Happy Birthday, Dear Emily!

It's hard to believe Emily is already one!! Her birthday was last Sunday- it was a looong day at church with extra meetings, but Emily was a trooper. We had friends over that evening for cake and ice cream.

Emily's pal Annie brought her a present...

...which included some cute pink shoes that matched hers.
Anne led us in an impromptu "guess-the-paint-color" game. (do you like the garland? ... free paint sample cards from Walmart!)


Emily was pretty somber when it came time for cake.
Poor girl hadn't had much of a nap...
But that's nothing a little sugar can't cure! She polished off her little cake and definitely got her second wind.
Of course, what's a birthday without a little jam fest? (You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy!) Emily was so cute- she heard the music and would wave her hands, dancing and smiling.

I think she enjoyed her birthday!