Ella's First Birthday Party

This picture pretty much sums up the day...

one-year-old, pink frilly outfit, all smiles, on the run!

The Birthday Girl!

Our little family! We sure love each other!

Are these all for me? Which one shall I open first?

She was a little unsure of this singing lion at first but the smile quickly came out

Look how loved our Ella is, these are all grandparents, great-grandma's and a great-great-grandma, and 6 are missing!

We celebrated Ella's first birthday yesterday with lots of family and friends. We had her party at a park that had a nice covered area in case of rain, but man did we luck out! It was mostly cloudy but decently warm, a little on the windy side but no rain drops fell on our celebration. Ella was in a wonderful mood, we think that she knew the party was for her, she was like a little butterfly and just bounced all over the place from person to person. She looked perfectly frilly and pretty in pink in her tu-tu as every one-year-old should. She enjoyed opening her gifts...before it was gift time she tore all the tissue paper out of many of them. When it came time for cake she dug right in with her hands. She didn't want to taste any of the cake or frosting - she was having way too much fun mashing it in her fists. She ate a tiny bit off of her hands but really wasn't diggin the sweet cake business too much. She shoved quite a bit of cake down the sides of her high-chair seat (thanks to Daddy and Aunt Sara for cleaning that mess up!) and spread it all over her tray - she really seemed to enjoy herself. She was one exhausted little girl at the end of the day (we were pretty exhausted ourselves!). Thanks so much to everyone that helped with set-up, clean-up, food and the works. You are all amazing! It was a fun and very memorable party!

Cupcakes for all!

Ella's cake pre "baby-attack"

It's so fun to smear around, but not so good to eat apparently!

Finally licking her fingers for a tiny taste.