Birthday morning...

After taking approximately 50 pictures today, this is the only one where I managed to capture Ema smiling, first thing in the morning! Then only a moment later, I got quite the opposite reaction. I wanted to see if she would stand on her own (she does NOT like to stand) and was mad I propped her up :)

Yesterday was "de-ja-vu-esque" (like that word? i do :) I decided that Gabriela was finally ready to move to a toddler bed! (See last January's post for our previous try) We built it together and she was really excited. We role played what she would do in the night if she had to go potty, and things couldn't have gone better!! She's doing great and will actually STAY IN BED!
We've really been working on positive reinforcement with Gabriela, and since this day was going to be a lot about Emalyn, I tried to involve Gabs as much as possible. She helped me make the cupcakes and cake for the family party, so she got to lick the batter. She couldn't wait to try a cupcake (we made them at 11am) and it was probably the LONGEST day of her life waiting until 7pm tonight to eat one!!

Ta da!