A Life of Love: September 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

First Haircut

We finally decided that Emma needed a haircut. Her hair isn't that long, but it was very uneven and needed to be trimmed up. We took her to Cookie Cutters in the Geneva Commons and while the cut was fairly pricey I think it was worth it for a one time thing. We could sit in any chair that we wanted to so we picked the fire engine, however that didn't really change the way that Emma felt about the experience. She was very unsure of what was going on a only wanted to be held. At first we bribed her with promises of cookies if she was good, but that didn't work. So we moved onto a sucker. While that helped a bit, she still wasn't convinced, until the hair stylist asked if she had a favorite show and I asked if she had Barney. She popped in a Barney DVD and we were good to go. Emma's hair looks so much better and fuller with it trimmed up and it makes her look like a big girl!

Getting Started

Zoned into Barney (almost done!)

All Done!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Emma turned 2...yes I said 2 on September 7th. I can't believe that she is already 2! We had a very nice family party on the 6th for her. We kept things pretty low key this year. I didn't really have a theme or anything. I was going to do a theme but there didn't really seem to be any out there that really fit Emma. Last year I came up with the idea of getting a special birthday book and then having all the guests sign in on it. I did this again this year, the book I chose was Barney and BJ Go To The Fire Station, since Emma loves Barney and fire trucks. I am hoping to make this a tradition for every birthday.

We made her cake again this year and it looked and tasted fabulous. The party plates that we got had a butterfly on them so I wanted to decorate they cake that way too. I made the cake (from a box) and Andrew decorated it. I couldn't believe how good he did! I was pretty impressed, especially since I practiced for about 30 minutes and still couldn't produce anything that looked like a butterfly. Jim brought over some baseball gloves, baseballs and a mini bat to play with. Emma and Payton had a blast playing and I think the big boys did too. We had Lou Malnati's for dinner (yummy) and then cake and Oberweis Birthday Cake ice cream (double yummy). Emma really seemed to enjoy having everyone sing Happy Birthday To You and she did great blowing out her candle. I was surprised that she wasn't as into tearing into her presents as I thought she would be, but she LOVED getting new toys to play with.