Elle's First Birthday

Elle's first birthday started off with some cute smiles and a traditional first birthday pancake-cake for breakfast. 

I think it is safe to say Elle enjoyed them :)

Later that evening we opened presents. Thank you everyone who thought of our little girl and sent gifts from overseas!

Jayne was pretty excited about Elle having presents as well ;)

Elle eventually got the hang of ripping the wrapping paper to open the presents. After she finished we just gave her the paper and she played for a while with it.

We loved that the princesses quickly went into her mouth. Silly girl! 

We ended the night with cupcakes. This was Elle's second time with cake (after her party) so this time she didn't waste any time diving in.

See what I mean! 

I can't believe she's one already. I still feel like she arrived just yesterday and I miss those newborn cuddles!

It was a happy day to celebrate with our sweet girl. Happy 1st birthday Elle Marie!

Elle - 1 year!

Our little miss is one year old! We absolutely adore this little girl and can't imagine our family without her. 

Elle's 1 year stats:

• Eats anything and everything. If someone in the house is eating, you can bet Elle is too :)
• Crawling on all fours
• Says "momma", "daddy", and "woof"
• Teases us/makes us laugh any way she can - climbing on us, pretend hitting herself in the head, making funny noises
• Signs "more", "all done", and "milk" 

Elle has grown into our own little entertainer and is such an easy going girl. She is such a joy to have in our home. 

Happy Birthday Elle!

Elle's First Birthday Party

We invited some family and close friends over to celebrate Elle's birthday. It was fun to give her a party for her special day!

  We watched this short video featuring Elle's first year:

Then we opened presents, at cake and visited. It was perfect!

She liked the cake more than Jayne did. She was slow to start but eventually figured it out :) We loved celebrating this little cutie!  

Mother's and Father's Day 2016

Phil and I have been so blessed to have these two sweet girls in our lives. It was fun celebrating Mother's and Father's day with them this year. We snapped this picture of the girls and I on Mother's Day and I love it. I'm usually behind the camera so having this sweet moment captured means that much more.

Love my babies!

These two cuties had fun taking photos for Daddy's present this year. How cute are they!?

And for fun, here's a timeline of our Father's Day pictures. I have a love/hate relationship seeing how Jayne has grown. Stay my baby!!