Happy New Year!

Hello friends! I am really bad at keeping current postings lately.. I guess it was the holidays.. but now we are back to somewhat of a routine.. John is back in school full-time and he is working a little less this semester so he can hopefully get better grades.. he just better stay focused! :) I am still working part-time and LOVING my days off. Emma is growing so fast.. well she is still very little... in the 10th percentile for weight but she is an active, happy and beautiful girl! She started crawling when she was 6 months and 4 days old.. and now she is standing up- using anything she can for balance. She is eating more and more solid foods and loves to feed herself.. I don't think she'll be doing the baby purees much longer.. (she's been eating baby purees I make as well as jarred baby food). She ate all of John's black olives off his pizza last night.. She is just the best! We went to Kingman for Thanksgiving.. which I made most of the dinner.. fun.. it was a great trip. We had an awesome five days in Puerto Vallarta , Mexico for Christmas and a nice relaxing New Years here at home in Albuquerque.. And then on our three year anniversary (January 6) I took John to the airport for his 12 day trip to Chile with Ganes.. He had a great time and Emma and I had a pretty good time too at home.. but we'll be doing all our future big trips together. I want to get back into the loop of the blogging world! Sorry for those who've tried to get in touch with me! .. but I'm back! Love you all!!

Here's our little Sugar Booger at Halloween.. MOO!

At Thanksgiving Emma decided to crawl over her cousin Robby..

I love this.. yes.. she has a lot of books.. good for reading and for resting... She started this sticking out her tongue business a few weeks ago.. don't you think she looks like a puppy? This is at my office Christmas Party.. she LOVED Santa Clause! She was so excited a bouncing up and down.. I think she likes the bright colors.. and she did try to pull the beard off.. :) The Natives in Mexico LOVED Emma.. Christmas night at dinner the waiter saw she fell asleep so he made this little bed for her.. so nice!We loved to walk on the beach.. it was an awesome beach.. the sand looked like gold glitter..
This was her first encounter with the ocean.. it scared her a little.. but she LOVED the hotel pool.. and the wet sand! EmmZilla!!!
I love this one..
John came home from Chile with a moustache.. he calls himself Senor Bigotes.. (Mr. Mustache in Spanish).. Emma cried when she first saw him. We went to Chilies.. John's favorite restraunt to celebrate his return. I love the llama hat that Ganes picked up for her from Peru.

At night when I floss Emma goes crazy until I give her a piece. She is also doing this new wrinkle face smile.. I love it! She was exactly 8 months old in these pictures..

Horray for good oral hygiene! :)

Emma loves to feed herself .. though most of it still ends up on the floor.. still no teeth.. thank goodness, but she is sure working on getting some!

Have a wonderful day!!! Enjoy the pictures!