Em is 2!

On April 19th Emily turned 2! I had a big internal debate about whether or not to have a birthday party for her, after talking to Ryan and a few others I decided Ryan was right (he loves it when I do that!) and we did the family thing. We decided to drive up to Madison and go to the Zoo. The girls love it there and it's free! We had a great time as a family and Em enjoyed her special day. A little before we got there we stopped and got a few treats and some lunch to pack for later. I happened across some powdered donuts and thought it would be a fun birthday treat. Everyone loved them. We ate them while we finished driving up to the Zoo. When we got there I turned around and this is what I saw:



That just made me laugh, too cute.
And this:



I knew Logan had fallen asleep while we were driving, but I just loved that Kaitlyn had given him a baby to hold. Poor boy already has TONS of pictures of him with "girl" toys. Hehehe.

You can't tell by the glower, but she really had a good time.




Mine and Ryan's favorite part was the TIGER! Usually he is really hard to find, he has a big enclosure (yea! I'm glad he's got lots of room to roam). In fact, I think this might be the first time we were able to see him at all. Anyway. He was prowling right next to the window! It was SOOO cool! We were there watching him for a good 10 minutes, and he was prowling before and after we left. Here's a shot I got. Man Tigers are cool, but I would NEVER want to meet one outside of the zoo!



So Emily wasn't paying attention,she was halfway turned around when the Tiger stopped prowling and looked DIRECTLY at her! It was so cool! So Ryan and I got her attention and told her to look. She was really close to the window, and his part of the enclosure was higher so she turned around and looked up strait into a Tigers face! It freaked her out quite a bit! It was funny. Poor girl though, she wouldn't go anywhere near the window after that!

We all had a great time at the zoo and were pretty worn out afterward.





That was Saturday the day before Em's b-day, and then on Sunday we made a cake and had her best friend and his family come over to help eat the cake.