Emily's first birthday!

We now have a one year old and she's a toddler.  Emily has made the transition to walker, she now walks 90% of the time!  It's a whole new world.  On Sunday we had Emily's first birthday party with family and one of Emily's friends, Abby (and her parents Stefanie and Josh : ) ).

We started by decorating the house a little

Emily's "smash cake"

When Emily's guests arrived she was actually sleeping.  When we finally woke her up - 30 minutes after her party started - she was surprised by the crowd here to see her and was a little clingy.

Once she warmed up, however, she was all about showing off her walking skills.

After a bite to eat we started opening gifts.  She got a little distracted, but she made it through the pile!  She got a lot of cute clothes, fun toys and great books.  We're so lucky to have such generous friends and family.

We ended the party with cake.  Emily spent some time investigating her Bubble Guppy themed cake and didn't seem too interested at first but once she had a spoon she dug right in!

Thanks again for all of the birthday wishes.  Everyone made Emily's day so special and we're lucky to have you all in our lives.

Cool new hat from daddy

"Bye everyone!"

We're now looking forward to Patrick's birthday and Christmas.  Emily slept through her first Santa visit last year...I wonder how she'll react this year!

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