Yeah! We have citizenship!

The Consulate was a breeze this time and we should have Emma's passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) in a few weeks.  Then we'll get her residency visa and be finished with paper work.  (Well, finished until March when we have to get Aidan a new passport.)

I took Emma to get passport pictures when she was two weeks old, but we waited too long for them to be useful.  She was still using her grumpy disdainful face at that point so it's all good.
Her new picture is a lot better, but she's stuck with an "OHMYGODWHEREDIDYOUCOMEFROM?!" face for the next 5 years.

Rollin' stone

Emma has really wanted to roll over but she seemed to find the half way point and stop.  She was content to balance on her side and watch the world.  It all changed yesterday.  While Aidan and I were making cupcakes I could see her going after one of his happy meal toys.  She would scoot herself around on her back but she just couldn't reach it.  Finally she flipped over and grabbed it. And promptly yelled at me when I took it away.  She's been rolling all over the place since.  This afternoon she flipped herself over and was trying to crawl.  She could kind of get the legs moving but she wasn't sure what to do with her hands.  She ended up scootching forward a bit and got a little rug burn on her forehead.

Little Foodie

Not just peas, it's Hello Kitty peas!

Paparazzi!

Everyday I'm shufflin" 

My cuteness knows no bounds

Easter!

First Christmas

Unfortunately our First Christmas also came with our First Flu.

My First Halloween

The kids were the Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin this year.  The costumes worked out well, Emma's was a bit hot though.  Halfway through the night we had to take her costume off and just leave her in a onesie.  Deni had also brought her a cute cate onsie, black cat cap, and cat paw socks.  The socks are a bit big but Emma was able to wear everything else.