Lately

Amaya at church



The self-feeding improves.



A real bath at the hotel in Phoenix



Weather Phoenix vs Utah (the same day, the drive home)




Bedhead and teeth!


Our Thanksgiving dinner, vs. Amaya's Thanksgiving dinner





A new place to hang out



A new winter coat!

Halloween

S'Mores!


Not the most comfortable costume for extended sitting.




I planned to do "Black and White movie star" as I did the day before for work, but ran out of time to do my make up, ("Really paint my whole self gray just for the trick or treaters?") So (for the 4th time) I just grabbed the little crown and 2nd place prom queen sash. John was a rock star, and if I had to guess, I'd say Lenny Kravitz.


I first thought of this costume for her months ago when her marshmellow-esque thighs were at full bloom. Since she's started eating solids/moving around so much (but not yet crawling) she lost weight! Ack! So we had to use a little extra stuffing, just spandex would have been more of an impact, but oh well. In a completely un-literal way, I could just eat her.

Amaya loves her Daddy

Self-feeding and a Sharing Habit

Amaya still prefers to throw the little cheerio-puff things, but if I give her a big chunk of a banana she will cheerfully gum off little bites until it's pretty much gone.






And my sweet little baby already loves to share. As an extention of her new favorite trick, putting her toys in our mouths, she offers us some (slightly slimy) banana.







And I looked at her today and realized she is not my tiny baby anymore.
When did this happen?

Just Because

When I'm at work I miss looking at her cute face, thank goodness for the internet.


Practicing for Senior Pictures




Right after she toppled and bonked her head, can you see those little tears in her eyes?

The Scarecrow Festival

Amaya's favorite thing was the table cloth, to be expected.




Uncle Cody


Pumpkin Patchery





And then came home and took a bath (my favorite part of this picture is her little toes sticking up).

To the Zoo!

Amaya seemed to enjoy it, but I loved it.

Halfway There

I know I said I didn't want her to crawl yet. But that was out of selfishness--I don't want to have to baby-proof the house.

I have since changed my mind and I do everything I can to persuade Amaya to crawl, it's just such a cute way to get around.

This is as close as she has come, but it's quite a bit of progress, any time she is on her stomach (or hands even) she usually just instinctively rolls over.



And again, more pictures for no reason.