In celebration of one year

After delaying Emerson's birthday party by one week due to weather, we had a beautiful day yesterday! It was so nice to have our house full of family and the kids were able to play outside in the sunny 70 degree day. They collected sticks and took walks around the block.  Emerson did great - everyone was able to hold her and she showed off her crawling and crazy faces. 

We had a Chinese theme, complete with Chinese snacks and a cake with a Chinese and American flag:

We had a special treat for everyone - a Chinese calligrapher who wrote everyone's name (plus other words that the kids wanted such as "awesome") on beautiful red paper. We also gave each of the kids a red envelope with a dollar inside, a Chinese tradition.

Emerson had fun with her cake - although she was a little nervous with 20 people staring at her and singing. Hello sugar!

And, one last picture. Emerson is quite taken with her little cousin who is 4. Each time she's seen him she wants to touch his hair and face and this time she was giving him hugs.  So sweet!