January birthday celebrations with Heltons

We celebrated Jonas, his Grandmom, and his Aunt Mo's birthday last Saturday night. We had a ball! Lots of yummy food, football, presents(it felt like Christmas all over again), and great company.

Jonas, Silas, and their Uncles...they are funny guys!

Jonas received an Elmo camera, lots of books, USA map puzzle, stuffed Tigger, Rockies hat and passel of love from his Aunts/Uncles, Grandmom/Grandad and Susan/Bob(parents of Aunt Mo and Aunt Merri).

Nancy(Grandmom) and Silas snuggling together and watching the birthday festivites.

We ended the night with delicious dessert from Auntie Susan and Uncle Bob.

Nancy emailed me this morning about the things she loved about our party/Jonas & Silas. I wanted to share them with you:

When we started putting out the before dinner snacks, Jonas pulled out the stool and climbed right up to the counter. His chip of choice is Cheetos. When you told him to choose more than just chips, he immediately picked up a carrot and a piece of broccoli. He dipped the broccoli in the dip and put a huge bite in his mouth and coughed. The dip had too much dill seasoning and needed more yogurt to make it edible. He didn't say "yuck" or "this is terrible." He just said very calmly, "I need some water to drink." What a sweet little boy he is.

I sat at his table during dinner and he talked about the signs on the wall above his table. He ate a good meal, especially after eating all the before dinner things. Then he said, "I'm finished now," and he bused his plate. Dang! He looked at each of his gifts as he opened them and was thankful for each gift. He enjoyed the gifts that were for him and never was concerned about other gifts being for other people. He is just a very special and good little boy.

One of my favorite parts of the evening is when you scooped up Silas and placed him in my lap. He was so comfortable and content. He just snuggled in and I loved it! :) He is a special little boy too, and so happy. He was tired and didn't make a peep when you put him to bed, even with all the people there.