Little Emily

Such a joy she has been to our family the last 3 years! She and Ben have always been buddies, though this last year she and Annie have had so much fun too! This was our first meeting when Em was a few hours old! Happy 1st birthday!!!

Happy 2nd birthday!!!

Happy 3rd birthday! We are doing her birthday party and cake this weekend, so on her birthday we decorated with streamers and Emily picked her dinner. She wanted pancakes with special syrup. (we have Dad syrup - from a plastic container that is just 'fake,' Mom's syrup that I make and grew up with that is served hot, and special syrup made with butter, sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, cinnamon, etc that is foamy and just delicious poured over berries and cream.)

We turned them into Princess Pancakes just for her birthday!

She ate every single bite that was on her plate!!!

She was very focused on opening each present. Ben and Annie did a GREAT job of LETTING her open packages!

Yippee!!! The book she is holding is one we had to purchase from the library since Emily tore 1/2 the pages out. Now it is her very own! She's had a fabulous time playing with her presents and is very excited for her upcoming party!

These are the things our family has to say about Emily:

Ben - Emily is nice and likes to have a fun time.

Annie - I like when Emily tackles me and when she pretends I'm a boat.

Dad - I love when Emily kicks her feet up and down while she dances and the accompanying giggles.

Mom - I love that Emily loves to join in. She doesn't care what the activity is, she just wants to be a part of our family! I also love when she kisses our owies.