Elliott's 1st Birthday . . . continued

Due to the fact that I took over 150 pictures at Ellie's birthday, I figured it may take more than 1 post to get them all on here. We had many family members and friends there to celebrate her special day. Although I didn't get a picture of her with everyone (not even myself!), here is Ellie with some of her guests.

Ellie and NanaEllie and Grandma
Ellie and Grandpa

Ellie and Papa Clint

Uncle Casey and Ellie

Ellie and Jett

Ellie and Uncle Todd

All my girls

Jade, Ellie, and Jazz

Nini and Ellie

Ellie's wearing her new shades.

Ellie and Papa Dean

Thanks again to EVERYONE that came to her party and made

her first birthday so special!

Elliott's First Birthday!!!

Yesterday was Elliott's first birthday! I'll go ahead and get this out of the way: how is it possible?!? How is it possible that my sweet little infant has grown into this energetic toddler? How is it possible that 365 days have passed since the day she was born? How is it that I've been a mom for 1 year and 1 day? I just can't believe it!

Now onto the good stuff: the party! Of course, I've been planning this party since January. You know . . . coming up with the idea, picking invitations/theme/colors, buying anything that related to ice cream cones or sundaes (the theme I decided on 4 months ago), etc. It seemed nuts to Kyle, but really paid off in the end. The party turned out very cute. Just how I pictured my first baby's first birthday. All of our family and a lot of our friends were there. Ellie looked precious, as always! We had lots of snacks, cake, and ice cream sundaes, of course! Ellie got some super cute clothes and lots of fun toys to play with. We were all exhausted last night, but it was the good kind . . . the kind of tired you feel because you've had so much fun!

Grandma let Ellie open an early birthday present so

the girls would have something to play with while we decorated.

Ellie wanted to stand on the box and play with the bow!

These were her ice cream cone birthday pajamas-
a present from Aunt Des.

Birthday Breakfast!

Ice cream sundae toppings

Ice cream sundae bar (on an actual bar . . . )

Decorations

The centerpieces I made (for about a dollar apiece!)

The cakes and cupcakes, which I am proud to say I made!

The cute plates that Aunt Des found

Treat bags filled with an ice cream cone popper toy (like the

kind from when I was a kid), ice cream cone shaped and scented

bubbles, and ice cream cone shaped candies!

The banners:

The bottom one has a picture of Ellie each month from

newborn to 1 year on a dip of ice cream.

Another personal creation.

The birthday girl's chair

The reason for the celebration:

Miss Elliott Rose

Can't wait to open presents!

Craft time! The kids poured colored sand through

funnels into (what else?) plastice ice cream cone necklaces.

Very cute, fun, and easy!!

Smash cake!

Ellie was an ol' pro at this. She did it last week for

her one year pictures. However, this was her first

taste of chocolate. . . a moment to remember!

All the kids! Talk about a difficult task . . . this was the best

pic I got. From left to right: Sadie, Alex, Ellie, Jaiden,

Jasmine, Haven, and the lone boy, Jett.

Time for presents! I actually opened them all, but

Ellie would check in every once in a while to see what she was getting.

A nice swing with cousin Sadie after a long, fun day!

Happy 1st Birthday to my sweet baby girl!

I love you so much.

P.S. If anyone knows why my captions keep double spacing themselves,

Please! Let me know!

My First Mother's Day!

I celebrated my very first Mother's Day yesterday. It was wonderful! It started by sleeping in until 9:30 a.m.! Haven't done that in about a year or so! I got two very sweet Mother's Day cards . . . one from Ellie and one from Pistol and Wylie. :) Then we went to church with my mom, Kyle's mom and dad, Desiree, Mike, Haven, and Sadie. After church we went to lunch at Ted's . . . delicious as always! After Ellie had a nap, we went to Lowe's and bought flowers to plant in the backyard. We finished up a fun day by stopping for ice cream at Braum's and I even got to start a new book that I bought about a month ago, but hadn't had time to open yet. It was a beautiful day, and I had a great time with my family.

My Mother's Day gift was getting family pictures/Ellie's 1 year pictures done with Angel Porch. I know a lot of you have used her, and I love her work! The pictures will be precious, and I can't wait to get them in a week or so! Kyle also got me a Thunder t-shirt . . . maybe so I'll stop stealing his to wear during the playoff games. ;)

I hope everyone else enjoyed their special day! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms I know and love!

Happy Birthday Kyle!

Kyle turned 32 last Monday. We actually celebrated his birthday for about 5 days! It's more fun that way . . .

Ellie and I gave him a present each morning starting on Friday- a pair of Sanuk shoes. He got a golf shirt on Saturday, some shorts on Sunday, and a gift card to Golf Galaxy on Monday. Then we went to Saltgrass for dinner that night. YUM!

The Saturday before his birthday, we celebrated with family and friends by going to Buffalo Wild Wings and watching the Thunder game. We had lots of fun!

Sweet husband With his dad
With his mom and sister

Besides turning another year old, Kyle has been very busy

being a dad. He and Ellie have so much fun together.

He's been working hard on getting our backyard ready for

this summer. Ellie loves to be outside and we want to

spend a lot of time out there this summer. So far, with the help of his dad,

he's planted 8 trees and put in a new patio. Next up: finishing the flower

beds in back and front and putting together Ellie's 1st birthday

present: a swing set!

Ellie was helping stomp on the pavers

Ellie thinks her dad totally rocks!

Even though he has a lot to do, he always takes time

to admire the rocks that Ellie brings him . . .

over, and over, and over, and over.

He also takes time to give her a bath,

dress her, and spike her hair like Alfalfa.

Love the tights tucked into the socks!

Gotta love when dads do the dressing. :)

Happy Birthday to a wonderful husband, an awesome daddy,

and a loving dog-daddy. We're all so thankful for you.

WE LOVE YOU!