Raspberries

Hollie's number 1 favorite toy is her tongue. Since she was about 4 weeks old, she has been turning her tongue sideways & chewing on it. Weird kid, I know. She's also an expert bubble blower & loves to smile while sticking out her tongue. But today she learned a new thing to do with her tongue. When I blew raspberries at her (which she thinks is just so funny), she blew them back! We've been practicing all afternoon. Here are a few funny pics I took of her today.

Baby Abram

He's here! My new nephew, Abram Aleokhin was born today (not sure on the spelling of his Russian middle name). He weighed 6 lb 13 oz & was 19 inches long. As soon as Andrew (my brother) called, I couldn't wait to go up & visit the little guy. As you can see, he is absolutely adorable. Hollie just looks so grown up next to him. It's really hard to remember her being that little. She's changed so much in the past 5 months.

Don't bother me, I'm sleeping

Daddy has the magic touch. He can always get Hollie to sleep in a minute flat. After cleaning up dinner tonight, I came down to find this. I thought it was so cute how she was covering her face. What a sweetheart!

BBQ, Shade & Such

Sam's Mom hosted a Shade party tonight so Erin & I had to play sales reps. Not that it's much work talking about clothes for 4 hours. :o) After the party, we had a BBQ with his family. Hollie had fun playing with her cousins, and Mommy had fun taking pictures of it all.

It's so fun to watch Annie & Hollie together. They both just adore each other. Auntie Erin was Hollie's other best friend tonight.


We brought Snoopy along so she could visit Stryder. She was tuckered out by the end of the night. She curled up in the back seat of the car on the way home.

Rough couple of days

I just need to stay out of the kitchen for the rest of the weekend. Bad things happen in there. So, last night I was holding Hollie & went to the freezer to get a treat. When I tried to grab the ice cream, it fell out of the freezer. So, I bent down to pick it up & Hollie's head caught the corner of the freezer door. It was horrible! She just looked shocked for a second, then started to scream bloody murder. It was the worst sound I've ever heard in my life. I swear, I was crying as much as Hollie was. I thought for sure it would turn into a goose egg, but there's only a little bruise (you can see it if you look closely).

Then, this morning I was trying to make milk shakes. I was stirring them with a metal spoon while the blender was going & I dropped an ice cube. I bent down to pick it up & the spoon got caught in the blades. It whipped the spoon into the side of the blender & punched a huge hole in the side. The shake sprayed everywhere! I found the chunk of plastic downstairs by the computer desk! You'd think I would have learned. At least this time my Mom was holding Hollie & wasn't in the line of fire. I guess we'll be buying a new blender.

Rice cereal

I have been dreading this day, but I finally broke down & let Hollie try some rice cereal. She's still 2 lbs away from doubling her birth weight, but she seems to need a little more num nums in the morning. So, I thought we'd give it a go. At first she was really confused, but by the end of the feeding she was taking her fist out of her mouth & opening up when the spoon came close. And as you can see, she was a very happy girl after. :O)

P.S. I swear that's a dimple on her left cheek.

Ya big weirdo!

This is Hollie's bizarre new obsession. Whenever we put her in the swing lately, she turns her neck to look straight up to the ceiling. So, I'll come over & move her head forward. After about 5 seconds, she's staring at the ceiling again! It looks like she's going to break her little neck, but apparently she likes it. What a weirdo!