Saturday, July 30, 2011

Birthday Trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

We took Emma to one of her favorite places for her 1st birthday, the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Actually, that's where we took Ella on her 1st birthday too! :-)





Jellyfish!

Daddy's got his hands full. :-)



Having a great time!

Ella loves to pose in this clam shell.

Looking through the glass tank in the kids' tunnel.

Checking out the little seahorses at the bottom of the coral

Emma's favorite activity at the Aquarium... shape sorting. :-)





Daddy's girl







Ella played with a couple of new found friends in the Coral Babies fish fountain

Acting out some fun with the Sting Ray puppets



Emma's First Birthday!!!

Emma turned one year old today!!! We tried to spread out some of the fun. I picked up balloons for her last night because she loves them so much, and I went with a bit of a kitty theme because Emma loves cats.

 Enjoying her balloons under close supervision, of course :-)



Emma loved walking around the house with her balloons. BTW, she was fine after the little tumble at the end of this video.

Discovering the presents! The morning worked out really well with Emma up about 2 hours before Ella, so Emma was able to have all the attention on her while she opened presents.



 Opening a present from Auntie Joy, Uncle Nate, Grant and Kate!

 She loved tearing off the paper! :-)

Thank you, Auntie Joy, Uncle Nate, Grant and Kate!!! Emma loves the musical farm!!!

Dancing to the music

We gave her a birthday card and she enjoyed it for a good 3 minutes or so before trying to eat it.

 A jewelry shape sorter box

 The LeapFrog picnic basket was a big hit!



 A Laugh & Learn Table!!!

 Daddy, pretending to talk on the toy phone much to Emma's amusement.





 a Haba pull toy

 Ella, wearing her present, the Disney Rapunzel dress and hair

 Emma's kitty birthday cake - It's an ice cream cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake.

 Ella blew out the candle for Emma.


 Yum!!! Ice Cream!!!



I think she liked the cake. :-)

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Early Birthday Presents

Gramma & Papa and GJ sent Emma birthday gifts and some gifts for Ella too. The girls sometimes get a little overwhelmed on big occasions with everything going on so, we decided to open them early to spread out the fun.

 Ella loves the fan that GJ sent her!

 Bracelets from GJ too!

 Emma playing with her Snuggle bear from GJ

 Ella loves unpacking boxes and there were lots of notes and stickers on the outside of this one from Gramma & Papa that she enjoyed.

 Play-Doh!!! She had so much fun checking out each setting on the Play-Doh press!

 Helping Emma open her gift from Gramma & Papa

 She absolutely loves the activity walker! She plays with everything on it and pushes it around too. :-)







Ella, checking out the Eye Find puzzle book Gramma & Papa sent her



Thank you Gramma, Papa, and GJ... both the girls love their gifts!!!