Our Apologies.

Dear everyone,

We apologize for the lack of updates. We have either been lazy or incredibly busy since Thanksgiving. It was probably a bit of both. There is a new album of some pictures here.


At daycare, Emmie did some craft projects (meaning that the teachers did craft projects with Emmie making a mess of everything). This one is my favorite. I honestly crack up every time I see it. Emmie's head is a little too big for the scarecrow body and she has the absolute goofiest little grin on. Very funny.




For Thanksgiving we went out to Des Moines to visit Chad and Betsy like we have for the last couple years. I'm not sure if we go so Julianne can visit her old college friend Betsy, or if it is so Julianne can go shopping. Probably a bit of both. In any case, it was a lot of fun. Here is Julianne and Susie.



This was an attempt at a nice picture of Emilia and our 2 neighbors, Ella and Lola (who are forsaking us and moving to Texas next month . . . boooooooooo!). Ok, back to the picture. Ella was trying to make Lola sit nice, and obviously Lola is having none of that. Emmie is just oblivious to the whole struggle, content chewing on her toes.




Emilia turned 6 months old! Holy yikes! We can't believe it. She is 25th percentile for her head, 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. Our perfectly proportioned baby is turning into a tall, skinny, smallheaded bald baby. She's cute though, so that's ok. She is rolling all over the place, and looks like she could start crawling in the next month or so. As you can see, she still drools a lot.




Emilia got a cute hat, but it is usually over her whole face - probably due to her freakishly small head.







Squash!




Julianne made this shirt for her. I think she should go into business selling stuff like this. Any orders?




Emilia's dessert-themed stocking that Julianne made.




Emilia's first Christmas ornament. We're going to do all candy/treats for her ornaments. This one is perfect with the red hair. Thanks for the tip Linda.

Some new Emilia Pictures

Julianne has been on a photo-snapping spree. Here are some of the latest results.

(full album here)


Emmie has been really fascinated by her fingers lately, like she just had an epiphany - "Oh my goodness! What ARE these things attached to my hands?!?!" She chews on them quite a bit and likes grabbing at your face.




Julianne likes this one for some reason. Maybe its the chubby cheeks.




Emmie laying on the living room ottoman.




Emmie's toes.





Emmie laying on her back. We had a few scares when she tucked her knees to her tummy and almost rolled right off the thing.

4 months old Tomorrow

Can you believe it?! We can't. Emilia will be 4 months old tomorrow. On one hand it seems like she just barely arrived, but in another way it seems like she's always been here. She is starting to laugh and squeal. She is also start to intentionally grab things and play with them. In the words of Grandma Jody, she's gifted. Well, she certain is "special," if you know what I mean. So far we've identified one major talent - spitting. Wow. She has that one mastered. Its her super power. We'll call her Spit-Girl. Or Captain "I just ruined 3 of my mom favorite outfits in one day" Woman. Despite the prolifically of her projectile drools, we love her. Lots.

Here's a few new pictures.

Check out my awesome torso.

My quacker PJs

"My dad is just a goober."


Just lounging on the lawn

Other Misc. Pictures

So, we haven't been very good at posting our new pictures. Here's some samples from the latest batch (whole album here).

Emilia in her exersaucer




Emilia in b/w contrast




Emilia squealing




Oh my word! Julianne is so gorgeous!




Family pictures at the Sunken Gardens here in Lincoln.




Me playing with Emilia after work (hence, the super snazzy duds)

A Redhead?!?!

Yes, from the get go, it has been looking like Emilia will be a redhead. Well, maybe a strawberry-blond-head. Here's the latest photographic evidence:

Here's a closeup of her slowly growing peach fuzz.

Emmie @ 3 months

This week will be Emilia's 3 month birthday. We can't believe it. She is getting increasingly cuter and more fun. She smiles a lot, is generally content and is starting to act like she has a bit of a personality.

Here are some pictures we took this evening.

There are some great sunflower-daisy looking flowers all over the roads out here, so we picked a patch and took some pictures in front of it.

Emmie's first attempt at Composition

It looks better than it sounded.

We took the pictures to put up on Emilia's new music blog.

Cutest or Creepiest Picture Ever?

Check out this picture of Emmie. I think it is one of the cutest yet.

However, if you look close at her left eye, you can see my reflection in it trying to make her smile and Julianne's reflection taking the picture. Kind of creepy looking.

More pictures here

Belated Emmie update

I have been receiving lots of complaints that we haven't posted any new Emilia pictures. I apologize. We have actually been taking tons of pictures with out new lens, but haven't had time to sort through them and delete the ones we don't want. Here are a few:

The rest can be found HERE

In other news, we had her 2 month checkup yesterday and she is right on track. 11 lbs 2 oz and 22.5 inches long. She is exactly at the 50 percentile for everything. That's right, we have a perfectly proportioned baby.

Also, she is sleeping like a champ! She is consistently sleeping 8-9 hours a night. Hallelujah!!!

New Poll - Who does Emilia Look like?

If you look to the right, there is a new poll asking who Emilia more resembles.

Here are some sample pictures.

Emmie ~ 2 months

Julianne ~ 4 months

Brenden ~ 2 months

Don't forget to leave comments too! We want to know who is voting for who!