Emily is two!

These pictures are from a visit to Cal Poly’s arboretum.

She was DELIGHTED to finally eat a dessert.

(She doesn’t get much sugar- this is not a kid who needs an energy boost.)

a semi-articulate lecture about various animals and their noises.

You know you’re curious what noise a butterfly makes.

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stinctive style.

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was small, simple, and relaxed.

Quite refreshing. We all met that morning and took the Metro to the wedding.  This is the Metro escalator that seems to go on forever:

Bride and Groom en route to the church:

I’m sure the ceremony was lovely; I missed it because

I was Emily-chasing in the courtyard.

Josh’s mom was so pleased that she secretly got the guys matching ties.

I learned that when Emily is in a perpetual state of exhaustion, she will sleep anywhere.

Here she is, blissfully asleep for hours at the restaurant.

In short, woo-hoo!

Despite dire warnings about traveling with a 15 month old, we brought Emily along for her first international experience.

She actually did very well- it wasn’t nearly the nightmarish scenario I’d been envisioning. We did have a few more adventures than we’d have preferred (the bloody mouth incident, the toddler grabbing the kitchen knife incident, the jet lagged kid waking up for the day at 4 am incidents) but overall she was a trooper.

The city is gorgeous.

It has blocks and blocks of ornate buildings like this one:

The view from our fourth floor apartment:

White peacocks in gardens make me happy.

Roaming free makes Emily happy:

My favorite things about Prague:

4. How superfluous cars are.

Walking or taking the Metro are the most practical ways of getting around, and I loved it.  You walked to the supermarket. You walk to a restaurant.

We even walked/took the Metro to the wedding.

3. Having family who live locally to show you around.

Matt and Anna made great tour guides.

2. Amazing design.

1. Family adventures.

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Knee walking is by far her preferred way to travel.

Apparently this is not a normal baby thing, but Emily’s got her own style and she’s sticking to it. And she doesn’ t always crash a

t the end.

She was just being dramatic for the video.

Emily celebr ated her first ye

ar of life with a party at the park.   Such a beautiful day!

Emily’s Grand Cake Smashing was pretty anticlimactic.

She dabbed her fingers daintily into the cake, but wasn’ t very in

terested.

It would seem it is hard to be hungry when you’ve got giant people staring at you.

Take note of the one-eyebrow-raise.

This is the expression people say she gets from me.

I’ve been remembering one year ago, how I awoke out of a drugged, exhausted haze as the nurse placed a dark haired parcel next to me.

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as a little blob that slept, ate and cried.

Now we’re spending our lives chasing after

our inquisitive little wiggler.

Happy Birthday, Em!

We are grateful for you.

A few days ago she took her first steps!

Walking on her own is still pretty sporadic and stumbly, but she’ s SO PLEASED with her

self.