Emi's 2 year pics

My friend Renee (who recently started her own photography business, Renee Cain Photography) took Emi's 2 year pictures last week.  I wasn't there but I heard that Emi was very difficult...Emi was very tired, cranky, and not feeling well.  When I saw the pictures she took I was shocked at how many great shots she got despite my little one's day.  They are so 'Emi'!  

Thank you so much for being so patient with Emi and taking great pictures Renee! :)

A brief smile...

I love the crying ones too! :)

So Emi!!!

What a big girl!

My boo-bear...

CHEEEEEEESE!

My little model. ;)

Puppet Show

Last Friday we went to a puppet show at the library by the Great AZ Puppet Theater.  The girls loved it...well Alyssa more than Emi, but she did pretty well too.  The show was The Little Red Hen and the lady did a great job performing it.  It was really funny because before the show started the lady was plugging the theater's current shows, one being Goldilocks...well at the end of the performance that we saw (which Alyssa sat so contently through) Alyssa turned to me and said, "when are they starting Goldilocks."  It was really cute/funny...she sat so patiently through the whole performance just waiting for the 'real' show to start, the show she really wanted to see!  ...I felt bad for her though, because she was really upset we weren't going to see Goldilocks.  All in all, a really great morning! :)

Thanks for inviting us Holly!

Alyssa sitting like a big girl! :)

After the show the lady showed the kids how the puppets worked.

This is just how it is around here...

Alyssa loves being a princess...she'll change princess outfits numerous times a day and has really started to enjoy playing the role of the character she's dressed as too, it's pretty cute!

...and Emi, well let's just say, she loves her some stickers! ;)   ...and she loves being a goofball (notice the backpack on!).

So, this is how our dinner looked tonight...

Alyssa's learning how to write!

This is a HUGE accomplishment.  I am so not a teacher, just this little 'A' has been quite a process....but SHE DID IT!!!  YEAH! :) 

...and I think she's even excited to learn more! 

I didn't get a picture of the best 'A' she wrote, but you get the idea. :)

Emi was such a big help by playing with her stickers!

Emi & ice cream = One cute MESS

For her birthday she got a free ice cream from Baskin Robbins...and when we went they had birthday cake ice cream, so of course we had to get that one!  ;)  She definitely enjoyed it!!!  She was making such a mess that 1/2 way through Nate tried to take it away and tell her she was done...she would not have it!  She finished every last bit of that ice cream cone. :)

Emi's 2!!!

Boo bear is two!  It's crazy to me that she's two already...and that we're done with baby stage for good (at least in our plans).  She doesn't think it's crazy though, she actually thinks she's THREE!  It's too funny, we'll say Emi how old are you and she'll say THREE!  Or we'll say are you two and she'll say no THREE!  Oh well, I guess we'll just have to skip the 2's. ;)

She's so fun right now.  She's starting to not put everything in her mouth, so since she's not eating crayons we've been able to start coloring a little.  She still loves playing with her babies and does a great job being their mommy.  She wants to do everything her sister does (which is probably why she says she's 3!)...she wants to ride a bike (as soon as she can reach the pedals!), she goes potty (most of the time), and the thing she is learning most from her sister is pretending.  Alyssa has such a great imagination and Emi is really picking up on how to pretend.  It is so cute!

One cute thing Emi has just started to do is pray.  She'll fold her hands and say, "pray mommy, pray daddy, pray sister, pray ME...amen...YEAH!!!"  :)

Huge praise from her 2 year check-up is that she is 24lbs, which is in the 20%!!!  For her height she is somehow in the 70-90%..not sure how that happened???  Thank you Lord for a happy, healthy 2 year old!

I love this little girl so much!

Here are some pics of my sweet little Emi's birthday party and birthday 'day'...

It was a puppy theme (she's loves puppies!!).  We had cupcakes decorated like puppies and ones with candy dog bones on them.

Here's Emi with her cousin Emma...Emma made sure to take special care of Emi during the party! :)

Emi was having a hard time blowing out her candle, so she decided to eat the flame!  We pulled it away just in time.

Emi LOVED opening her presents....and that's pretty much it.  She would open it super fast and then just throw it aside and go on to the next one!  Once we got home we 're-opened' the presents and actually looked at them, and she has loved playing with all of them since.

Her 1st Barbie!

A new baby!!!

Here she is enjoying her new lamb pillow.

She loves that her new baby came with her own potty, now they can go to the bathroom together!

She loves 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear' so she was very excited to read her new book, 'Baby Bear, Baby Bear.'

"I'm ready to garden daddy!"

Her very own dress up. :)

Here's us at Joe's Farm Grill enjoying her birthday breakfast.

Then we headed to Build-a-Bear where she got to make her own puppy.  (Alyssa got to bring her bear along for a bath.)  :)