Elijah turns 1!

We just can't believe our little man is no longer a baby! He is walking, not nearly talking and growing up so fast! In a way it's nice that his birthday is the day after Christmas because it's almost always certain that we get to celebrate it with family.

 Everyone got together to help make EJ's B-day memorable!

 Michio and Alyssa... even little Evelyn got her hands dirty!

...here are the Mickey Mouse cupcakes. They turned out great!

 ... and here we have the fabulous cake made by Claudia and Janae!

... meanwhile EJ was busy playing with all his new friends...

 Evelyn joined the balloon party... she's such a cutie!

 

Such a funny face!!!

 here's the evil auntie trying to give EJ his very first junk food...

 ... he didn't pay attention to her for a while... but he eventually caved in and tried an oreo

EJ with Great Grandpa Max and Grandma Dora

 Getting ready to open up some presents. He wasn't very into it.

 We finally got a chance to meet Denene... (may soon be Elijah's newest auntie)

 Look at that cute ONE year old!!

 His favorite present was this barking card from Grandma and Grandpa Brunner. He absolutely loved it!