Happy New Year!!

Hello everyone! I can't remember the last time I posted... but, I guess I can be a guest blogger on my own blog.

We are back with lots and lots of pictures. Actually, we have about 360 or so... don't worry, I'm not going to post them all.

All is going well here. The girls have had a fun couple months... a lot is going on. Emma is getting bigger and bigger. Her vocabulary and grasp of the English language improves everyday... along with her counting and ABCs. Kayla tries to keep up with her sister... both with counting, ABCs, and moving around the house. Just two months ago Kayla was starting to walk around the house on her own... now she is running everywhere. It's fun to watch the girls tear around the house playing with one another.

Liz and I are doing well. We had a great Christmas and New Years, along with a great January.... But, i'll save the updates for another day. On to the Pictures (and some corresponding stories!)



Hello everyone!
HI!


Loving sisters getting ready for dinner...


Look mom... I like to climb on the chairs...

Yummy!


Our little champion eater. I'm reminded of the movie "Field of Dreams"... if you put in on the tray, kayla will eat it...


Kayla and one of her goofy smiles...
The girls in their Christmas dresses...

Another Christmas Eve picture... Kayla was not that happy all day... she smacked her head earlier in the day, so Liz cleaned out the wound and put a bandage on it...


Another view... but, unfortunately, the wound kept bleeding....
And, we ended up in the ER on Christmas Eve. Luckily Kayla and Emma had fun...


Kayla is telling her sister that being in the hospital isn't all that bad...




Change that... having the wound cleaned IS NOT FUN....


Where is my mommy and daddy... I don't like the hospital!


Daddy bought the girls a special present for christmas... can you tell what it is?
Kayla and the T-Rex...
Of course the steggasaurus eats at the table Daddy...



Kayla and the goofy smile part 17...
Emma and the Christmas cake... Emma loves blowing out candles, matches, etc. Anything that burns, she wants to blow out...

YUMMY cake!
Kayla and Mommy...
Mommy and Emma...




and... Daddy on the bull...
Christmas with the Hilkemanns...

Grandma...

Grandpa...





Cousins Nate and Isaiah...
I didn't like the sand at first, but I like it now!

Kayla sleeping on the beach... have I mentioned we were in Mexico?



Don't all good parents let their kids play with syringes?

Emma and Kayla wearing their zazas....

Kayla having a tea party with baby, T-Rex and Stegosaurus...

Obviously the dinosaurs enjoyed themselves...


Kayla wearing Daddy's hat...

Emma helping with her tube feedings...

Emma and Kayla helping Daddy open his birthday present...

Kayla wearing Daddy's Iowa State hat... notice how it matches her socks...

If that isn't the cutest Cyclone I've ever seen...

Keep away with the other hat...

Emma coloring...

Look at how well I hold the pen!

Isn't my drawing pretty!

It takes a lot of concentration to draw pictures this beautiful...