Birthday Weekend

Birthday Girl!!!!

Birthday Girls!!!

As most of you know, Ellie and I share the same birthday, April 17th. I took the day off on Friday, and we were able to spend it together. My parents and my younger brother came up to Bham on Thursday afternoon and stayed through Friday evening for Ellie's 1st birthday party. We had a wonderful weekend together and celebrated our birthdays pretty much the entire time!

Ellie got to open some of her presents on her real birthday. One of them was her new wagon that she absolutely LOVES!

Friday evening, my parents, Thomas, Shelby, Rusty, Uncle Josh, Ellie, and I all went to Brio for birthday dinner!

Thomas, She She, and Mom at dinner

We had our first round of birthday cake/dessert at Brio. Poppy is helping Ellie blow out her candle!

Then we had our second round of cake after dinner! Ellie and I each had our own cake.

We let her just dig in!

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We had the big 1st Birthday Party on Sunday afternoon, and boy did Ellie love every minute of it!!! I agonized over what to do about the party since it was supposed to be in our front yard, and the rain chances got higher and higher the closer we got to Sunday. We woke up Sunday morning to cloudy skies but no rain so I was back and forth on what to do. We decided to make the executive decision to move the party to Vestavia Country Club which turned out to be a great decision considering the bottom fell out right at 4pm when the party started! Poppy woke Ellie up from her afternoon nap around 3:15, and they headed to the club for the party. She was a little overwhelmed with all of the people excited and in her face, but after about 30 minutes she was good to go!

Oh, by the way...the birthday girl officially took off last Tuesday and hasn't stopped since! I guess she decided it would be way more fun if she were actually able to walk at her party!

We had a pink, polka-dotted giraffe theme!

"Monster cookies" for party favors made by Lollie! (These are a Moore family favorite)!

Sweet little giraffe cake

Ellie had her own very special cake.

MeMe (Rusty's mom) & Ellie

Baby Jackson made the trip all the way from Hotlanta!!

Ellie giving Will some love...so sweet.

Baby Katherine arrives!!

Ellie & Caroline crusing in the wagon.

Really breaking that wagon in...4 deep!

Uncle Josh & Ellie

The hat didn't last very long!

She knew what to do!

Look at this trio...so cute! These precious babies were all born within a week of one another! Wesley Moore, Katherine Crowe, and Jackson Brien.

Mallory made it to the party also!

She She & her girls!

After the party...Ellie decides cleaning up is over-rated and tries to escape! It's amazing how fast they can go once they're up on their feet!

Overall we had a wonderful birthday weekend!! Ellie had a blast at her party, and I have decided it's not so bad sharing a birthday. It's actually pretty darn special!!

Easter

The Prewetts had a wonderful Easter weekend! We had so much fun being with Ellie on her very first Easter. We started off the weekend going to Anna Spencer's 5th birthday party on Friday afternoon. Then on Saturday, Ellie and I went to an egg hunt with Lisa, Anna Spencer, and Caroline. Rusty went to the Masters on Sat so it was just us girls. Ellie had a great time at the egg hunt and wanted to be right in the middle of it all! Rusty got back late Sat night and was able to wake up with us Sun morning to see what the Easter bunny brought Ellie! Then the 3 of us headed to church where our service began with the hymn "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." That is definitely one of my favorites and what a wonderful way to start the service and remember the real reason we celebrate such a special day! After church we headed up to the club for Easter lunch with the Lawleys. We enjoyed spending Easter this year together with just our little family of 3!

Ellie, Anna Spencer, & Caroline before the egg hunt.

Ellie and A.S. ready for the hunt!

She was terrified of the Easter bunny!

And it's only been a few months since Santa! This is the "This is torture...get me the heck away from this scary thing" look!

Happy hunting...

Sunday morning...the Easter bunny came!!

She loved the peeps!

Trying out her new coverup.

I can't believe she actually wore the hood longer than a minute.

Photo shoot before church...

We put our flower on the cross at church.

Ellie & A.S. before lunch

Happy Easter!!

Visit to Lollie & Poppy's!

Ellie and I had an awesome visit with Lollie & Poppy!

Ellie outside with her Poppy. It's all she wanted to do the entire time we were there!

Lollie, Ellie, and I made a fun, spring cake together!

You see, Ellie was a big help!

Our butterfly cake...I thought it turned out pretty well considering none of us are all that creative! Maybe it was Ellie's help that made it turn out so well! ha!

Digging in...she had to get some practice with cake before the big party next weekend!

Ellie with her cousin (2nd cousin) Murray.

One more big event for the week....Ellie tried real milk for the first time! She has done really well with it and loves it out of a CUP!

Mallory's 1st Birthday!

Ellie's best friend Mallory turned the big O-N-E on March 27th! It seems like just yesterday when Rusty and I went up to the hospital (me being 37 weeks preggers) to visit Jimmy, Kelly, and their new little angel, and now she's one! Mallory's birthday party was this past Sunday, and fortunately we were able to make it and join in on the celebration! It was a close call since Rusty and I BOTH had a HORRIBLE stomach virus over the weekend. It was bad, real bad. I called She She on Sat morning to come get Ellie for us, and then she called me around noon to say she was getting sick too! Has anyone ever been really, really sick and had to still manage to find a way to take care of your child who is depending on you for every single thing?? Let me tell you, it is TOUGH! Thanks to Aunt She She and Aunt Susie for coming to our rescue! To make a long story short, we are all well now, and Ellie somehow never got it thank the Lord! Enough of our sickness and back to Mallory's fun party!!

Mom, Dad, and the birthday girl!

Mallory's adorable cake.

Buds

The birthday girl

About to tear into her cake!