6 Months Old!

I can't believe it! Amaya is 6 months old today. It has been a long, hard, and wonderful 6 months. Amaya probably cried for about the first 5 months plus (no exaggeration). She has recently become such a joy to be around. She is a pretty content and happy baby now, which makes her mommy and daddy very happy! She is sleeping 12 hours at night and taking a few one hour naps during the day. I love being her mom and I am so thankful that I am able to stay home and enjoy each moment! Here are some pics of her today and some of her as a newborn:). Wow has she changed!

Daddy's girl!

I couldn't resist putting these pictures up! Amaya was looking at Jeremiah and started smiling:). Jeremiah has been home a lot because of the holiday and Amaya has really warmed up to him. I love the look on her face when she sees him, she lights up. priceless!

Thanksgiving

Alexandra and Amaya; Grandpa and Grandma Estes with Amaya

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Topeka with the Estes family. We had such a good time with the family. Amaya was in rare form and actually let people hold her! Even Alexandra (Jeremiah's seven year old cousin) got some time with Amaya. We are very thankful for our families, eachother, and our baby girl. God has blessed us so much this year!

Friday night Jeremiah and I went out with his sister Melissa and her boyfriend Vernard. It was so nice to spend time with them. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Estes for watching Amaya. We had a great time!

I hope you all don't mind, I have a lot of fun pics to post! Also, I still haven't figured out how to put my photos in the right order or how to label them. Any suggestions?

Sitting on her own!

We continue to be amazed at how fast Amaya is growing! For the past few days I have been trying hard to get Amaya to sit on her own. She is such a big girl and picked it up quickly. I thought you all might enjoy a first for Amaya.

Sick Baby

As new parents we were shocked and upset to see that Amaya had a temperature of 101.8 yesterday! She was pretty fussy and sleepy all day long. She even fell asleep in Jeremiah's arms last night for over an hour! If you know Amaya at all you know that she does not like to be held for long, so this was very strange. We watched her temp. and gave her a nice long bath (which she loved). Her temp. continued to go down and she even played a little bit before bed. She woke up this morning smiling! I am hoping that she is over this and doesn't get the flu that's been going around.

Lunch at OCS

Almost every Thursday Amaya and I eat lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Freed. Thursday is taco day at school and I always enjoyed it when I worked there. It's so much fun to see my kindergartners from years past and to catch up with my teacher friends. As you can see in the pics of Amaya with grandpa, she is still afraid of men!

Pictures!

Here are some of my new favorite pics, enjoy!

Natalie Grant concert

Last night my mom and I went to the Natalie Grant concert. She was truly amazing! I have always been a huge fan of hers but never heard her live. I am always impressed when someone can sound even better live! What a fun night!

Tomorrow is my night out!

I am going to see Natalie Grant tomorrow night! Natalie Grant is my all time favorite singer. I have missed seeing her every time she's been in town. I almost missed out on her this time, but luckily I have some fabulous friends that helped me out with some tickets:0). My mom and I are going since Jeremiah doesn't like "girl music". I am so excited!