Good Morning and Happy Birthday to our little ray of sunshine!! Ellie, you have brought so much joy and laughter to our family, beautiful girl, and we are so glad God entrusted us to be yours.
Ellie at 5...Loves to stay up late and does not like early mornings. She is most outgoing at night time and takes time to wake up in the morning. (Hmmmm, I don't know where she gets it from??) Ellie is funny, like really funny. She does funny voices, funny faces and will make funny comments under her breath. You have to be in her circle of trust for all of those things to come out but if you are in her circle, she is a card! She is more shy to people outside of her circle and does not like to be the center of attention outside of our family. Ellie has a sensitive soul and even though she can give it (learned by having 2 brothers!) she can't as easily take it. When she is upset or annoyed, most of the time she is just reaching out for a hug or some attention. She notices everything around her. She is very perceptive and she may not comment on it at first. She will ponder something for awhile and then ask me about it privately when it's just the two of us. She has been her mama's sidekick these past 2 years at home and she doesn't share me easily with people outside of our family. If my focus is elsewhere or I am working or hanging out with friends, she will do anything to get my attention to make sure I am still putting her in the center of my world. She always smells clean. I am not kidding. I don't know what it is but her bedroom always smells like a fruity or floral scent, it's just her smell. She has the BEST laugh. Ben is really hoping she always keeps it. She has a whole body, in the gut laugh and it's completely contagious. Out of all her names Elle, Ellie, Ellie Bean, Ellie Belly, E, Elle Marie, Sweetie Ellie is her absolute favorite. In a group of kids, Elle will stay back unless she has her 1 friend of comfort...Then she can be in her zone. She loves to play with her friends and family but Ellie also loves to have her own play time as well. After being gone for the day or having people over she can't wait to go downstairs and play on her car mat with all of her Lego and Matchbox cars. Her obsession, all things car related. When people come over she always asks if she can look in their car, she pretends to go on trips in them, and loves opening and closing car doors. Elle is the only child who will leave dessert left on her plate when she is full....She has no problem leaving a half-eaten cookie or milkshake. The rest of us are completely perplexed by this quality! As I am typing this Elle is downstairs playing cars but just came up for a hug and to just sit on my lap. :) Elle is a little mama bear and loves to keep track of her brothers and make sure everyone is following the rules and all is in order. I sure have a great helper but almost daily I remind her that I am the Mom and she gets to be their best friend. :) She is tiny and is inches shorter than Luke was when he was her age and she got my small feet. She is super, duper fast!! Ellie has really grown in her eating habits (phew!) and her favorite fruits are anything berry (strawberry being her favorite) and carrots and spinach are her veggie of choice (even over mashed potatoes!!). She LOVES to color A LOT way more than either of our boys. She enjoys pairing her outfits together matching a top to a bottom. She LOVES to read!! She likes the Berenstein Bear series and her princess books the best. She is really good at memorizing song lyrics or stories and can recite many stories and songs by memorization.
Ellie, you are perfectly made in the image of God and we love you with all our hearts. Happy birthday, baby girl!
Her birthday fell between summer trips so we decided to have a friend sleepover birthday party (On a Monday night, nonetheless.) with her two very besties, Zaydee and Lilah. These two have been like sisters to her and we all love them so much! Luke got outta the house and stayed the night at Zaydee's family's house with his best bud Ayrton and Drew stayed to be with the ladies. Drew is a big Zaydee fan. :)
Pizza for dinner and then us 4 girls took off to see Despicable Me 3!
The rock star life. Posing with her gal pals on the red carpet and then snuggled on comfy recliners, eating popcorn, watching a show, wrapped in their blankies, and cozied up next to their little animal friend.
After the movie, friends...
presents...
and a homemade car cake that Daddy made special for his sweet, baby girl!
I mean, donuts for the wheels and everything!
These three had so much fun the whole night!
We read Madeline that Z had gotten for Elle that day! And then off to bed. I was laying with Elle rubbing her back and the girls were in a sleeping bag on each side of her. While I was rubbing her back E said, "Mom, can you leave? So, you know. We can talk and giggle and stuff." My heart melted..."Of course, sweet girl." SO off I went cracking the door behind me. We could hear their talks and giggles and it made me so happy. They tuckered themselves out a little past 11. Ben was up and out to work and I was waking up around 7, when I heard them talking and giggling. Laying in bed listening to them was my absolute favorite part. A girl's girls are so important. I LOVE my girls and I love watching my #1 girl falling in love with her own friendships.
Making homemade rainbow pancakes!!
AND then outside to play until the mamas came!! A 5th birthday girl. The time is flying by so fast...
A special birthday package from Auntie Nae!! Look at that smile! And Luke in the background looking all Gaston"ish", sticking out those pecs. What?!
The next am, off for E's 5 year old apt, with all her shots, finger prick and urine test. Poor kiddo. She did great and only spiked a low fever later that day. Which is great because off to Boyne Mountain we shall go!!
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