Ella's First Birthday Party

Chris and I threw Ella her first Birthday party. It was so much fun and so memorable. We invited many of our friends and also Chris's parents-Gandma and Papa Ruphard along with Papaw Ruphard(Ella's great grandpa). Jen's family was unable to come, but they'll be visiting us this month. We had a very nice barbecue along with many good side dishes. When Ella and I opened her gifts on the backyard of our lawn, it was so much fun to see her interacting with the wrapping paper toys and, etc. I think she was more interested in the wrapping paper than her gifts. When it was time to blow out her "One" candle it made music that gandma Ruphard got for us-very neat! We sang Happy Birthday to her, and she didn't even get scared like Daddy and I thought she would. She loved it. We gave Ella her very first piece of cake to eat and she dug right in. Here are some photos of her Birthday party.