Finally the time arrived to celebrate Ella's first birthday!! She started the day off with excitement (as if she knew cake and presents were coming, very intuitive.)
We began the party scene, by doing what we do best in Florida during winter...playing in mud puddles. (Video to come later...still working on getting that to go my way.)
We have actually spent hours in the mud. Mommy checked for ants, frogs and bugs. They got the clear and went wild. We did catch a couple of gators. It turned out to be quite a scene for a rock and roll stage. Things got nuts when the Jeep headed for the water.
Polished up and ready to go. Spring flowers galore. The kids were actually tired out and well behaved all day so I could cook and clean. Of course that ended upon the arrival of our first guests...running, screaming, pushing, shoving, and now its time to spring forward and lose more sleep...alright!
Here's Mimi and the party girl, Miss Ella who seemed a bit out of it. We could tell when she didn't eat dinner, she was feeling out of sorts.
Cousin Brendan was really into the party. I do wonder what Sarah put in his sippy cup. Come to think of it, Sarah did say that he had been waking up in the middle of the night...hmmm?
Miss Ella, smiles and giggles herself...not really sure what is going on as we gather around to sing Happy Birthday.
She did like the chocolate chip cake...YUMMY!
Alayna was happy too :)
I am way-too-tired...but I would love to post the pics of Alayna and Cailin in the same dress for their first birthday parties. (Just humor me and imagine how cute it would look if I did that!)
We talked about stars this morning at breakfast. (I do have pictures of us "shining" like stars...but to spare you I did not post them...lots of open mouth waffle shots.) Each kid would put their hands up with big (gross) grins and shimmy their fingers as if they are glowing, much like Ella is attempting here. My prayer for each of my child is that they will "shine like stars in the universe by living out the Word of life." Philippians 2
