Eleanor's first birthday is in a couple of weeks (Dec 2), and my (jeremy) 30th birthday was last week. So Nikki decided that we couldn't just have a birthday party for Elle; we had to have a joint party for the both of us. I felt a little awkward hogging in on my only daughter's birthday party, but we had a great time.
We had decided several weeks ago that we were going to grill some burgers outside, since it's only cold in Texas for about 3 weeks in January. Unfortunately, it was frickin' freezing. You'll see in the pictures that people are wrapped in coats and scarves as they drink beer and coke outside. Don't see that too often.
Most of the people who came are friends from Waco; some from church, some from my department, some from Nikki's work, etc. We are especially grateful to those people who came in from out of town - Nikki's parents and grandmother, my brother Brian and his fiance Stacey, Brad and Meredith, Matt and Krissy, and Kristin and Russ. Love you all. Unfortunately, my mom got SERIOUSLY ill the day of the party, and my older brother had dental surgery, so they couldn't come. We missed them a lot.
Here are some pics of the action...
We had decided several weeks ago that we were going to grill some burgers outside, since it's only cold in Texas for about 3 weeks in January. Unfortunately, it was frickin' freezing. You'll see in the pictures that people are wrapped in coats and scarves as they drink beer and coke outside. Don't see that too often.
Most of the people who came are friends from Waco; some from church, some from my department, some from Nikki's work, etc. We are especially grateful to those people who came in from out of town - Nikki's parents and grandmother, my brother Brian and his fiance Stacey, Brad and Meredith, Matt and Krissy, and Kristin and Russ. Love you all. Unfortunately, my mom got SERIOUSLY ill the day of the party, and my older brother had dental surgery, so they couldn't come. We missed them a lot.
Here are some pics of the action...
The birthday girl.
Nikki loves this picture.
Elle's best friend Campbell Rose King
Much food and such.
Jerks.
Sarah and Myles
Eating a birthday cupcake.
Love Brad and Mere.
Okay, so this one requires a bit of explanation. As party favors, Nikki found fake grills. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of grills, it's basically a set of fake teeth with gold and silver and gems on it. Very gangster. Or gangsta, as the case may be. Here's a pic of almost everyone sporting their grills, with the best hard-ass gangsta face they can muster. As you can see, some are better than others. I'm looking at you, Sam.
And here's a video of Eleanor eating her birthday cupcake.
5 comments:
elle's outfit is just adorable...that skirt and the tights and the sweater...oh my goodness...can't wait to see you guys soon!
she is SUCH a doll!!! i love those little stripey stockings :)
Oh come on...Sam is super gangster. I think you should send that pic out as a Christmas card. It could day, "Hope your Christmas is gangsta." or "Baby Jesus was a gangsta." Oh my gosh that's so inappropriate. I apologize.
That should read "say" instead of "day". Oops!
Hey Nikki! I came across your blog through Candice Jansen's, and I had to comment because we also have a daughter named Eleanor, and she wore that exact same sweater and skirt (together) for our christmas card picture this year! Great minds think alike I guess! :)
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