Puppy Party! Emme's 2!!

 My little girl turned two today!  I can not believe how fast the time is going.  Birthdays mean a lot to me...and I like to celebrate them in a big way!  This year we threw a puppy party for Emme.  We actually had puppies here...just like a petting zoo but a puppy petting zoo.  There were 3 yorkies, 2 jack russels, 2 dachshunds and one older and so sweet shihzu.  The kids loved the puppies and as you can see below Emme wouldn't put hers down.  Here she is smiling...

...but below she is serious.  And she was very serious about 99% of the time.  Emme got to be the first in with them and she loved it.  Precious to say the least, and obviously she loves dogs!  It was a hit and I am so happy we chose this theme for her.  She is such an animal lover and well, a kitten party (her favorite) probably would have proven to be challenging and petting zoo's are expensive so we went puppy!!!!  This is how the family that breeds these dogs socializes them.  I had to put up my blinders as I prefer rescuing from shelters.

The party was Sunday and her birthday was Monday.  We celebrated by wearing her tutu and enjoying the day together.  That evening we had an early family dinner at an amazing restaurant where we sang Happy Birthday and once again she wanted nothing to do with the cake-which is fine by me!! She won't eat sweets at all...popsicles is as far as I get with her and if I give her pancakes or muffins with chocolate chips in them she picks them out.

 It was such a beautiful day out. 

She loves her sunglasses!  She is totally a girlie girl!  She notices my lipstick, gloss, and likes to watch me get dressed and put on my makeup. 

 Here is a little update on Emeline.  She is really into chalking.  She will chalk pictures all over outside the house (Great Grandma doesn't like chalking out front on the sidewalk, she thinks it is ugly), and she takes the chalk on her walks and leaves a little picture at each house.  She gives a color to everyone that is with her so you will chalk with her.  Inside she loves coloring as you can imagine.  She could finger paint all day.  She could dance, play with my iphone, listen to Raffi, eat crackers, play with animals, and dig in the dirt all day.  Her day is 6 to 6...with one nap around 11.  Her favorite food...pesto pasta (without a doubt)!  She did go through a picky stage but is slowly coming out of that I think.  She also enjoys corn, butternut squash, zucchini, carrots, green beans, broccoli with hummus, quinoa, cous cous, rice, black beans, quesadillas, sunflower seed butter, the organic plum pouches, bananas, any berries, apples, peaches, etc...pretty good.  She is not a big meat eater though.  I still give her a bottle twice a day (doc said it was okay).  Our next big milestones to work on...potty training and getting rid of pacifier.  She is speech delayed (like Zackary) and is seeing his speech therapist, but she tries hard and we all understand her anyways.  She is such a sweet, cute girl and it's so fun dressing her.  Her and Zackary get along great...and watching them together really melts my heart.  Her doctors appointment went so well...she's 30 pounds (84%) and 36.3 inches tall (96%)!

Happy Birthday Emeline.  We love you so much.  We are so lucky to have you in our lives...my little girl...so thankful for my little girl!