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Piggy Tails =)

7am-momma on her way to work
daddy & Amaya at home to play
crazy crawler

Amaya can wear pig tails! She is cute as a button!!!

Missing Grandpa






Alot has happened in the past week...we went to Asheville, back to work, back to school, and family fun. Grandpa has been missing his girls-for the past couple weeks he has been living it up in Little Rock (well maybe not living it up, but he is earning a living) =) He has been doing some consulting and seems to be really enjoying it. So the girls decided they wanted to take a picture for Gpa, but they could not agree on which picture to smile in =) So we took many, but none of them has 2 smiling girls.  

We had Ken, Jan, and Brian swing through on their way home from a trip along the East Coast. It was great to have them here again...it had been since the first year Michael and I moved in...hard to believe it has been 5 years.


Michael and I decided that it would be fun to take Amaya to Ghouls at Grassmire zoo.  We all dressed up in our costumes (50s theme) and drove to the zoo...we waited in line for about 30 seconds before we decided that all we really wanted was a picture...so we went to Meg and Eric's and had a picture taken =) We ended up going to a Nashville pizza place that makes gluten free pizza...yum...yum.


Amaya is going like crazy. She loves being the center of attention and at this point she is standing more than crawling. She has not taken any hands-free steps yet, but walks around everything.  She reminds us of Skippy-John-Jones because she 'crawls over, and squeezes under' everything (if you don't know who SJJ is...you have to catch up on your kitty-kiddy reading).  She is quick! Even with all of us here, we have to keep a constant eye on her. Same goes for Panama...she quickly found Auntie's mascara today and decided she would be beautiful if she made herself up =)


Amaya loves playing peek-a-boo...notice the pictures =) She will hold up something in front of her face and likes to hear, "Where's Amaya" then she pulls it out from her face and laughs...it warms my heart just thinking about it. Parenthood is WONDERFUL!!!

Fabulous Asheville


We had a splendid time in Asheville-The Brown's were great (as always) and we finally got to meet Buzz boy...We ate WONDERFUL food at both the Laughing Seed (a vegan-vegetarian-gluten free) restaurant and Posanas. Needless to say, I think we all may have gained a pound or two on the trip.  We did walk alot at both the Farmers' Market and the Biltmore.

Gluten Free!!!


I am sooo excited! Mom, Amaya, and I are headed to Asheville, NC for a weekend retreat-we are meeting up with the beloved Brown's =) I have just found a completely GF restaurant!!! It is called Posana...I will let the rest of you Celiacs know how it is...I know your jealous =)

Yum-Yum...Loving Gpa, Nana, Plums, Momma Time

Loving on Grandpa and Nana

Eating my prunes...I mean aged plums

Hello All =) Amaya and I are spending lots & lots of time together this week-Fall Break. We are both loving every minute of it. The girls all went shopping yesterday-Nana, Amaya & Momma...Meg was tending to Pancake who is under the weather.  Nana and I find that we spend way too much money when we are not working =) We had a great time shopping though-Amaya is an excellent shopper in training..we are working on teaching her the Ramsey technique-cash or debit only =) Michael has been a busy man with tests, clinicals, studying, papers, football season, and his girls (Lani included). We recently put in our Army "wish list," so the time is coming close when we will see where our next adventure will be. At this point, we are enjoying every minute of life together as a family-although we do really miss our long distance family who we hope to be seeing sometime soon...