Post-Birthday Week

I think we are finally done celebrating Emmy's 3rd birthday! We had a family party on Friday night, which was wonderful. It was a princess party and Papa bought everyone crowns to wear and decorated with a Disney princess theme. Emmy loved this, of course. Her cake had little Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Belle dolls on it, and it was precious. She blew her candles out like such a big girl! Em had also had a party at school that day, and had cupcakes with her friends. That morning she was so excited to tell her favorite teachers that she was finally 3 years old! Adorable.

On Saturday, we had a party in our backyard with a whole crew of friends. Our house was nearly bursting with dear people and precious children, and we loved every minute of it. Emmy keeps asking for all of her friends to come back over and play on her swing set and with her toys. She really has a generous spirit and is pretty good at sharing with her friends these days. This seems to make her happy. She is thoughtful, too. For example, when everyone at the party kept telling her happy birthday, Emmy repeatedly reminded people that it was her friend, Ella's birthday too (her birthday is on the 6th and Em's is on the 9th). These two certainly have a special bond. Most of the kids came in costume for the party and Em and Ella were the only ones who had to change into a 2nd costume mid-party. Hillarious!

Lily is doing great these days, too. She is super sweet, growing like crazy and looking like a real baby. She has a rather insatiable appetite both for breast milk and baby food, and she is still spitting up like Mt. Vesuvius. I'm sure someday I'll miss these days of always being spit up on, but for now it just grosses me out. She and I both change clothes several times per day but still always smell a little sour. Big Lil will be 6 months old on Friday, so perhaps we are nearing the end of this spitting phase. That would be good for everyone! I hate to complain, though, because she may be the sweetest baby ever. So smiley, so gentle. Loves to laugh at her Daddy, and the bond she and Emmy have is beyond precious. They are so extremely happy to see each other at the end of the day, and their sweet reunions melt my heart. However, Emmy has already started making up reasons to be a tattle tale with her sister. Yesterday morning, she was glomming onto Lil in her baby carrier when we dropped Emmy off at her classroom. Emmy then pops up and turns to her teacher and says, "Ms. Jennifer, Lily pushed me!" I can assure this did not occur, yet to hear Emmy tell it Lily is always up to some mischief! Sisters.