Emily's Birthday

We went to Edmonton for a whirlwind Thanksgiving visit. We were able to get in some nice visiting and playing, though we are never able to catch everyone we want to, in one visit. Of course Emily is our Thanksgiving baby so here she is on her birthday. I am not sure if she is waving Hi, or trying to fend herself from the camera.

Emily was a good sport to go with the boys and friends to Chuck E. Cheese's on her birthday. This is an Edmonton tradition for Matthew.

There are three spots on the Carousel there, and we now fully get our token's worth as Matthew, Andrew and Emily can go on together.

Here is Emily riding her pony.

We had a pumpkin icecream cake for her after Thanksgiving dinner. We had to keep putting the cake further and further away so she wouldn't get the lit candle. She did manage to grab some of the pie and sample it first. She seemed to quite enjoy it. As you generally get to pick your favorite foods for your birthday we are really hoping her favorite is turkey dinner and pumpkin pie or we may have to alter our traditional Thanksgiving fare.

Emily has gotten quite good at opening her own gifts. She got the ribbon off this one before I could even get a photo, and you can see how carefully she is working at getting the wrapping paper off.

On other notes Emily loves doing laps around our kitchen pushing a chair. She has a new word, "uh-oh", and there are plenty of occasions to use it with her around! She went for her one year check today and she is still off the charts for height at 80cms. She weighs just over 23 pounds which puts her in the 75th-90th percentile for weight.