The Melhus Family

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Emmersen is ONE!

All I can say is "time flew by!" I know it goes fast when you have kids, but what I didn't realize is how fast it goes with baby #2! I still feel like Em should be my little 5 lb newborn baby but instead she is a 16 lb ONE YEAR OLD! wow!

We had Emmersen's birthday the day before her actual birthday and we couldn't have asked for a better day or better people to celebrate with. We had an outdoor/backyard party, with lots of balloons, toys, jumping, and eating. We had "build your own sundaes and cupcakes." It was a great afternoon spending time with family/friends and sunshine! :)
Em was a little clingy (momma's girl) but she was also a little tired. She didn't nap as long as she normally does so she was a little tired when the party started. She also was cutting 2 teeth, which didn't help either. She was a trooper though. Matt and I figured she would have destroyed her cake (considering she loves her sweets) but she only ate a little portion of her cake. (probably due to the fact she was tired and teething).

Singing "Happy Birthday"

mmmmmmm...

Em's smash cake

Food table..

Trampoline full of balloons..

Opening gifts..

Jack playing with a baby doll :)

HAHAHA

The "little girls"

Katy Mae

She loves getting pushed around in the car

Gma/Gpa McCulla with the grandkids

Thank you Friends and Family for helping us celebrate Emmersen's 1st bday!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Big Sis/Lil Sis Photo Shoot

We decided it was time for some updated pictures of BOTH girls. This long holiday weekend was a perfect opportunity to get this accomplished. It was a nice sunny day, but it was only 70's. Awesome weather!

Mid Fall

Little model

Of course Avree didn't want to take any pictures, unless Em was in it with her.. You would think she NEVER saw a camera in her 3.5 yrs of life. So we have a bunch of Emmersen. She had fun "hamming it up". :-)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

11 years!

11 years ago, yesterday, Matt and I started dating! We officially met at the Iowa State Fair (Aug of 2000) and the rest was history :)
It is crazy to think we have "been together" that long. We sure have had our ups and downs, but here we are 11 years later... We have been married for 5 years, we have a house, Matt has a stable job, I get to stay at home, we have 2 BEAUTIFUL-HEATHLY girls, and 2 dogs. Wow, never could have imagined! We are so blessed!!

Old picture of us: (I think this was in 2006)