Happy First Birthday Emerson! (and Ryan, too!)

Emerson opened his birthday presents this morning - he loves to drum, so at the top of the list were his very own size drum sticks (every time we visit Uncle Kodiak, Emerson will search through his room till he finds Kodiak's sticks, then screech at the top of his lungs when they are taken away). We also gave him a children's percussion set, which included drum, maracas, tamborine, etc. Ryan wanted to him to have a "boy" present, so he was the lucky recipient of a Rescue Helicopter (makes as much noise as the drumsticks!).

Today is also Ryan's 35th birthday and this may have been his best yet. He doesn't like to be the center of attention, so he tried to focus all the fun on Emerson. :-) Nonetheless, we didn't forget about him!

The Ryan-approved wrapping paper...