Our 6 month Princess

OneLove Jazz Festival in Nashville

Amaya's daily lunch visit for "mummum" (as Panama calls it)-Amaya is featured in her handmade dress from Nicaragua given to her by Auntie Meg

Four Funny Faces 

All in a span of a couple minutes

She is a character!

Unbelievable, but Amaya is 6 1/2 months old! She is now all over the house performing her Army crawl. She has yet to crawl on her hands, but it does not matter to her, because she can move wherever she wants to go-of course she always heads straight towards the dog/cat bowl =) She is also pulling her self up to standing position! I don't think I am ready to see her grow so quickly!!!

We started her on rice cereal at 6 months and are introducing a new and exciting food every 7 days. So far she has had peas (a 5 on a 1-10 scale) and green beans (a 6 1/2). Of course we are a "by the book" family, especially with daddy's nursing expertise =) Next week...we will be featuring avocado! Yum, so exciting...

Micheal had a blast with Amaya while mommy started back at work. It has been a whirl wind for us here at the house. During those 3 weeks Michael managed to teach Amaya to say "dadadadada" all day long...grandpa had her for a week and now she is saying "dadadapapapapa."  Nana and I are left in the dust! How quickly little girls learn how to butter up  daddy and grandpa =) Amaya is talking, talking, talking...she has a very funny growl that she does as well-it gets us all laughing (Nana plays scared, and Amaya loves it).

School is going well for Michael. We cannot believe this is his final semester and he will be graduating in December. We are all so proud of him!

Amaya's Pool Video!!!

Olehere and There: Its Saturday, its Hot, Lets Go Swimming at the Gym!

To see Amaya swimming at the pool...go to Gpa's blog(click on the link above)...Enter with Caution!!! =) Just know, you never know when Gpa is telling the truth =)

Big Bopper =)

Mommy and Amaya getting ready for the pool...

Amaya hamming it up for the camera...

Amaya's second time to the pool was even more exciting than the first.  She swam and splashed and had a fabulous time with her mom, nana, and gpa. Her daddy got in a workout while the rest of us relaxed in the pool. She LOVES splashing and kicking her legs...she is a natural-I guess there is a little California girl in her =)

5 Years of Wedded Bliss

After 5 years of marriage, we are still having fun!!! From Santa Barbara, CA to Clarksville, TN...so many wonderful moments in between.  Michael and I had a wonderful dinner out on the town...we were home by 7:30pm =) What a wild couple we are!!! We had a great time reminiscing the years...not quite believing the time has gone so quickly. It still feels like yesterday we were partying with all of our family and friends on the beach!

Splashing in the Pool

At 5 1/2 months, Michael and I decided to finally get Amaya into the pool.  She loved swimming around with momma. She kicked her legs and splashed her arms-she was not too sure about the water she was splashing in her face though =) Michael took the picture at the end of our swimming adventure-she was still loving the pool.

Foot in Her Mouth

Amaya is always sticking her foot in her mouth =) Teething, teething, teething...  We have become very creative in helping her teething pains-be as pain free as possible. Her toes still seem to be her favorite chewing device though. The final days of my summer are now here. I head back Monday and still cannot believe the time has come. I know Amaya will have a blast bossing her daddy and grandpa around =)

Yeah! 5 Months!

Let's Party!

Amaya is 5 months today.  It is so hard to believe that July is almost over. Amaya is rolling every which way and is now scooting forward and backward. She is such a joy-singing and dancing (in her jumper) are two of her favorite activities.  I am getting ready to go back to teaching full time...it is a little bitter sweet. Amaya will have a great time at home with her daddy and grandpa. Michael will be headed back for his final semester of Nursing school-he will graduate in December. Who knows where the Army will take us-we are hoping Germany! We will keep you all posted.