ella bella♥

happy birthday to this sweet girl!!

today you are eight years old.
eight years ago today you were born on thanksgiving day, two weeks before your due date.
our lives and hearts were instantly full. what a blessing and privilege it is to be your mama.

a little bit about you...

you have the sweetest, most gentle spirit.
you are a nurturer.
you often times talk in third person when you talk to riley, it's pretty cute. ("riley, want ella to help you tie your shoes?")
you LOVE to learn and get board on the weekends if your little mind is not being continuously stimulated.
you can read a chapter book in one sitting. actually, this is how you prefer to do it.
speaking of books, you carry one with you wherever we go and read it every chance you get.
you are quiet and easily embarrassed.
but you have a crazy side that is reserved for those people you are the most comfortable around.
your best friend, besides your sisters, is elee. you both are two peas in a pod and act like long lost sisters.
when you grow up you want to be a nurse
your favorite foods are stir fry, pancakes, breakfast burritos and crock pot tri tip. (haha, i love that last one)
your favorite ice cream flavor is s'mores.
your favorite color (for now) is purple.
you rarely have to be disciplined, but when we have to do it you are literally devastated by it.
you love Jesus.
your prayer every night must include to "sleep good and have no bad dreams".
you are really good at math, but are more challenged by assignments that ask you to use your imagination. (so like your daddy, a left-brained thinker)
you LOVE soccer and at the end of fall soccer got invited to play on two different club teams. (a dream of your daddy's)
you play defense just like your daddy and have earned the nickname "garbage man".

we love you so much and are so proud of you. we can't wait for the things God has in store for you♥