I know this is a little over do, but I had no time last weekend because of all of the friends and family visiting and I worked 4 days last week and then had to do all of the errands and cleaning yesterday, Friday.....so here goes.
Axel opened his first gift on Wednesday night after coming home from his day care celebration. He loved the tools that were passed down to him from a coworker of mine. Keith and I were looking for something like this so it was perfect timing when my coworker offered this tool box and a wooden puzzle set the day before.
Axel was excited that his birthday was here. "Happy birthday to me" he started saying Wednesday night!
On Thursday, Axel's birthday, daddy took a half day off of work so we could spend some time together celebrating Axel's big debut into this world.
It took him almost 2 hours to open gifts because he played nearly 30 minutes with each toy.
I made Axel his favorite meal, rice and chicken and he didn't even touch it.....oh well, maybe next year. We had a dairy free pumpkin pie for him, but he was already done with the pumpkin pie, being that this was the 4th one in 2 weeks or so.
After opening gifts Axel wanted to go play outside. Axel LOVES water.
He loves to watch it pour out of something, watch it splash the ground and he loves to be in it or splashing it himself.
Here are a few photos of him playing with and in the water.
Don't ask me why Axel wanted his clothes off, but somehow his clothes were taken off in the process of the evening.
Apparently daddy had taught Axel the day before how to pee outside on the fence.
Axel decided he wanted to pee in the puddle. Here he is pointing to his pee. (no worries, there is nothing showing, for those of you who are worried :) )
Saturday was Axel's birthday party. Grandma/pa Susan and Brian and GG Millie drove the long drive to attend. Of course, Auntie and Ryan came as well as a couple of close family friends who are more like Aunts and Uncles to Axel because he gets to see them more often. Keith made a dairy free chocolate cake that I think was a big success. I hadn't found a dairy free frosting that was not chocolate that I thought was doable so I went the lazy route and decorated the cake with the candy stars that Axel picked out at the store.
Axel was spoiled with lots of presents once again!
He had a blast opening them. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of his favorite toy of the day which was a mini tonka truck that went up a ramp and spun around, but as you can see it didn't take long for Axel to catch on to the gift thing, as he said...."more gifts" after opening each one.
Axel's favorite part of the day was blowing out the candles on his cake. We had practiced earlier in the day at least a dozen times with a big candle.
We had to blow them out a few times on his cake as well.
But how could I say no to that amazing smile of joy?!
Axel even teased me by taking no time at all to dive into his cake.
Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed he only had two or three bites, but at least I could feel good about the fact that he could have enjoyed it if he wanted to, without suffering from his dairy allergy, that is.
All in all, it was a great few days of celebration. We want to thank everyone who came or called, sent an email or a card. I know Keith and I, as well as Axel, feel very loved and fortunate for the wonderful family and friends that we have.
On a side note, I wanted to share that Axel is already like his mother and father....he loves to save money. He received a piggy bank when he was born and ever since he was able to put money and coins inside he has. Now when he finds a coin, or receives money in the mail he immediately asks to put it in his piggy bank and after placing the money inside he says, "more money mommy".
Ok, hope to do another blog about Gramma/pa Bruce and Sonia's visit today or tomorrow so check back again.
