Jitterbug

Today we were watching Happy Feet and Emma decided to dance along with the penguins. This kid is too much. She brings a smile to our faces everyday!

Little Lawnmower

Emma got this cute lawnmower for her birthday and she plays with it all the time. I love her little giggle at the start of the video. Enjoy!

It's the Big ONE!

It's hard to believe it's been a whole year, but indeed it has. This past Saturday, we celebrated Emma's First Birthday. We had a lovely party with family and friends and overall, Emma did very well considering we partied right through her nap time.

As a child, my mother made and decorated all of my birthday cakes, so I felt compelled to do the same for my baby girl. I found a great cake pan in the shape of a #1 and with a little help from Betty Crocker, we had a wonderful cake!

I also made some fancy cupcakes as well. The one with the candle on top was Emma's special cake to eat...more on that later.

Having a December baby born a mere 12 days before Christmas, I wanted to keep the colors as far away from Christmas as possible, so we went with a bright pink and orange. We had a lovely array of food and the centerpiece was a photo frame of pictures of Emma from birth throughout her first year.

After eating lunch, we sang happy birthday to our girl and gave her a cupcake to enjoy. She did not have the traditional reaction to this as most kids:

After cleaning her up a bit, she realized that she could eat this messy treat and it was pretty good! We then had a change in reaction:

So as you can see a fun time was had by all and here we are a family of 3 for one year:

To view all the pictures from Emma's big day click here:

Emma's First Steps!

While crawling is still her primary mode of transportation, our busy baby has taken her first steps!! It is so exciting to see Emma learn new things and how proud she is of her progress. At the rate she is going, we will have a full time walker by Thanksgiving! Look out world! Here comes Emma!

'Hope' - Let's help Obama

Politics is normally a topic I try to avoid while in mixed company, but my sister in law posted this to her facebook, and I was really moved by this.

Barack Obama was indeed my choice for president and he did receive my vote. This video however is not a slap in the face to McCain or a "Go Obama Go", but simply the truth of the change our country so desperately needs and how it cannot be in the hands of our new president alone, but it rests in our hands as well, as the great United States of America. So wether or not Barack Obama was your choice for president, he has been chosen by the people to serve. Please pray for him and for our country for the next 4 years. Pray that we can make a dent in the mess that has become our great nation. Together, we can change the world. With God, All things are possible. Thanks for sharing this again Lease!

Finally...some Halloween Pictures

Sorry this is coming a little late, but things have been rather hectic lately. Emma was a lady bug for Halloween and while we didn't take her trick or treating, we did dress her up and go to Grammy's. Getting these pictures was quite a task since our little lady was getting quite tired. Maybe next year will be easier and more fun for all. Enjoy the pictures of our little lady bug.

A Note from Emma

Hello everyone! I see Mommy blogging alot, so I decided that since this is our family blog, I would go ahead and try to post myself! This is alot of fun. I love to use the laptop. Mommy took some pictures of me while I was writing this post so you can see just how cute I am! I love you all and hope to see you soon.

Love,

Emma