Emmy's Babbles

So much has happened since I posted. Imagine that! I have to apologize in advance for this post because I just got both girls down to bed and I am completely exhausted. Hopefully I'll be able to stay awake long enough to finish!

Well Emmy has now turned 7 months old and is now my little chunky monk. She is eating food and loving every minute of it! Still no crawling yet, but that's perfectly fine with me. She is moving around and loves to pull herself up to stand. She has also started saying "Ga Ga" and "Ma Ma", to my delight! Most babies say "Da Da" first because it's easier to say, but I guess all the secret verbal coaching worked. Just kidding, Babe.

Avery is having a blast being a big sister, going to preschool and learning new things every day. Some of her latest accomplishments include writing her own name, walking the balance beam at gymnastics all by herself, and swinging all by herself. Now, the writing her own name feat is still far from perfect but every time she does write it, I crack up. The "E" usually has about 12 lines going across...she just can't seem to stop herself once she gets started. And the "R" is a struggle but she's learning!

In my own news, I have started working part time, and when I say part time I mean VERY part time, for our church. I basically get all the materials ready for the toddler Sunday school program and make sure everything is good to go each Sunday. It's not much right now, but it gets me out of the house and using my brain! And it's so nice because if need be, I can take both girls with me while I'm working. Matt is continuing to enjoy his work, but has been stressed out to the maximum lately. He was in charge of a test that finally completely last Thursday. It will definitely be nice to have him home more often now.

OK, well for now I think that's about sums up what has been going on the last month in our house. On to the pics and videos!

Emmy's babbles on film.

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Me and my youngest baby girl.

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Fun with Daddy....Hmmmm....it seems the two sisters are already plotting against us!

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Eeeeeewww! If you look closely you can actually see Sammi's tongue all the way in Emmy's mouth. I just can't believe we caught it at the perfect moment. At least she loves her to pieces!

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Mmmmm..."coffee." (Or as mommy and daddy like to call it, hot chocolate)

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Hot chocolate mustache.

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How cute are they? ;)

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Emmy Update

Well as all of you who are parents know, the first year of a child's life is full of accomplishments. The transformation that takes place is amazing, yet also bittersweet. I think we (parents) get so caught up in trying to savor the moments, that we forget to actually do it! I am most definitely guilty. Even as I write, I am sad to think that my newest babe is already almost 6 months old. I can still vividly remember bringing Avery home from the hospital. I blinked and now she is 3 years old and in preschool. Emmy is growing up faster than I could have imagined, but it is a wonderful thing to see your children grow. That being said, Emmy has had many accomplishments since we last left off. She is now eating cereal, sitting up all by herself and interacting more with her big sis. In fact, her new favorite feat, if you will, is to pucker her lips together and blow raspberries. She cracks us up! Enjoy the pictures and videos!

I can't believe I caught this one at the perfect time. Not sure who's she rooting for here....it was taken pre-Super Bowl so maybe the Steelers??

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More craziness...

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Can't forget Big Sis!

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Here, Emmy is experimenting what it's like to blow raspberries and eat cereal at the same time. If you look closely, you can actually see the cereal flying out of her mouth.

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OK, I'm not sure what's funnier in this video....Avery's giggling or Emmy's raspberry blowing.

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Look what I can do!

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Catching up...

Obviously I have a lot of "Hlivko moments" to catch up with on the blog, but it will be a very slow process. We hope everyone is having a splendid new year! I typically don't make any resolutions, however I continually work on eating better, keeping in better contact with friends and family and getting organized. Those seem to be the staples year after year! Our New Year's Eve was a quiet one spent throwing Hershey Kisses in the air (an Avery request) and drinking sparkling juice. Well Avery drank the sparkling juice, Matt and I had the real thing. We celebrated with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin since CNN aired the live feed for the East Coast celebration. Avery wasn't any worse for the wear but I'm assuming one of these years she will figure us out! Darn the luck.

On with the pictures and video:

The first couple of pictures of of Avery and I before leaving for the Allan Hancock College performance of The Nutcracker. We really had a great time and now, as you can imagine, Avery is an aspiring ballerina.


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This is a picture of our cookie making fun. Avery loves to help in the kitchen...especially when cookies are involved. She iced and decorated many of our cookies...it's a good thing most of them were for us! She really enjoyed licking the knife each time she iced a cookie. Trying to explain to a 3 year old that that isn't sanitary doesn't go over so well. Oh well, I can always hope!

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And last but not least, here is the video of Emmy rolling over on Christmas Day. She hasn't done it since so it's a good thing I got it on tape!


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