How old is Emrie?

ONE!!! (Emrie's Pops...my dad...taught her this trick and I think this picture is pretty perfect)


So I figured I would cover Emrie's birthday before Christmas since that came first and I am bound and determined to keep them as separate as possible. If she has to grow up with a birthday 4 days before Christmas it is the least that I can do.

So we decided to have Emrie's party in Colleyville since we were going to be home celebrating Christmas with my family the weekend before Christmas and would have all our family in town the same day. All in all it went well and I found out that there is nothing more exhausting than a child's birthday party. Totally worth it though.

So I decided to have the party cupcake themed and designed this invitation for her (message me if you want me to do one for you) :).



We had a cupcake station where you can decorate your own cupcake.



Snacks...



A coloring station for the kiddos...



A guess how much candy is in the jar station and beautiful cupcake cookies that Emrie's Mimi K (Kyle's mom) slaved over for party favors...



I also got crafty and made her a birthday banner along with pictures of her from every month of her first year. Turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself.





Next up was the birthday cupcake and since she is her mother's daughter she was a huge fan and not shy at all about just digging in.







Next we were on to presents.



Emrie loves her some books!



Emrie was also one lucky girl to have all of her cousins at the party. Here she is with Gage, Clara and Hannah (Tyler was napping).



Plus one of my best friends from college came and brought her daughter...which was definitely a treat for me. Here we are with Lisa and Layla.



We all had a great time and we will just say that I am glad birthday's only come once a year. Here's to next year!

Games and tricks starring Emrie

So this blog is going to be chalk full of videos so bear with me. Emrie is just learning so many fun little tricks that make us laugh that the best way to share it is through video.

This first video is Emrie talking. She says the three wonderful words in her vocabulary. It is music to my ears. She can now say dog as well and and make some noise that is supposed to sound like woof woof. :)




This next video was taken over Thanksgiving. Emrie discovered that she could walk behind a fun little shopping cart that the Wardlaw's had at the house. It is too cute. We bought her a similar walker and she zooms around the house now. She is still not very good at steering and will often run into walls but we are getting there. She hasn't taken any steps on her own but I imagine it won't be long.




So my dad was in town one day and taught Emrie this cute little trick. It is kind of a family tradition as I remember my little sister Lauren doing it when she was little and now it is fun to pass it on to the next generation. Emrie will do it often and mostly to get some attention if we aren't paying attention to her.




We have no idea how she learned this one because we didn't exactly teach it to. She loves it so much that we keep a towel in a cabinet for her to go get any time she wants. It is so precious.




She is just learning so much that it is hard to keep up with everything and needless to say she is the smartest girl in the world. :)