Monday, August 31, 2009

Fenton's turns 1

Fenton had his first birthday on August 26th. It seemed to come right in the middle of chaos, but that is what happened last year when I had him, a little bit of chaos. When I was in the hospital last year, David was on the phone to the elder's quorum and they were laying our cement for the foundation of the extension. This year we are in England, no money, I was sick and trying to figure things out.
I was able to make a resemblance of a cake. It was ultra thin but we all loved it. Fenton was quite delicate about it until he got to the frosting and then he loved it.



After we cleaned him up we gave him his one birthday present, the one David spent our last 5 pounds on... and you guessed it, it was a soccer ball. It has the logo of the local football team here. He loves balls and will stop what he is doing and gravitate to a ball. Especially at the park it is entertaining, he founds them in other peoples strollers and just walks right to it, or finds a loose one at the park and will follow it undeviated by anything else.
We sure love our little Fenton. He has been walking since he was 9 months old but you couldn't tell, he is so unstable. It looks like he will fall at any time but he is quite coordinated. He loves Eliza and wants to be with her and play with her all of the time. His little smile and giggle can light up a room. I am so glad that he came to our family


4 comments:

Melinda said...

happy birthday little guy! It was sure fun having you around this summer!

Tiffany Gremmert said...

Love the messy face. Oh so cute and look at those tooffers.

Matt and Debbie said...

My goodness. I just finished reading your last several posts about all the visas and getting settled in England. What an incredible headache and stress for you guys.... no wonder you got sick. Of course, if anyone would have loads of trouble that like, it would be you guys, who can somehow manage it.

Susan said...

Happy Birthday Fenton!! You are such a cute little guy. I can tell you are smart because you are busy exploring the world...I mean really busy. About the cake...its always the frosting that sucks you in. I wish we could have been there to share in the fun. Hope things are going better this week. Love to all