Thursday, July 30, 2009

Happy Birthday, Emma!

Our sweet little Emma Grace turned one this month! We can hardly believe that one year has flown by! We threw Emma a birthday party to celebrate the big event. We had lots of fun with family and friends. We weren't sure how Emma would like all the people in the house, but she did wonderfully! She is such a social butterfly. She cruised around the house with her little stroller, socializing with all her friends! She was most interested in the huge pile of presents and even managed to get her new little froggie loose from one of the packages. Cake wasn't as interesting to Em. Aunt Becca had made two beautiful cakes for Emma, one for the guests and one for the birthday girl. Emma carefully picked off each little yellow dot from the flowers. She did not really care to "dig" into the cake. Daddy tried to help her squish her fingers in it, but she was very timid about it all. She ended up eating a little bit and trying to feed more to Mommy and Daddy! All in all, it was a wonderful day!

The beautiful cake Aunt Becca made!
Presents!!!!

Emma trying to get into her presents!

Cake time
Emma actually enjoyed opening presents and looking at all her new toys!

Would you like a plastic cookie? It's very tasty.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Going to the Zoo Zoo Zoo


Week before last, Dusty and I took Emma on her first trip to the zoo. The only time we were able to go was the middle of the day - note it was quite hot and it was most of the animals nap time. However, we had a fabulous time. Emma made sure to be very polite, waving at the elephants and the zebras. My favorite happening was the visit to the rhinos. Emma was in her stroller, so we did not want to take her out, knowing all too well that she would not want to return to her cozy seat. We lifted her up, stroller and all, to see the rhino that was about 10 feet from us. At first she seemed interested, but then she realized a cheerio was left on her stroller tray. Yum! MUCH more interesting!

Emma keeping an eye on the animals.

Pointing at the zebras.

My Cranes in Tennessee.

Ahhhh, fun at the zoo.