Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Emily Ruth!


Oh where to begin.........
On Wednesday, February 11, our sweet Emily Ruth turned 1! Wow. We can't believe it!!! Seriously, we really can't believe it. We really feel like she was just born and we were coming home from the hospital with our new little girl. Now she is our "Big Mommy" (as we call her...don't ask....) and turning into a little toddler before our eyes. She is such a loving and happy little girl (even though she is starting to have a little stranger anxiety, which is of course, very normal for this age and seems to be all about her mama too...I think I've just been spending so much time with her lately because work has been so slow and this has more to do with her preference than anything else). She is so close to walking but no "1st Birthday Steps". I feel like one day she's just going to stand up and walk!

So, on her birthday we had a "onederful" (ha ha) day! She woke up and we ate and played at home. I tried so hard to keep her up until 10:17 (the time she was born). See the picture below:

Yes, the clock is upside in this picture. Oh well. She had a hard time understanding what I wanted her to do! I had this picture in my head and wasn't able to recreate it.

After nap and lunch, we went to a playdate at Ashley and Abby's house! It was so much fun spending time with our new friends on her birthday. We even sang "happy birthday" to her and had a candle to blow out there too! Emmy seemed a bit confused but enjoyed a preview bite of banana cake! Yummy!


Emmy is clapping and excited here....couldn't get her to look at me though. Something about watching all of her friends playing was too exciting, which means mama with camera=unexciting! Thanks moms and babies for making Emmy's day so special!!!

After our playdate we stopped at Grandma J's for a bit. Emmy opened her Valentines from Grandma J and played with her new little purse for awhile before we headed home for dinner and cupcakes.

For dinner, Matt and I made steak, potatoes and salad. We thought Emmy should have the same, so she had a jar of savory beef, potatoes and carrots and ate some of our potato too and also had some strawberries and blueberries (a staple at our house these days). Then we brought our the cupcakes! Emmy's face lit up with excitement when she saw the yummy pink cupcake all for her!






Right before we gave her the cupcake....


Digging in!



Sugar Drunk!




Try some, Mama, you'll like it!


I must get EVERY LAST BITE!

Emmy very much enjoyed her cupcake, so much that she was even picking the last bites that she had dropped in her excitement into her high chair. We went straight to the bathtub after her cupcake and then off to bed. She slugged down her milk and passed out! We were a little worried that all of that sugar was going to keep her up but she was out!!!

Here are some pictures of Emmy on Friday...just being her big girl self. She is really into feeding herself these days so we are trying find things that are nutritious that she can feed to herself. She really can't use a spoon effectively yet so it has to be finger food. I think Emmy could eat banana after banana and never get tired of it. She can eat a whole banana plus some other things for breakfast in the morning. She likes toast and eggs but I think her fav is probably still oatmeal! I think breakfast seems to be her best (and favorite) meal of the day. I guess she is just like her Auntie K!



Feeding herself berries! Yum yum. She's checking the bowl to make sure she got it all.

New big girl shoes!





New monkey hat! It's the same as her friend, Dani's. Very cute! I ordered it on Etsy.com from a lady in Canada who hand (and custom) makes them. I don't think this picture even does the hat justice!
We did have Emmy's big birthday party yesterday but you're going to have to wait for another edition of the Hawkeye Klitzke Blog for that story and pictures. I'm all blogged out for now!
Have a wonderful day! We are so thankful for all of our friends and family who helped make Emmy's day so special. We are so blessed to have such an amazing and loving daughter who we love so much!!! She is the light of our lives!
Love
Erika, Matt and Emmy

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