Our Little Princess Has Turned TWO!

Our Little Emily turned the ripe old age of TWO yesterday! And what a blessing this little princess has been to our lives in the past two years! Just a few minutes ago, I was sweeping and mopping up all of the debris from her birthday party last night and there was tons of GLITTER!! And as I was sweeping the dust into the pan, the glitter caught my attention and I was just pondering and thinking about how Emily has really put the glitter into our lives over the past two years! She is such a bright and intelligent little 2 year old with so much spark and personality!

She LOVES to read and play with (take care of) her baby dolls! She can do both of those things for hours on end! She has such a nurturing spirit already, it is really amazing to see it unfold a little bit more with each passing day! And along with that she LOVES to take care of her little sister too! Last night after she was in her bed, she heard Haley crying (because Haley has a harder time falling asleep) and Emily was talking to Haley from her bed and saying, "Haley No No No" very sweetly. She is such a gentle and loving little girl with a heart of gold!

Some of Emily's Accomplishments over the past SIX MONTHS have been:

~ That her vocabulary has really expanded, she knows so many animals, shapes and colors. Whenever we read books together and I ask her what things are she amazes me with what she comprehends!

~She is also known as "The Queen of One Word Sentences". (Aka: Come, Sit, Up, Down, etc). But just recently within the last 2 weeks or so she has started to put 2 words together. Her first 2 word sentence was "Haley Sad". It was pretty cute! We were at the table having lunch and I was about to wipe Haley and get her down, and Haley never likes to get wiped off, so she was fussing! Emily went right over to her and then looked at me and sad "Haley Sad." I am glad that I have her around to keep me on my toes!

~Another thing that has been a HUGE milestone for Emily is that she has mastered the Nursery at church! It took her SEVERAL months to do it! Since we changed wards just after she started nursery, then after one week they changed her class and then after another week I changed her class and now finally she is in a great class with great teachers (Tyler C., Van K., and Brad C.)who she loves and her love her and we are all very happy with nursery now!

~One last cute thing about Emily (for now) is that she LOVES her baby dolls! And the other day when her baby doll was sad she was trying to calm her and get her to go to sleep by singing her the "Daughter, I love you" song. Which was especially cute, because that is the song that I sing to her and Haley both before nap time every day! She was just over in the corner swaying back and forth with her baby singing "Daughter, Daughter".

Emily is so happy and so much fun and we are excited to watch her learn and grow as she experiences her 3rd year here on Earth!! We love you Emily Marie! Thanks for joining our family when you did!

Standing By Her Dresser to see how much she has grown!

The 1st book we read to her after she came home from the hospital!

She LOVES to read!

Love this Cheesy Grin!

Our Little Nurturer!

Ready to GO! I love this expression!

"On Second thought, maybe I will relax for a minute!"

Both Girls were ready to GO!

Ahh, but sharing the bear, makes the picture taking fun!

Haley looks like she is patiently waiting to bolt!

Good Times!

Love My Girl!

Too funny to Pass Up!

I LOVE these 2!!

Families are Forever!