Happy Birthday, ElleAnna Suo!

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All Elle knew was "All body sing Happy Birthday to me" when I laid her down to bed last night. She had drank her glass of chocolate milk and wanted rocked. I was pretty sure that she was not asleep when I took her to bed, but she had one arm hanging down and hadn't moved for a long time. As I stood over her bed, still holding her, I said "You're faking" and this huge grin spread across her face and she started giggling. Then, she started chattering away about her birthday again, as if she'd been quiet too long and had stored up all the thoughts she needed to say.

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Dayton announced his arrival at the party by shouting "SURPRISE!" He had been practicing "Happy Birthday, Elle" all week, so he was primed and ready to go.

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Grama's cake (actually made by the best cake lady on earth, Karen) was a huge success. It was Kai-Lan. Of course, unless you'd watched the show, you had no idea who the little girl in pig tails was, but that was ok. She was still cute.

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When it came to the gifts, Dayton watched very closely, trying very hard to keep his hands on his lap. Conlee was excited to see too and is always a good helper, especially for his special friend Elle. As for Elle, she did her usual, stacking the gifts, being careful with the paper. She got lots of neat things, although, Dayton claimed the Sleeping Dora and wanted to take it home with him.

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The cards, however, were another story. She pretty well shreds the envelopes to get to the card. I think her favorite was Ranelle's - It sang the "Move it, Move it" song and had the Madagascar characters on it. Elle's taking that card to school today to share with her friends.

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Here's some photos from our evening to share with you. I am sure that as the day goes on, Elle's birthday adventures are just beginning! She is going to celebrate at school today too. We had to do her party last night because Daddy and Bryant have a big forensics meet today and won't be home until well after bedtime tonight. That's ok though, just makes Elle's birthday celebration last even longer!

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