a cupcake affair

so we celebrated my niece's 1st birthday this sunday. and my sister went all out - making her a tutu and dedicating the day to a full-blown cupcake theme. all the food served was modeled after a cupcake - and it all actually tasted pretty good (sorry sister, but you have to admit some had the potential to taste funny in cupcake form!)

all in all, it was a great time with a great turnout. i think she loved pretty aunt kelly (and uncle brandt's) gifts the best - after all, one of the sippie cups had "do-do" on it...which is her combination of "dog" and "milo", whom she just loves hanging out with!

looks like ellie loves her birthday and will begin celebrating it for a month soon enough like her pretty aunt kelly :)

i thought i would share some pictures with you to see how stinkin' cute she is. this is again where i insert the plug for a better camera...this was my sisters, but you can see how it just doesn't capture life's moments like a cannon SLR....

i just love baby legs!
there is a noise that goes with this face, which makes it even more precious!

"ohhhhhh" is what she said for everything

pretty girl