Wish List Wednesday

I am jumping on the bandwagon of Wish List Wednesday I have seen on other blogs I follow.

Now that I own a home, I have actual floors to clean like the white laminate in the kitchen and the gleaming hardwood floors in the living room, dining room, hall and master bedroom.  The swiffer I have just isn't cutting it and I really don't have the time to pull out my mop and bucket every few days for the kitchen.

So, I want a steam mop!

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For Emily, the Fisher Price Animal Farm.  She loves animals. When we go for walks and see a dog, she gets all excited and does a "hmm" sound, like it sparks her interest.

Farewell to summer

Emily sure did a lot for her second summer.  But really this was her first summer to really enjoy it.  Last year she was asleep for most of it or swaddled up snuggling with mommy or daddy.
Lets see....what did she do?
The local zoo
Took a trip down the Erie Canal on the Colonial Belle
Niagara Falls
Lilac Festival
Fairport Canal Days Festival
Local beach before it got smelly
Rode on the Mary Jemison on the Genesee River
Garage sales with Mommy

I am sure there is more, but of course I am having a brain freeze.

Alas, here are some pics from last week.

We had a Lobster dinner.  Emily enjoyed playing with the carcass.

Playing with her future cousin's clothes.  She has an obsession with clothing on  hangers.  She likes to carry them around on the hangers, swinging them.  She is such a girl.

Sometimes I just love dressing her up to not match.

She was making a grunting noise like this was so hard to push.  Too cute!

What a great idea!

She made a play kitchen out of an old TV entertainment center.

You can see it went from old entertainment center to awesome play kitchen Here

Summer fun!

Posing with Grandpa.

Eating Abbotts Custard!

Ummm don't take that away mom!!

Prancing around the front yard

Makin' waves in the pool

Trying to get a drink!

Happy Birthday Emily!

Emily turned One on 8.8.09!  She woke up in an excellent mood and was a happy kid the entire day.  She must have known it was her day to shine.  

She took a great nap before all the guests arrived at 1 pm for her party.  We invited about 75 people and had about 55 show up to our new home.  We had a cookout with BBQ chicken, baked beans, potato salad, fresh fruit, orzo salad and my MIL's famous rice.  The food was delicious!  

Then it was time for cake.  I made a ladybug cake and a giant cupcake that was almost the size of Emily!  I think it was bigger than her head for sure.  It took me about 5 hours to complete the cakes from batter to the frosting from scratch.  Emily dove right into the cupcake as we sang Happy Birthday to her.  Then I gave her a smaller cupcake to "smash" into.  She ate the entire thing, frosting and all.  She is just like her momma; loves her sweets!!  Check out the video!

She LOVED it!!!

                                              

When it came time for gifts, she could care less.  She got a tiny folding chair that she practiced getting in and out of for the duration of the gift opening.  She took a few dives and the crowd let out some gasps.  Emily just giggled. Daddy was supposed to be watching her :0).

Then at about 6 pm after everyone left, my mom, cousin, aunt, Emily and I went to the mall for a shopping excursion and then we stopped at Cold Stone for some Ice cream, as if we didn't have enough sweets that day!  We didn't get home until 10:30 pm!  Emily was awake the entire time, having a blast.