Ella Turns 1!

It always floors me how quickly a year passes with a baby in the house.  Babies are a lot of work!  And when you're busy, time sure does fly.  I can't believe that in 365 days this. . .

 turned into this. . .

CRAZY!

She is such a happy, sweet girl and so fun to have around.  She loved her day!  My friend made her cute outfit.  She would not let go of the toothbrush, so it's well documented :)

She didn't blow it out, but did almost touch it.

She was not shy about the cake.  I think she ended up eating most of it.

or at least smashed it up pretty good

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So exciting!  A brand new "baby Stella" for baby Ella.

Such a fun day with a fun little girl!  We sure love her!

Here are a few things Ella can do:
Say mom, dad, cow sound, dog sound.  Wave bye-bye, clap, try to put her socks and shirt on, whistle.  Jump from couch to couch with brother, stand for a long time, but nothing more than a few steps here and there.  Puts the phone up to her ear and says "eeh", puts the ear thermometer in her ear.

Her favorite things:
Stuffed animals, eating (she eats so much for someone in the 5th percentile for weight), loves when dad gets home, sitting on mom's hip while I make dinner.  Loves her brother!  She is constantly looking for him when he's not around.  When he's at preschool she crawls around trying to find him.  She loves dogs, babies, other kids, taking her shoes and socks off (yeah I feel like a bad mom caring a barefoot baby around in the winter), the remote, a box of q-tips, bouncing on the bed,  reorganizing the pantry!