One year old!!!

I have misplaced my chords to hook my camera into the computer, so the pictures of Elli's birthday will follow as soon as I find them. SORRY!

Elli turned one year old on Friday the 22nd. It is hard to believe on one hand, and on the other it feels even longer than a year. Time is a crazy thing!!

We were lucky to have Marnie and her kids here from Oregon, it was perfect timing. We had both of my grandpa's there, and our special guests were Elder and Sister Costa, Wayne's mission president and his wife. We were thrilled to have them join with us in our celebration. We did miss Patrick who was away on a ward camp out. He would have come home early for the party, but he was in charge of the activity, so he kind of needed to be there. We also missed Wayne's parents. It's too bad that they live as far away as they do.

The weather was lovely, so we put up the sip-n-slide for the kids. Dad built a fire and we roasted hot dogs. I was going to keep everything simple, but Patrick scolded my a little and said, "Tami, this is a big deal!" So my mom went all out as she always does, and we had plenty of delicious food to choose from. Nobody every goes hungry at the Svedin's.

Because Elli couldn't eat her own cake, I had each of the cousins make a circle around her. They each held a cupcake with a single candle in it. We lit the candles and sang happy birthday to her and they all blew out their candles. I did let Elli eat some ice cream, which she LOVES, but I think we will have to have an unofficial birthday cake on my original due date so that she can actually eat some birthday cake.

It was a wonderful day, a milestone that seemed so far away just one year ago. I am so glad we are here now and not there.