Emma's favorite food

Emma seems to have discovered the joy of noodles (other than macaroni & cheese) and has new and interesting ways of eating them, not all of them appropriate for public locations:

Hanging Around

Emma has discovered a new use for her diaper changing table, playground:


And bed:

Emma's Two Year Checkup

Emma went for her two year check up today. She weighs 25 lbs, 1 oz (25 percentile); she is 32.5 inches tall (25 percentile); her head is 19 inches (75 percentile). She has finally sprouted out of the bottom of the height barrel. The doctor said she is doing wonderfully and is healthy as a horse.

Emma's new toys

Emma got some great new toys at her birthday party. One of her favorites are some building block (they are also daddy's favorite). Here she is building a tower with daddy and Aunt Stephanie:

Building on her own, impressive!

And finally, her favorite part, knocking it all down:

Emma also got a great ball pit, it needs more balls, but seems to be a favorite already:

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: