Ella's 1st birthday party

Well, despite the heat--I think Ella's party was a great time.  The Bruster's Ice Cream was a big hit & it seemed like folks enjoyed the cake.  For the party we had S'mores, White Turtle, & Oreo ice cream, the cake was a basic yellow cake with regular buttercream for the top part & chocolate frosting for the cone portion.  We are so appreciative to all the friends/family that came to celebrate our Ella.  It is really funny to think that 4 years ago in June we had no kids & basically no friends in this area.  As we celebrated Ella's 1st Birthday, I was blown away by the friends that we now have & all the love that was showered on our little girl.  So a big thank you to those who attended!  I have to state before I show some pics....that I didn't play photog this weekend.  I just ran my camera in auto mode (which is why the quality of the pics is not as good as usual).  I was just too hot & busy to worry if my settings were correct.  I did learn some things about throwing a party away from home....you need a lot of stuff to be transported back & forth if you're going to attempt this.  I foolishly thought, oh, no big deal, I don't need that much, but really you do!  If I had it to do over again I might have just done it at our house, but sometimes you just don't know until you try, right??  So enjoy some pics of our little party & have a wonderful day!

Her double-scoop ice cream cone cake for the guests

Matching smash cake, shape wasn't exactly right, but still cute

Waiting for her guests

Centerpieces

Don't let the simplicity fool you, these pom-poms took a while to fluff

Snacks & cake

We started out in our party dress

Soon we were down to a diaper & onto the cake...ps loved the #1 sparkler as did she

Kiss from dada for baby girl

Unfortunately the heat necessitate a pony tail, but my highlights look really good when my hair is down

Loving her cake

Do I look crazed or what???  Can you say sugar coma!! I must admit I had 4 cups of ice cream before this pic was taken

Opening her gifts at home, it's amazing how early they get the hang of this, isn't it??

This is me & my neighbor Ms. Nancy--she's 79 & that's our friendly Bruster's Ice Cream man is in the back--Marco (yeah, total sugar coma for me--this is the only pic I had of the ice cream set up, so that's why I put it up)