Ella's First Birthday

June 11th marked our sweet little Ella's first birthday. I know I say this a lot, but where has the time gone? When I started going through all of her monthly pictures I was holding back tears. It feels like just a few short months ago we brought her home from the hospital and now here we are. We have a sweet and completely hilarious one year old, who's full of mischief and sweet smiles.

Ella's birthday fell on a Saturday which was super awesome. She woke up super bright and early which was actually nice since I had a lot of decorating and prep ahead of me.  

I was so happy with how everything turned out. I was going with a flower/"thanks for watching me grow" theme. I wanted the decorations for the most part to be pretty simple but with splashes of colour here and there. 

The "Ella" banner and the monthly banner cards are from my Etsy shop. I'm so happy with how they turned out and were the center of all of the decorations. 

 The other tables were again decorated pretty simple. White table cloths with burlap table runners and pops of dark and light pink.

Fraser picked up some pretty Gerber daisies to compliment the whole theme. 

 I made two big goody bags for Ella and Harper, full of necklaces, treats and other small nick naks. Harper in particular was in her glory opening hers.

 I painted little flower pots a pretty pink and stuffed them with flower packets and little treats. Everyone went home with a sweet little picture from Ella's cake smash photo shoot.

The favors were topped with some custom favor tags from my Etsy shop - these will be listed in a few short days.

Fraser snapped some pictures of our princess and me. She was wearing the most adorable tulle dress from Old Navy that I got for a ridiculously cheap price. It was exactly what I wanted, something simple but princess like.  

Ella is currently obsessed with necklaces and will crawl/walk around the house with 10 on her neck at a time. She is honestly the funniest babe ever.

Ella preferred the icing over the actual "cake" part of the cupcake. Such a diva.

Managed to snap a few pictures of the birthday girl and her big sister before the festivities. Of course Ella bumped her lip resulting in a pretty big fat lip. Poor thing. She apparently didn't get the memo that you're not supposed to get hurt on your birthday!

Overall the day was amazing. Our little Ella was surrounded by all of the people that love her. Fraser and I are so blessed to have this little angel in our lives. She's so full of spunk, love and laughter. I'm so happy to call this babe my daughter.

A 12 month update will be posted within a few days. Stay tuned! xo

27th Birthday Festivities

This past Friday marked my 27th birthday. That's right, I turned 27 on the 27th of May - that's never going to happen again! Fraser took the day off work to hang out with me and the girls. Our original plan was for Fraser and I to go out for lunch while my mom watched the girls but since the weather was so nice I thought we would bring the girls to the park. I couldn't think of a better plan than to bring Harper and Ella to Storybook Gardens. Harper had only ever been once and this would mark Ella's first time.

The last time Harper was at Storybook was right after Ella was born - so last summer! She was still really small and didn't get to enjoy everything like she did this time around. She was OBSESSED with the mini houses and buildings and since it was a Friday there was barely any kids which made it easier for her to play. She particularly loved the grocery store and the little cottage/house. 

And can we take a moment to talk about how freaking cute she is in her sunglasses. I'm lucky if I can get her to eat breakfast without wearing them!

The go-karts were still too big for Harper but Fraser pushed her around a few times which she loved!

These two were melting my heart walking around together holding hands.

My sweet lady and I - gosh I could eat her all up sometimes!

Our sweet Ella pretty much chilled in her stroller while we walked around since it was super duper hot out and she was really tired. However, the second we rolled around to the parks splash pad, Ella nearly jumped out of the stroller. This girl goes banana's in the water, she is completely fearless and is a fish in a babies body. She was literally in her glory playing with her Daddy in the water. She was sticking her face and hands right in the stream of water. Harper on the other hand, took a few minutes to warm up to the water. I walked around with her coaxing her to splash around. Before I knew it she was running around playing.

Overall my birthday morning was amazing. I spent it with those that I love and finished off the day with a lovely dinner out with my hubby. I seriously love these guys to the moon!

Hope everyone has a lovely rest of the week! xx