Happy 1st Birthday Ellie!

On October 15th, my little Ellie turned one! Wow how time seems to fly even faster when you have two! Ellie is such a relaxed girl. She loves to copy what Evey does and is trying to say words. We didn't have a party for her, but we did have a day full of fun for her!  Here is Ellie's big day!

It started off early (notice the clock in the pic below).

birthday girl eating breakfast

at least someone is happy this early in the morning!

clapping

We participated in a Family fun run 5k with people from church. It was lots of fun. I made banana muffins (that Evey just loved!) for afterwards.

waiting to get going

Family Fun Run participants

This race was a relaxed one. You could run whatever distance you wanted up to a 5k (3.1 miles). Lots of us did the 5k which was fun. I PR'd (personal record) with a time of 34:40. The last fun run we did, I completed the 3.1mi in 40:56. So this was a great improvement for me!

Family picture after the run

After the 5k, we went home to clean up and get ready for Ellie's b-day. Aunt Annie came over to join the festivities (Uncle Rob had to work :(  ). Evey was thrilled! She didn't let her go, not even to close her car door. It was really cute. Ellie was happy to see her too. We opened presents first.

She only looks sweet and innocent...

Roar!!

First present.

She got the hang of opening quick (like the wrapping paper??)

Gift #1 - wobbles

on to the second

analyzing the wrapping

swinging it around seems to work!

pointy balls! (Evey liked them too, telling us the colors of each)

we gave her the 3rd present but she wanted the pink ball

now she wants to open it

what is it???

Its Chatters Elmo! (thank you great grandma grandma!)

she laughs and laughs at Elmo

presents from Aunt Annie and Uncle Rob

She loved the paper. (Notice the Ninja stance Mike is doing the the back? Pretty cool huh?! Go Mike!!)

Oooo! Books!!

checking the back

She loves books as much as Evey does!

Now its time for cake!!

Singing "Happy Birthday!"

She liked the candle

Aunt Annie showing her how to blow it out

licking the candle...yummy!

She wasnt sure what to do next.

humm, I can stick my finger in the candle hole.

Evey waited very patiently for her cupcake

Examining the bottom

She was a very careful eater.

finally digging in!

testing it. She wasn't so sure about the chocolate. I think it was a bit strong for her.

she is squishing the cake bits with her bottle of milk. (no more formula!)

After yummy cake, it was time to go see the "castle" and some "big boom". Annie came too, Evey rode with her down to Disney. She had a blast even though she fell asleep half way there. ;)

Riding the ferry to Magic Kingdom

Princess Minnie

we got her a button with her name and age on it. She was fascinated by it!

First up was the carrousel. Its a classic that must be done.

Annie and Evey

Ellie rode with daddy this time. Can you tell she had fun??

We did lots more while waiting on fireworks....none of which I got pictures of. But we did the Tiki room (both girls loved watching the birds. We will do that one again!) and Magic Carpet. Ellie loved that one. It goes down fast enough that it kinda "tickles" your tummy. It had her laughing every time we went down! And of course Pirates. But this is what Ellie did most of the time:

Button...

So we had to take it off her. Silly girl! It was a fun day for all of us! My girls are so special and the absolute cutest!