"I 2!"

We've made it another year. Eli enjoyed his birthday very much - especially the cake. Surprisingly enough he didn't want us to sing "Happy Birthday". When we started singing he tucked his little chin down in to his chest and said "No, I don't like that". He did like blowing out the candles, eating the cake, and opening his presents.
Yes, that is a Jack O'Lantern cake (there are better pix of the cake up on our flikr page). I made two chocolate cakes in bundt cake pans, trimmed off the tops, and then put one on top of the other. Then I frosted the whole thing with orange swiss butter cream frosting and used the left over cake to make the face. It was delicious.

We've become the parents who take pictures of every present being opened. I'm not sure how that happened - I think Eli's enthusaism is infectious.


Thanks to everyone for sending such awesome gifts. Thanks to Uncle Jake and our friends Jaime & Helena for coming over and helping us celebrate.