Emma Grace's Birthday Bash

Happy Early Birthday Emma Grace! We had EG's birthday party this week-what a blast! We kept it pretty simple-the highlight of course being Emma Grace's first cupcake! Andy made a really neat slideshow with pictures and videos from her first year so we watched that, the kids played, we had cake and ice cream, and opened some gifts. Emma Grace got a stroller from Julianna and Kayleigh-this was a big deal. This stroller is for Emma Grace to push her babies around in once she starts walking. She LOVES playing with Julianna's stroller when we go to their house so it was the perfect gift. (PS grandparents we are sending the slideshow to you-you should get it end of next week)

Here's the spread. I made cupcake men which are really cute but kinda hard for 2 and 3 year olds to manage-so we had a lot of chocolate faces when it was all said and done.

Here are Lydia and Emma Grace digging into the toy basket together. They are so close in size-they could be twins! I foresee years of friendship (as long Emma Grace doesn't keep stealing Lydia's paci)
Here's Xiao Li with some of her favorite little people in the whole wide world...
We had quite the group of kids for the party. Baby Zeb in the very middle is just a month old! This group ranged in age from 1 month to a whopping 7!
Here's what we've all been waiting for....

She wasn't sure what to do with the cupcake at first. After rubbing the icing with her hands and then smashing the whole cupcake, she decided to have a try...

Hmmmm, I think I like this stuff...

yeah, it's for sure, I like it! So much so that I think I'll just nose dive into the thing. Why waste my time using my hands???Her favorite part of opening the gifts might have been all the paper...She loves this stroller already! Just wait til she can walk!Here we are with our favorite little cupcake in the whole wide world-Emma Grace Huffman. It is so true that "Children are a gift from the Lord." As I reflect on this last year, my heart just swells with thankfulness for this incredible gift. Being a part of God's creating this little person and being with her for most moments of her first year of life has been one of the sweetest gifts I could ever imagine. She's saying "mama" now and is getting closer to walking everyday! (which is a good thing because she weighs about 24 lbs!) Thanks to all of you for loving our little cupcake along with us and most of all, thank you sweet Lord for entrusting us with this precious life!