Well, it finally happened. Emma's 1st birthday arrived. We had fun with friends and family, eating snacks and cake and opening presents.
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Emma loves the new talking Elmo toy that Grandma and Papa send to her. It's been a big help in the car, which Emma pretty much hates. Whoever said that babies love their carseats were big, fat liars.
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She played with friends. Josiah is a big fan of her stacking blocks.
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Our little family. She's such a ham.
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Emma was a big fan of the cupcake, but not such a fan of the frosting. Once I finally took the frosting off for her she ate the entire thing!
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2 days and many hours later, Emma's cake was finished. It's a little bit hard to tell, but that's actually a large leaf that the ladybug is sitting on. The leaf was 2 layers of yellow cake with raspberry filling covered in vanilla/almond buttercream. The ladybug was red velvet cake covered in fondant. It was the first of many cakes that I'm sure I'll be making for Emma's birthdays.
I LOVE that cake! Emma looks so big! She makes my girly look tiny. We are partying tomorrow, where did the year go??
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