Elizabeth's 4th Birthday

On September 15th, Elizabeth Rose Gustafson turned four!

We started her morning off with her favorite breakfast, pancakes, and completed them with some maple syrup and a candle so she could start her special day off with a wish.

 We did a mini photo-shoot in the backyard in her birthday cake tee. She looks so grown-up and every bit a four-year-old to me in these...

Jeff was in Alaska on her birthday so we had a small party that evening to celebrate (and also because mommy needed some interaction-with-other-adults time).

We had pizza for dinner and afterward and Ella enjoyed opening her gifts.

She cracked me up pretending to read and then exclaiming, "Mommy, I don't know who wrote this!" So I read her cards to her instead. 

Jeff and I bought Ella her first jewelry box and locket. She loved it!

After all the gifts were opened, we had cake pops (which Ella and I made earlier in the day for her preschool class) and ice-cream for dessert. She got to blow out four candles this time around and made another wish. 

Happy birthday to the sweetest, most spirited, most energetic little girl I know. You bring us so much joy and laughter and we are abundantly blessed to have you in our lives. xoxo