We had a fun Fall weekend with Nana and Gramps, over Emma's birthday.
They were nice enough to come early so I could take Sally and Libby to the dentist without disrupting Emma's morning nap.
Our neighbor recommended an awesome new dentist office. They have mounted TVs about the patients chair and you can choose your show and get to wear headphones. The girls LOVED it. I can't wait to go!
New patients also receive a free electric toothbrush kit and only $25 for an additional set. The girls certainly love those too!
After lunch they took the girls to Minnetonka Orchards. Mommy got to have some "me" time while Emma took her morning nap.
Hay Ride!
Llama Llama red pajama
Sally was the only brave one
They braved and found their way through the corn maze
More Hay Ride fun!
After Emma's nap we headed out to the Arboretum that is only a few miles from our house. Sadly, I have never been here. The 3rd Thursday of every month, after 4:30pm is free. I wanted to do a freebie before I decided if we should get a membership. I was very amazed and impressed! We'll definitely be going back, especially since it's so close!
Daddy also surprised us by leaving work early to meet us right as we were pulling in. We had to take a picture by the crows...one of our girls' first animals sounds, thanks to Daddy.
The 3 mile drive did not disappoint.
Saturday morning our local grocery store had a little Halloween Party. Meet Dorothy and Belle
Decorating Pumpkins
Decorating Cookies
Sally learned a hard science lesson. The more full a balloon is, the more likely it is to pop on your ceiling at home...
She also learned that sometimes life's not fair and no, you can't go back to the store to get a new one, because your parents are mean and think you're old enough to learn this life lesson...
Libby was right there ready to share her balloon
Eating her donut
Saturday, Mommy finally made the cut to go to a Gopher Game with Reid, Russ and Marc! We had a great time. Even though they lost, it was a lot of fun. The Nebraska fans are very nice and it was a beautiful day.
Nana took on the task of watching all 3 girls, and she did a great job!! Thank you!!
Tailgating
Rah!
Go Gophers!
Poker face during snack time
Heading out for a bike ride
Ready to roll with Nana
Enjoying the beautiful Fall Day
Brother-Sister
Nana's Boys
Thank you Nana and Grandpa for another fun filled, memorable weekend!! We appreciate you!
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Totally unrelated, Joey and Emily got their wedding photos back. I love that the only picture Joey shared on Facebook was this one :)
We got a 3rd sneak peek from Kristin, how adorably perfect is this?!!
Emma had a great 1st birthday! It was filled with a lot of little favorites. It was great fun that Nana and Grandpa were able to be here to celebrate too!
I know everyone says it, but seriously, where did the time go?! I cannot believe it has been a year since Emma was born! Wowzers. Darn time just keeps on keeping on.
I forget who said it to me first, but the whole smash cake idea should really be switched to the 2nd birthday. It's been very anti-climatic with my little ladies. Emma was a little bit tired, so wasn't super thrilled. Plus, I had just walked away so Daddy could be the one in the pictures, and she wanted me instead. Then when I "forced" her hand in, she did not like being messy and whipped it all over, some even landing on the couch :) Dainty little lady.
It really should be saved for the 2nd birthday. Then they have a better understanding of how awesome sweets are and to have a whole cake to just dig in to!
Emma had her 1 year check-up last week. She's as healthy as can be, she's the smallest of all the sisters. Didn't even make it to 20 lbs, so even if we would have wanted to switch her car seat around (don't worry, we don't break that rule), we couldn't have.
Weight: 19lbs 3oz--19%
Height: 28 inches--16%
Head: 46.3 cm--83%
Thank you for all of the generous gifts, well wishes, text, emails, comments and phone calls, she had a great day celebrating and felt extra special and loved!
The last of the monthly pictures-phew, what a relief to have those done :)
Get this bow out!
uuuuugh mooooooom
I like the stars, mom
I'm so excited to be a toddler!
Sally captured this one, this just might be her signature look. She's got a pretty good poker face
How many big sisters does it take to make birthday cupcakes?
We went out to dinner the night before and the waitress was so sweet with the girls. She was very excited to learn Emma was soon one. She brought her a piece of cake and sang to her. I love living in a small town.
She woke up to being able to eat at the table with her new placemat and special plate
Mommy let her have half of a poptart too, since she always wishes she could have bites of her sister's
She got to open a few presents in the morning before Daddy left for work. She was very excited to get a toothbrush, and I think that might be the favorite gift :)
While Emma was napping the Bigs got to frost and decorate the cupcakes
After her morning nap we went to pick out a balloon. She can now say balloon. She was also quite impressive with being able to pull the balloon all the way down by the string to grab it!
Crushing snack
We enjoyed a low-key day to just play and dance, Emma's favorite things to do. Once Daddy got home we opened more presents and had her favorite, brats on the grill for dinner!
My friend Kari made her awesome smash cake, thank you!!
Mom wanting Dad in the pictures and Emma not having it
Try again
Her sisters sure know how awesome it is to get messy and eat cake
What a difference a year make!
Thank you Kristin for our beautiful pictures, we can't wait to see more!
I love our family! So very grateful for all of our blessings!
I did post the traditional year slideshow on the last post, but if you viewed in on your phone and possibly iPad it might not have shown up. For some reason it was only working on computers. I tried uploading it to youtube, but sometimes they block the content because of the music, even though the songs are paid for. Here's a second try...
