Her first celebration took place a couple weeks early while we were in Minnesota. We had Matt's family over to his parents for dinner, cake and presents. It's fun watching her open gifts now, she gets so excited showing us what she got. She was equally excited being sung to and her Bubble Guppies cake that grandma and grandpa Shoultz bought for her.
We celebrated Emma's 2nd birthday all weekend a few weeks after the first celebration. That Friday she had a special lunch outing with just mommy and daddy to Panchero's and on Saturday we went to Dairy Queen with Nana and Papa. On her actual birthday, daddy went and got her a sprinkled donut (that she wanted cut up to eat with a fork) and chocolate milk. She was on a sugar rush.
It was a beautiful, hot day that we spent outside running through her new sprinkler and playing her pool. She loves water and being outside, so the sprinkler was the perfect present.
We ended her birthday with Nana, Papa and aunt Alaina joining us for dinner (a taco bar), cake and presents. Nana made her Bubble Guppies "Molly" cake. Again, blown away with how talented she is. Emma loved it and knew exactly who was on the cake. The highlight of the weekend was us singing "Happy Birthday" to Emma. She lit up. Like was genuinely tickled and touched that we were singing to her. In fact, she was so excited that it looked as if there were tears welling up in her eyes. We all agreed that moment and her expression will forever be a permanent memory of her. Emma was a lucky little girl and received her first American Girl "Bity Baby" from Nana and Papa. Matt and I ended the day by writing notes to Emma in a journal we started last year on her birthday. It was a great way to reflect on the past year of her life.
It truly was a wonderful month celebrating our sweet little girl. I can't believe she is already two! I feel like I blinked and she is now becoming more and more of a little girl and not a baby anymore.
We ended her birthday with Nana, Papa and aunt Alaina joining us for dinner (a taco bar), cake and presents. Nana made her Bubble Guppies "Molly" cake. Again, blown away with how talented she is. Emma loved it and knew exactly who was on the cake. The highlight of the weekend was us singing "Happy Birthday" to Emma. She lit up. Like was genuinely tickled and touched that we were singing to her. In fact, she was so excited that it looked as if there were tears welling up in her eyes. We all agreed that moment and her expression will forever be a permanent memory of her. Emma was a lucky little girl and received her first American Girl "Bity Baby" from Nana and Papa. Matt and I ended the day by writing notes to Emma in a journal we started last year on her birthday. It was a great way to reflect on the past year of her life.
It truly was a wonderful month celebrating our sweet little girl. I can't believe she is already two! I feel like I blinked and she is now becoming more and more of a little girl and not a baby anymore.
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