Happy 1st Birthday, Ella!!

 
1 Year Old

Friday, June 27th

I can't believe it's been a year already! Where did this past year go? It seems like only yesterday I was 9 months pregnant and about to pop! Now, it's been a year and we can hardly believe it! Ella had the most fabulous birthday weekend! We literally had a party all weekend...and the best part was 3 days of cake! We started the weekend off with Ella's actual birthday on Friday. Aunt Candy & Uncle David had us over to their house and we had lasagna and baked spaghetti. Aunt Ashley made the lasagna and it was delicious! (We love when Aunt Ashley tries out new recipes from all her new cookbooks!) Ella really seemed to enjoy her birthday meal considering she cleaned her high-chair tray! After dinner, Ella tore into her birthday cake! Her entire face was covered with icing. She had it under her fingernails, in her lap, and even some icing on her foot. We forgot to take a candle with us to Aunt Candy's house so we had to improvise and Uncle Matt found a HUGE candle. Ella thought that was so funny! We had to give Ella, along with Cousin Gracie, a bath in Aunt Candy's "squirt" bath (aka. jacuzzi tub) to wash off all the icing. To put it into Ella's words, she had a "HAPPY...HAPPY...HAPPY" birthday!

It's my party & I'll cry if I want to...

Saturday, June 28th

On Saturday, we went shopping for Ella's birthday party. We went to Wal-Mart, SAMs Club, and A.C. Moore to get the finishing touches and food for the party. The real fun was when we went to Laura & Chris' wedding reception. They got married in Barbados last week and then had a luau reception for all their friends and family Saturday night. It was so much fun! Ella danced all night long! She wore me & her Nana out dancing. She really enjoyed herself!

Dancing Queens


Ella, Karon (Mother of the Bride) & Laura (Bride)

Sunday, June 29th

Today was the BIG day! Ella's 1st birthday party...wow, I still can't believe it's come and gone so quickly! We got up early this morning and worked all day getting ready for the birthday extravaganza :) I never thought throwing a birthday party for a 1 year old could be so much work. I want to take the opportunity to thank all of our family and friends for helping us celebrate Ella's first birthday! It was so much fun having you all here sharing this special day with us! Ella got all kinds of GREAT presents! We can't say thank you enough!