Emery's Birthday Bash!

Emery's party was last night. Yes, it gave me a little stress getting stuff ready. Yes, maybe I got a little to into it. BUT, yes it was a blast. And yes, it was all worth it. Here is our girls first birthday party. (There are lots of pictures so be ready)

 Wish I would've gotten a better picture of the dinner table, it looked better in real life.

 Our cute Birthday girl!

 Loved the balloons

 Love our little family

 Grandma, Em and Aunt Kristen

 Mom, sisters and Beautiful grandma

She figured out there was something good at the bottom of all those bags. 

Thank you every one for Em's fun presents! 

Faith, Oaks and Cruzer

 Andrew, Dad and Ansley babe

 Grandma and Grandpa

 Cutie Oaks

She had to test out the toys after opening of course

 Mom and Aunt T. 

 Em's cake. This was my favorite.

 She was so happy we put that little cake in front of her but didn't quite know what to do.

 Daddy had to giver her a little taste of frosting...

 And after that there was no stopping her :)

 Em, Aunt Lindsay and baby Ans

 Em and her friend Owen

All the kids had fun playing with the toys and balloons!

I am going to chalk-up Em's first Birthday as a success. We had so much fun visiting with everyone and celebrating our sweet Em. Thanks to all who came! Em is sure a lucky girl! 

12 Months!!!

It's official...We have a 1 year old (pics of the birthday coming tonight also) and she couldn't be more fun! Here is our big girl...

A few things about em right now:

-She never stops moving. She is cruising (walking along furniture) all the time now. My prediction is that she will be walking by next month, but we'll see.

-She is the best eater. Seriously, this girl can pound food, but I would be too if I never rested haha. She gets most excited to eat "nanas', cheese sticks and apples 

-She is imitating more and more words we say and picks up on little things were doing. She says "hot" all the time. Will say "nana" (bananas) sometimes and has tried saying night night ("nigh-nigh") just to name a few. She will do this growl, let your breath out thing when she gets frustrated....unfortunately she learned that from mom. She is getting so smart, it's amazing to watch.

-She points to everything she wants or where she wants to go

-Gets into absolutely everything. EVERYTHING!

-My new favorite thing she does is when you tell her to  'say cheese'. You really get cheesy...

And now you get some 'cheesy' from me. But oh, how I love this precious little girl. Court and I really can't get enough of her. The week of her birthday I couldn't stop looking at pictures and videos of her from when she was first born. We have always felt that this sweet girl came to us at the perfect time. We needed her. She is so very special to us. While I was pregnant I just had such strong feelings that she was going to be our special girl, that she would be completely sweet and loving and all those qualities would rub on to us, and they have times 20. How very grateful I am that I get to be Em's mama. She has me and her daddy wrapped around her cute, pudgy finger.

My Big Girl

I went and took Emery's 1 year old pictures yesterday. As I went through them I couldn't stop smiling, and I couldn't stop thinking about how much bigger she looked. She really is my best. She is my sweet, quirky and loving little babe, and is getting better at knowing how to push mom's buttons. She is one in basically one week! Crazy! Anyway...Here are some of my favorites from our little photo shoot.

Sorry, I know it's a bit of an overload but I can't help myself. I can't believe she's mine!