"Littles"

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Year in Pics

Emma's 1st Year(click to play)  -  monthly pics from her first year!    

1 Year Old!!!

On October 19th, our sweet Emma Grace celebrated her first birthday!  We had two parties for her - one with the family and one with friends.  She got to have both sets of grandparents come out for the special occasion.  She loved all of the attention at her parties, but wasn't a fan of the cupcakes Mommy made her, or the cake.  She totally refused to eat any part of it - even the frosting!  Emma's birthday was also a special day because she took her first two steps on that day.  She is very cautious and hasn't taken more steps than two at a time yet, but she is doing a lot of practicing on the furniture and holding our hands!  She is also babbling more, and tries to say 'no' and 'dogs.'

Emma is eating more 'big girl' food now, and is a fan of Mommy's cooking.  She's eaten everything I've made her so far!  So far she's tried everything from spaghetti to salmon with mashed potatoes and has liked it all!  It seems like she's not a picky eater so far, just like her daddy.

Daddy also celebrated his birthday in October and Emma and Mommy threw him a little party at home.  Emma loved helping Daddy open his presents and blowing out his candle!

During the middle of October, Emma took her first trip to Moline, Illinois to see where her daddy was born and spent the first part of his life.  We all had a great time at Brendan and Jenny's wedding and spending time with the whole John family when we were there.  Emma even got to go to the John Deere store and see all of the big tractors.

Towards the end of the month, we took Emma to two pumpkin patches.  She got to go on hayrides and pick out a pumpkin at each!  It was so much fun... Emma's favorite thing to see were the animals in the petting zoos.

Before we knew it, Halloween was here.  Emma celebrated during the day, at school, by dressing up as a princess, and dressed up as Baby Minnie Mouse for trick-or-treating that night.  We went to our friends' neighborhood to join them and their twin girls to trick-or-treat.  Emma loved going from house to house and looking at all of the kids dressed up.  The first two pieces of candy she got, she clenched on to for the entire time we trick-or-treated!