Our birthday girl!

This year marks Emily's second birthday and since it is on December 2, it is also her golden birthday.  We had her first celebration with our friends the Nolbys.  They had us over for pizza, cupcakes and gifts.  Emily and Abby had a blast running around and screeching together, they're really starting to play with each other instead of just near each other!  We can't wait to see them again soon.

Eyeing up the goods

Trying her best to blow that candle out!

All three girls enjoying tummy time together! <3

We then had celebrations with both of our families.  The theme this year was gold in honor of her golden birthday.  It was a great time and we can't believe how big our little girl is getting!  Everyone was so generous in their gift giving and Emily really cleaned up!  But best of all, she got to spend time with her family!

To set the mood, we started with gold decorations and a golden cake!

Gold coins scattered throughout for snacking!

A gold cake in honor of Emily's golden birthday!

Here are some highlights from the Mulfort celebration:

She kept saying "look at me, I'm swimming!"

Fun in her new princess castle tent!

The peanut gallery

This is the closest we go to a smile with her cake!

What started out as cautious tasting...

Ended in a clean plate and a chocolatey mess!

And some from the Harrison party:

Horsy back rides with Tracey!

Serious Business!

The aftermath!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Thanksgiving, the holidays and Emily's birthday!  I'm a little sad to see it come to an end but am looking forward to more celebrations this month - Emily's holiday program on Friday night, Patrick's birthday and Christmas!