Emmie turned 4 in May!  Ya’ll, can you even believe it?!  Four years ago, I could have never imagined the journey we would have with this girl.  I’m going to post an MRI update soon but May and most days, we get to celebrate our amazing super hero. These are the warrior beads we started with Emmie.  They’re in order, left to right, and each one represents a year of her life.  Yes…that second year was a rather active one.  It’s been great to see the beads stay a little smaller since then! Partying first with Ge & Granddaddy.  She was so excited with each gift she opened.

We squeezed in gift opening between a Lady’s brunch at church and swimming and concert.
She was so excited with each gift.  Her highlight were Ladybug Girl books.  When Emmie had her first surgery, my mom and I were walking in the lobby and happened upon a book giveaway.  The volunteer told us to grab a book for our girl.  I found Ladybug Girl Goes to the Beach and thought it was cute.  We sometimes call Emmie’s cafe au lait spots ladybug spots…perfect.  Little did we know how she would fall in love with that book.  Over the past few years, she has made every single person in our family read the book to her and some of us have to read it over and over.  Of course, the girl’s name is now Emmie (originally Lulu) and the dog (who is Bruno originally) is now Tot Tot.  She asked for a ladybug cake and ladybug wings.  Of course, I can’t stop there…she had to have an outfit just like Ladybug Girl.My first attempt at using rice crispy treats to sculpt did not go well. I pulled it off though.

Our beautiful Ladybug Girl!