ema’s big day!

last week we got to celebrate little emilymae’s birthday!  the big 0-1! 
she is simply awesome and it was an awesome day.

emilymae got her own little photo shoot beforehand just like anabelle (well, after breakfast at cantina – notice anabelle’s happy face?).  thankfully chris was there to help reset her every few seconds.  she doesn’t sit still for long.

check out anabelle’s sweet wings on her shoes!
(a birthday present from miss amy & olivia)

chris and anabelle stayed busy while i got emilymae ready.

 

papa-daughter magic . . . like nothing else.

the beauties of my everyday!!  crazy blessed.

emilymae needed a turn to fly too!

unlike anabelle, emilymae loved the cold ocean water on her toes and wanted the waves to keep coming back up the shore.

muggy, thanks for helping get some pictures with me in them. xo

when i first sat emilymae down a wave crept up and almost soaked her and her blanket.  once we regrouped – and moved a bit farther away from the water – it was time shoot. 
here are some of my favs!

 

 

and then it was birthday day . . . or the night before.
(papa was in charge of bath and pj’s that night)

happy birthday, emilymae!!

(thanks for choosing us)

we spent the day playing at amy’s.  our parking lot was being resurfaced so we had to park down the hill (not fun!).  it was quite a trek that morning with both girls and all of our things.  it was quite the momma challenge (which i’m happy i accomplished) of trying to let anabelle do her thing, embrace her being an adventurer, and to not rush her along or be annoyed as she curioiusly squated on the sidewalk to watch a row of ants march by.
‘do you see them, momma?’
she worked hard marching all the way and discovering as she went so she decided she had to take a break before we loaded up in the truck.

 

thanks merrell ladies for sharing your day and helping us celebrate our littlest treasure.
(still not quite 16 pounds)
emilymae is still nursing like a champ, still undecided about sleeping through the night, and still fascinated by her big sister.  she’s brave and strong and a teeny shining light!

*party enough and someone is bound to go in the pool with their clothes on!

 

the next day i decided to give pigtails a try for the first time on emilymae.  so stinkin’ cute but makes her look so big!  just one day into being one and she was already growing and changing . . . and climbing up on nearly everything she could manage!

here are anabelle’s first pigtails just a couple weeks before she turned one.