Ella Munchkin is One

Ella Grace Bittinger, 1 yr.

In somewhat of a reverse order, Ella dear was a ship's captain...

An entomologist (her favorite thing all day)...

An orange grove worker...

An airline pilot...

A grocery store cashier...

And a Sheriff. Yes, we took her to the Children's Museum for her special day.

These were her birthday gifts awaiting her this morning. The crocheted giraffe I made for her and special crayons the kids and I made for her. We melted broken crayons into an old muffin tin so they would be easy for her to hold and use. She l.o.v.e.d. them both more than we even anticipated! She wouldn't let go of "Raffy", the giraffe all day.... my mama heart swells at her appreciation of homemade ;)

She needed a little encouragement to open the gift wrap.

Ali's idea was to make her name out of munchkins for her cake and this also became the inspiration for her name above.

And here we are at the beginning... or in reverse order, the end!

Happy Birthday Ellabeaner!!