Emma is 1!

Emma had a fantastic birthday weekend! Saturday, her actual birthday, Grammy, Grandpa, and Uncles Jim and Dave came down to visit. Emma had fun opening her rocking horse from Uncle Jim and her hand-sewn narwhal from Uncle Dave. She also enjoyed a couple pieces of funnel cake from the local fireman's picnic after dinner. She was not a fan of Grammy's ice cream though.

On Sunday, Emma was baptized. Through the beginning of the church service, Emma had fun being passed from family member to family member. (Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Rachel met us there...so there were a lot of people to go to!) At the beginning of the baptism, the Pastor was addressing us and Emma just looked at him and waved and smiled. The Pastor told us later that she melted his heart right then and there. Emma was good through out the baptism and only squirmed a little bit.

After church, more family and friends came to our house for lunch and cake to celebrate. Emma had a great time playing with friends and seeing family members. She was interested in every gift she received and is having fun playing with all her new toys. Emma was very excited for the Elmo cake that Grammy made her. After everyone sang Happy Birthday, and Mommy blowing out the candle, the first thing Emma did was pop one of Elmo's eyes into her mouth. The second eye quickly followed it. When she started trying to grab handfuls of cake, we swapped Elmo out with a cupcake which was quickly smashed all over. Emma definitely enjoyed her cake! Luckily Grandma C. was close by to clean Emma up! =)

Even though she only had one nap all day and that was for about 15 minutes, Emma was a happy little girl all day long. As she was finishing dinner around 5:15, she got really tired so we decided to do a really early bath time. The poor little girl fell asleep as soon as Kurt laid her down to wash her hair in the bathtub! She looked so peaceful; it was precious! We were able to finish her bath and get her dressed and put to bed with out her making a peep! She slept straight through until 5:15 the next morning!

Emma had a great 1st birthday and we enjoyed seeing everyone that was able to make it. We look forward to seeing everyone that couldn't make it later on this summer!