Monday, June 16, 2014

"Minnie Minnie everywhere!"

She's two! So very hard to believe! This blog will be all Emma (with lots of photos) as I share with you her birthday week! She was so very excited as we kept telling her how many sleeps until her birthday and then how many sleeps until her party and she would ask us to sing Happy Birthday and we would go through the list of who would be coming to her party and she would talk about balloons and cake and blowing the candle out. So much excitement for a little one!

Her birthday was on June 10th. Chad was able to take the day off which we are hoping to make into an annual tradition so we can take the whole day and do something fun and maybe as Emma gets older it will work its way into a Daddy/daughter date day. She was so happy to have him home all day! We started the day by giving her a present (a dollhouse) which she loved and played with the rest of the day whenever she could. Then we took her to Discoveryland at Telus World of Science where she got to play in water and fly an airplane and walk on a piano and climb into a treehouse and all sorts of fun stuff. That was followed by lunch and a nap and then that night cake and more presents. Quite a full day and she loved every minute of it!








After that big exciting day we had a few days where I did lots of prep work for her party on Saturday. She absolutely loves Minnie Mouse and so the party theme this year was Minnie. So cute to hear her saying "Minnie Minnie everywhere!" She was so excited and was counting sleeps until her party. Thank goodness she went down easily for a nap that day and was happy and ready to go by the time people started coming. It turned out so well! The weather was perfect, the decorations turned out, lots of people came to show their love. Emma did so incredibly well. She was her usual sweet self and even (when prompted) stood up and signed and said "thank you" to everyone after she opened all her gifts. I was so proud of her and the way she carried herself and behaved and I loved watching her have fun and smile and laugh and give hugs and high fives and just be excited and so very happy.






















Now that all of the birthday excitement is over we are settling in to enjoy the summer! Looking forward to long summer days spent playing outside. We also did some landscaping in the backyard (another blog with before and after photos coming!) and it feels like a backyard now and not just a square spot of grass. 

Hard to believe two years have come and gone since Emma came home. What a difference she has made in so many lives. I love to celebrate her!