This was Miranda's happiest part of the trip. She loved the petting zoo. She had the best time. We were worried that she wasn't going to wake up for any of it, but just about the time we were wrapping it up, she woke up and had the time of her life. She enjoyed watching the wolf and the cougars, but the goats were her fav's. She petted them, laughed at them and even sat on their backs.

These pics were of us up on the Hot Springs Mountain look out tower. She absolutely loved looking over the edge, out the window. She didn't want to turn loose of the rail. Each time we would move her away from it, she would do her best to get back at it. I guess she was thinking, "wow...look at all those people tinnier than me!" Ok, so I know she probably didn't see the people, but she did love looking out at whatever she could see.

These pictures were taken of her crawling around in the baby room at the Mid-America Museum. She had a wonderful time at the museum it seemed. She really had herself a blast once we made it in this room. She loved the bright colorful carpet and the beach ball that she chased after for a while. Anyone know where we could find a carpet like this?

We recently took a trip to Hot Springs. It was Miranda's first real trip. She seemed to enjoy herself throughly. The next couple of posts will be pictures from our trip. She was such a delight and really loved seeing the new things.

Miranda's Uncle Quintin was able to come in town for a visit. He lives in Texas and it's hard for him to get a chance to come and visit so we were so happy to see him. Miranda ended up going right to him even though this was her first time to see him. That is amazing for her since she's going through that rather clingy stage when it comes to strangers. She put on her charm and wanted to hold his fingers while she "walked" everywhere. We hope he's able to come again soon.

Here's Miranda with two of her favorite things. She loves to play with the dogs and they love to come see her, then get out of dodge. So I had to post pictures of the split second that Sierra and Schmall come to say their quick hello before they run off, leaving Miranda with their pulled out hair in her sweet little hands.

My little princess all dressed up and doing her version of a wave. Still pictures can only catch so much. I wish the entire wave was captured. It's the cutest thing to watch her wave.

Here's my little blueberry having herself a wonderful time in her swimming pool. She loves to splash around in the water. She even likes to sit in it even if there is no water. She still imagines herself splashing all around. She's such an easy going baby. She can make anything fun.

Here's a couple of pics of Miranda at her "day care" playing with some of her toys and her beloved slide. She really seems to enjoy being on the slide, but really gets a kick out of watching other things slide down it. Like one of her toys. She will laugh and giggle about that and try to put it up there again for it to slide down. Watch out Biggie Schmall, you are next! hahah

I had to get some pictures of my little angel sound asleep in her own bed that seems so huge when she's in it. She curls up in the tinniest little ball and will usually work her way into the very corner of the bed as close to the rails as she can get. I don't know if she just feels better up against something or what, but she is never where we put her when we lay her down. I never know where I may find her curled up the next time I go in to check on her.

Miranda is full of expressions. You do not have to wonder what she is feeling or how she is feelings. All you have to do is look at her pretty little face to see the delight when she is happy and the open mouth and wide eyes when she's excited. She is so sweet. I am so glad she's my little girl.

Here's Miranda sporting yet another hat. She's finally getting to where she doesn't mind us putting a hat on her. She still does not tollerate shoes though. Maybe that will come in time. But I have a feeling that she will wear them when she has to, then off they will come. But who knows, she may end up collecting shoes and hats both.

Miranda tried on the big Sombrero. It is very heavy, so that accounts for her tiny head leaning to the side when she had it on. Oh, but she loved wearing it. She laughed and giggled and when I would take it off of her, she would turn around and pull it back on her head. So after it was all over, I had to get a picture of her daddy wearing it and of course, The Schmall had to be in on it as well. We put it on her too, but it looked like the hat was just lying on the floor and would just move from place to place. Would have made a cute video though. Don't they look like they were having a wonderful time. Almost looks like they all posed for the picture. Too fun~

Well, here's a picture of Miranda on her seven month birthday. Wow, another month has flown by. It's amazing to see her progress as the time has gone by. We never know what tomorrow will hold, or even the next minute. She is constantly amazing us. Her newest thing now is calling everyone "Da-Da". She also wants to pull up on anything that she feels is sturdy enough to hold her up. She also loves to wave, but gets so fascinated with watching her hand, that she forgets about waving and then just tries to consume her hand. She is such a little peach. Happy 7 months baby girl!

In these pictures you can see the progression of Miranda's face from "humm..what's momma got?" to.."OH! PHONE! MINE" The phone and the remote control are two of her favorate things right now. She gets so excited and shows it by opening her mouth as wide as she can and almost trembles with excitment.

These two pics were taken one right after the other, the only time span being about the 3 seconds that it takes for a digital camera to take another picture! Miranda does not care to have shoes on her feet no matter how cute the shoe. She will grunt and growl and once she gets them off will smile with such pleasure and sometimes even laugh with delight. She likes her little country bare feet!

Alrighty! After being gone for so long, it's hard to remember where I left off. Things have been so busy between work and then coming home to take care of everything else, it's hard to find time to blog. I love to be able to keep everyone updated. So maybe if you drop by, you can leave a comment and let me know you stopped in. I'll be sure to let Miranda know.

We had to get a picture of her in her little robe after her bath time. She usually is smiling away and tries to play peek-a-boo with her little hood, but the camera comes out and the smile disappears. Oh, how I would love to know what goes through her little mind. But she does look adorable in her little robe.

This picture was taken at my birthday celebration. Mike did such a wonderful job getting everything organized and everyone there. Miranda decided that her papaw was more interesting to look at and refused to look at the camera. We had a wonderful time.

Our little angel is now 6 months old. It again is hard to believe that much time has passed by. She is sitting, rolling over, but hasn't got down the speak on command just yet. As her mamaw says, she's doing everything a puppy would do! She is such a delight. We are looking forward to more months to come as she learns new things each day. She brings so much happiness to everyone she encounters. We are so thankful to have this little sunshine in our lives. She did wonderful at her 6 month check up. She weighs 16.8. The doctor was very pleased with her progress. She's had wonderful reports each time she's gone for her check ups. We again are so thankful. We have much to be thankful for.

Miranda LOVES green beans and squash. Those are her favorate veggies right now. She gets so excited that she can't sit still when the spoon is coming towards her. She is such a good eater and we are so thankful. I hope that lasts and I hope that her loving the veggies so much lasts as well seeing as how I don't like any. This picture is of her having her greenbeans for supper and loving every minute of it.

In the first picture, Miranda was spewing her never ending industrial lubricant everywhere and was totally unaware of my presence. I had crawled in her room and taken a few photos of her having so much fun. I don't remember if I snickered or what, but play time was up once she found me.

Here's more of our little "deer" in her camo. This little outfit has a pink and blue rattle on it and says " My first game call". Doesn't she just look like she's ready to hit the woods with her daddy for her first hunt? No telling if she will like hunting or not with as many deer that we have just come up in the yard to eat. She may feel like those are just as much her animals as her little dogs. Who knows. But atleast she can wear her camo!!

This is our 4 generation picture. It's not everyday that someone can get one of these made. Miranda and I are both very fortuante to have such wonderful mamaws! We really need to go have some professionally made since my camera blurs if there is any movement when the pictures are taken. Oh the fun of digital cameras.