Ellie is ONE!!

It’s hard to believe that this precious, little baby is a year.

She was the most easy going baby I’ve had.

She was the perfect addition to our family(even if daddy really wanted a boy)

She has brought so much joy and so many smiles to our family.

Her big sisters absolutely adore her.  They think she is pretty cute!

She loves our dog, Winston. She enjoys following him around and pulling at his fur. She also loves taking him on walks and will bring us his leash.

 

She has become very vocal and will let you know when she wants something.  She is at that fun stage of letting out a high-pitch scream when she isn’t getting what she wants.

She loves bananas, hot dogs, yogurt, oatmeal and anything sweet! This girl has the biggest sweet tooth.

Her eyes have changed from blue to a greenish/hazel color.

She loves her babies. She loves to carry her babies and a blanket. She also loves giving kisses to her baby.

She loves to blow kisses when it’s time to go bye bye.  She gives the BEST hugs and kisses, I can’t get enough!!

She started walking about 3 weeks before her birthday.  She thinks she is big stuff. 

She weighs 18lbs 4oz(25th percentile) and 29 inches long(64th percentile)

She has a small infatuation with my hair, especially when she is tired.

We love you Ellie Belly!!

Maddy’s 9th Birthday

Maddy wanted to have a Cake Boss party this year.  She started watching Cake Boss over the summer and became quite infatuated with it.  I had seen several different Cake Boss parties on Pinterest and my friend(thanks Andrea) had recently blogged about her daughter’s party and they turned out so cute!  As you can see, Maddy wanted zebra and pink for her colors.  I was very happy about this.  I love me some zebra print!  We made all the girls their own aprons with their names embroidered on them. 

 

We ended up having 7 friends come to the party.  They ate pizza and cheese dip and then started the cake decorating.

I had several different colors of icing, fondant, and sprinkles for them to decorated their cakes with.  My mom and Micha’s mom came and helped with the party.  I am so glad they were there!! It was so nice to have extra help.  All the girls did such a great job on their cakes and really seemed to enjoy it.

All the girls with their cakes.

After the cake decorating it was time for presents and cake.  Maddy got some great presents, her friends know her well!

Maddy with her finished cake.

I made Maddy a zebra birthday cake.

She had her party on Friday night.  We went to Logan’s Road House on Saturday for her Birthday meal at a restaurant.  Then Sunday, which was her real birthday, I made her fried shrimp, coconut chicken, and twice baked potatoes.

All Madison wanted for her birthday was high heel shoes!  I got her these black boots that have a small heel on them.  She loved them and thinks she is hot stuff when she wears them! 

Happy Birthday Madison, we love you!

Family Pictures (long overdue)

We did family pictures back in November.  I got a rare and unexpected Saturday off, so I frantically got our outfits together in 2 days(talk about stressful). My sister, Marji, took them for us and did a GREAT job(as always).  The weather was absolutely perfect that day, I think it ended up being in the 70s. 

 

 

Ellie wasn’t too interested in sitting still for her pictures, but we still got a few good ones of her.

 

 

 

Madison was all about taking pictures(as always).  She loves the spotlight!  She loves clothes and fashion so I tried to pick out an outfit that was both of our style.  Not everyone can rock a fur vest!

 

 

Olivia is famous for NEVER looking at the camera!  She is always looking to the side or down.  Marji was able to get some great shots of her looking right in the camera. 

Overall, the girls did a great job with the family pictures.  Once again, it was all about getting Olivia to look at the camera. The location we went to was great, just an old run down barn. 

I LOVE how they turned out.

 

My three beautiful girls!