Elijah's 5th Birthday

My adorable nephew Elijah turned 5 on January 5th but the poor guy didn't get to celebrate his birthday until just last week. He was sick for awhile and then the family just couldn't all get together until now. But I don't think he noticed. He's autistic, non-verbal and still hasn't caught on to the birthday thing. But I was excited because he seemed to enjoy his party for the first time in his life! He usually goes in the back room to watch videos when a lot of people are in the house because it just overwhelms him. But he hung out with all of us the whole time!

My sister is such a great mom - Elijah is on a VERY strict diet and can't have like 30 major ingredients so she found a way to make a special cake just using nuts, egg whites and powdered sugar! And it was good.

Here's some more fun pics from the party. I just had my point and shoot so they're not too fancy but I still wanted to document the event.

Me and my cute dad:


Elijah playing with his favorite gift - large legos:


My brother-in-law, Josh, giving his best pose for the camera:


Me and my sis (aka. super-mom):