Happy Birthday Baby!!!

Eli celebrated his first birthday January 12!!! We had a birthday party for him on January 17 when RJ's family came into town! It was a lot of fun and we had a great turnout. Unfortunately Eli didn't feel well (we later learned he can't tolerate cow's milk yet) and he absolutely did NOT want any of his cake!!!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! Go Steelers!

Eli had his first Christmas in the Rocky Mountains with my family. It was a blast. We had a super warm snowsuit for him (something unheard of here in Houston) that won't get much use otherwise but he looked adorable in it. My dad pulled him all around Breckenridge in a Baby Boggin (Toboggin "baby-sized") for days. No stroller can make it through all that snow... There is a sledriding hill very close to their home and we finally decided to try him on the hills unassisted. He LOVED it. TOO funny, he smiled the whole way down the hill and laughed and laughed. In fact, the only time he cried was when we stopped. RJ and I actually got on the sleds with my niece, Maya, and I absolutely forgot how much fun it is to sledride! Hysterical! I can't wait to do it again. We also did some skiing which counted as my full second time. The great thing is that I really picked up where I left off and didn't fall much at all!!! GO ME! We had a low-key New Years (it's been a long time since that happened) and spent the night in with 2 bottles of champagne (and vodka/grapefruit, yum). There is a torch light ceremony that involves selected skiers (not me, of course, you have to be good)carrying lit torches down one of the peaks. Very neat. Then there were fireworks that we could see from my parents' living room. We watched the ball drop in New York and didn't even stay awake to see midnight mountain time. Oh well... so it goes. Pretty successful first holiday season for the boy... ho ho ho.

To see more pics from the trip go to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanbsn/sets/72157612171220427/

Short video of the "sledder" this is a much smaller hill but you can see his BIG smile at the end!