The New....or Maybe not so New

2007-09-25T21:37:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-25T21:29:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-25T21:18:00.000-04:00

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?

2007-09-25T21:11:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-25T21:06:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-19T22:31:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-19T22:25:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-19T22:18:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-19T22:15:00.000-04:00

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

2007-09-02T21:49:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-02T21:44:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-02T21:40:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-09-02T21:23:00.000-04:00

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~

2007-08-01T21:59:00.000-04:00

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!

2007-08-01T21:54:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-08-01T21:50:00.000-04:00

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!

2007-08-01T21:46:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:56:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:53:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:45:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:41:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:38:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-07-09T21:34:00.000-04:00

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!!

2007-06-19T21:10:00.000-04:00

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.

2007-06-19T21:07:00.000-04:00

Here Miranda is sitting in a desk that her mamaw painted up for the church. She wanted to get those animals off that ark so bad. She tried and tried. And when she just couldn't manage, she got pretty upset. She did not understand why she couldn't pick up those pretty, colorful animals. She did look so cute sitting up in there all by herself....so of course...more pics! And didn't the painting turn out good as well? Great job mom!

2007-06-19T21:02:00.000-04:00

Miranda really tickles me when it comes to some of her new clothes that she's not seen before. Especially if they are bright colors. She loves picking it up and touching it and staring at it for a while. Once she's looked at it long enough...then it's time to try to put it in the mouth. These pictures show how interested she is in the new colors. She's my little angel.

2007-06-19T20:57:00.000-04:00

Yes! She is getting to where she sits very well on her own for several mintues before toppling over. She is beginning to understand that if she puts her arm out for support that she will be able to catch herself. She has also learned that if she grabs onto something that she can possibly correct herself as well, but doesn't understand yet that not everything is grounded to where it won't topple with her! She is such a little sunshine. She bring such happiness to our days.

2007-06-19T20:52:00.000-04:00

Did I mention that it's hard to choose which pictures I am going to post. As with any parent I'm sure, the pictures are abundant and I try to sort through and figure out which ones I want to post. That is really hard work seeing as how I'm just about always having to delete pictures out of my camera to make room for new ones. If I saved them all to a memory stick, I'd have a room full of them by now. She is finally getting to where she will smile if the camera is out now. She went through a phase where if she saw the camera, sorry...no more smile. But as you can see, she's getting to where she will go on about her business and have a good time even when there is a camera around.

2007-06-19T20:49:00.000-04:00

I love the expression on her face in this picture...so I couldn't resist posting it. She gets so happy when she accomplishes something on her own. In this picture she had just picked up that toy that had gotten dropped beside her and managed to bring it up to her face. She was so happy that she looked like it was the first time she'd seen that toy all day.

2007-06-19T20:45:00.000-04:00

Miranda has her own unique way of getting around. She still doesn't like being on her stomach and is much more comfortable being on her back. So to get around, she bounces along by lifting herself with her legs and pushing off. In this picture you can see her scotting along her bed. She will scoot until she gets to the end. She can get amazingly far in a very short time doing this. Doesn't seem like it would be too comfortable to me, but she seems to perfer it to crawling on her stomach. It's really something to see her go! Once she figures out she can get somewhere faster on her tummy...watch out world...here she comes!

2007-06-19T20:40:00.000-04:00

Here she is with a bow in her hair that managed to stay in there long enough for some pics to be taken. That was amazing in itself. But rest assured that since it stayed in there on it's own this time, as soon as she got a chance, she took it out herself. No hair accessories and no shoes please! That's her motto. Wonder if she will like purses? If she takes after me, probably not. We shall see.

2007-06-19T20:36:00.000-04:00

Miranda seems to be responding to her name now....that is as long as she isn't aggrevated or mad at someone at the time. She knows how to ignore just as well! But all in all, we do catch her looking at us if we say her name to her. She also gets called "Blueberry" and "Lil Peach" alot as well, so I won't be surprised if she starts answering to that also. Isn't she just huggable!!

2007-05-31T21:38:00.000-04:00

I love seeing the suns rays filtering through the clouds and just had to take a picture of it coming home this evening. I know that the interstate is in there and kinda takes away from it and the picture isn't nearly as pretty as it was in person, but I thought in the end it turned out really nice. It had been raining pretty good, then the sun popped out and the rays were just beautiful so it warranted a picture.

2007-05-31T21:32:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple more Day Care pictures that I thought were too cute not to post. She can reach the floor in the walker at her mamaws house so she is figuring out how to scoot around in backwards for now. She hasn't figured out how to move forward just yet, but she's happy in it knowing she can move herself around a bit. She still has quiet a bit of growing to do before she can reach the floor in her car walker, but the tips of her toes can reach if she stretches really good so it won't be long. Boy the dogs are gonna be in for it once she masters this! And just wait till she can crawl! Run Biggie Schmall run! I believe it will be time to break out the baby gates soon enough.

2007-05-31T21:25:00.000-04:00

Look how content she is in these photos of tummy time at Day Care! This is just so exciting to me seeing as how she does NOT like to be on her tummy. She has now flipped over from her back to her tummy a few times and I believe from her tummy to her back once. I've not had the chance to see her do this yet, but have walked in the room and found her on her tummy in her cradle just a jabbering away. She was sure ready to be up from there. It's all exciting and at the same time kind of sad because slowly but surely the infancy is slipping away with each day. She is getting more independent, but still loves to be hugged and cuddled alot. I am thankful for that. She's now the big 5 months old!

2007-05-31T21:18:00.000-04:00

Our little Peach is doing more and more with each passing day. She just gets stronger and stronger. We are so thankful that she is coming along so well. She loves sitting in her spot on the couch...still needing a little support to hold her up now and then, but she is really making progress. If only I could post sound clips on here you could hear her jabbering away in these pictures. She loves to make silly sounds and then look at you real quick to see what you think of them as well. She is such a blessing. No matter how rough the day has been, she always brings a smile to my face at the end of the day.

2007-05-23T21:10:00.000-04:00

I just thought these were cute pictures so I wanted to post them. She is playing on her sit-n-spin and then swinging in her swing. Her mamaw says she really enjoys playing her on sit-n-spin. I haven't got to see her on that yet, but in the pictures she looks like she's really enjoying it. She likes her swing pretty good too. She finally realized that there were a cat and dog hanging from it so now she enjoys knocking them all around and usually back over the netting to where she can't see them any more. She's really getting good hand and eye coordination. I could just squeeze her up. She's so huggable.

2007-05-23T21:05:00.000-04:00

Here, Miranda is hard at "work" playing with some of the toys at her Mamaw's house. She gets such a determined look on her face when she is trying intently to figure something out. I just love that look. In the second picture, she absolutely loves that silly sun. She will look at it until her attention span runs out and it lasts a pretty good time when she sees that sun. She's also got a toy here with the same silly sun on it and it's one of her fav's to watch.

2007-05-23T20:56:00.000-04:00

Well, the tummy time is getting better and better. It's still her least favorate thing to do, but she is getting a little better at it each time. One day at day care (aka her mamaws house), she almost turned over on to her stomach until she realized where that would put her and she quickly corrected herself. That was one thing she didn't want to do. So this one will be a little later coming. She is getting good tummy time each day along with so many other things, like song story books, books with different textures for her to feel, music and dance, walks outside to see all kinds of trees and flowers, plus someone that loves her more than anyone at any other day care could. Thank you mom! I hope you know that we sure appreciate you and all your hard work. You are definately a bright spot in Miranda's life as you can tell when she first sees you every day and gives you one of the biggest smiles she's got. We love you.

2007-05-23T20:49:00.000-04:00

Our pretty little girl is growing up on us quick. She's now 21 weeks old and on her way to the 5 month old mark this weekend. She's still such a baby, but she's surpassed the infant stage already. It's so hard to believe. She grows more and more alert every day. It seems any little thing catches her eyes....or her ears. Yesterday it had rained. When the wind blew some water fell on the roof of the building where the 4 wheelers are kept. She was about to go nuts trying to find the source of that sound. It's so cute seeing her try to figure things out. Soon enough she'll be asking..."what's that?"

2007-05-16T22:18:00.000-04:00

Well, as I've mentioned, it's hard to catch Miranda in a smile when the camera comes out these days. If she sees it, the smile disappears. I sure wish I could read her little mind and knew what she was thinking. She was smiling and carrying on before she saw it...so we will just keep working with it and before long she will be posing for it.

2007-05-16T22:02:00.000-04:00

Aren't these two of the most precious little girls you've ever seen?! Miranda's cousin, Morgan, got to come and visit for a week. Mom and I took the girls down to the ranch for a little country fun. Miranda is either used to all of the goings on out there or she's just not old enough yet to really care, but Morgan had a blast. She was amazed by the horses, enjoyed the dogs, but I think she loved the 4 wheeler riding most of all. She didn't want to get off the 4 wheeler. When we were fixing to get all of the things together to come back to town, I took her off one wheeler, turned to get the key out and she was climbing up on another one. She wasn't quiet ready for that part to end. She also seemed amazed by our big tractor so I put her up on it and her hands went right to the steering wheel like she was ready to take off. I think that she needs to come lend us a hand a couple of weeks out of the summer. I believe she's ready to get goin on it. I was able to get a few pics of them out there but for the most part just enjoyed watching them. They kept us pretty busy so there wasn't much time for snapping away with a camera. They were a delight and hopefully will get to enjoy each others company more and more. We sure miss you Morgan!!

2007-05-16T21:58:00.000-04:00

Miranda likes to play Patty Cake. She likes to try to "sing" it with me from time to time. That is what she was doing in this pic. I can't wait until she starts doing the Itsy Bitsy Spider. She is such a bright light in our lives.

2007-05-16T21:55:00.000-04:00

Anyone wanna guess whose idea this was? Yep, camo hat = Dad's fun. She actually didn't mind wearing his hat. I guess she knew she looked like a little "dear"

2007-05-16T21:48:00.000-04:00

Our beautiful little angel got a great 4 month old check up. She weighed in at 14.12. She was able to start on vegetables and cereal and juice. She did not like the cereal at all and doesn't really care for the juice either. She really seems to love the veggies though...which I suppose is a good thing since I'm a non-veggie person myself. She must get the veggie lovin from her daddy. As long as she's happy and healthy, I couldn't be happier that she loves them. Her first to try was green beans and I think that may be her fav. She did make some funny faces when she tried squash, but she ate it up. These pictures of her were taken and there were many. She knows when a camera is around and the smile will disappear as though she knows that the bright light is fixing to show up. She is so much fun to dress up. She loves to pull up the bottom of her dress and put it in her mouth...so it was tough to get some pics of her with her dress down. She's such a sweet baby girl.

2007-05-16T21:42:00.000-04:00

Ok, time to do a little catching up. We've been so busy lately that I've not had time to stop and post any pics. But that sure hasn't stopped us from taking them! Miranda is doing great and growing up right before our eyes. She seems to do more and advance each and every day. Now everything catches her eye....and she wants to reach for anything that she spots(as you can tell in the pic above). It won't be long and she will be the one wanting to take the pictures.

2007-04-22T21:42:00.000-04:00

We can't hardly believe that our little angel will be four months old this week. In so many ways it has flown, yet there is still so much to come. She sure brings alot of happiness and smiles.

2007-04-22T21:35:00.000-04:00

Here's Miranda on her new horse. This one is a little closer to her size, but is still quiet a bit too big for her. We just couldn't resist going ahead and getting it all put together so she can kinda sorta enjoy it now. I know she will have so much fun on this as I can remember how much fun I had on any springy horse. This is pretty neat. It doesn't have the old springs, but these big rubber bands basically. So that takes the fear away of the shooting springs that I know can happen once they get old. We once had a trampoline that was very good at shooting at us with the old rusty springs. So she can play safely on her horse and grow into the big ones that are waiting for her out in the pasture. And yes...she already has a pair of cowgirl boots waiting on her as well. Woo Hoo!

2007-04-22T21:28:00.000-04:00

Ok. I know this is one of Miranda's burp cloths, but it just looked too cute as a headdress on her. In the first picture she was wondering what in the world was so funny to me. Then in the second picture, it looks as though she is telling me... "shhhh". She is so much fun.

2007-04-13T22:06:00.000-04:00

Such a peaceful little look while she's sleeping. What more can I say. We love you little girl.

2007-04-13T22:00:00.000-04:00

These are just pretty pics of her that I wanted to post for all to see. She can just about sit up by herself. It won't be much longer. She works hard to pull up and is so proud of herself once we help her up.

2007-04-13T21:56:00.000-04:00

Here is Miranda in her little car walker. As you can see, her feet are no where near the floor yet, but she loves to sit in it and be pulled around. It plays music, has a moving steering wheel and has a horn so she's really enjoyed playing in it so far. I can't wait until she's pushing it around on her own with those little legs.

2007-04-13T21:52:00.000-04:00

Here's our little peach with her mamaw and her great grandmaw. They had come by and I just had to get her picture taken with them. Notice the hat. That's something you won't see often. You can tell by the look on her precious face, she isn't pleased with it. But she did tolerate it for a few pictures. Then it was Away With the HAT

2007-04-13T21:45:00.000-04:00

This was Easter Day with pictures of Miranda and her second cousin Andrew. Isn't he a beautiful little boy? We hope that they will get to do some playing together when they get a little older. They are only just a little over a month apart. Such sweet little babies.

2007-04-13T21:35:00.000-04:00

Here are several Easter pictures of our precious angel. There were so many good pictures taken that it was hard to choose just a few. That and this blog will only allow so many per post. So I will just post several pictures of Easter day. We had so much fun bringing her to see many of her relatives that she'd not seen before. It was a bit overwhelming for her at first, but by the end of a day, she felt like a pro at it and was just fine with being around new people.

2007-04-03T21:45:00.000-04:00

Well, you can tell when her Daddy gets ahold to the camera and her at the same time. He'd have her decked out in camo all the time if he could. This hat could almost be a full dress on her, but it's cute so I just had to post it. This pic is a good mix of her in the purple that I like to have her in and the camo that he likes her in. Goes good together don't ya think?

2007-04-03T21:40:00.000-04:00

Miranda has officially reached the 3 month old mark. I can't believe how fast the time has flown by and how much she has changed and advanced. She is trying to pull up now any chance she gets. If you put your fingers down for her to grab on to, the little arms go to town trying to pull herself into an upright position. Then once she's done, she sighs like she has really accomplished so much. She brings such happiness into our lives daily.

2007-04-03T21:35:00.000-04:00

Miranda recently graduated from one of her bassinets to a cradle that we bought for her. She really seems to like it (as long as she don't have to sleep in it). It's open where the bassinet was closed off on all sides. She can see what all is going on around her. There is no slipping by her now. She catches sight of everything...no matter how quiet you try to be. She is such a little sweetheart.

2007-04-03T21:29:00.000-04:00

Miranda is getting so much better at her tummy time. However it's still her least favorite thing to do. She doesn't tolerate it for long, but she is doing good for the little time that she does spend. We would probably be in for all kinds of surprises if we knew what she was babbling when we put her on her tummy. She's so much fun.

2007-04-03T21:15:00.000-04:00

We recently bought Miranda a new mobile with little horses and a cactus. These pics are of her smiling and laughing at it. She has really gotten to where she is laughing out loud alot these days. Some of the strangest things she finds funny. You never know what may strike her funny. I can just hear Todd telling her "Squeeze yer toes!"

2007-03-18T19:47:00.000-04:00

Miranda is so easy to please most of the time. Here, she's getting ready to go for a ride and it was a little windy out, so we put her sweater on with the hood. She seemed to enjoy it.

2007-03-18T19:43:00.000-04:00

This week she has really been working on holding her head up by herself and keeping it real steady. She's trying to pull up quiet frequently. She still needs the couch for back up support, but she really enjoys being up like a big girl. Time flys.

2007-03-18T19:34:00.000-04:00

Here's Miranda in a couple of her dresses. I have fun dressing her up like a little baby doll. I may as well for as long as she will let me. Somehow I don't think it will be long before she wants to pick out her own things to wear. She's such a little doll all dressed up.

2007-03-11T19:38:00.000-04:00

Two of Miranda's favorate things at this time are the changing table and her ocean play gym. She really enjoys herself at both of these places. We love to see her smile.

2007-03-11T19:34:00.000-04:00

Miranda looks like she's ready to talk any minute. I know it'll be a while still before she says anything understandable, but she has a look that just makes ya think she's ready for a good conversation. We'll be ready when she is, that's for sure.

2007-03-11T19:27:00.000-04:00

She's finally able to spend some time in her strollers. She really seems to enjoy being strolled around and get to see all the new sights. She tried on her cousin Morgan's sunglasses for a bit. She liked them for a few minutes then decided that everything pink wasn't what she wanted. So we just enjoyed the rest of the stroller ride sunglass free.

2007-03-11T19:24:00.000-04:00

I love this picture of her. She has such a pretty, happy smile. Here she was enjoying some tummy time on her boppy. Tummy time isn't one of her favorate things, so for her to be this happy during it is a good thing.

2007-03-11T19:17:00.000-04:00

She's spending more and more time in an upright position. She likes to be up rather than lying down these days. She's just progressing right along.

2007-03-11T19:12:00.000-04:00

Ok, we had to have a little fun with our little girl. In these pics, she's sporting a diaper on both ends. She seemed to enjoy it better than she does any other hat.

2007-03-11T19:08:00.000-04:00

Miranda is finally realizing that she's got her own fingers and toes. She loves to spend time looking at them and trying to figure out where they came from. She loves to point. In the first pic, she got caught in a yawn. But she looks like she's pointing at someone and crying about it....or screaming..."Ahhh...it's coming" haha

2007-03-11T19:03:00.000-04:00

Well, it's been a while since I've been able to post any new pics, so I've got some catching up to do. Miranda doesn't usually like hats on, but she did really well tolerating the bonnett. I guess her mamaw just caught her in the right mood.

2007-03-05T07:39:00.000-05:00

Well here's our little sunshine all tuckered out after a day of play. She didn't care that she wasn't wrapped all up in a blanket or even covered up. She was out. That little wedge in her bed has really been a help as far as her staying down in her bassinet. Before, she wouldn't stay in there at night for anything. So we went and got her this memory foam wedge that has an incline to it and adjustable sides so she can use it for a while longer. She will actually stay in her own little bed for about 4 hours at a time during the night. That's great compared to what she was doing. For the most part, she will stay up most of the day and then wind down about 7 or 8. So as long as her tummy doesn't hurt, the nights have definately improved.

2007-03-05T07:33:00.000-05:00

Miranda has finally noticed herself in the mirror. She will smile briefly, jabber something to herself and then the smile goes away. She may try this same tactic again and when nothing else comes from the baby in the mirror, she cries. I wonder what goes through her little mind. I'll be glad when she realizes it's her and it's OK if the baby doesn't talk back to her. She's such a little sweetie. Why would anyone not want to talk to her..including the baby in the mirror.

2007-03-05T07:27:00.000-05:00

Ok, a family portrait was due. So this was as good as I could do with my camera. We've got to get the pictures as we can. It's not easy to get all three of us in the same picture, so we can do it like this. Usually, if one of us is holding Miranda, the other is up running doing things, like washing bottles, fixing formula, filling bottles, oh..you get the picture. She's growing up on us every day so we enjoy holding her while she lets us.

2007-03-05T07:20:00.000-05:00

Well, we fostered some cows throughout the winter for a friend in Texas. There was a huge hay shortage again last year and we were wanting to try out the cow side of things anyhow, so we took 5 of them in for the winter. They did not go hungry out in the pasture. Matter of fact, they kept it up pretty good. They eat what the horses turn their noses up at, so it's going to help us out on our first mowing. Anyhow, they all had to go back home this past week. The grass is waking up and he's got room for them now. We hated to see them go. It was fun. But he may bring some more back again for us to keep. Maybe this time Miranda will be old enough to enjoy them some.

2007-03-05T07:15:00.000-05:00

Miranda really enjoys being in an upright sitting position these days. I think she has decided that she's not a "baby" anymore and is only happy when she's upright like the rest of us. She only likes to be held in a cradle position when she's wanting to cuddle. The rest of the time, no way and she lets ya know it too. It doesn't seem like it will be long and she'll be able to sit up all by herself.

2007-03-05T07:10:00.000-05:00

Here's Miranda getting some Tummy Time. She is very determined to get that little head up and look around. She didn't like it too much at first, but with her mamaw spending time with her, she's really getting it down. Each day she's able to spend a little more time on her stomach without fussing. This is not her favorate position, so to get some pictures of her not frowing was a plus. Go lil girl.

2007-02-25T19:48:00.000-05:00

Ok, Miranda does wear more than just one-Z's. Here she is in one of her little dresses, which she's almost outgrown already. I've had to clean several things out of her closet already and some that she never even got a chance to wear. Time is just flying on by. She seemed to know she was all dressed up and had plenty of pretty smiles to go around. My little baby doll.

2007-02-25T19:42:00.000-05:00

Here, Miranda is 8 weeks old. She just couldn't manage to keep her eyes open long enough for some awake pictures. She was just too tuckered out. She did manage to get a peek, but that's about it! So peaceful.

2007-02-19T16:02:00.000-05:00

Here's some smiles from our little angel caught on camera. She really has a good time hearing us talk to her and make silly sounds. And of course we have a good time when she smiles. It just makes our day!

2007-02-19T15:32:00.000-05:00

Happy happy are we! Thank the Lord, Miranda is RSV FREE! She got a great report from her doctor report after being told she had RSV. We are so thankful that she was able to get over this so quickly and with few complications with something that could have been so bad and lingered on for so long. Thank you for all the prayers!

2007-02-19T15:26:00.000-05:00

Well, Biggie Schmall was wondering where her latest photo was, so in order to keep her from feeling left out, we will post one of her as well. She's been real attentive to Miranda for the most part. She's very curious about her and will sneak licks in when she is sure no one is looking. It's going to be interesting to see how things go when Miranda is able to walk and go after her!

2007-02-11T19:56:00.000-05:00

Miranda loves to put one tiny finger on her face as though she is really thinking things over. She's our little thinker. No telling what she ends up coming up with either. Mabye before long she will just tell us.

2007-02-11T19:51:00.000-05:00

Miranda is really starting to make alot of different expressions. This happens to be her "surprise" face. We get so tickled at her and sometimes I think that makes her do it all the more often. There are so many new things for her to hear and see and when she does, one of these faces is how she usually responds. We really have a good time with her.

2007-02-11T19:42:00.000-05:00

Miranda's been sick with RSV. She's been doing her breathing treatments which take anywhere from 7 to 10 minutes. So far, she's done really well with it and has managed to stay in pretty good spirits despite not feeling the best. All the prayers are much appreciated. She definately needs them. She's been eating good and hasn't ran a fever so we are hoping to keep that going and get her over this really soon. She now weighs in at 10.4! Wow. Hopefully she won't loose any while she's sick. We are looking forward to her getting over this and feeling 100%!

2007-02-11T19:28:00.000-05:00

Miranda is growing everyday, but she is still so tiny. Here is her hand on her dad's hand. Just a little size difference.

2007-02-11T19:23:00.000-05:00

It's hard not to post every picture we take of her. We think they are all so cute. Here I just chose some pretty close ups of her face. Seems most of her pictures are of her asleep, but she really is spending much more time awake. I look forward to getting many more "awake" pictures soon.

2007-02-11T19:18:00.000-05:00

She doesn't really like the headbands so we had to put it on her while she was half way asleep to tolerate it even for a few. She just looks so adorable in them though. She's such a little angel.

2007-02-11T19:14:00.000-05:00

Could she be Daddy's little hunter? She doesn't seem to mind wearing one of his many camo hats. So we shall see. She's also got a camo dress that we'll have to get pictures of her in. She looks like she's ready to go scouting for the good spots to me.

2007-02-11T19:09:00.000-05:00

Six weeks old. Mamaw got her to smile for her. She's really getting to where she is smiling alot as long as everything is going her way and she's in a good mood. We love to see that big smile of hers. They aren't always easy to catch on camera though, so we will post them when we get them. They are getting more and more frequent though. Woo hoo.

2007-02-11T19:03:00.000-05:00

Here's Miranda all dressed up for an evening over at mamaw & papaw's. As you can see, usually once she gets in the car seat, it isn't long before the yawning starts and the eyes will close. But she did wake up once we got there for a little while. This was her first time to wear her little boots and now she's almost out grown them already.

2007-01-29T15:53:00.000-05:00

Here's our Happy Birthday Baby pictures. We had to get some pictures of her on her one month birthday. She didn't like the hat alot at first, but I think she really ended up enjoying it because we were laughing so hard. She can really come up with some expressions. Oh what a sweetie. Happy 1 month birthday little girl.

2007-01-29T15:45:00.000-05:00

Here she is sporting her new tigger sunglasses. They are quiet a bit too big for her, but I think she is gonna like them. She's just too cool.

2007-01-29T15:42:00.000-05:00

Well, once again, another picture of her sleeping. But she is getting to where she is spending more time awake. Unfortuantely alot of it is at night time, but she'll get that worked out soon. She's such a little angel.

2007-01-29T15:38:00.000-05:00

Miranda can be so good at sleeping during the day. She's got such pretty, long eyelashes and here I was just trying to get a good picture of them.

2007-01-24T11:06:00.000-05:00

Wow. Where has the time gone? She's now 4 weeks old. Her last check up went really well. She's gained up to 8 lbs. 8 ounces. She seems to be doing really well and the doctor was pleased. I can't believe that much time has already passed. Not sure wether I should laugh or cry. Seems like just yesterday we were wondering if she was even going to arrive before the new year and now Janurary is almost gone and she's just a few days shy of being a whole month old. Goodness. Time does fly. So much to look forward to though with our precious little girl.

2007-01-24T11:02:00.000-05:00

She has got to where she smiles on purpose now. It is hard to catch it with a camera so far though. But she will smile if we say something or make a sound that she thinks is funny. I'm anxious for many more smiles and really anxious to hear her laugh.

2007-01-24T10:54:00.000-05:00

Miranda got to visit with her Uncle Todd & Aunt Kim for a little while they were in town. She spent most of her time asleep, but did peek a few times to see who the new voices were. She still does her best sleeping when company comes. Wonder if I can get them to come around midnight? Wadda ya say?

2007-01-24T10:51:00.000-05:00

I just thought this picture was too cute not to post.

2007-01-24T10:49:00.000-05:00

Her favorate way to sleep is with her little hands close to her face. Usually, if her hands are there, she's really sleeping good. Wonder if there's a way to make them stay there at night..hummm...