Ella's First Birthday Bash!

I'm a little behind on posts but I wanted to make sure that I shared some photos from Ella's 1st Birthday bash that we had on June 11th.  Everything turned out great and we all had a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends!  Ella was a trooper and lasted the entire party, enjoying every minute of the attention!  She played in the bouncy house, ate lunch with her friends at her new outdoor table and enjoyed eating her extra large cupcake! It was a GREAT day and we are so proud of our little cupcake!

 



1 year young!

Happy birthday sweet baby girl! Wow, what a year this has been! Our lives have been forever changed and we feel so blessed to call you our daughter.  This year has flown by and you have taught us so much about patience, laughter, and love.  You are a sweet, intelligent, funny, sensitive, energetic, amazing and beautiful baby girl and we love you more than we could have ever imagined.  You bring so much joy into our lives and make us smile and laugh each and every day.  This past year has been filled with many memories and we look forward to many more.  Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby girl!!

June 2, 2011 was a wonderful day.  We started Ella's birthday morning with a surprise red wagon from her Pa-paw.  She was so surprised and immediately lit up when she saw it.  We did a couple of laps around the living room before daddy left for work.  We had a great day playing and when daddy got home from work we went for a ride around the neighborhood in the wagon and had pizza for dinner.  Of course we sang Happy Birthday to Ella and she tried to put the candle out with her finger!  She loved her cupcake which she managed to get all over herself` (see pictures).   We had a wonderful day celebrating and are looking forward to celebrating even more at her birthday party this coming weekend!

Here are a few milestones from this past month along with a few pictures:

·         Stands for long periods of time on her own

·         Officially says “mama” and actually looks at mommy when she says it - finally!!!

·        Loves playing with her water table (an early b-day present)

·         Went "swimming" for the first time
·         She is much more talkative and loves repeating any sound you make.  It's pretty funny when she tries to talk over you when you are talking by screaming.  We can tell that she already likes to be the center of attention - uh oh!

Playing tug of war with Lexi