Well, I believe this must have been the longest birthday celebration in history. Alek's official birthday was on March 5th, but we just opened the last present today. We have been carrying on for weeks saving a lot of his packages to open every couple of days. I got it on video once, but for any of you who sent gifts or cards/e-cards, just know that he said, "Oh Niiiiice!" upon opening every one of them! I have included a few pictures of Alek with his presents.
We had a great visit with Scott's mom and dad. On his birthday weekend, they took us to Macaroni Grill to celebrate. The restaurant had a fire in the fireplace and Scott took Alek over to see it as he had not seen fire before. Alek said, "hot" and Scott said, "Yes, don't touc
h." We didn't think anything of it until they brought out his birthday cake with "fire" on top of it. Well, needless to say, he was scared of his birthday cake! I helped him blow out the candle, and then he got the hang of it when he tasted the icing...yum! Of course, I had to convince him that the whipped cream dollups on the side of his plate were NOT garlic cloves. Here is a good picture of me trying to feed him a "clove" of whipped cream. He was quite a hit with the staff there with many coming over to talk to us. Also our waitress from the last time we were there came over to see how Alek was doing and to say that she remembered us.
Scott's mom & dad got Alek his first bicycle for his birthday, complete with helmet and knee pads. We will have a lot of fun riding it around the neighborhood. We certainly had a lot of fun 
going to the toy store to pick it out! On Alek's actual birthday, we went back to CBS (my Bible study) for the first time. He went into the children's program for an hour. I will take him this week for the full 2 hours because he did well. It was so cute, when I went in to get him, all the kids were getting their feet washed by the teachers and the teacher's helper (Alek)! I had put leggings on him that day because it has been so cold, so he didn't get his feet washed, but was so happy to wash all his new friends' feet. He talked about it all week. All I could think about was how he is a little Servant of God...it really blessed my heart.
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He is full of smiles! I love the look with the icing. He didn't look to sure of that.
Glad you had a wonderful birthday week with your son.
Glad you were able to get back to CBS and that you'll be able to continue going with Alek.
Happy Birthday Alek!! I hope you got our message, Lynn, on this special day..Mom was in town and we were hoping to get you on phone to sign to Alek...next time!! Hope all is well...saw the pics with Grandma and Granpa...looks like he was quite curious about the birthday cake!! Hope you all have a glorious week...kiss and hugs to you all.
Love,
Cousin Lesley :o)
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