HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

This year was a very different Thanksgiving for us. We got up and did all of the usual things that you do to get ready for a big meal with the family. The thing that was different ,is there was this new little life to take care of. What a wonderful thing to be thankful for. We waited three long years for this day and now it was finally here. We couldn't have been happier. We are so lucky to have Emma in our lives. She is just bringing so much happiness to us. I'm still smiling so much and yes my face is still getting tired from smiling all the time. She loves Katie so much and loves playing with her. The only thing that was missing from the day and to make our day complete, was that Kyle and Tim were not there to share in this very special Thanksgiving. I just wish that they were here to share in Emma's life. That would have made our life complete.

Emma played around all morning very content. She just went from place to place as happy as can be. By the way she is walking everywhere. She toddles like a little penguin. It is so cute and she is so proud of herself.We put her down for a nap around 1:00 and she slept until the whole meal was cooked and ready to be served. I had to go in a wake her up at 4:30. I got her up and put her in a cute dress, brought her down stairs so that she could see everyone. We all sat down for dinner and had a very nice meal. Except for Emma. She only had dinner rolls for dinner. She tried everything but, it all came out of her mouth. Oh well, there's always Christmas dinner.

We decided that we wanted to celebrate Emma's first Birthday with us on Thanksgiving. We thought that it would be a nice time to do it since we missed her real first Birthday. So after dinner we brought out all of the desserts and Emma's adorable Elmo cake that my friend Laura got for her. It was so cute. We sung Happy Birthday to her but, she couldn't figure out what was going on. I then gave her the whole cake to see what she would do with it. She picked Elmo's eyes off very carefully and was very dainty picking at the cake. I finally had to show her how she was really supposed to eat her first B-day cake. I bent down to the cake and took a bite out of it. She just looked me and wondered what I was doing. The next thing you knew she was doing the same thing. It was so funny. She didn't take real big bites so we ended up giving her a piece that she could handle. She liked it. YIPPEE! We gave her a couple of presents and just enjoyed the moment. She was having a great time.

A funny thing on Thanksgiving that happened is, my brother showed up at my house dressed as a really "fake Santa". He tends to do things like this from time to time. He is a real joker. It was really funny but, Emma got so afraid of him with the Santa beard that he had on. I think that she is now traumatized and will probably never sit on Santa's lap. She doesn't even like stuffed Santa's. I was going to take her to get her picture with Santa this week and now I'm not sure. I really don't think that she will sit on his lap. Poor thing, she will probably be the only kid that hates Santa.