Emily is 53 Weeks Old!

Emily is 1 year, 1 week old.  So far, she is really enjoying being a one year old.  She's been standing on her own more and more and was even brave enough to take a step or two today.  She is constantly talking and one of these days we will understand what she is saying!  We had quite a snow storm this week and Emily is finally starting to enjoy it a little bit.  On top of all the shoveling that we (mostly Mike) had to do, we made sure to have some fun building snowmen and playing around too!  Mike's birthday was also this week, so it was quite a busy one.  As Emily gets older so do we!  It's easy to forget about that one!!!  We are still having tons of fun and will keep you posted each week with what we are up to.  The question is, should we continue taking weekly pics?  It's become a part of our routine, but I know we can't keep it up forever.  Would you all be oh so disappointed if we gave it up and switched to monthly pics perhaps?  Eddie did offer to pay for Emily's college education if we can do it for 1000 weeks, but I'm not so sure he is really going to follow through on that one.  I think I'll need that statement written, signed, and notarized.  Let me know your thoughts, but for now here are this weeks pics...

Helping Mommy bake Daddy's birthday cake.

Actually the result of crawling through the flour Mommy spilled on the floor!

Is cake making in my future?  This one tasted even better than Emily's!

 

Happy Birthday Mike!

  

Snowy fun!

The first day of the storm after the first 15ish inches.

  

Getting brave.

  

Emily's first snowman.  Check out her tongue.  Catching snowflakes perhaps?

  

Fun in Daddy's snow chair.

  

Day two.  Yes that is yesterday's snowman about to topple over.  We got another good 15 plus inches!  This was definitely the most we've gotten since we lived here.

  

We got it all cleared away so Emily could ride in her new wagon.  She loves it!

 

Snowman #2.  This one won't be going anywhere for awhile.

(The head fell off the next day.  Maybe Mike has snowman making issues!)

 

 Mike's birthday celebration this weekend.

Emily's shirt says "Daddy's Favorite Present"

  

Connor having fun in the kitchen.  Emily showed him where all the good stuff is stored.

The spoons are her favorite too!!

  

Playing together.

  

Emily loves her milk!  Even better than juice.

  

The plows got our mailbox and broke the post this time too.  So, this is Mike's temporary fix.  Just jam the wood pole into the snow.  At least we will be able to get our mail!

  

 Multitasking

 

53 weeks old.  Such a big girl!

Happy First Birthday Emily!

Emily turns one!  She woke up nice and early this morning, probably because she was excited to find out what this birthday thing is all about!  She woke up to some gifts in the living room.  Then we had a nice pancake breakfast, went to swimming class, had a nice afternoon nap, then her grandparents all came over for a birthday dinner and more presents.  Another exciting day for Emily!  Here are some pics of the fun!  Emily is ONE!!!!!

 

Opening gifts with a crayon.  She opened crayons first and had to take them all out of the box and play with them.

  

Birthday pancake!

  

YUM!

  

Playing with my new blocks!  These are fun!!

  

Dancing with Daddy.  She started this little dance where she claps twice then puts here arms together across her chest.  Not sure where it came from but it's cute!

  

We let Daddy do the swimming today.  Reaching for a duck.  Emily's favorite part of class is going after the toys.

  

Fun in the pool!

  

Holding onto the bar.  She can hold on by herself.

  

Birthday grilled cheese!  I think I like this birthday thing!

  

Emily's birthday cake made with love by Mommy and Daddy.  Our first cake made from scratch.  We could use a little more decorating practice but it was yummy!!!

  

Singing again.  Emily loves it!

  

We tried cake again, still not that into it.  She tried a little but had no interest in diving into it.  Sorry, no super chocolatey baby pics!

 

After all the birthday fun a new book to read before bed.  Emily had a wonderful birthday celebration and we all had fun watching her enjoy it!

Emily is 52 Weeks Old!

Emily is 52 weeks old today!!!  Tomorrow is her first birthday.  We had a very busy week getting ready for her big party.  It was a great celebration and Emily definitely enjoyed it.  She had lots of fun playing with the big boys in her new wagon and just generally being the center of attention!   Most of this week's pics are from her party so check it out.  Some notable accomplishments this week are Emily started standing up on her own.  She lasts only a few seconds, but is feeling brave enough to let go of things to stand up.  Either that or she just is so into playing that she doesn't realize what she is doing and when she does she lunges right back.  She can also give kisses when asked.  It is more of a wide open mouth forehead mash, but she gets the idea and of course it is very cute!  My little baby is growing up oh so fast...

Birthday cards!  Time to get into the birthday spirit.

  

A card and bunny from Nana.  She couldn't make it for her party but sent a nice gift for Emily.

  

Party time!  First ride in her new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa.  She loves it!

Kisses from Uncle Eddie

  

Riding in the wagon with Connor.  The wagon was the hit of the party for the kids.

  

Emily discovered stickers.  Having fun decorating Uncle Jesse.  Aunt Kim kept the supply coming!! 

Emily is standing on her own in the pic.  Oh so big!

  

Cake time.  Let's all sing to Emily!

 

Checking out the cake.  Not so sure about it.

  

Mommy and Emily by the cake.

 

Ok, what is this stuff and why are so many people watching me!

  

Ok, I touched it, now what?!  She really wanted nothing to do with the cake.  Too sweet for our little Sweetie.

At home after the party.  Almost standing on her own.

 

52 Weeks old.

 

Standing tall

Emily has started standing up without holding on to things. Here's a video I got of her doing it while playing with some toys today.

51 Weeks Old

Emily is 51 Weeks old and we all know there are only 52 weeks in a year....YIKES!  We are getting ready to celebrate Emily's big ONE!  I am having so much fun watching her grow and develop, but I just can't believe she is a week away from being one year old.  Emily is constantly talking and is always on the move.  She loves walking around the house while holding onto our hands.  She even "runs" up and down the hallway.  We've let go of her while standing a bit this week and she keeps her balance for a few seconds but then realizes what is going on and leans back toward us.  We finally got some real snow this week, but Emily still wasn't impressed.  Perhaps she'll have more fun next year when she can run around in it.  She has discovered the kitchen cabinets and loves pulling everything out of them and banging it all around.  Another discovery this week, the toilet paper roll!!  There are so many fun things around the house, there is definitely no need for toys!!!  Well, maybe a few as she enjoys them also.  Check out our pics from week 51...

 Playing in the snow with Daddy.  It's not so bad if I don't have to touch it.

Emily almost looks like she's enjoying it.  You can see her initial in the background.  Daddy said it wasn't snowman making snow, so Emily got her initials in the snow instead.

Fun in the kitchen cabinets

 

 Unrolling the toilet paper.  What fun!

 

Colander Hat!

 

All smiles with Sam and Lila

  

Connor and Emily having fun in the ball pit at Danny's birthday party.

 

Danny, the birthday boy.  What a happy 2 year old he is!

 

Mommy and Emily on Valentine's Day

  

Playing the piano at Kim and Jesse's.  She looks like she's really trying to play something.

  

Fun with Aunt Kim

 

51 weeks old.