Birthday girl!

Friday was Emma's birthday! Since we didn't know what time Chris would be getting home from his business trip we decided in advance that we'd celebrate her birthday a week late. It helps that his parents will be getting here next week, so we'll just wait for Grandma and Grandpa to be here. I'll have more pictures then--especially when we give her a cupcake (or two :D )

But... here are some pictures of the birthday girl, in her "I'm 1" onesie! It used to be much easier to capture pictures of Emma. Now she is so quick to get away, and always wants to take pictures herself.

Diaper changes are a good opportunity to take her picture. She loves holding (and squeezing) the nose sucker while I change her diaper.

After getting dressed she headed straight for the bookshelf! She loves to read!

Emma got a purple balloon for her birthday! She LOVES playing with it.

Here's another one, she was pretty happy during this diaper change

Her 1 year appointment was earlier this week, it's just taken me a while to get around to finishing this post!

Weight: 19 lbs

Height: 28.5 inches

Emma loves to eat! She loves strawberries, blueberries, banana, avocado, black beans, bread, CHEESE, cheerios, and occasionally pasta... but not so much if it is plain.

She can stand without holding anything, but hasn't taken any steps yet if she isn't holding on to someone or something. 

She says: mama, dada, baba (typically for a bottle), gaga (grandma), ah da (all done), hi, go, rar (especially if you ask what a lion says)

A few hours after her doctors appointment she broke out in a horrible rash all over her body. After 24 hours I called the nurse to see if there was anything in particular I could do to help it calm down. The nurse freaked out and said there was no way that the rash was because of the vaccines that she got, so she told us we better come in. We went straight in, and the doctor we saw said that her rash looked exactly like the rash that can come after the MMR vaccine, Emma just got the rash a few days earlier than normal. It's so sad to see her face/arms/legs/torso/bum covered, but she's doing better.

She started drinking cows milk this week as well. The first day or so she wasn't really sure about it, but I suspect it has to do with the temperature. She drank her formula at room temperature normally, so cold milk is a little different!

I have a letter that I wrote her for her birthday, but I haven't decided yet if I want to post her birthday letters on the blog or just keep them for her scrapbook. Maybe I'll post it later.