Ella's 2nd Birthday!!!

My sweet sassy baby girl turned 2 yesterday. I cannot believe how much joy she has brought our family already.
This is a picture right after Ella was born

This is a picture I took for her 1st birthday invites
And, here she is the big 2 year old
We started her birthday fiesta with a couple of our family members over for cake.
(I made the cake and it had 4 layers of deliciousness... I was pretty proud)

Then we traveled to Disneyland (what better place to celebrate?)
The boys were so sweet and really helped make the day all about Ella.
They are great brothers.
Sweet Ella loves sunglasses and here she is sporting some her Papa Romeo gifted her :)
Then the excitement happened. I always said I would never let my daughter wear a costume to Disneyland... well I obviously ate my words. But, her smile was worth it ;)
Like I said the girl is blessed with sweet brothers. Camden proudly paraded her down to the restaurant in her full get up.
Where we met the other princesses for Ella's Birthday dinner

Notice her brothers cleverly hiding from any possibility of having to meet or worse be kissed by one of those gross princesses.

Owen also made sure Ella was having a great time

By the end of the night the princess turned into our sleeping beauty

And, we all lived happily ever after...

Our Last Day of Summer Break!!!

This past Sunday... the last day before school started back up we visited our favorite place. Yep, you guessed it Disneyland!!!

We dragged poor Danielle along for all of the funElla kept calling the rockets helicopters?? Not sure why.The kids enjoyed the petting zoo. This guy was so soft.

Notice Ella's excitement in the background.
The boys think that they are too old to take photos sometimes. This makes me sad :(

Owen ate his first Mickey Ice Cream Bar... and I think he may have actually gotten more on his clothes and face than actually in his mouth.

Owen had another first. He was very brave and rode Tower of Terror for the first time. Then he rode it twice!!! (pretty good coming from a kid that used to say Dumbo was scary). He has grown up a lot this summer.
If you click on the picture below you should be able to see everyone on the right side of the ride. this was the second time we rode it.Ella wanted this autograph book and pen... she was unsuccessful in her attempts to persuade me. Although, truth be told she was closePapa, Nana & Emma met us there and we are fortunate enough to get to ride the rapids with us. Notice I didn't get to go... shoot (yes, I am being sarcastic)And, then it was over. Back to school we go...