Birthday Celebration at the Farm

Yesterday we drove down to the farm for one last birthday celebration for Eli. We left town around 8am and were lucky to only drive in the rain for about an hour. Once we got closer to the farm, it was sunny and blue skies. Eli did pretty well traveling down. We ate lunch once we arrived and then the three of us took a nap before all the family came over.

Grandma (my mom) had our family over for a yummy dinner and cake / cupcakes / banana pudding. It's always great to have an excuse to get everyone together and have good food. Good food and family - two of my favorite things!! Of course, we also had my Grandma's lemon lime punch (it's not a celebration at our house without punch). Eli ate so well last night - country style steak, rice, chicken and dumplings, lima beans, green beans, oh the yummy southern comfort foods! My mom had cooked up a feast and we all enjoyed it.

Eli also got a few more birthday gifts. He's starting to get the hang of opening things up now. That was fun and then we all went outside to visit the animals. The men watered the cows and everyone just hung out. Eli loved being out there with them. He was constantly in motion and trying to climb everything. He climbed on top, completely on top, of the picnic table and stood up twice. We have to keep an eye on him because he's really fast.

We hung out for a while this morning with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Billy and then headed home after snack time. Eli traveled really well this trip and we had a great visit. Guess it's now time that we wind this birthday season down. =)

Great Aunt Val helped me drink my punch

My first taste of banana pudding...yum

My very own farm!!

Watering the cows and goats - one of the guys!

Eli - ALWAYS in motion these days