Photo dump- Ellie

3 down, 1 to go

Once the boys went back to school for their spring break, I went into hard core potty training mode with Ellie.  She did such a great job.  It's only been a couple weeks, but I she is pretty much trained.  She has been dry overnights and naps for a few months now, so we ditched all diapers after a couple weeks.  

Little booty

Charlie was around for moral support

And of course Jake was there too

daddy's girl

Ellie turns 2

Ellie had her birthday and party on the 15th.  We had a rainbow polka dot theme for the day.  She is our spunky, sweet, fun, singing, not sleeping girl.  She currently loves numbers, letters, all things Jake and the Neverland Pirates, jumping, not sleeping, blueberries, her brothers and sister, praying, singing made up songs, applesauce (which she calls Jabu for some unknown reason), juice, chicken nuggets, and wearing big bows. 

the boys enjoyed helping get ready for the party

colors of the rainbow

great planning super early means you can get Christmas decorations on sale 

My mom made these and I am going to move them into our playroom

I got this cute banner and plan to use it a ton

Oreos with sprinkles

Sprinkled 2

Rainbow goldfish

Rainbow Rice Krispies

Rainbow fruit skewers

Ellie and Daddy selfie

Ellie and mama selfie

Haddie pictures

First bath

Itty bity girl

Shelton girls all together

Cute girl

Just a bunch of sweet pictures of our favorite little lady

 

She's never gonna walk!  She can take up to 11 steps, and has been for months now.  She just refuses to really let go and just walk. But she still has her little booty scoot and I don't want to ever forget that either.  It seriously looks like she is skiing almost. When she does it I think in my head "shoop, shoop, shoop"- Friends reference, anyone?

Girl, loves accessories

First popsicle

Obsessed with babies!!!

First sidewalk chalk

Tea Party

We were excited to give Ellie her very first tea set for her first birthday.  Ok, let's be honest, I was excited and Spence went with it because he loves me.  I can't wait to have legit tea parties with my girl.  The boys even got into the partying, but they had to add in some extra ingredients...

 

Every girl needs a tea set

Ben enjoyed pouring tea and serving us

And then Zeke joined the party along with some bugs.

You do what you gotta do

I *needed* a shower, like whoa.  Just keeping it real here people.  Ellie woke from her nap a little earlier than I expected.  So... this is how I got my shower in.  And hey, it totally worked.

 

Party Time

Ellie celebrated her birthday with all things pink, polka dot, and stripes.  We kept it small with just family (but let's be realistic, with our families it is plenty big).  We loved celebrating our girl.

 

I had her outfit for MONTHS and pieced it together from different resources but everything matched perfectly!  Thanks to Grams for the bib and inspiration for the whole thing :)

Seriously, people, this is the best of like 12 pictures...

I only included this because I think Zeke was a bit overwhelmed with all the girly things

 

Waving to her cousin Maddie

People, just stop and stare at her for a second.  I do it all day long