1st blankie

SO I decided that after she turned one, Emma could safely sleep with a blanket. I still had anxiety about is and had to turn back on the video monitor. However, she has survived this far. Here she is snuggled up under her owl birthday blanket.

Valentines

Patrick's sister was here visiting and we went to see Wicked in the city. It was awesome and we had some really good and fancy soul food. Here is Emma and Paul (her uncle) reading books. This is on of the few picture we took during their visit. Emma is really into kissing the characters in her books right now. She has this monster book that use to scare her because it is a pop-up, but now she smooches the monsters. She also feel asleep in her high chair for the first time during their visit.

1st Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Emma - we love you. We had a great party with my mommy friends and some family. Emma and the babies played with toys while we congratulated ourselves for surviving a year without sleep. This was her first taste of sugar and she wasn't quite sure what she thought of it, but eventually realized that the frosting was tasty and she slathered it all over her face. Emma's cake was a small white cake with raspberry frosting ( the same thing I sent to daycare for her party). We had a chocolate cake that was shaped like an owl. Her party was owl themed because she was really into poking the big eyes of owls in her books. Emma's favorite thing was being lifted up to hit the banner that read, " Happy 1st Birthday Emma."

Family

The Chorbis came to visit and Emma had a great time with them. She thought Kyle was hilarious and she liked to watch Kaitlyn. We celebrated Kris' birthday and they taught me how to make tie blankets.

Playtime w/ a cousin

Owen got a train table and Emma loved to destroy the tracks. Grandpa kept calling her Godzilla. She would break the tracks and eat the people whenever the opportunity arose. Poor Owen had a hard time sharing at first, but after a few days he figured out how to distract Emma so he could drive safely by.

Christmas Day

Emma woke up to find her stocking and lots of goodies. She didn't really get the idea of unwrapping, but she liked to play with all the toys, especially the books - she loves to read. This year was the year of the horse; she got some ride on toys and a great cowgirl outfit. Grandma tried to make everybody perform holiday songs, but we all prepared for the same song - Jingle Bells. Maybe we'll get more exciting next year!