Well our little Emma Claire is TWO! Today is her birthday! We had a party for our family on Monday the 23rd and a party with some of her friends on Tuesday the 24th. Emma had a great time. She loved playing with all of her friends and family! Emma had a Minnie Mouse party and she dressed up in a pink princess tutu! We all had a lot fun!
Well Emma has decided that she wants to be a big girl! This morning she decided to take her jammies and diaper off and use the big girl potty. She has gone all day so far with no accidents. We put a diaper on her for nap and when we went out to lunch and other than that she has done PERFECT! I am so proud of her. Here are a few pics of her first pair of big girl under pants that she is so proud of! She also got a treat and a sticker!
I thought that I would take some recent pictures of the girls so here are just a few of their new pictures!
Well Christmas has come and gone. The girls had a wonderful Christmas. Alivia is still too young to really have any idea what went on, but Emma had a blast. She was obsessed and still is with Santa Clause and loved opening her presents. Of course Emma loves all of Alivia's toys more than her own. Is that not how it always works?
Now for the update. Alivia is almost 9 months. She is crawling all over the place. She pulls herself up to stand on absolutely everything! She has even learned to open cupboards and drawers. Her new thing is to team up with her big sister and pull all of the movies out of the entertainment center. She also just got her first tooth. Hopefully I will be able to post a picture soon. She doesn't really let you get close to it right now.
Emma will be two in February and I can't believe how fast the time is going. She is two going on 12. She has a little attitude and is starting to become a little jealous of her sister. Emma is so smart that is it a little scary at times. Her new favorite book is Goodnight Moon. She loves Mickey Mouse and will be having a Mickey and Minnie themed birthday party with all of her friends from our playdate group. Next week Brian and I are going to transform her crib into a toddler bed (daybed). We are a little excited and nervous about how well it will go over with Emma.
I started back to school this week at Creighton University in the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. I am sure that it is going to be a struggle but I think that Brian and I make a pretty good team and we can tackle this head on! At least I hope so because I am a little nervous. Here are a few pictures from the past month. Brian and I went out for New Years Eve and had a lot of fun. It was the first time in two years that I was not pregnant so I was able to have a little more fun this year. I hope this gave you a little update into our lives these days.
Today Emma and mommy made cookies for Santa! Emma was so excited that she carried around the cookie mix all morning. She was such a big helper. She helped roll out the dough, then ate some. Then she pressed out the cookies and ate some more dough. Then mommy frosted and Emma sprinkled. One entire compartment of sprinkels ended up on one cookie. But hey...what do you expect from a one year old! Then Emma finally ate her masterpiece and boy was she a MESS! Oh well, next it was bath time!
