Prost Haus: Nibblets of Nonsense: Fa, la, la, la, la....la, la, la, la!

I know it's January but gimme a break! The holidays are busy for everyone, especially with kids! (And yes, there are still lingering Christmas decorations in my house-primarily garland and nightlights). I'll give a really quick update and then, of course, on to the media!

Emmy is growing like an, um, elephant! She's a ton of fun! She went from sitting up to pulling up on Mike's birthday (November 7) and then from pulling up to walking with a walker on December 29. She had her first tooth break through on Christmas morning and her second tooth yesterday, January 10. She also has been using a straw cup successfully and eats a variety of fun foods including sweet potatoes, green beans, turkey, cheddar cheese, and lemon muffins!

Gubby is a pistol. We had a ton of fun at his birthday (it was snowflake themed) and a bunch of his friends came over (it was quite funny-bunches of toddlers fighting over plastic lawnmowers, shovels, and wagons). He learns new words every day and tries to mimic nearly anything he hears. "Mommy hair out" (Mike was cleaning the sink), "Emmy through tunnel" (Rudi got the kids a tunnel to crawl through), "More crackers please"-well that one's self-explanatory. We try to play outside each day and go for walks regularly to check on our neighbor's chickens and her goat, Praline. We go to storytime on Wednesdays at the library and outings to the mall playground or Tom Brown Park as well. I splurged and got the kids these new "Sili Squeeze" containers that replace those nifty baby food purees that kids can squeeze so I could use my fantastic homemade stuff...neither kid has used 'em yet. Boohoo.

Christmas was wonderful. Mere and Pawpaw came to visit and we went and saw the lights at Dorothy B. Oven Park and had a blast Christmas morning as Emmy threw her hands up in delight in a pile of wrapping paper and tissue. Gubby helped everyone open their presents...whether you wanted help or not.

I had a fast paced job interview for a position similar to my work with MST but it will unlikely pan out as the pay would not meet the burden of childcare/transportation (it's really far from here)/not being with my littles...but we'll see. We should also hear back by early March if I've been accepted to FSU's doctoral program. Keep praying!

Needlework with HeArts is going well-managed to pull off handmade gifts for mostly everyone this Christmas and still get some charity work done. I need to get started on the kids stockings NOW.

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