Yesterday was Emma's 1st birthday. I can't believe it. This year has gone by so fast.
Emma is the joy of our life and we never want to go back to life without her. She definitely has her own personality already. She loves to go and go. She doesn't stop for cuddles and barely stops for food. Emma loves to play indoors and out. She loves her walks, reading books, singing, and she is even starting to dance to music. She loves push buttons and hug stuffed animals. She will take all five of hers out of her toy basket, give them a hug and throw them over her shoulder to move onto the next one. She loves to imitate noises and hand gestures and getting really good at the few she knows. She is still crawling for the most part but is very happy to walk along furniture and with help. She still has not said any coherent words but jabbers all day long. Emma still loves to smile and that smile is getting filled up with teeth (7 already). We love our Emma.
We celebrated her birthday with her Grandma and Grandpa Lavender and Van Bibber. Along with Great-Grandma Lavender and Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Zundel. Aunt Anne and Uncle Taylor were also there. We had everyone over Saturday night because that was the night everyone was available. I know some of you are thinking about the BIG game. But Quinn and everyone else made the sacrifice and taped the second half - GO UTES. Just put me down for the worst wife ever award for two years in a row now (Quinn missed the game last year because Emma decided to be born that weekend). Quinn has now been asked to write this and only this game on the calender every year so that we can avoid this conflict in the future.
Well, we still had a great night, despite Emma and myself being sick with colds. Emma did perk up for the party and soon figured out how to unwrap her presents. She received: books, blocks, big cars and little cars, and tons of clothes. We then had cake and ice cream. Emma got her own cake to dig into and boy did she dive right in and loved it!
Presents!
Emma is the joy of our life and we never want to go back to life without her. She definitely has her own personality already. She loves to go and go. She doesn't stop for cuddles and barely stops for food. Emma loves to play indoors and out. She loves her walks, reading books, singing, and she is even starting to dance to music. She loves push buttons and hug stuffed animals. She will take all five of hers out of her toy basket, give them a hug and throw them over her shoulder to move onto the next one. She loves to imitate noises and hand gestures and getting really good at the few she knows. She is still crawling for the most part but is very happy to walk along furniture and with help. She still has not said any coherent words but jabbers all day long. Emma still loves to smile and that smile is getting filled up with teeth (7 already). We love our Emma.
We celebrated her birthday with her Grandma and Grandpa Lavender and Van Bibber. Along with Great-Grandma Lavender and Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Zundel. Aunt Anne and Uncle Taylor were also there. We had everyone over Saturday night because that was the night everyone was available. I know some of you are thinking about the BIG game. But Quinn and everyone else made the sacrifice and taped the second half - GO UTES. Just put me down for the worst wife ever award for two years in a row now (Quinn missed the game last year because Emma decided to be born that weekend). Quinn has now been asked to write this and only this game on the calender every year so that we can avoid this conflict in the future.
Well, we still had a great night, despite Emma and myself being sick with colds. Emma did perk up for the party and soon figured out how to unwrap her presents. She received: books, blocks, big cars and little cars, and tons of clothes. We then had cake and ice cream. Emma got her own cake to dig into and boy did she dive right in and loved it!
Presents!
Playing with her blocks.
The Cakes!
We had been practicing blowing with Emma this past month but never with a live flame and so what did she do she tried to grab it and we all gasped and so she go shy and worried and so I had to blow the candle out for her. Comment by Quinn: Lauralee is really understating the gravity of this moment. We almost let our baby light her face on fire. We had anticipated her trying to grab the candle (see above picture where her hands are being restrained); however, we had not anticipated her diving forward headfirst toward the candle, which is exactly what she did. I caught it all on videotape, and if there were a TV program called America's Worst Videos Where Parents Almost Lit Their Baby's Face on Fire, we would be a shoo-in for the $10,000. Shame, shame, shame on us. If I were a Boy Scout, my Firem'n Chit would be revoked immediately. Now back to Lauralee's regularly-scheduled blog post:
What a cute Birthday Girl!
I LOVE CAKE!
Happy 1st Birthday Emma! We love you!
Mom and Dad
2 comments:
Happy birthday, Emma! Quinn, you'd already lost your totin' chip in my book. And now your firm'n chip is in jeopardy?
Great pictures! I wish we could have been there. Sorry we didn't get a card in the mail, but I figure Emma would forgive us.
-Daniel
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