Emma's First Birthday!

Can you believe she is ONE already? It has been a great year and I don't know what our family would be like without her here. So, here is a rundown of the day...(Disclaimer: This is going to be a monster of a post. I wanted to capture all of the moments for the grandparents who couldn't be here. You were missed!)

Here we are at Red Robin...

We had them sing Happy Birthday to her and as you can see, she was confused at first, and then panicked and reached for Brett.

They gave her a balloon and put it on her hand. She was not happy about it and tried everything to get it off.

I love this one. She was laughing hysterically at Cole who was playing peek-a-boo. She loves Cole. Don't mind all of the junk in the back...we had to make a goodwill run :)

Here is us singing Happy Birthday. We invited our neighbor Rita over. I don't think she knew I was videotaping throughout the next videos because she was pretty loud :) Oh, and Brett and I made and decorated the cake.

Some pictures of Emma eating her cake. She started out eating relatively clean, but when she was done eating, she just played in the frosting.

Eating the cake.

Playing in the cake :)

A Beautiful Sight

Happy Birthday Papa!

I know, I know...I have been MIA on this blog for a while. I will make it up to you all, I promise. But for now, I am just posting a video that the kids made for my dad for his birthday. I love Emma at the end :) His b-day was actually on the 5th, but for some reason this has not been emailing properly. Anyhoo, happy birthday dad....I LOVE YOU!

Dinner Time

The boys are so cute and always want to make sure that Emma is eating with them so they scoot her highchair wherever they are. They are such great big brothers!

Cole and his Snacks

The other day when Cole asked for a snack I told him he could have EITHER an apple, some grapes, or some string cheese. This is what I came downstairs to find.

Cincinnati Trip

In March we went to Cincinnati because Brett was there working in a clinic for 2 weeks. The kids and I drove down there to stay for a night. It was a bit chaotic at times and I think I underestimated the whole road-trip-with-three-kids-by-myself thing but for the most part it was a great trip. Actually, I think I just overestimated myself :)

Outside of the Cincinnati Museum Emma was really into watching movies in the car.

The Children's Museum. We were there for 5 hours and had such a blast!

Sledding

About 2 weeks ago we took the boys sledding. Well, Brett did and I took pictures :) Cole, again, was scary amounts of brave and never reached his max level of scary. He is so funny to watch because it doesn't matter how steep the hill is, or how much air he catches, he just pops right up and does it again.

The first video is of Parker and the second is of Cole.