Ella's First Birthday Party!

This weekend, we had Ella's birthday party! On Friday (the 26th) we will officially have a one year old little girl. CRAZY! 

We had so much fun planning for Ella's birthday party!! We had a petting zoo, some good ol' barbecue, and a hayride too! We had so much fun with family and friends who helped us celebrate Ella. She is so loved. And so spoiled. 

Ella LOVED feeding Oretta at the Petting Zoo! And of course, Oretta loved it too!

Oretta was a hit at the party!

Max desperately wanted in the petting zoo, so he just crawled under the shed and made his way in. He is so silly!

Cookie, the mule made an appearance. His name is Cookie, because he LOVES cookie's. We even tried feeding him apples, and he wouldn't eat them, but he sure ate the cookies! 

My mom's rabbits came for the fun too! Some kids got to walk them on a leash! (Thanks for the picture Mrs. Becky!)

Ella's Paw-Paw & Gigi got her a Cozy Coupe for her birthday. She enjoyed riding around waving at everyone & eating cookies in her new car.

Paw-Paw pushing her around!

She was in Heaven and has been since the party! We've taken many rides!!

Nehemiah smoked 2 pork butts & baked beans for her party. It was DELICIOUS!!! 

Even though I was a little aggravated that he stayed up the ENTIRE night the before her party smoking the meat and napping during a lot of party prep... In the end, the food was worth it!

After we ate dinner, it was time for cake & presents!

Maybe my favorite picture of the entire party! Thank you Kristen for capturing this moment!!

Sweet baby had to share with daddy...

and mama. So precious!

She loved all of her presents & reacted to every single one of them!! She is too funny!

We ended the evening with the hayride!

Our Cute Driver!

Our hay ride came to a stop a little ways from our house, all the guys had to go check out the problem while we waited! We had to be pulled back to the house by Nehemiah's Dad! Too funny!

Thank you to everyone who came & celebrated Ella with us! We had such a great time! Ella had a blast so every bit of it was worth it!