Emerson's First Birthday

Today Mommy and Ethan went over to our friend's house the Maldari's, in Chapel Hill for a b-day party. We dropped Jason off at Grandma's but that was a little tramatic. See, Ethan and I sang our usual songs in the car...BumbleBee, Bus song, ABC, Twinkle, and then he fell asleep. Grandma met me outside of her house to get Jason so E could continue his nap and we got back on our way. Ethan woke right before we arrived and started screaming. When I asked him what was wrong he said "Baby Jason...Baby Jason gone". I tried to explain to him what happened but it took a few minutes to calm him down. He is so very attached to his baby brother that the other night I found him sleeping with all his babies and a piece of Jason's clothing. When I picked them up and laughed, Ethan said "Jason's jammies" with a sheepish grin. There are days he just melts my heart.

Ethan and I had such a nice time and Mario and Shannon made us feel very welcome. They had some really nice friends and there were lots of kids for Ethan to play with. He took turns with the lawn mower and on the indoor slide, ate happy cake and was a perfect gentleman. I was so thrilled. He got to play with their dog AnnaBelle for a few minutes and as Emerson was eating her cake, Ethan announced “Happy Birthday Emerson”. We bought Emerson some of our favorite board books. The ones Ethan can't live without...Dr Seuss ABC, the Hippo Going to Bed Book among others. We had a fabulous time and Ethan still says "Happy Birthday Emerson" every once in a while. He adores the lady bug stickers he got in his goody bag and we use them to reward him for being a good boy. He likes one on each arm. Here is a pic of him at the party with Shannon and Emerson:



We had to leave after a few hours to go get baby Jason and relieve Mom. It is hard since she keeps him all week so I feel guilty about being away from him and about asking her to help on the weekends. After we picked up Jason at Grandma’s, we went to get the other two boys and later met Grandma and Pepa at...where else but Red Robin. :-)