Happy Birthday to Elliott

Yesterday was the first birthday of our friends Doxey and Cynthia's son Elliott. Walter and I scored an invite to his party and we had a great time. Although we got there towards the end of the evening the party was still going strong. We got to watch Elliott opening some great gifts including some new shoes (a bit too large but he will grow into them) and a beautiful rocking horse sent from his Tennessee grandparents.

This was Elliott's first birthday party so he wasn't too sure about things when the party first started. But he gradually warmed up to the festivities. Even the cake and ice cream he tried hesitantly at first but eventually became enthusiastic for it.

Even though the shoes Elliott got from friends Todd and Wendy were a bit big, his dad helped him walk around in them. Elliott doesn't walk on his own yet, but he did a pretty good job with his dad's assistance. Until he managed to step right out of the shoes...



Here you can watch Elliott enjoying his first ride on the new rocking horse assisted by mom Cynthia. Ride 'em cowboy!



If you are like me and like to replay a video multiple times, here is a tip about these videos on YouTube. When the video is done playing it switches to a smaller window. When you click "replay" it stays small. To make it big again, just click the Menu button in the lower right corner of the video window.

There are more photos and video from Elliott's party in this Webshots album.