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Emmi is always doing things HER way. "The mother's curse works!" I know my mom and Jake's mom said " I hope you have children that act exactly the same way that you act!". Done and Done.

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Pretty sure I cried for 30 min when I saw these.

I love her more than I ever thought possible to love someone.

My Nephew Arie

The child who LOVES getting educational gifts! Happy Happy Birthday to our little thinker!

Baby's 2nd Halloween...the first year Jake and I actually wore costumes.

We had 10 min to make costumes. Lets just say punk rockers ended up in Jake wearing my jeans, my hair being VERY high, and a young woman asking Jake if he was supposed to be Adam Lambert. MUAH hahaha!

Emmi had a blast! But at the end we had to put out the stops to make her smile!

She was showing us her blue steel right here.

Mama and Baby trunk or treating!

"CANDY!" really she was thinking that the wrapping around the candy is the best part!

Her buddy Olivia

Her tail. I couldn't resist

Towards the end I think.

The full view. Isn't she a glorious peacock...we're biased I know.

Happy 2nd Halloween kiddo. Last year was spent watching you sleep cause you were just oh so new!

My Mellow Partier

Emmi didn't like the cake...not even a little bit. But she made sure Jake got a taste!

Our family...ironically an accurate picture of our personalities. sigh.

Rachel...did I do ok on the decor?

My B-day girl just lounging in her favorite chair.

Emmi's party was a huge success thanks to Jake, Emmi, and our dear dear friends here in Atlanta. Jake helped me recover from the melt down over the "1" shaped cake being backwards and Emmi was a total mellow partier which made for an easy evening.

One of the party highlights was our "How well do you know Emmi" questionnaire.

My favorite question was:

Where did Emmi get her red hair from?

A. Jake

B. Katie

C. The Milkman

D. Who knows?

Surprisingly...we got a lot of milkman responses. Hahahaha.

Happy Birthday Emmi Dear!

*promise this is the last of the Birthday posts. PROMISE!

1 year

(my little squirt...who'd a thunk her hair would turn out red!?)

(she IS sitting in that pumpkin)

Oct 24 at 11:34 am you made your grand entrance. Your life in the last year has been amazing to watch. You gave us a scare at the beginning, but we should've known you would be fine; you're stubborn like that. You are so unique to us and your personality has really started to shine. You are my little pumpkin head. You are my thinker, my ponderer, my LOVER bug. In the years to come I know you and I will be so very close. You are my stalwart oldest child and I can already see you being my sidekick as we venture to expand our family. Thanks for willing to be the first kiddo. I'm sure when you drew that short stick you were still so willing and happy to be the "trial and error" kid. Your dad and I HAD a parenting plan, but we soon realized how much we didn't/don't know. Heavenly Father has blessed you with so many gifts, and melting our hearts is one of them. I tripped over your gosh darn baby gate last night and you immediately crawled over to me and gave me a hug and wiped your snotty nose all over my shoulder. Thanks Pumpkin. You understand emotions so well and you love to make it all better. Never stop giving us hugs...ok?

I love you Miss Emmi Reesey. Daddy loves you.

Thank you for making us better people.

Hugs,

Kisses,

Tears,

and another hug.

Love,

Mom