happy half birthday to our sweet pea!
birthdays are one of my FAVORITE holidays and i intend to see that my kids feel the same way :) our little emma claire is 18 months old today and there was celebrating to be had this afternoon in the murphy house!
we had a small snack of emma's new favorite...."yo yo" (yogurt smoothie)....when we got home. she loves drinking out of a straw...who knew it could be so fun??! if i'm drinking from one i often have to hide my drink or emma will grab for it. she has straw radar! {you'll notice in the pictures above that she has gone from being hair accessory intolerant to wanting like 5 hair clips in at one time....its pretty awesomely hysterical if you ask me.}
we played for a bit and then it was time for a birthday treat!!
these little suckers were the perfect size for emma. and perfectly dangerous for me and ryan since we could easily down 3 before we knew the difference. not that we DID or anything..... ;)
emma was a fan and danced merrily as we sang happy birthday to her :) she's learning to "jump" and will do so on command so her birthday dance was filled with lots of half jumps and twirls. when all was said and done, there were cupcake remnants all over the place and some very happy tummies.
another day goes by and my little girl is getting bigger!! truth be told, some days my heart hurts for how fast time seems to fly. 18 short months ago i brought home a little helpless squishy newborn from the hospital. and look at her now. maybe it's the hormones....maybe its motherhood. i just wish time would slow down and these moments would last longer. whatever the case may be, however fast and fleeting these moments may feel....we live for them. we savor them. we soak them up and remember them. there is nothing in my life that means more.
so happy half birthday sweet little lady of mine. we love you so very much and always will. now if you could just stop growing up, that'd be great ;)
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