We've been busy...

We have been super busy the past few weeks, as you’ve probably noticed with the lack of blogging. It’s hard to believe our sweet baby girl is 4 months old! Emily is a happy, healthy baby! She has now mastered rolling over (in both directions!), she is belly laughing quite a bit (daddy is too funny to resist), she can take her pacifier out of her mouth, move it all around, and (most of the time) put it back in her mouth, she loves to read, and she talks (babbles) to us all the time. She is still sleeping great at night (7pm-8am), but would rather pass on the naps. I guess she just doesn’t want to miss a beat. She usually takes 3-4, 45-minute naps a day, but on occasion she will take a good 2-hour nap. It is so fun to watch her grow and develop as she discovers new things every day! We are so blessed!

Here is an update of what we’ve been doing lately. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

We celebrated Viktor's 30th Birthday on Nov. 16th.

All ready for the OSU/Michigan game!

Listening as her friend, Ellie, reads to her.

We went to Bloomington for Thanksgiving and she loved playing with Uncle Eggie.

A visit with great-grandma Carolyn.

A fun Christmas picture in Fountain Square Mall after Thanksgiving.

Getting ready for the Canopy of Lights in downtown Bloomington.

Mimi took us shopping and had to show Emily all of her new clothes.

Viktor put up Pop and Mimi's Christmas tree this year.

Emily was really fussy one evening (not typical) and my parent's neighbor, Myra, and Uncle Eggie had the magic touch...she was entertained by them for long while and all of her fussies went away.

On Sunday after Thanksgiving we had a chance to visit with our good friends, Doug and Kristin. We had a great time catching up with them. Emily thought Doug was pretty funny and she and Kristin became great buds very quickly.

4 months pic...before she found the bow.

I was wondering when she would find her bow...it only took 4 months! :)

Cheesin' it up for the camera.

This is how much Emily enjoyed putting up our Christmas tree...she slept through the entire thing!

Our stockings are hung! Thanks to our sweet friend, Deanna, who knitted stockings for Viktor and my first Christmas together...she just sent us a third stocking for Emily's 1st Christmas!

Our tree all decorated!

Heading to downtown Wilmore for the Christmas tree lighting and Wilmore Old Fashioned Christmas. We didn't last long; it was sooo cold. Emily was a trooper as always.

Thanks for checking in! Viktor will finish classes this week with finals the following week. His brother will be visiting from Scotland, with his girlfriend, in just a couple weeks. We look forward to celebrating Christmas together with family. God bless you this Christmas season!