Don't See This Movie

I just have 2 things to say.

1. Don't read My Sister's Keeper.

2. Don't watch the movie either!

More Animal Love...and Gma too

Emmalynne continues to love her bunny, otherwise known as "Bunny Boy" and "Buddy Boy." She now likes to take me over to the bunny food so she can get a scoop out to feed Bunny Boy. She also likes putting oats in her hand so the bunny will eat them. It's lots of fun.

The past few weeks we've had Grandma Wallis over and its been a lot of fun. Emmalynne has grown to really love taking Grandma by the hand and getting her to do whatever it is Em wants, such as pushing her in the babydoll stroller, walking circles around the house, reading a book or even getting out Grandma's rats!

Yep, that's my daughter climbing into a cage with 4 rats! What can I say? She loves animals, even rats. These ones happen to be very tame. Grandma had been wanting to get a pet rat and I found these ones for her on craigslist. There were actually 5 when she first got them but one wasn't nice so she got rid of it. The mean one actually bit Em and it took Em a couple of days to trust the rats again. But as you can tell, she's made a full lovin' recovery!

Bunny Kisses

Here's Emmalynne, climbing in for a bunny kiss. The bunny's so sweet and lets Em pat him, kiss/lick him, chase him around the front room, etc. About every other morning when we first come downstairs, Em grabs my finger and walks me over to the bunny cage so we can get him out. I'm glad she's loving him so much. And I'm especially glad he's loving her back! Hopefully we'll get a better picture soon. We tried out a few different names for him but we've kind of settled on "bunny." Oddly enough, it fits him well. Go figure.

Birthday Cake...yumm...

These pictures are in reverse order. I'd reccommend starting at the bottom and working your way up if you want the full effect.


I don't know if I've ever seen anyone enjoy their birthday cake THIS much! She spent most of her cake eating time sucking on the cake like this.

She was so excited and happy to be allowed to make a big huge mess and eat so much sugar!

The messy fashion of cake eating began when she stuck her face in the cake.

She started off rather dainty, just picking the icing off with her fingers.

Boy did she want to grab that lit candle while we were singing "Happy Birthday."

Happy Birthday!

Finally! Here are Em's birthday pictures.



Emmalylnne loved ripping the paper to open her presents. I guess all the times I let her tear up the junk mail paid off! Obviously, her cousin Megan was sure to get in on the present opening.

Taking time to read the book Grandma Wallis got her.

More paper ripping. She didn't really care what was inside. She just liked ripping the paper off.

We got a mini cake for free from our local grocery store and I made a cookie cake for everybody else.

We had the front room decorated for her when she got up. She liked playing in the streamers with Dad. She also loved all of the balloons piled on the floor.

Little Sleeper

Can I just say Emmalynne is the best sleeper ever? Yesterday she got up at her usual 6:45 am. Then she took her usual nap 2 hours later. She pretty much slept from 9-12. If you can't add it up, thats 3 hours. Then she took an afternoon nap from like 2:30-5:00. 2.5 hours. She went to bed at 8 (little later than usual) and she did not wake up until 7:45 this morning. Amazing little girl. Today she has had a repeat of napping schedule. Its now 5:30 and she's still sleeping. Must be growing! I guess she's trying to get big for her big first birthday tomorrow!

Honey Bunny

Emmalynne got her birthday present a little early this year! She loves animals SO MUCH! I wanted to get her something fuzzy to love. Carman has yet to convince me to get a dog. They poop in your house and eventually in your yard, they bark, they wake you up early to go outside... Anyway, dog was out of the question. Cats usually aren't friendly enough. I didn't want to go with something too small, like a hamster. So, you guessed it a long time ago...we went with a bunny.

Em and I went to pick him up today. There were several to choose from and we got the sweetest bunny there was! This picture was taken by the breader. He's a 10 week old Holland Lop. Em thinks he's super. Remember that video of her kissing the dog? Well, she tries to give the bunny dog kisses. Basically, she licks the bunny. We'll work on that. She also snuggles her head up to him. Its way cute. We'll get pictures and maybe a video soon. Any name suggestions?