The Krazy Kirklands: Back in Minneapolis!!

Snuggle time!! My favorite time ever!

I LOVE this little girl SO much!!

Alright- so I guess I fall into the "by February everyone has forgotten or is ignoring their New Years resolutions" category! But in my defense I've been in Oklahoma for the past 2 weeks visiting and planning our house, which was a much bigger & more stressful process than I had originally thought! So blogging went out the window & instead I put my focus on the tasks at hand! Do you know how many lights there are? Or doorknobs? Paint choices?! It was a busy-busy week full of decisions & excitement! But I plan to pick right back up and blog more & do a recipe of the week again!!

We started off this week with snuggles, grocery shopping & our last Costco trip before our membership runs out! :( Tulsa better get one soon!! SO much better than Sams Club....or maybe that's the frozen yogurt talking?? Anyway, we are back in MN and ready to start another week!

Before we left for our Oklahoma trip we were able to celebrate Ella's first birthday with her friends here in Minneapolis! We had 12-15 people over to our condo for yummy food, lots of playing and cupcakes at the end! I had such a fun time planning this little party for Ella! Here are some pictures of the event:

I do NOT want my picture taken people

Alright- alright just one more picture....

Yummy pizza mommy made!

Where's the fire people??

This stuff is pretty darn yummy!!

Pintrest inspired board of Ella's first year

Birthday Princess

Buttercream cupcakes!

Ball pit fun!!!

Cupcakes & Party favors

I just love this little/big girl!!

Ella was the "hit" of Oklahoma and full of giggles, smiles, snuggles & funny moments! She had yet another fist birthday party! (Seriously- this girl has had like 4) She loved exploring Nana's house, pulling out all of her decorations and mastering her stair climbing skills! She still loves to read, talk, walk around and get into everything!! She loved playing with her cousin's at Gramms & Papa's house and mooing at the cows! Every day is a fun adventure with this little nugget & I love it!! At Ella's first birthday appointment she weighed in at 20.5 lbs, 28 inches and has 8 teeth! BIG GIRL! She has the most contagious laugh that warms my heart!! I try to cherish every snuggle, kiss, and hug! It is all going too fast!!

I love presents- CHEESE

I know how to open this!

Our new trick: "How big is Ella?" "Sooo big" (with raised arms)

Boomer Sooner from Oklahoma

While in Oklahoma I also found some free time to craft a little! Pintrest has gotten addicting to me while building a house... We painted vases & made cake plates! They turned out beautifully! Definitely going in our new house & probably going to be given as gifts! So if you get one- congrats!

The cake plates I made.....love them! To gift or give away?? Hmmmm

Cake plates & vases! SO easy!

I did a horrible job of taking pictures of the house.... it was pretty bad weather for Oklahoma (we got 2-3 inches of snow) & I'm just terrible at remembering to take pictures! Plus it is just dry-wall and unfinished wood right now....not that much to see! Same as the pictures from my last post! Give me another month and then I will post pictures!! So sorry to all of you who wanted to see it! It is going to be beautiful I can tell you that! But here's a picture of Jon's unfinished desk in his study!

Beautiful built in desk

After a fabulous trip to Oklahoma, we were ready to see daddy and happily boarded the plane to see him on Saturday!! She made multiple friends on the plane & even played with some Grandma's Ipad while we waited in St Louis!