Emmett's 4th Birthday

Emmett had the best birthday so far. He understood it was his special day and he was happy all day. We hired Jerry (the snow sculptor) in Springville to come and make Emmett a bull for his birthday. Jerry lives on canyon road and makes snow sculptors for the community in his front yard. He's very talented and we really enjoy his talent. He came by twice and fixed it because our house is south facing and it melted pretty quickly.

Happy Birthday Emmett!

Birthday Boy

Emmett loved opening his presents. When he opened the barn form Emily and Max he said, "NO WAY". It was adorable. After he opened the plastic animals from Grandma Jude and Nana he walked up to Nana and said with his arms stretched open,"would you like a hug?"

Max, Austin, Cody, Emmett, Nathan, Kole, Hunter, Adah, Brinley, and Carly

 We had a birthday party for all of the cousins his age, and two friends. He loved all the attention being on him and loved his party. We played a birthday game, had dinner, opened presents, and had cake and ice-cream.

Birthday Boy

Em & Max

Family Pic 2/11/2013

We love our Birthday Boy

Savannah Thorpe and Maxine Bona made Emmett's cake. He wanted a warthog cake. He sure loves his animals.  Bonafied Goodies is awesome! Not only did the cake look awesome, but it tasted great too!

Blowing Out Candles

Birthday Stash. He got a barn, gun, puzzles, 9 plastic animals, books, movie, art supplies, and a laughing cow.

 Emmett was so happy and he's such a great kid. I love him so much! I'm proud of him and how smart he is. He's also very obedient. He listens to us very well and has a tender heart. I always think about the day he was born, and how I would relive that day over and over. I love being his mom!

Emmett's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday to Emmett. Today was the greatest day of Emmett's existence. He was so happy all day. He actually understood it was his birthday and he was excited for the presents and cake. He loved opening his presents, and it was even more fun for us to watch him open them. He got a new Thomas The Train set and about 6 new cars for his set. He also got a coloring book, stickers, crayons, and two new cows. Pretty good day for this kid!

Emmett and Adah 2/11/2012

Birthday Boy!

Special Guests

Blowing out Candles

Cake made by Savannah Bona Thorpe. She's pretty talented. He loved his cake.

Emmett's 2nd Birthday

Emmett turned 2 on Feb 11th. We celebrated his birthday the Monday before since Bret had the night off , and we would be in Disneyland on his actual birthday. We had a family party and a lot of his cousins came. Our guest list included: Maughans, Ericksons, Hunsakers, Heltons, Jude, and Nana. He was spoiled as usual and loved the attention and gifts.

Presents: ELEPHANTS, trains, movies, bubbles, potty, clothes, etc...

Bret and I decorated his cake together. We've both become pros at drawing elephants. Emmett likes us to draw "big daddy elephants".

Cousins 2011

I love group pictures of all the cousins or friends. It'll be so fun to look back on in 20 years. I have a few from when I was a kid and its fun to guess who is who.

Emmett went to his 2 year check up and he's 25 lbs (19%) and 36.5 inches tall (96%). Tall and skinny. He loves elephants, rhinos, hippos (not just big gray animals), he also likes giraffes, zebras, horses, and cows. He loves the trains my mom and Nana gave him, and we gave him the train track. He sometimes get frustrated if his toys don't work right and throws them or/and himself on the ground. I've been trying to take the time to keep him calm and remind him to try again. Apprently, Bret was the same way as a kid and his mom helped him for a long time!!! He talks really well and we even have some conversations now. It's really fun! He's showing interest in the potty but I don't think he's quite there, but we will continue to work on it. He still takes a 2 hour nap and sleeps all night. He no longer has a bottle and he'll be moving into a big boy bed within the next month or so, to prepare for the new baby. Emmett is very tender hearted and doesn't like to be in trouble. Time out usually doesn't last very long and he's ready for a hug and says, "hold you" when he wants us to hold him. He randomly comes up to give me a kiss and sometimes softly holds my cheeks in his hands when he's talking to me. I think he holds my cheeks to make sure I'm looking right at him and giving him my full attention. We just love Emmett and he's the center of our world!!!

Birthday Girls

Emily and I had our 27th and 29th Birthday last month. Her's is on the 11th and mine the 13th which means we ALWAYS have a joined party and we love it. Jill said she loves birthdays, especially her own and offered to make our cake and have a little party at her house.

The cake was delicious. We all thought Bret was the one who made it because he seems to know his way around the kitchen, but come to find out she has greatly improved on her cooking skills. On a side note Bret has the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I've ever had. The bad news is they only taste good when he makes them, which isn't often enough.

I've been really spoiled lately. The girls gave me a big mirror for my living room. It's beautiful!! I just need Bret to hang it for me. My mom got me a gift certificate to the Corn Wagon Quilt Co. and Nana gave me a scarf & hat. Bret had to work that night but I took the day off of work and we went shopping together and out to eat. I ended up buying a few wants/needs and had a great time with him. Here are a few more pictures from our party:

Emmett and Carly

Mom & Emmett

Halle & Max. (they're adorable)

A few more random pictures:

Jan 2010

I just love this face. I can't get enough of him!!

Emmett is really good at puzzles (takes after his mom). He sometimes mixes up the animal pieces on purpose and then thinks he's funny and says, " i fix it" as he puts the pieces in the right spot.

P.S. Also the other night Emily and I went to a digitial scrapbooking class/event and my mom watched both of our boys. They were both sick so we felt kind of guilty leaving them but Jude managed. We had the best time together and I'm working on Emmett's baby book. It's turning out really cute. We are using Heritage Makers, and we both love it. I just love getting together with Emily. We were so giggly, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. I only laugh that hard once every few months. (Makes me miss Joey, I used that laugh that hard almost daily with him.) We got home and my mom had quite the night. Emmett slept on and off and cried a few times. I asked him if he had fun with grandma and he said, "i cry". I asked him why and he said, "Emmett cried". My mom also said she went in to change his diaper and he grabbed her arm and said, "thanks mom". He's so cute lately and says so many things.