Monday, Memorial Day

What a great holiday. Mike was home and we had a first birthday celebration for Ella. Of course it was an adventure as Ella didn't take her normal 2 - 3 hour nap in the afternoon so she was in a great mood. We had lots of yummy food, birthday cake, present time, and time outdoors playing. We set Ella up with her very own cake and she loved playing in it but didn't put the first bite in her mouth. Go figure, she will put dirt, bugs, sticks, bubble wands etc... in her mouth but wouldn't put some sweet creamy icing and fluffy cake in.

Landon and his friend Rami enjoyed helping Ella open her presents. One of my favorites was when Rami pulled some clothes out of a gift bag and said "ooh, look - hangers". By the end of the day Ella was ready for bed and fell asleep immediately, three hours later when I checked on her she hadn't moved an inch. Landon also fell asleep quickly, so hard that he was even snoring.

Landon gave Ella a big yellow ball for her birthday, however, when we went to get something for her we told Landon he needed to pick out a present for Ella and not for Landon. He jumped out of the van and said "but all I know is trains". He admired all of the trains in the store but was still able to get Ella something else.