Sunday, February 8, 2009

Ella-Bella's First Birthday!

Has it been one whole year already? It seriously just flew by. The first year of Ella's life is a bit hazy. We just live our crazy lives and sometimes big things happen as we go through the motions. So sad! Ella is such a joy. She has the best cheesy, fake smiles that make everyone laugh. I have to sit in front of the Relief Society for opening exercises every week. Ella keeps the sisters smiling and laughing as she smiles at them while she is sitting on my lap. Her happiness is contagious. She is very mischievous and loves to get into anything that she is NOT supposed to. The best thing about this is she will look at you with this sly smile as she pulls books off of the shelf or has figured out how to get through any obstacle that we try to put in front of the TV so she won't push the buttons. She is quite the problem solver! Her favorite thing at her birthday party were her balloons. She enjoyed pinching them and making a horrible noise!
Ella had no interest in the candle (like her brother Moses did!). She went straight for the good stuff. I think she ate all of the frosting off of her birthday cake, but not the cake!

Here is Ella's face after her attack on her birthday cake. Not too bad! Actually half of the mess ended up on her daddy's lap!
Yep. Here is the cake minus the frosting. She has an attraction to the sugar like all the rest of my children. Here is the pony that mom and dad got for her. It makes horse noises and sings a song. She was scared of it at first because the mouth moves when it talks. It also made a neighing sound that scared her. But she loves this pony now. She rocks on it all by herself and has figured out how to pinch the ears to make her talk.
Ella got 3 push toys for her birthday. Apparently everyone wants her to learn how to walk. She is so close. She is still a little scared. We had a great day at Grandma & Grandpa Clawson's house celebrating her birthday!

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