We had a fantastic time celebrating Ellie’s first birthday. We decided that we would go ahead and do a little party for her a couple of weeks early. My parents were in town, it was a weekend that worked for Luke’s parents, and it would give us a little time before Anna Kate’s birthday! Since she was born in a big snow and ice storm, we thought it would be fun to do a winter “ONE”derland party. It also helped that my sister-in-law, Rachael gave us a bunch of decorations from Rebekah’s party last January 🙂

We just invited grandparents this year, as well as one other family who is very special to Eleanor. Courtney is a student in our youth group and keeps Eleanor each Monday morning for me while I teach Spanish at the preschool. She and her family love Ellie, so we were glad they were able to come celebrate her first year of life with us. Courtney also offered to take pictures, so I can’t take any credit for these photos!