Eli is 4 Today

Happy Birthday to our sweet baby boy! It seems like just yesterday that I was holding you in my arms for the first time! Such a wonderful day - the day you arrived. I love those little newborn squeaks and wiggles...could you really have been that small?

Here is your first birthday celebration in St. Louis! So much fun with the cake....

This past year you have really gotten into CARS! You love "the cars with eyes" as you call them!

And you love to set up Pop's trains!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of you!

You've grown so much, and I'm so proud of you. You have so much energy...you can run and run and run so fast! You are learning so much in preschool - we can't believe you are old enough to go to school already. I love laying down by you each night before you fall asleep, cooking with you, playing cars and blocks together, and watching you do and play and learn. I love how silly you are and how you love your sisters. I love how you want to talk about things that REALLY happened, tell knock knock jokes, read Curious George, and "watch something with a case!" I'm so happy to be your mommy and I love you so much!

Happy Birthday, Eli!