I'm so pret-ty! Very pret-ty!

This video was captured of Amity the other day while she was sitting on my lap. It is just a glimpse of the kind of singing/talking that we hear around here all day.

This is Amity watching the above video of herself. Lately, this has been one of her (and our) favorite things to do.

All I want for Christmas...

is NO MORE TEETH...at least for a little while! Miss Amity is working on teeth #7 and 8 right now. They look like they will be breaking through by this weekend. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be getting to her too much! She is currently working on perfecting her "cheesy grin"!

Eight months old!

Guess who is two-thirds of a year old today?

That right! A-M-I-T-Y

Isn't that SO funny?

As you can see, I have been busy lately. My latest favorite things to do are:

• sitting up to play or doing a lazy version of the army crawl on my stomach to reach the most intriguing toy. Thankfully my Go-Go-Gadget arms can reach almost anything I want. I especially love when my cousin Eli is around. He just brings me whatever I want. That's what I call service!
• eating Gerber Puffs while I wait for Mom or Dad to get my meal ready. I am always careful to drop a few on the floor for my big brother Paco to enjoy.
• watching myself in mirrors or on video. Do you blame me?
• observing the "big kids" as the play as Etta's house and at church.
• being in my birthday suit! I get the giggles during diaper changes and love bathtime.
• SLEEPING! I take a morning nap, an afternoon nap, a mini-nap before dinner, and sleep from 7pm-7am at night. If I am cranky, my bed is what I want! Just like my mom!

Thanksgiving Hayride

On Thursday night, we went on a family hayride around the farm (to work off all of that turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, etc.).

Uncle Brent, Aunt Jenni, Griffin, and Baby Barnabus Bounds (just kidding...we think!) were there.

Amity smiles, "I like this country living..."

"...but Mom, was this hat really the best you could find in all of Pryor!"

GDaddy's seven horses greeted us in the pasture. I still haven't learned all of their names so I can't say which ones these two are.
Amity really was having a good time. Don't be deceived by this picture!
Of all the things there are to play with on the farm, there is still nothing like a stick!
As we made our way back to the house, we enjoyed looking at the beautiful Oklahoma sky.

Well, most of us enjoyed it! Amity had fallen asleep in KK's arms. I don't think KK minded!

Over the Red River and through the woods...

to GDaddy and KK's house we went!

Amity played with a balloon for the first time.

She showed off her favorite toys to GDaddy.

KK showed her how to play with DW's (Arthur's sister) hair.

And, of course, she got in lots of snuggles!

Amity from the block!

It was pretty cold last Thursday as we prepared to go for a morning walk (60 degrees in Texas is cold)! I needed the exercise but I didn't want to risk Amity's cold getting any worse than it already was. Thankfully, she had her groovy hat from the Russells, windbreaker from the NSP clothing swap, and BabyLegs from the bookclub to keep her toasty (not pictured is her blanket from Lollie which was also included for the walk)!

Seven months old!

Little Miss Smiley turns seven months old today! What a difference a month makes! The latest with Amity is:
- Sleeping from 7pm-7am at night (It's great but we kind of miss her! )
- Sitting up pretty steadily, although we still need to work on her balance
- Playing with toys and grabbing pretty much anything she can get her hands on (the fire extinguisher in the grocery store aisle, strangers' noses, etc.)
- Saying "Da-da" and lots of other syllables (Can I say Dennis is just a little bit proud?)
- Waving "hello" (it's a very subtle wave but it's there!) :)
- Scooting towards toys with an elbow-pull/foot-push combo on the floor
- Cutting two more teeth