Ellie's 2nd Birthday Party!!!

What a fun and exciting weekend!!! We celebrated Ellie's 2nd birthday on Saturday (a couple of weeks early in case baby brother decides to come sooner than expected) and celebrated Easter with Lollie, Poppy, She She, and Thomas on Sunday!

Our Birthday Girl...can't believe she's almost 2!!

What better birthday theme than Easter? We had some delicious cake...

and cupcakes!!

Fun favors for everybody!

And this little munchkin couldn't keep her hands off of the cupcakes once she discovered them!

And grazed around the food table for at least the first 10 minutes of her party! I don't think she's ever had so much food and candy within her reach!

Opening her very 1st present (one of her faves!) from MeMe...

It's a basketball goal!!!

Going for the "slam dunk!"

Perhaps her favorite present of the day from Uncle Travis..."Brobee" from Yo Gabba Gabba! Or "Yoby" as E calls him. Uncle Travis knows this little girl very well!!!

Dancing with "Yoby"

Enjoying her other favorite present...her new sandbox that Daddy and Poppy made!

Ellie was excited to have lots of friends at her party. "Spencer" and "Liney" came!

Miss Katherine...

Wesley...

Mallory...

Elliott...

and even Mary Clark made it to her very 1st birthday party!!!We couldn't have an Easter birthday party without an egg hunt!!

Ellie decided she didn't need her basket because all she cared about was opening the eggs, getting the marshmellow treats out, and throwing them back on the ground!

They were all so cute hunting eggs. Mallory found one!

Katherine and Mallory hunting away!

Her favorite part of the day...cake time! She was all smiles for that!

The guys even enjoyed the party! It helps when you provide some nice, cold beverages just for them!

Finally, she got to open her presents! After her party, Ellie and Poppy decided it would be lots of fun to let all of her balloons go and watch them fly high in the sky.

Watching them go "bye bye" in her adorable apron that Katherine gave her!

Lovin it! Mama wasn't lovin it too much because I hated to see the balloons go, but I decided what the heck...they'd just be floating around my house for weeks until they deflated anyway!

This smile perfectly sums up our entire day! We woke up to dreary, rainy weather which just does not work for an outdoor Easter egg hunt birthday party. But, by around 1:00 the sun starting peeking through, and it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon. I couldn't have ordered better weather! Thanks to all of Ellie's family and friends who came to celebrate her special day! She had an absolute blast!

And of course the Easter bunny stopped by to leave her several treats! I'm so glad he knew her obsession with umbrellas, and now she finally has her very own. She's singing "It's raining, it's pouring" in this picture...

And oh my!! A Yo Gabba dvd!!!

After seeing all of her treats from the Easter bunny, we headed to church with my family and enjoyed a delicious lunch afterwards. We have several pictures from that part of our weekend, but I promised She She I wouldn't post them since E wore her dress that she is going to be wearing in the wedding!! What an awesome weekend, and I am sad that it's over. Our baby had such a great time, and that makes us so happy!

3 weeks and counting 'til this little bambino is supposed to arrive. Amazing how quickly it's flown by. There has been discussion that we might induce on the 19th or 2oth...stay tuned!