More Birthday Fun!

Our Little Cupcake!

We celebrated Ellie's first birthday cupcake style! I am a low-key, few guests, not a lot of work kind of mom when it comes to parties. And our little party was perfect! After a Chick-fil-A lunch, everyone helped open Ellie's presents and (gasp!) there was no crying!! Then the older three (Kate, Jack and Hudson) got to decorate their own cupcakes! I have to record that Kate immediately said "I'll be really good at this. I watch Cake Boss." Love that girl. That kept them happy while Ellie went after her birthday cupcake! She was a little unsure at first, but once she had a little taste of the icing, it was on from there! Yummy! And it may be hard to tell, but this really was her first cupcake...bless her heart!

Thanks to the Testones and Mimi and Paw-Paw for celebrating with us! And a very Happy Birthday to our little cupcake Ellison! We love you!

Barney's/Ellie's Birthday Bash!

So Barney's Birthday Bash came to town ON Ellie's birthday...too perfect! We've never really done anything like this before, and we are so glad we did! And even though it was really more of a present to Hudson, it was great!! There was lots of dancing and singing and crawling up and down the stairs! Ha!

Hey Barney, thanks for sharing your birthday with Ellie! :)

Happy Birthday Ellie!!!

We have been camera-less for the last several weeks, but we are back in business for the big day/weekend! Ellie is the big O-N-E!

We started our day off with our traditional birthday breakfast cinnamon rolls, she loved it! And Hudson cried because he wanted a candle in his cinnamon roll...good times! Then we dressed Ellie up in her cutie pie "1" shirt and attempted some first birthday pictures. Not many smiles, but the jeans are irresistible!

I cannot believe the first year is already gone. I can remember the crazy night she was born like it was yesterday. I am so thankful for my little girl. She is a huge blessing from the Lord. She is so happy and smiles all day! Her toothless (yes, she is STILL toothless) smile is the greatest joy, I love walking in each morning to get her! She's cuddly and playful and I am loving watching the sibling relationship between them grow! And even though there were really hard times this year balancing two small children, I would not change a thing! My heart is full! I cannot wait to see what the next year brings!

More birthday to come!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from our family! May God bless you this year!

Dusty, Ashley, Hudson and Ellison Brewer

11 Months

Oh Ellie, please forgive your ever-late mother! The 11 month mark was on the 20th, but I'm just now getting to this! The big day will be here before we know it! Ellie is growing and changing all the time, so I thought I would give you 11 things she is doing right now:

1. Standing alone

2. Cruising with a walker and around the furniture

3. Waving bye-bye

4. Favorite words: mama, dada, uh-oh and dada for everyone else!

5. Giving her baby dolls a hug and kiss

6. Sitting in her big girl carseat

7. Dancing to any and all music

8. Clapping

9. Laughing at Hudson

10. Eating ALL THE TIME!

11. Smiling ALL THE TIME!

We love you Ellie Belly! Can't wait to celebrate your big birthday!!