More 1st Birthday!

Last weekend we had Eli's official birthday party. We didn't do anything big and fancy - just a few families, and some hot-dogs and hamburgers! Elliott didn't have a clue what was going on, but loved having kids in the house.

My lovely friend Vanessa made these great cupcakes ...

He made out like a bandit in the present department. He fell asleep before we could open them with guests, but he loved everything ...

Singing Happy Birthday ...

He dove right in - most of it ended up on the floor!

I still can't believe we have a one-year-old!

It looks like Vic's leave was approved for our trip back to the states!! We will be arriving in Virginia sometime before March 24th, and we are planning a quick trip to Indy from March 28th to April 2nd. I wish we could add in a stop to Florida, but time and our budget won't allow for that. If you don't live in either Virginia or Indiana - feel free to make a trip to see us - I don't think we will have a chance to come back until we're home for good in January of 2015! I was so excited about the leave getting approved, and now it's starting to settle in that we'll be traveling across the world with a one-year-old ... yikes ...

Everything is going well ... Elliott was banished from daycare last week for a rash and cooties that he picked up at daycare ... but he seems to be 100% and ready to go back on Monday. We are getting to the point where he has to have immunity against everything - I'm not sure what else there is for him to catch! I am really looking forward to this summer, and spending three whole daycare-free months with him!!