Thursday, August 13, 2009

Ella's First Birthday Party #1

Happy Birthday, my little girl.
You had such a great day. You woke up in an excellent mood, and you played all morning with mommy. You were so good while Mommy was making your birthday cake - even when her electric mixer started smoking and died....you were so polite not to laugh at her. Luckily, the cake survived!

So, this was your first birthday cake. Not to bad for your ole mom, eh? You seemed to love it when we let you dive into it later.



Your party in Houston was at 6:30pm. Our guests were our friends Krystal & Louis and their little boy Nathan, Greg & Rebecca and their little boy Iv, Robin & Kurt and their little boy Dean, and our neighbors Necoy and Mel with their visitors Hazel and Rudie. Mom and dad served hamburgers and chips, chips and salsa, and of course, a lot of wine (for the grown ups, of course!) It was a blast!!
We started off with a chorus of "Happy Birthday!" Mommy had to help you blow out the candle, but you didn't mind. You just wanted to get your paws into the cake!

And that's exactly what you did.




You were a mess, but you surprisingly ate a lot of cake. You nearly cleaned your plate.




IV was so excited when you opened his gift. He said he picked it out for you all by himself. He continued to play "tea party" with you, serving you tea and cakes. You were loving it.



After everyone left, you were still pretty wired on cake and sugar.

What a wonderful day! I hope your party #2 is just as fun as party #1. Sleep well, my baby. You have a long weekend ahead!

Love, Mommy

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday precious Ella P, you certainly looked like you had a lot of fun on your 1st birthday. That was one AMAZING cake, you have an extremely clever Mom. Sending you so much LOVE and HUGS on this very very special day. Love you so very much xxxx Amber

Roxanne said...

Your cake was GORGEOUS. I LOVED her name on it--beautiful. Miss you but are so glad you are with her and not with me. Isn't it WONDERFUL????

Farrell Family said...

Thanks, girls! And yes, Roxanne...best advice anyone has ever given me! I love being home with her every day....