All Aboard!

The Xavier Express! Today was Xavier's birthday party and below is a close up of his cake.

Here's what the whole cake looked like.

I should back track. The party thing has been a bit of a stressful issue for me. In trying to avoid having it at our house, I really put off the planning. In the end I added to my stress by having to plan the party (at the last minute), after just starting a new job two weeks ago and getting this miserable cold last weekend (see post below). I think we at least got the cake right and that was worth it.

Plus he got great gifts...like this chair. Xavier had to ask, is that really Elmo behind me? So he took a closer look. Yes, it is! Thanks to tia Gris for this fun gift. If you look closely, you will also see that he has a new pair of big boy shoes. These were sent by the Anello grandparents. They got them during their trip in Germany and are fantastic. Definitely glad you brought them back!

There were lots of other great presents and fun guests. He loved hanging out with his 7 year old cousin, Mayra. And was very happy to see his 1 year old cousin show up to play with him.

I have heard, from more expereinced moms, that for some these celebrations can be quite stressful and this seems to apply to me...so next time I'll have to plan way ahead!

Oh, and he now has 5 teeth! The top 4 are in and his bottom front. Tomorrow morning he has his 12 month appointment so I will update other stats then.

Stats are: 22lbs (50%), 30 1/4 inches (75%). Check his 9 month post to see how much he has grown.