Pete was out of town on Ellie's actual birthday so the plan was to wait until Saturday to do cake and presents. However, I didn't want her day to go completely unrecognized, so I managed to squeeze a few special things into our busy day. When we came down in the morning (at her new wake-up time of 6:30am - eek!) there was a giant butterfly balloon waiting to greet her.
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| I finished her birthday banner the night before - just in time! | | |
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Evie came over in the afternoon and we walked down to the local cupcake
shop where Ellie chose her first-ever cuppy cake: vanilla and
chocolate marble with vanilla buttercream frosting. Seemed like a wise
choice to me! Evie seemed to know that moderation is the best policy when it comes to baked goods, but Ellie must take after her mommy - she dove right in!
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| Ellie wanted it all - down to the last crumb! |
We had a 'Skype date' with Ellie's daddy at 5:00pm. Unfortunately, she took an uncommon third nap at 4:30pm (probably crashing from her sugar high). Luckily, she woke up the 2nd time I checked on her, shortly after her birth time of 5:09pm and Pete and I sang to her. Then I took a still picture of us to commemorate the official anniversary of her birth.
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| sleepy head |
Then at six, Joanne and Jerry took us out to Rincon so I wouldn't get sad reminiscing at home alone. Joanne and Jerry were the first people to come see us at the hospital - when Ellie was just a few hours old!
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| who doesn't love birthday beans?!? |
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| J + J gave Ellie two great things for her first birthday: Luis the Lamb and a lilac bush |
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| big cheesers |
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| Ellie and the real Luis, Rincon's manager |
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| not too keen on wearing the birthday sombrero |
We arrived home not too late after Ellie's usual bedtime and I read her
On the Night You Were Born before laying her down in her crib. It was a busy day for us (we had swim lessons and pilates in the morning as well) and I was glad not to have too much down time during which I might get weepy. So that's what we did on Ellie's
actual birthday, wait until you see the fun we had on Saturday once her Daddy was home!
1 comment:
Awww!! I've been dying to hear how the birthday festivities went :) Looks like you girls know how to party! Glad you had a busy day. BTW, you look just like your beautiful mother in that Skype picture and I got weepy myself while I stared at it. Ellie will love that one when she's all grown up!
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