Happy 1st Birthday Emma!!

At 8:39 this morning it just happened that I glanced up at the clock and that is the time Emma was born at. I cannot believe my sweet little baby is one already. The first year zooms by so fast and so many changes take place in the first year. When I was looking at the clock this morning I was instantly reminded of the sweet little, helpless newborn Emma was just a year ago. Now Emma is still the sweetest, most peaceful little baby who loves to cause a little bit of trouble every now and then. Emma has started walking (again, but with more caution this time) but prefers to crawl when she needs to get somewhere fast. I love the way she walks, it looks like each step takes so much effort, and she doesn't really walk so much as stomp her chubby legs around. She also is a climber, she climbs up EVERYTHING, her favorite being stools we leave around for Makenna to use and chairs. Emma can drink successsfully out of a sippy cup and her absolute favorite foods are fruit and cookies. I would have to say that Makenna is Emma absoute favorite person and she loves to bother her big sister to get a reaction from her, but she also loves to follow Makenna around and even when Makenna is playing way rough or being a little bit mean to her sister Emma just sits there and smiles because she loves any time she gets with her sister. Lately, Emma has developed bad stranger anxiety and if we are out somewhere new she clings to me and gets this horrified look on her face should someone new come too close to her, I have to say I sort of enjoy her "mommy complex" as i know it's just a stage and won't last long. Emma turning 1 today is sort of bittersweet. I am sort of happy to have the first year behind us, I must admit I did not realize how much work having a newborn and a 2 year old would be, and it's sort of nice now that I don't have to hold and carry Emma everywhere and she can entertain herself now a bit. However at the same time I am sad that she's getting bigger and is losing her "baby" look more and more each day. I am so looking forward to this year. I am looking forward to emma talking more and more and just how much more interactive and her own little person she will become this coming year. Happy birthday my sweet little Emma-bear!!