1-2-3 Birthday Parties!

Ella is our little princess and she knows it! She has spent the past 3 weeks celebrating her birthday, even though her real birthday is Jan. 18th. But she was so cute and so excited to be turning 4! She said, "Mom, now I'm almost old enough to get married and be a mom like you!" I love it! She will make an amazing mom someday, and she will definitely keep her husband on his toes. :-) Here's a breakdown of the parties...

Party #1

Since my family was in town, my parents thought it would be fun to celebrate Ella's birthday a little early, so they could be here for the celebration. It was a great idea, and Ella was so excited! She picked out the cake, put on her princess dress, and was ready to party! Thanks Mom, Dad, Julia, Matthew, & Lizzy for making her birthday so special!

Addi is waiting anxiously for cake. :-)

This girl is our little eater! She will eat anything, and she eats all day long!

Grandpa is reading Ella her princess card. And she has the Snow White smile and sigh down pat. She'll be working for Disneyland some day if she doesn't become a nurse. :-)

Lizzy

Ella posing in one of her new birthday presents.

A wedding dress! She said, "Just wait till Aunt Jaimie sees my married dress."

Party #2

Tyler's parents are always so good about having us over for dinner on Sundays. And then when it is someone's birthday, we'll all celebrate after dinner. It's always fun and always special.

Grandpa starting off the festivities.

"Heavy, heavy hangover Ella's poor head -

What do you wish this present with a bump on your head?"

Jones birthday tradition.

Uncle Wes & Ella

Wes turns in his mission papers soon, and we can't believe that Ella will be 6 the next time he sees her!

Nothing better than a new movie - Swan Princess

Annie bopping Ella

4 years old!!!

Party #3

In our family you get to have a friend party every-other-year, and then a family party every-other-year. This is to cut back on stress, money, and mostly stress. :-) So this year was Ella's "family party" year. When Tyler and I asked her a week before her birthday what she wanted to do, this is what she came up with:

make pizzas

yellow decorations

play freeze dance

ice cream cake

And that is exactly what we did.

She started the day off by picking out her own clothes. :-)

Making pizzas...

"Ella thank you for picking to make pizzas!"

Opening presents...

So now we've got musician added to the list...

nurse

disney princess

musician (singer/songwriter)

If you ever watch home videos from my childhood, always at a birthday party 1 out of the 3 sisters is crying or jealous of what the other sister is getting. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? Addi just kept saying, "Mine? Mine? Mine? Please?"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA!!!