Emmalyn

 

This cute little girl is now two. It was so fun to wake her up and tell her happy birthday. She was in such a good mood and everything she said was in her cute little happy voice. She loved opening her presents. Kali and Sadie got her the crib and Ashlyn got her some new fisher price princesses. She loved all of it (as did her sisters).

In the evening, we invited family over and had cake and ice cream. She had a sunflower cake with colorful flower cupcakes. She was really excited for her cake and patiently waited all day for it. Unfortunately, when Josh lit her candles, she was so excited to blow them out that she put her face too close and felt the heat. She immediately stuck her lower lip out and her face got so sad. You could tell she was trying very hard not to cry. Poor thing. Then Josh helped her blow the candles out and she seemed to relax a little.

A couple of days ago, we began explaining to her that she'd be turning two. But without fail, every time we asked her how old she was, she would say one...until today. She finally figured it out and just in the nick of time. That's the question she's answering in this picture. However, you can also tell from the picture that she still hasn't figured out how to hold up two fingers.

Some of the Things we Love about Emmalyn:

Emma loves to sing. She sings when she's bored, while reading books, when listening to music, before bed and even in the middle of the night. Unfortunately she doesn't always sing for other people. She quick to say thank you and loves to tell you that she loves you, especially at bedtime. She usually has to tell each person multiple times that she loves them before going to bed. She loves to pray even though she repeats the same thing over and over again (Heavenly Father, married in the temple, Christ, Amen.).