Happy Birthday Emma!

Emma had her 1st Birthday!  Scott and I cannot believe that she is one year old already...Where did the time go?  I guess the old saying is true "time flys when you are having fun."  We are having the time of our lives!  We are so blessed to be the parents to three beautiful, healthy, smart amazing children.  I know that at times I get so frustrated with them...but what parent doesn't?  For Emma's first birthday, she had quite the day, her daddy stayed home from work to be with her.  Scott and I went to Toy's R Us to look at things and get ideas for Christmas.  While we were there, we discovered that our generation has all of  a sudden become "retro"  LOL  Are we really that old?  All of the toys that we had as kids are now back in action, everything from Cabbage Patch dolls to Heman!  After we were done at the toy store, we met Kristin for lunch at Sizzler (And YES, I do see the irony in asking if I was really that "Old" in my last sentence!)  Emma enjoyed her steak lunch very much.  I couldn't cut it fast enough for her.  We had a birthday party for her at home, in attendance was all 4 of her grandparent's, Aunt Kristin and Uncle Jeremy, Jen, Hailey, Ty, and Justin Carter.  Emma was spoiled beyond belief and loving every minute of it!  She got some clothes, books, 2 new cell phones (let's hope these ones don't end up in the toilet!), a pretty Christmas dress, and some shoes to match.  She also got some much needed new toys!  When it came time for her cake, we set her up on the kitchen floor on a mat and handed her HER smash cake.  She is such a GIRL!!!  She was not about to get her hands dirty for nothing.  She very delicatly placed her pointer finger in the frosting and licked it off, we thought for sure after that first taste, she would dig right in...we waited, and waited, and waited.  It never happened!  She would eat it, but she didn't go crazy with it like her brothers did when they were 1.  Somehow though she did manage to get enough on her to make for pink bath water.  She had a princess cake, because after all...she is our little princess!
Emma, at one year old these are the things you can do.
walk
sleep through the night
say dada, mama, mmmmmm (when you are fed something good) yum,
you can wave...but only when you want to
climb up the stairs
climb down the stairs although you give me a heart attack when you do it!
give kisses..again when you want to
give loves...this will never get old to me!
You LOVE the phones
You love to be chased just like Zack did when he was little (who are we kidding..he still does)
You weigh 17 lb.s 11 oz.
You have 3 teeth, with 4 or 5 coming in
You love your bath
You love your "spa time" (when mommy puts you in the sink and combs your hair)
I think that you enjoy riding in the car
When your brothers are at school, you will walk over to their pictures and "talk" to them several times a day!  You put your little pointer finger out and TUNE THEM UP!!!  It is so funny!
You LOVE to watch football...it's the only thing that you watch on T.V. despite what your mommie thinks!
Your brother's love you almost as much as your parents do! 
Happy Birthday Sweet Emma!