It is hard to believe that just a year ago, we held our sweet baby boy for the first time. He has come such a long way from that little bundle of joy that we welcomed into our lives on March 18, 2009.
It has been a wonderful year full of lots of fun firsts. Watching his personality take shape has been so exciting. We are truly blessed to be this little guy's parents. He is no longer our little baby. He has become our little boy. And we are enjoying him more and more each day!
To celebrate his special day, Daddy took off work, and we visited the zoo. The weather was perfect for our celebration. The animals were very active, which always makes for a good zoo visit!
We took a picnic lunch to enjoy together. E got to try his first ever peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He liked it a lot...until he saw the pretzels and gold fish that is.
After the picnic, we visited with the animals. The African animals were coming surprisingly close to the fences, making for a great view of them. We really enjoyed that!
We spent some time in the Wee Play Zoo.
Of course no visit to the Knoxville Zoo is complete until you stop by to see the River Otters swimming around!
It was a great trip! So great that it left our little birthday boy plum tuckered out!
So we went home for a little rest and down time before dinner. He got to play some more with his present from Mommy and Daddy: the Little Tikes Ride and Rescue Cozy Coupe.
Then it was time for dinner at Gatti's Pizza. Yum-o!
He loves pizza, so that is why we went to Gatti's. But he also loves grapes. Fortunately they had grapes on the salad bar. I think he ate more of those than he did pizza! And to finish off his special meal, he had some lemon juice. The faces he made were priceless, but it was also hilarious to watch him lick it off his placemat.
We had a wonderful time celebrating our little guy on his special day. Happy birthday, Little E! Mommy and Daddy love you very much! We are so glad that God blessed us with the wonderful gift of you!
Be sure to stay tuned to hear about his birthday party which we had the following weekend.
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