Happy Birthday Jelly Bean!

I know, I know, its so cliche...but I can't believe its already been a year. It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital meeting Ellie for the first time. I had no idea at that time what a sweet, sweet, tender hearted baby I had. Sure, I make jokes. She's annoying....she's dramatic...which is sometimes true...but she adds so much to our family! She is fun and cute and sassy and quirky and so lovable. All three of my family members are currently taking naps (for the past 3 hours) so I have had some time to write a little about Ellie at her year mark!

Ellie has 9 teeth. 8 front teeth, and one random one in the back. Tooth letter I to be exact ;) She is SO close to walking, but not quite there yet. She'll take a few steps, then get down and crawl. She loves pasta, yogurt, fruit, boiled eggs, pizza and anything sweet. Also, anything Boston is eating or drinking...he loves her so much! haha. She is dying to be big like Boston. She wants to be included in everything he is doing especially when his friends are here. If Boston goes somewhere, Ellie follows.

Ellie loves to make silly faces. Especially at her daddy during dinner time. She'll squint her eyes and grin really wide to show her teeth. She also does this weird face where she raises her eye brows while nodding her head (like she's saying yes). She has a routine of rubbing food in her hair when she's finished eating. She will ONLY drink a bottle if she is in her crib. She is currently, and has been for the past month and a half only been taking one nap a day. 12:30-3/4pm. She is back to sleeping great at night, glad that phase is over! Of course, only to be replaced by something else i'm sure hehe.

We had a FUN party with family this morning. Her grandparents and all of her aunts and uncles (minus Tyler and Jessica) came to celebrate her birthday. We had a princess party of course, with pink and gold balloons and Princess Sofia party stuff (Thanks Papa Roberts!). Ellie mostly just ate the frosting on her cake. She got lots of fun things. I even remembered and watched for her exact birth minute 11:34 am to give her a kiss. We are so grateful for our wonderful family!

Ellie had a fun opportunity to get some smash cake pictures done. My sweet neighbor always offers to take pictures of Ellie. She is very sweet, and did such a good job! She got a few done so we could have them for the party today. I'll be posting more in the next few weeks as she sends them to me.

One of my favorites!

LOVE! This is the face she makes at her Dad

Another favorite!

AHHH! Totally captures her personality