Emma Turns TWO!!!

Emma had her birthday party on 1/10/09 and had a SAFARI THEME for her party - everything was so cute! Elizabeth worked really hard at getting everything just right; she had Rick draw animals on a board in which she and Ben painted and cut holes and made a bean bag toss game out of which was absolutely wonderful, she had little animal sippy cups, animal crafts and much more for the children and they had so much fun! Emma has some wonderful family and friends and they were all there for her special day and she was so excited to have everyone there with her! She kept going around saying "I'm two" to everyone - it was so cute! Rick, Will and I had called her on her actual birthday to wish her a Happy Birthday and she talked and talked and talked and told us all about how old she was! When it came to opening gifts Emma got a little overwhelmed at first; the first gift she opened was a package with two baby dolls with accessories and a double stroller....needless to say she wanted to open that one right then and Elizabeth had to take it away to open up other gifts so Emma had a little meltdown for a minute! :) It's obviously hard for children to have to open up gifts and not be able to play with them right away especially at such a young age! She got better as the gift opening continued though! We waited until everyone left and let her open up the families gifts and to give her a break for a little while...definitely a good idea! My parents got her a polka-dot rain coat and Hello Kitty Rainboots which she absolutely loved and they had also gotten some frog rain boots for Will so of course they had to try them on together and play in them! We got Emma some pretend food for her kitchen set that she got for Christmas and a Barbie Beach Cruiser Car and Beach Barbie doll - she was very thrilled about the Barbie and car - glad that we went with this one! Everything was wonderful and I can believe my little niece, EMMA, is TWO now! HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA!!!