Look Whose 2...

Ellie turned two this month!  Her birthday was on a Sunday this year and I thought the kids looked cute all dressed up for church so I tried to get a picture of them altogether:

This was the first one...

 then Jacob wouldn't sit still

which lead him to step on Ellie's hand

and then the pictures were over.  

Ellie LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and her favorite character is Minnie Mouse. So thanks to Walmart the night before Ellie got a Minnie Mouse party!

 Ellie couldn't decide if she wanted a cake or cookies for her birthday so I put the two together and made a cookie cake (which just means I decorated a cookie).  It was a hit!  All evening she went around saying "cookie cake, cookie cake!"  It was adorable!  

 Here are pictures of Ellie with her "cookie cake!"

Opening presents...she loved this part! (Side story: She was so funny opening the gifts, she had to pick off the white dots I had taped on to the packages before she would open them.  We laughed). 

Mom and Ellie:  Look at all those smarties Grandma Cyndi gave her, she was in heaven!

Ellie is starting to get into the princess phase and for the last couple of weeks she would find my one pair of high heels and wear them around the house, so for her birthday we got Ellie a princess dress up set, with her own pair of high heels.  

 Here is our princess all dressed up!  

I can't believe Ellie is two!  She is so much fun to have around the house.  She is getting such a fun personality.  She loves drinking milk, loves having her binkie for bedtime and naptime, but no longer takes naps(which makes me sad) but goes to bed so much better. She takes after her mom and loves candy and gum.  She is so cute and says "bum" for gum.  She gets a kick out of jumping in her crib and if a room is dark she will get a scared look on her face a say "dark, dark"...it makes me laugh!

Happy Birthday Ellie!