Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!

We had a great time visiting family in Lodi again this year for Christmas. We had a chance to spend almost two weeks in Nor Cal giving everyone plenty of time to visit with Emma.

One of Emma's favorite things to do now is go to the park. She loves the swing and going down the slide (with a little help of course). She also loves to play in bouncy sets. We took her to a really cool place near Sacramento that had the big bounce houses set up and she had a blast!

Emma also had a chance to attend her very first Rebel game against Louisville. Although she didn't make it the entire game, she had a really good time and loved the noise of the crowd and clapped her hand to the U-N-L-V chants. It was a lot of fun.

Finally, on a very sad note, we had to put our dog Ashworth down just after arriving back from our trip to Lodi. Without question, he was the best dog ever! It still breaks my heart to hear Emma walk around the house asking for the "doggie". I think she misses her dog as much as daddy does.

Here are some of the latest pic's. Talk to you in a few months.

Aunt Tracy on New Years Day 2010

Uncle Ryan teaching Emma how to use the laptop.

Emma playing in the Bouncy House thing. She loved it!

Emma rocking her new look and keeping her snack close by.

Emma and Ashworth

Family Picture. Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009

Emma's 1st Rebel Game with Dad (and mom went too!!!)

She loves her Rebels!!!

Emma's 1st Birthday

Yesterday we had Emma's 1st Birthday party. It was quite a bit of fun. Andrea did a good job planning the gig, it even had a theme. She thought it was fitting that the theme be Flip Flops since they are one of Emma's favorite things to play with. We had two cakes from "Cake Lady", some chic in Lodi that makes cake. Everyone thinks the cake is fantastic, I think it's just OK. Emma had her own small cake to go crazy with, and she did just that. It was pretty fun to watch. She didn't know what to do at first, but after a bit of help, Emma destroyed that thing.

I can't believe the first year is done. It went so fast. It seems as though you are always looking forward to the next milestone... sitting up, crawling, walking, talking etc. that you don't realize how fast its going.

Anyway, here are some pic's of her birthday party and a few other random pic's thrown in.