A version of this post appeared on the blog several years ago. I thought we would resurrect it in honor of Ella's upcoming tenth birthday. I wasn't yet blogging when we celebrated Ella's first birthday and I thought it might be fun to share the photos with you here! We're creeping up on double-digits (one month from today!) and I thought it might be fun to share a few flashback posts over the next few weeks. I'll be recapping a few of my favorite parties leading up to the big day! Her first birthday invitations read "Our Little Cupcake is Turning One," so we decorated with everything sweet and pink. I started planning this party so far in advance and I couldn't imagine anything better than sweet, pink princesses. Even as an infant, she was a girly girl through and through. We had the ...
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Giving Her Birthday Away
32 photographs. That's how many images it takes to tell the story of Bells' birthday. Of the 60 images my sister took, there were thirty-two that I couldn't NOT share. I know. I know I say this same thing every year and I'll probably say it at every birthday party, every year until my sweet girls grow up and move out. And after that, I'll probably say it about my grandbabies' birthdays. But this year, it might actually be true. This was the best birthday ever. I know I talked a little about it when I shared weekend links last week, but Ella came up with the idea of a "charity birthday" all on her own. It was back in the spring, long before we'd even talked about what to do for her party this year. I picked her up from Gran's house like any other Tuesday afternoon and she had a sparkle in ...