September 27, 2008
Emma’s 2 years old now. She was so excited over having her birthday. She was wanting to open presents all afternoon and we had to tape a couple back together. We ended up with a lot of people here and it was nice, other then one incident that put a damper on the party that I feel horrible about… all I will say about it is Grandpa Kevin is in a lot of trouble!
Emma enjoyed having everyone around and having three little girls to play with. They played very well together, having a little tea party out on the deck. Cassie of course came with the coolest present ever! She brought Emma a little salon vanity and chair. The girls all loved that, taking turns fixing hair… only problem with that was Emma didn’t want to open any presents after getting that. All the little girls wanted to help and crowded around her, tearing into the presents. When we finally got things settled a bit, Emma opened her presents and enjoyed each of them. She likes the Hello Kitty ATM bank that Grandma Marla gave her and of course the Tricycle Grandma Shari and Grandpa Kevin gave her. She really enjoyed the table and chairs that Grandpa Lee made for her… all in all, she was spoiled and loving every bit of it.
Emma is so funny now that she can talk more. Today Grandpa Kevin gave her a pop and she was so proud of herself having her own pop (even though Grandpa didn’t let her have the whole can). She showed me the can and laughed and said “daddy” I asked “is that Daddy’s kind of pop? What kind does daddy drink?” Thinking she would say Mountain Dew. She thought about it for a little bit and had a light bulb go off as she said “Beer!”
Emma loved the cake and we have the back of it picked apart a bit. She would use the pony as a spoon and dig it into the cake then eat it. Of course she is a mess, not as bad as last year though. She was going to spend the night with me and was great until she realized that mommy and daddy went home without her. She was busy “fixing” my hair when all the sudden she said “HOME” and put stuff away and cried “daddy”. I took her home to her daddy and she was so happy. It makes me sad that she won’t stay the night with me after spending so much time during Grandpa Ron’s illness with me… but I understand why she won’t. She is afraid she will be left for a lot of days again. She is getting better about mom and dad being out of her sight but she still is a bit clingy. She probably will have trouble with Jordan going hunting for 10 days. She misses him so much when he is in school for 5 days. Brianna and Emma are going to go to Grandma Marla’s for a few days while Jordan is gone… after Emma’s 2 year check up on Tuesday.