Snow in Atlanta???

Yes it's true. We had over 2 inches (4 cm) of snow yesterday. Winter Storm 2008 as they called it on the news was a lot of fun. When a cataclismic event like this occurs in Atlanta everyone stays home with a fridge full of bread and milk. I was driving somewhere and the roads were virtually deserted.

Emma loved looking out the window at the snow. When we took her outside to check it out she went crazy with excitment. It was a lot of fun.

Emma's First Christmas

Emma did not know what was going on during Christmas. But she did enjoy playing with wrapping paper and some gift bags.

She was facinated with this toy but kept pulling the box on top of herself.

Nothing like a mouthful of wrapping paper!

Not ready to read the books, just eat them.

Aunts came to visit from Washington

Emma's Aunt Faith and Aunt Ruth both came to visit during the Christmas holiday. It was fun to see them and they really enjoyed spending time with Emma. After giving them the stare down for the first couple days, Emma warmed up to them and they had a lot of fun together.

Emma in her red dress

Emma seems to love her red dress as much as her mom does. For different reasons though:) Mom because I love the red color, little bow and it is simply just beautiful. Emma seems to like it because it feels so different and tastes quite good:) Thanks grandma Duka (or as our atlanta friends like to call her Georgia) for buying this for Emma's first christmas and making her look sooooo adorable!

Family on Christmas Eve

After the worship service at our church on Christmas Eve we came home and took some pictures in front of our christmas tree. This was Emma's first Christmas so that made it special. She enjoyed the whole service. On Christmas Eve at Church of the Redeemer we read christmas text from the Bible and sing praise songs. Emma loves music and singing so she enjoyed the whole service. She also loved the worship guide and ate all 4 corners of it. Here are some family photos.

Who needs toys?

Lots of you have been asking me how was the flight back since Emma and I were traveling by ourselves. And like i told most of you- it was great. Emma is such a great traveler. Similar to our way to Croatia, Emma was just a happy and easy going kid. I am not sure is there is something magical about the plane but Emma ate great and took awesome naps during our flight. That allowed me to get some rest myself and always be a step ahead, ready for when she is awake. She was entertaining everybody on the plane with her smile and talking of course. Emma is very active and loves to move (she discovered crawling backwards in croatia) but she was very content just sitting on the seat or in her bassinet playing with the "modern" toys. Her favorite were playing with the headphones. That was an endless source of entertainment for her. Another fav was the little paper box they had little paninis for dinner. Unbelievable how much she loved that box and drooled all over it. The girl next to me ( also traveling with a 7 month old) was amazed at the scene and how much Emma just loved that box. I am not sure but we may have a future panini lover.
Anyway, i am attaching a few pics from the flight back.

And a few more

In order of appearance: Ana (after college roomate), Jasmina holding Emma in her lap (friend from Crusade), my uncle and cousin Stevo, Mateja's best friend and our neighbor Vedrana and her mom, and last but not least my best friend Melita (this is her 2nd appearance on our blog-haha)