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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.

 

Zeke and Ben mischief

 

 

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

 

Birthday Girl!

Our Ellie girl is one!  I can't believe our sweet laid back babe is getting so big.  She is taking a few steps, but doesn't seem too interested in really taking off.  She wears size 3 diapers and 12 month clothes.  She says almost anything we say, except Ben.  She refuses to even try to say Ben and instead just shakes her head and says no. Zeke she tries and actually does really well.  She sleeps 2 naps still and goes down easily at night.  She is so laid back and sweet.  It's so funny to see the differences between her and the boys.  She loves babies and snuggling. 

 

Happy Valentines!