No one could have prepared us for the amount of joy that our girl would bring into our lives or the intense love that we would feel for her. It's hard to remember what life was like before Emmy's birth day, one year ago. She is such an example of God's greatness, and is the most incredible blessing that He could ever bestow upon us.
Emmy's growth is right on target! She weighed in at 20 pounds 13 ounces (46th percentile), she is 30.5 inches tall (90th percentile) and her head circumference is 46 centimeters (76th percentile). Developmentally she is right where she should be as well!
She is scaling all of the furniture, and is becoming more brave, exploring new places each day. She loves closing doors, dumping things out, being chased and playing tug o' war. She gets a kick out of drinking her bath water and listening to any genre of music. She has mastered the "all done" baby sign and is full of fun sounds, her current favorite being "at" (if only we knew what it meant!) She has starting hugging my neck when I hold her (incredible!) and loves going down her new "treehouse" slide from Aunt Kerry! She is ticklish in her armpits, the bottom of her feet and underneath her chin, but regularly giggles for no apparent reason.
Emmy was so lucky to celebrate her big day with none other than the QUEEN of birthdays herself, Auntie Kristi and her wonderful brood. When I had sad moments while away from Emmy (there were MANY), I kept thinking of the three little ones giggling uncontrollably over some wordless joke at the dinner table before my departure flight. Emmy started her day with a "Happy Birthday to you" serenade from Andy and then an encore from Clairey! Her wake-up call was a great indication of the special day that awaited her! My incredible sister went out of her way to ensure that Nick and I felt a part of Emmy's birthday with lots of photo documentation:
Rise and Shine, Birthday Girl!
Andy LOVES to sing Happy Birthday!
Watching some TV while Auntie Kristi showers...She has handling 3 kiddos figured out!
Emmy and her VERY OWN Elmo balloon!!!
Auntie Kristi makes such yummy food!
Playing in the snow in Andy's old snow gear!!! First time sledding!! :)
The cutest pile of babies that I've ever seen!
Decorating cookies!
Emmy "decorating" cookies! Looks like she's a fan of frosting. A girl after my own heart.
Emmy with the Birthday Queen AND Princess!
I have always looked forward to bath pictures with all of our babies! I wonder how many babies we can fit in that bath tub? :-P
Clairey insisted that they wear birthday hats while reading their bedtime story. Clairey loves hats (her very favorite is her fireman hat!)
Reading your blog always brightens my day and warms my heart Ali! Beautiful job on the picture/video montage...I can't believe how much Emmy has grown!!
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