Emmy's VERY fun birthday- yes 1 year old today!

on the way to the hot tub!

Emmy and mommy!

walking on the way to the hot tub!

in the hot tub :) loving Emmy's birthday!

walking to eat Chinese for Emmy's b day :)

Opening her presents from Bookie :)

eating Chinese with Daddy and smiling at Uncle Dave!

LOVING her new toy!

loving her new doll :)

Shell hunting!

Emmy was nakey- so Jason made her a dress from his shirt- cute!

Sunset...

Shell hunting :)

more shell hunting by the rusty boat- fun!

Dave- climbing the Rusty Boat- of course he is!

Hot Tubs by our house! hooray!

We can now officially declare where we live to be paradise!
yes, natural hot tubs about a 10 minute hike to our house :)

this is one of the "cool root" trees that you see on the

hike on the way to the hot tub :)

A lizard friend- also along the trail :)

Dave is our HERO for finding our new favorite place!

Dance Party in Emmy's new Nike shoes!!!

Dance Party!

CRAZY time with Daddy- the Daddy Trapeez strikes again...

Isn't she cute?!

Emmy with Uncle Dave!

I love her tummy in the pic on the right :)

Something I love about Emmy is that she always is doing funny poses with her leg-

pointing it, turning it in, etc.-- She makes me just so happy!

Emmy and Daddy sitting in a tree!

more dancing moments!

Here she is getting low-- she goes between tap and dirty dancing...

NEW WARDROBE!!!

MORE DARLING, aDoRaBlE, CuTe and fun outfits from Grammy (and Grampy)!

thank you Grammy!

thank you !

thank you and we love you soooooooooooooooooo much!

Emmy is amazing :)

Here she is in yet ANOTHER adorable outfit from Grammy!

This pic is for UNCLE DAN- no, it's not a football- it's a cocnut- but yes, she is 11 months

and running with the ball :)

Why are her eyes closed? She looked so cute :)

playing with one of the Subway workers :)

Breakfast with the Fredericks :)

don't you just love the foot?!

our faces here are just great

yes, Emmy is on a pile of pillows :)

Pumpkin (Squash) Carving!

i love this pic- look at how HOT we look :)

Emmy really got into it- so cute!

they are called pumpkins here- but avocados are called figs and pears...

anyways- she didn't gut them- but we did turn them into pumpkin cookies

and pumpkin dump cake later :)

Emmy and Mommy's finished product...

Daddy's finished product- he had to do it fast (crazy studier)

so it isn't up to his normal standard- but the tradition

continues! :)

moments with the cutest girl!

sleeping with Uncle Dave- a FAVORITE pastime :)

just some silly moments:

laughing in her sleep,

clapping,

and waking up Daddy-

her other favorite thing to do :)

such a cute little outfit- I had to capture it!

I love this crazy little face :)

Our little grown up girl :(

Here she is in one of the NEW outfits from Grammy-
I love it and think it's adorable- but she looks like a
little girl and not a baby- and that makes me cry...

walking on her tippy toes- her latest obsession :)