Yummy!

Aunt Stephanie made some wonderful cookies for us to enjoy while we await Sarah's arrival and they are just too cute not to share:

Emma has already enjoyed locating every cookie that has her name on it and eating them.  Thanks for the great treat Aunt Stephanie!

Manicure

Mommy gave Emma her first manicure and pedicure today, with special kid friendly nail polish.  Emma had a great time with it (she kept saying "this is a fun game" and "oh, so beautiful"):

Guess mommy will be doing more in the future!

Heavy Metal

Emma continues to like her music, but is branching out in styles.  Mommy thinks this one sounds a little heavy metal (see if you can recognize the tune):

If you couldn't guess, it was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!

Sarah's Quilt

Sarah got a beautiful Brown Bear quilt from her Great Aunt Merryl to decorate her room.  We cannot wait for her to see it for herself:

Thanks Aunt Merryl for the great gift!

Midget

Emma got an early birthday present from mommy and daddy, a bicycle.  Unfortunately, it is too early for her to even use it, as she is too short to reach the pedals (oops!).

Pretty Princess

Emma likes picking out her own clothes.  And she is a girlie girl (just like her mommy) and loves all the flouncy fru fru dresses:

Mom was particularly fond of the shoes she chose with this outfit:

Backyard fun

Emma loves to play in outside, especially if she can help daddy.  Here she is helping daddy plant some flowers: 

And here she is grilling on her new grill.  She can't wait until she gets to do this right next to daddy:

Relaxing

Emma was so exhausted after all that work and play on her swing set, she had to rest in her new chaise lounge (courtesy of Mimi and Papa):

And then conked out for the night in her bed:

Swing Set

Emma got a swing set from Mimi and Papa as an early birthday present.  And Grandpa, Uncle Scott, and daddy got the pleasure of putting it together.

Emma had fun helping to put it together.  Here she is in her apron and hard hat (after all, safety first):

 

Daddy let Emma help put in some of the screws even: 

 Here she was giving the partially completed clubhouse a little test run:

 While the men were hard at work, Grandma was on Emmatainment duty:

 And finally, after several hours of work by the guys, Emma got to try out her completed swing set.  Here she is climbing the rock wall:

 Swooshing down the slide:

 On her new bucket swing:

 And the glider:

 Here Emma is showing her appreciation with the construction crew:

 And the finance crew:

Thank you Mimi and Papa for the great swing set.  And thanks to Grandpa, Grandma and Uncle Scott for getting it together!

New vacuum

Emma tries to use her silverware, but isn't always so good at it.  A lot of food ends up in her booster seat and Sammy loves to play vacuum:

Horseback ride

Emma got to ride the pony at the zoo this past weekend, and now she loves getting on the horse!

Do those belong there?

Mimi bought Emma a very cute pair of sunglasses.  However, Emma prefers placing them anywhere but her own eyes:

Pig Tails

Emma is finally starting, at times, to leave her hair up in ponytails (she mostly just likes the rubberbands).  Here she is wearing her first set of pig tails (mommy clearly needs practice getting them even):