Love my one year old (Photos)

My friend Megan Heaps came over and took one year old pictures of Emma for me. Oh, isn't she just the cutest little thing you ever did see???!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out! She wasn't cooperating very well because she is such a busy, busy girl and didn't understand why I kept placing her back on the ottoman...but we got some GREAT shots of her cute little face! After a long hour of trying extremely hard to keep her in place, Megan had the best idea! She found bubbles in her bag! We sat Emma back on the ottoman and I have NEVER seen her so still and so mesmorized. The bubbles were magic and we got some more good shots. I LOVE my one year old! (I know there are TONS of pics but I couldn't decide!)

Happy FIRST birthday sweet baby girl!

Yep, Emma turned 1 year old today! I can't believe it! I mean she is only 16 pounds :)...but she is definitely acting like a 1 year old....getting into the toilet, pulling the TP off the rolls, pulling books off shelves, and babbling all day long. Oh, I LOVE her! She has started walking- at least she takes steps now and is learning to gain balance long enough to walk across the room. Emma now tries to tell Cade and I things. It's really cute when we know she wants so badly for us to understand her babbling. Today we gave her her first taste of chocolate cake...she was in heaven. She was timid at first, but once that first crumb made it into her mouth, she couldn't get it in fast enough. It was really fun to see! I gave her a taste of ice cream too, but that was a little too cold :). We ended the night with some gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Close and Tara, Johnny, and Ashur. I let her open most of them...I couldn't sit there for 10 min for a single present to be opened. After every tiny piece she ripped off, she needed to stick it in her mouth.







We'll post more pics after celebrating with my family on Sunday. And Emma will be getting her first birthday pics taken on Saturday.

I still can't believe...one whole year since her and I were both in the hospital together! She has come so far and is doing SO well.