Disneyland!

So I am sure those few of you that actually check my blog are tired of seeing the pictures of this past summer well I finally have something exciting to post about. Last weekend was my 30Th Birthday and Wes decided in June that we needed to go see Mickey for my birthday. I told him last year that I would take him but we ended up having Elliott instead. I think that was a good trade. So anyways, we decided that we were going to take Elliott with us. I was really worried about this. he had never flown before and is 16 months old and does not want to sit still for anything. Well our great friend Molly decided that she wanted to go with us so it was 3 adults to one 16 month old. The odd were in our favor. He did great on both of the flights. He only really got tired the last 30 minutes but so did I. We left on Thursday the 18Th and returned home on 22ND. He loved all of the characters and we did take him on several rides. He loved the Jungle Cruise. the adults even go tot go on several adult rides. Wes and Molly had the whole day on Sunday planned which was my actual birthday. My parents had bought tickets for Wes, Molly and I to attend the character breakfast that is held in Disneyland. Elliott LOVED it! We discovered that he really likes Eeyore. Who knew? Then we headed back to the hotel for nap time and then back to Disneyland for a surprise birthday party that Disneyland puts on. We got to decorate our own cakes and it was just a lot of fun. We then ended the evening having dinner in the Blue Bayou which is the restaurant that you see from the Pirates ride. Molly then took Elliott back to the hotel for a shared ice cream sandwich and then bath. Wes and i were able to have some mommy and daddy time and it was great. As many of you know, I am a huge Mickey fan and I could not have asked for a better 30Th Birthday. Thank you Wes and Molly for making it a birthday I will never forget. I love you both! Here a a few pictures of our event
His favorite the Jungle Cruise



His First Mickey encounter and he loved him!

Mommy's very favorite ride

His new friend

Birthday Party


The last day which for mommy is always the saddest day as well

Our summer so far!

So this summer has been in full swing since June. It started out with Wes and I taking a trip to Tonasket with our former Praise band from our old church to put on a Worship service for our former Pastor. It was really hot and a lot of fun. That was the last weekend in June. Elliott stayed home with the Neeley grandparents and had a blast as well. We made it the whole weekend without even calling, granted it was only one night but a huge step for mom. The next weekend was the 4th of July and we did our annual trip to Port Townsend for some rest and fun in the sand with the extended family on my mom's side. It was a great weekend with only 1 little scare with Elliott. He hurt his foot and we thought that we might have to go to the Hospital but it all turned out fine. He just twisted his ankle. On Friday night we took a ferry ride over to Everett and spent the rest of the weekend with Keith, Sarah & Aubi hanging out and going to the Woodland Park Zoo. We then we able to have one weekend at home and then we packed up and headed to the ocean this past weekend for our Johnson Family reunion. Keith, Sarah, Aubi, mom, dad and the 3 of us shared a condo for 4 days. It was so much fun to see the 2 little ones playing so well together. We went to the ocean on Saturday and Aubi loved the ocean but not so much the sand and Elliott was the opposite. He loved crawling on the sand. We also made a little milestone this weekend. He started to take more steps on his own. He is up to about 15 steps now. So that is our summer so far. We have a few more outing planned for later this summer. Here are a few pictures.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Recap of Elliott's Frist Birthday Weekend!

So it is still hard for me to believe that my baby is a big 1 year old. We had a great weekend celebrating his birthday with a lot of friends and family. We kicked off his birthday with a Spaghetti dinner that he pretty much cried through. He does not like to pick up messy foods. We then preceded to eat way to much in a short amount of time and had our first cupcake and frosting. He loved it. He really just liked to play with it. We then preceded to finish our bottle for bed and then threw up all over daddy. What a way to remember his first birthday. that was all Thursday night his actual birthday. On Friday, we went to the doctor for our 12 month check up and we weighed in at 23 pounds 15 ounces and are about 31 inches long. We are a big boy. We realized that at a year they finally realize that this whole shot thing sucks and we do not like it one bit! We then took a good nap to get ready for our party on Friday night with our frolic family. We got fun presents that make nose, swim stuff and cars that we can not play with until we are older. We ate bacon, french toast and had a little more cake. We love fruit! No throwing up this night. We finally came Saturday, the day of our party. We had lots of friends and family come by to wish you a very happy first birthday and we again got a lot of really fun toys that make noise. Right now our favorite toy is the Zoo train that we got from our friends the Snyder's. Thanks guys! We ate a little cake but really played more with it and than we took a bath. All in all it was a great first birthday. We want to thank everyone for all of your love a support over this first year of Elliott's life. It is true what they say about it takes a village and we feel truly blessed by God that he put each and every one of you in our lives. We love you all so much and again thank you for helping up celebrate our little man! I will do a slide show of his birthday weekend for you to see.