Emma's Birthday and Easter

I didn't have the pictures from Emma's birthday because they were on my dads computer. I got them this weekend so I thought I would write a little about Miss Emma. We had a fun time for her birthday this year. I can't believe she is already four! We were going to go to the zoo on her birthday which was a Saturday. The weather ended up being bad that day so we planned to go on Friday with just Ivan, Emma and I. Then...Ivan had problems with his flight and wasn't going to make it in time for the zoo. We were both so disappointed. Then my mom called and said she decided to take off work and we would just go to the zoo. Trisha ended up coming and bringing her kids too. Hailey was a little upset about being pulled out of school 'cause it was free time and they had to work hard to get it. Trisha convinced her she could have a really fun "free time" at the zoo. She is a funny girl. Emma was so excited to have the kids come! Caden is basically her favorite person on the planet. It was a little cold outside that day but we all had a good time. Emma was in kind of a "mood" that whole weekend and wouldn't smile. She is a stinker! We ended up staying late at the zoo and had to pick Ivan up at the airport on the way home. We didn't have a seat for him so he sat on the floor between me and Abby. He is such a good sport. Abby thought it was fun to have him sit by her. She is the cutest baby I have ever seen!






On Saturday we had a party at my moms for Emma. It was fun to have the whole family together. We made it into a birthday party/Easter party. We had an egg hunt in the family room, dyed eggs, made "crowns" out of pipe cleaners, had a yummy lunch, and opened tons of presents. Emma stayed up way late the night before and was super grouchy. She wouldn't even blow out her candles. She told me she didn't want to have a birthday...she just wanted to play. She had stayed up late because Ivan had just got there and she wanted to be with him. It's hard when you haven't seen Daddy in over a month, you have a new brother, you are living at Grandma's, and Mommy had surgery and isn't very much fun. Emma was COMPLETELY spoiled again. Grandpa bought her the new Curious George movie which we have been waiting for to come out. He also bought her a cabbage patch doll with crazy hair to play with. Grandma had already bought her a cool monster thing that has velcro eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and arms and legs that you can switch around. She got sidewalk chalk from Caden and was so excited. Hailey got her one of those little furr real dogs that you pet which she loved! Matt's kids gave her an awesome Barbie that can either have a fancy princess dress or huge butterfly fairy wings. She also got a super soft giraffe from the zoo and some binoculars and a butterly net. Ivan and I took her to build-a-bear where she picked a girl monkey and dressed it in jeans and a t-shirt. We also let her get a princess t-shirt for her which she said was it's jammies. It was fun to go and do that with her. She liked the part where she got to give the monkey a "bath" the best. They have a little table you put it on and blow off all the fuzzies and brushes that you can use too. After having Easter and a Birthday in one weekend we had a car full of stuff to bring home. The Easter bunny brought Emma a lady bug kite, bubbles, some books and lots of candy! Levi got some books and bubbles and lots of candy too but he said we could eat the candy for him.




This was our last weekend in Pleasant Grove. I am glad we were able to spend it having so much fun! We left on Sunday for Corinne where Emma got spoiled with more birthday presents from Grandma and Grandpa Mills. They got her lots of books and a cute shirt with butterflies. For some reason she really likes butterflies lately.