Ellie's 1st birthday

Ever since Andrew's 2nd birthday, this little boy has dramatically changed almost daily. From his vocabulary to his interests to shoot, even his height, he is growing and changing! He is also surprising me by all of sudden deciding to participate in activities that in the past, generally showed NO interest in.
This weekend, Andrew and I went to Ellie's 1st birthday party. Daddy had to work so he didn't get to go. When we arrived, Andrew's best buddy Jakob was waiting in front of the house with his hands on his hips and yelling at Andrew to hurry and come "jump." Mind you, in the past, Andrew has wanted NOTHING to do with the bounce houses. Literally, he will stand 10 feet away from them or find something else to do. They terrify him! Until today! Andrew and Jakob had the entire bounce house to themselves. Andrew gradually made his way up the step and into the jumper. And from then on, I could not get this little boy out of the bounce house. I desperately tried to get video and pictures but he was a bouncing maniac but if you look closely, you can see his facial expression and it pretty much says it all!
We finally got the boys out of the bounce house to join the rest of the party. Dallas was playing and seeing as how we were at a party composed of mainly Dallas fans, the wives and the kids were outside and the men watched the game. Ellie's mommy had done a great job of putting together such an adorable Minnie Mouse themed birthday party. This little girl is so sweet and seriously, the happiest baby I have ever seen! Andrew loved calling her "baby, baby, baby" the entire party. I am not sure if he was identifying the fact that yes, she was a baby or if this was a term of endearment for this sweet lil lady. Hmmmmmm!

Happy birthday sweet little Ellie!