Happy Birthday Ella!

Ella thought her birthday would NEVER come.

First it was MaryAnn's birthday...

Then Annie's...

Then Emma's...

Then Carrie/America's...

Then Daddy's...

Poor Ella was convinced that it would always be someone ELSE'S birthday. Finally, November 12, her birthday arrived. All her friends came over for a very fancy tea party.

They wore fancy clothes, and ate fancy foods with fancy manners.

Ella finally got to blow out the candles all by herself

After the party was over she was tired; but the next day the first things she said to me when she woke up was, "I'm ready to finish my birthday!" Too bad we'll have to wait another whole year for the next one.