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Somebody had a Birthday!

 

We had a fabulous day for Emmers 2nd birthday. Emilee woke up to balloons and presents and then later we had a small family party at Daniel's parents house. She got lots of sweet loot and got to play with her favorite friend Tricidee ("Triss"). Daniel and I spent hours trying to make the perfect Minnie Mouse cake for her. When we would ask her what she wanted for her birthday, all she would say is balloons and a Minnie Mouse cake. We used a chocolate fudge glaze frosting for the black and two small cakes for the ears and a round cake for the face. I love how it turned out, and it tasted good too! :)
I can't believe 2 years can go by so fast. It's just crazy because it seems like yesterday she was a little baby and now she is running around like a wild woman. She talks all the time and know probably over 100 words. Also:
-she loves to watch "the map" also known as Dora the Explorer
-I think her favorite foods would be green beans, carrots and rice-a-roni, I'm so glad she likes vegetables!
-she loves bath time
- she loves to play with horses, dolls, and Barbies, anything actually, just playing
- she loves her Grandma Christy and clings to her every move anytime we are around them and always says "I stay" when we are at their house, and yes, I let her have a lot of sleep-overs and they have lots of fun
-she loves to play with her dog Daisy and Rambo too
-she has such an imagination and will turn anything into a object to play with. Even when we are eating, she will take my fork and get her fork, and the two forks will have little conversations like "Hi fork"  "Hi, baby one fork." Or will cradle your hand and rock it as if its a baby and will feed it pretend bottles of milk. I love that about her.
-she thinks she is big enough to buckle her own car seat buckles and if you do it for her she is not a happy camper.
-she is also the Best Little Girl EVER.
- The END

Family Vists VERNTOWN

Oh..... Hello again. It has been ages since I posted. I literally may have been a different age. I may have to do some catching up, but I'll start with the latest fun thing that happened here at the Farnsworth house; the McMillan family took at road trip to Vernal and came to hang out with us and celebrate Emilee's second birthday. They haven't been out here for a visit since she had been born, so I thought it was a pretty special event! First time visit for new sister-in-law Crystal and niece Ruby! We had tons of fun. We all went swimming in the hotel that my Dad was staying in, ate prime rib dinner Daniel cooked for us, ate cake, and stayed up until midnight playing Catch Phrase and laughing a lot. I sure love my family! I stole a few pictures from Crystal's and Julia's blog until I get mine uploaded.


Here we are doing Saturday morning Zumba, Emmer joined in.


Pops and Emilee could not be any cuter. Makes my heart melt I love them together.


Emilee just loves all her aunts and Uncles so much.

The cousins after church, it was a purple kind of day.


swimming



The party. Thanks everyone! She got lots of good presents and loved blowing out the candle.



Harlem shake McMillan style.  

More camping pictures

See Julia, she did touch the antlers. But other then that she didn't want to get too close.

We would be driving around and she would just shout out "deer! deer!" She gets so excited and really would perk up when we tell her she better be looking for deer. She would say it in every tone of voice, it  made the whole trip so entertaining.

I imagine the caption going something like this; Emilee: "oh honey, I'm going to make you look FABulous!" Tricidee: "what have I done.."

 

These girls enjoyed playing in the dirt together

Playing in boxes

Camping and playing in the dirt ALL day makes for some really filthy kids! No body else got to shower for days on end but these kids had to have a bath everyday.

Notice her hand. She really had to hold onto the gun. She knows what she's doing, and is a good shot too. (It's just a BB gun)

Haha! Chocolate face

camping isn't camping without treats, right?

Uncle Dennis blowing bubbles.  Emilee's face is joy! She learned to say bubbles too. She learns new words everyday and is so fun to be around (most the time). :)

Camping- Part 1

4 wheeler ride. She really liked it but her face didn't show it this time. She actually fell asleep on it one time. 

Trying to get upon the "vroom vroom"

Good thing we had this little car, it kept her entertained and us busy too (pushing her around all the time!)

Emilee is such a dog lover. She would give the dogs big hugs and Angel even let her sit on her.

Napping with the dogs

The kill. A 3 by 4 buck

Grandpa, Emmer and Daddy

The month of August was full of prepping to camp and then we literally were camping for half the month! 10 days plus another weekend. More pictures and stories to come.

GroWiNG sO BiG

Being in the crib and awake causes some emotional distress, I couldn't get a grin.

I really like these pictures I took of Emilee in her pink tutu when she was about 3 months old, so I thought it would be fun to re-create the photos. It's crazy to see how much she has changed the past year. 

Summer Pictures

What's summer without a few Popsicle's?

One fun thing we did this summer was to enroll in Mom-&-Tot swimming lessons at the Rec. Center that is just down the road from our house. Most of the kids were two and three but there were a few that were her age. It was 4 days a week for 2 weeks. Looking back, it was a blast, but in the moment when she was fussing and not floating on her back and trying to throw a fit- not so much.  Overall though she did really good and enjoyed it. It was really good at wearing her out. This picture is her face after a swim lesson, ha ha, kinda a blank stare.

Told ya swimming wears her out. This was the first time she actually fell asleep while eating!

This summer she learned.... HOW TO WALK! After the cast came off she was pretty stiff for about a month and still crawling but she has just got better and better all summer. She started to take a step here and there in June, but it was the 4th of July when she walked across the room all by herself. Of course that was the one day I do something fun and went river rafting down the Green River with a bunch of the Farnsworth family and she stayed with Grandma all day. At least it wasn't her very first steps I missed,and she hasn't stopped walking since! I was horrified to go river rafting at first but I highly recommend it. It was such a blast and I only almost died one time. haha. Just ask Daniel's cousins- I will never live it down.

 

We went on a little vacation with Josh and Megan Farnsworth where we came to "the city" and did some fun things with them and their newly adopted kids. Daniel and Josh went golfing every day (the main reason for the vacation). We had fun at the mall, Cheese Cake Factory along with Chuck-E-cheese, and the zoo!

First carrousel ride

More swimming. 

The hose was hooked up to our underground well and it is COLD! Can you tell she is not happy about it. She was very vocal about letting us know too, then we took her out and asked if she wanted to get back in she quietly whispered "no" then loudly three more times just to make sure we heard her.

We have been to Salt lake Several times and I love getting to hang around my family and watching Emilee be absolutely adored by her grandparents. What a lucky girl, all her grandparents really love her.

My amazing sister-in-law Julia is a super hero woman having her second baby unmedicated. Little Ruby Anne is so adorable. We are excited to have another little girl join the family.  I miss my little baby.... does this mean I want another??? I don't know....