it was a year ago. I still feel pregnant with him sometimes (which by the way also reminds me how awful it was) but it couldn't have been that long ago if I still remember. I guess I still remember Eli inside me too. Maybe its just something a mom doesn't forget. I don't know. All I can say is that I'm so happy that I have 2 wonderful and healthy children.

So back to our day. We had everyone come over last night to have dinner and spend time with Chris' parents and to celebrate Nathans birthday. Tacos and cake. yum! Thank you everyone for coming up.

Eating dinner

These are Chris' parents and his sister Mary
Nathan eating dinner
Nathans birthday cake. Covered in whipped cream and blueberries. (he loves blueberries)
Not quite sure what to do.
ok, so he likes the whipped cream part.
his finished product.
presents!!!