Ella's First Birthday

It's always going to be hard to figure out when to cram a birthday party for this girl into our schedules. Poor thing.

Well this year it was January 2nd & we just had a few family members over to have some brownies & ice cream. Ella was all the entertainment we needed. She enjoyed all the attention & took each new toy or book around to the people to show them & show off. The toys with music were great as she would stand in the middle of everyone & just sway & dance for them. What a ham!
Aunt Teddi made the perfect little cake for her...a ladybug! Ella enjoyed daintily picking off each purple spot on it's body & then eating the whole piece of cake that was the head.

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Debbi said…
Happy Birthday Ella! What a cutie you are!
January 12, 2011 at 6:01 AM
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