Emma is ONE!

We had a fantastic time at the park on Saturday with a ladybug themed party for Emma. Darren and April invited friends and family to celebrate the first year of Emma Grace on this earth.  I had some stiff competition with Doug, Aprils father, who is an avid photographer and managed to take more pictures than me!  He's a Nikon guy, but I'll try not to hold it against him. =)  Thanks April for putting on such a great party!  It was a blast to get together!

The Birthday Girl

A Story by April and Darren and Nathan, but mostly Nathan

There once was a birthday girl with eyes of blue

She liked big polka-dot balloons and would hug them all too!

While playing with grandma out on the grass green,

They blew great big bubbles, all shiny and sheen

She reached up to grab one, and no one said "Stop!"

But before she could grab it, the bubble went Pop!

All giggles and smiles, her mama so proud,

You could tell just by looking, their smiles were so loud!

She played in the sand

and she played with her bags

But the most fun of all was riding with dad.

Then this J-Crew guy showed up.

Then the winds of change, they started to blow

Emma looked to the sky, could it be snow?

Emma asked the rabbit, "what should be done?"

She couldn't stand the thought of stopping all that fun.

It soon became clear that something must be done

A battle was coming, and that battle must be won

The Warriors, they painted and psyched themselves up

They swang...

...and they swung...

 ...and they never gave up!

As the ghastly mexican lady bug spilled her candy guts

The crowd cheered and they yelled and they almost went nuts.

The day was saved, but as soon became clear

that wasn't the only feat to bring fear

A crazy lady with a box full of bugs

was quickly approaching with a menacing mug.

"One of these you must eat!, or you're not really one,

then in vain you've been smiling and having all this fun!"

A task so ginormous and ghastly and gaunt

was sure all her memories of this birthday to haunt

So she split it in two and pondered and thought

"I might as well try it, I'll give it a shot!"

"This tastes pretty wow, so rich and so new,

That it tasted so good, I hadn't a clue!"

I'll pound it and roll it,

I think that's how it's done

But any way you slice it, this cupcake sure is fun!

They all agreed.

"No, no, that's now how to eat it, you do it just like this,

If you concentrate real hard, your mouth you shan't miss"

(The scary lady actually turned out to be pretty nice. 

Moral of the story, don't judge a scary lady by her facebook)

The End

Here's April and her friend Missy

And April's Dad, Doug, the other photographer

And last but not least, Grandma Helen and Emma