Emma's party

Emma had a great time at her birthday party. The highlight of the party was the wonderful cake that Aunt Stephanie made, it had all of my favorite animals on it:

Here was my own personal smash cake with my favorite TV character, Zaboomafoo (also hand made by Aunt Stephanie):

The chef took some time out to personally show the birthday girl her cakes:

And Aunt Stephanie & Mimi helped Emma blow out her candles:

Devouring her Zaboo cake (it was unrecognizable by the time she was done):

Enjoying cake with all of her friends:

Opening presents:

Emma got a lot of books that she begged to have opened right away:

Thanks everyone for making my birthday party so great!

Emma's birthday

Emma had a wonderful birthday. Mimi, Papa, and Aunt Stephanie all came to celebrate with her. She was a very lucky girl and got great gifts. Here she is opening her pile of presents:

Even Cassie got in on the action, protecting the present she wanted most:


Here is Emma blowing out her candle:

Here she is enjoying her cupcake:


Delicious!


And here she is enjoying one of the favorite presents, her jumpoline (as she calls it):

Tug of War

Despite a house full of toys, Emma's favorite toy is still the puppies. Here she is playing tug of war with Sammy:

Cookie hog

Emma loves her cookies so much that she won't even share a tiny little bite with mommy:

Emma and the tiger

Emma loves riding her stuffed tiger, but her newest thing is to fall off:

Emma playing at the mall

Emma got to play at the mall while Mimi and Papa were here because it was raining all weekend. She had so much fun using the bridge as a slide:

I don't think that is the best way to fly a plane:

And she refused to leave the mall without Mimi's purse, which was a little heavy for her to carry all on her own:


When the purse didn't work out, Emma found herself a rolling backpack that she refused to leave the store without:


Thanks for a great time Mimi and Papa!

Emma around the house

Emma is considering a new career, as an artist. Here she is practicing her coloring skills on the brand new easel that Mimi and Papa bought her (thank you very much for it). Mommy thinks she is better than Picasso:

Here she is working on being a ballerina in a lovely purple tutu that mommy made for her:

Here she is being a Hollywood starlet (she is ready for her close-up):