I Speak "Boy": Elijah's 4th Birthday -3 parties for 4 years.

Elijah @ his birthday day dinner with Best Bud Jackson

I'm sorry, same excuse different day...week...month. Life is busy, and in the spare moments I just want to rest or snuggle, or do something other than write. But I was reminded how satisfying these blogs are to all of you, since you don't get to exactly, live this crazy life with me, every day. So let's start at the most important spot. Elijah turns 4....

What a joy Elijah has been. He is quiet (unless he is sing...and in his sleep would you know it), timid, a little shy, independent and thinks for himself. He's stubborn and easily frustrated. But most of all he is loving and kind.

Suited up in Ninja Turtle Gear Present

His 4 year marker stats are as follows:

Height: 39.5" (56%ile)
Weight: 38.9" (77%ile)

After a year of clear hearing, no ear infections, and no ear tube operations in sight, he failed his hearing test. OIY! So at the end of this month (May) he will get his hearing tested again, to see if it was just caused from fluid in his ears due to a cold, or if we are going to have to take new measures and re-visit past recommendations that I had desperately tried to avoid.

And I almost forgot! This poor kid, got his 2 four year old shots the day before is first party and had a HUGE reaction to one of them. I was on the phone with advice right before we left. His thigh to his knee swole three times its regular size, and he limped around the whole day with an ice pack attached to his leg (I devised a holding device out of a leg warmer to hold the soft gel pack to his leg).

The Parties (3)
After all the work I did on Lucas' party, I just couldn't do it all over again for Elijah, just 6 weeks later. So I talked to him and asked if we could do a small very special birthday with Elizabeth (his cousin) and Jackson (his best bud), and he said yes to the special day.

Party 1: The Special Day with 2 friends:

Joanie (Jackson's mom) volunteered to help me with the three kids for the day. We headed off to the mall and each of the kids got to pick out a build-a-bear, stuff it, wash it, and dress it (if they could). It was the sweetest thing. We made all them super special with a sound box that sang inside each bear: Elijah's was the TMNT theme song, Jackson's was Summer from Frozen, and Elizabeth's was Let it Go from Frozen. Lizzie even got a smell in her bear! And Elijah was all grown up and put his last "guy" (giraffe) in the Ninja Turtle! WOW!

mmmm ice cream

We then road the carousel (Oh man! that darn thing made me so dizzy, I can't do those anymore!) - oh by the way Elijah surprised me by riding the tiger by himself without coaxing, and Liz surprised me by NOT wanting to ride any of the animals! WHAT! They switched bodies or something!
Then we went to Pizza Pirate for lunch and they played in the tiny arcade in the back, and we topped off the day with Clown Cones at Basking Robbins!
I'd say Elijah was pretty darn happy at the end of the day!

Eli a.k.a. Rafael!

Parties 2&3: were just family parties, but he was celebrated and ate cake

Luke Playing with the new toys

(I made one see below- Its a ninja turtle....I gave it my best shot) and opened LOTS of presents (like LOTS of presents...aunt lynn....). His school party fell on his actual birthday and would you know it, they instated a "no outside food" policy that Monday....so we had to make due with chocolate pudding and animal cookies from the cafeteria- oh well one less thing for me to have to do.

Thank you to all of you for the presents you sent, and brought over for Elijah (and Lucas too). You spoiled him and he really loved everything! We are so blessed to have you all in our lives, and you made Elijah one happy boy....now to find a place for all those toys....

Here are the rest of the pictures!