Splashy Time!

Since Mother Nature decided it would be fun for the weather to be about 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, we thought we should get Emmie a water toy of some sort. We decided on this splash mat thing, I guess since it required the most inflating:

Here's Emmie playing with the ring stacker. Yes, each of those had to be inflated as well (all 5 of them). The dolphin, pictured next to Emmie, also had to be inflated. Also the shade thing behind her. And the palm tree. And the slide, which didn't even make it outside, since it was too windy.

But at least Daddy got a break after inflating the whole darn thing, right? Guess again:

At least I was definitely in the shade. Except when I was inflating the toy. Which took a long time. But I'm not bitter. Especially since I had to deflate the whole thing to get it back inside. Which I also did without the benefit of shade. But I digress. Emmie had a good time, so I suppose it was worth it.

Tax-y Baby

We always wondered what Emmie would look like as a CPA...

"Ah, geez... I *told* them to use a 401(k) rollover plan!"

"Ok, so the downside is that diapers are not tax-deductible... On the plus side, well, I'm cute!"

What'chu Lookin' at?

Emmie is going in for the kill...I don't think the camera expects anything.

Twinkies

Emmie and Mommy looking cool in their shades.

Emmie Egg-stravaganza

Despite Emmie being more than a year old, today is her first Easter! We thought a little Easter egg hunting would be fun, although as you can see we didn't try too hard at hiding the eggs:

Once Emmie got the hang of it (and discovered that the eggs had treats inside), she really enjoyed finding them all:

Once Emmie got all the eggs, however, the crazy Easter Bunny came around looking for revenge, and some tasty toes...

Hope you had a great Easter too :)

Diva in the making

I think you can see who is boss around here....

Girl meets cake...

To end today's festivities, Emmie finally got her birthday cake. She was very dainty and carefully ate just a little bit of it, being sure not to get any icing on herself or anything else... NOT!

Emmie was puzzled at first, unsure of what she was supposed to do with her cake...

Then she tasted it. Suddenly it all became clear...

Fueled by sugar, the rampage was well underway at this point.

The sugar rush hit its high at this point... Emmie kept laughing and pointing at everything.

Bath time was quite a challenge, as you might have expected... looks like we missed a spot :) Also, the bath water turned pink.

Emmie: Zoo, I love you!

For Emmie's birthday, we took her to the zoo. She had a fun time looking at all the animals, and even got to pet a couple! Here are some highlights:



Here's Emmie scoping the wild savannahs of Indianapolis. Yes, we made her wear this hat for 90% of the day.


The Indy zoo also has a small petting zoo, so Emmie got to reach out and touch a few animals. She was a little suspicious of the goat, though. I think it had something to do with his beard... or should I say "goatee", hehe...




You can see Emmie's quite happy to have the hat off for a minute.



Here is Emmie's impersonation of the baboons she was just watching clean each other... I guess Mommy's cheek needed some attention :)

Birthday Baby!!

Today is Emmie's birthday! We let her open her presents this morning, and she had quite a bit of fun, as you can see from the photos below. Thanks everyone for the gifts!

We're really excited to take her to the zoo later today, and to let her eat her birthday cake, so stay tuned... more pictures will be here later :)