Ellie's Birthday Celebrations

We are back! It has been quite some time since we have posted. We are very busy and the blog usually is last on the list, but with Quinn fast approaching one my goal is to catch up the blog by then. Let's start many months ago with Ellie's birthday. We had a couple little family celebrations. Ellie's birthday fell on a Sunday this year, the busiest day of the week for our family, and Ben had class the Saturday before, so we had a family celebration on Friday. We took her to Monkey Joe's to let her bounce around on the blow ups. She had a great time, but pictures were hard to come by since she was constantly moving. We then took her for pizza, which is her favorite food, at our favorite family spot. Sunday we gave her a tricycle, her first bike, which she loves, and some Olivia things, one of her favorites right now, and at the end of the day we had cupcakes. I always decorate the night before her actual birthday and this year I went with an Olivia theme. We then left her birthday decorations up until the grandparents all came the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for a grandparent celebration with more cupcakes and some more presents. She got lots of great gifts from her grandparents, of course some more Olivia items, and one very special gift. PopPop, my dad, built her a table and two chairs for her and Quinny from Nana and PopPop. We use it everyday and she loves to sit at her table and talk about how one day Quinny will sit there with her.

 

Quinny Enjoying Ellie's Birthday Fun

 

Daddy Helping Make Cupcakes

 

One of Olivia's Rules of Life

 

The Birthday Girl

 

Her Bedroom Door

 

Seeing the Decorations

 

Reading the Birthday Book

 

PopPop and Ellie Having Cupcakes at Her New Table