It has been a long time since Mommy updated this site, but I guess it is better late than never! Month number 6 (and 7 and 8!) have been VERY busy!

You are such an amazing little girl. You have such a big personality. We are so blessed to have you Aubrey Ann. Your Daddy and I could not imagine life without you, and we thank God for you every morning and every night. You gave us so many more reasons to be thankful on this Thanksgiving.

Well, let’s take a look at a few of your many achievements this month!

In the very beginning of the month, you mastered sitting up on your own. It was rather funny how you decided to show the world you knew how to sit. We were in the doctor’s office for your 6 month check up, and the doctor asked if you could sit on your own. I told her that I couldn’t ever get you to try, unless you were sitting in the grass (because you absolutely HATED the way the grass felt!) so I didn’t really think so. So, right then and there the doctor propped you up on the examination table to a sitting position, and you sat like a PRO! I felt so silly. You little stinker, you have been sitting up like a champ ever since!

Here you are sitting up:

On the 15th you started to play “Patty Cake” with us. You haven’t quite got the clapping down yet, but you will hold your hands in the air as we play with you. You just smile every time we hit your hands!

On the 16th, you started giving us “High 5’s”. The first time you figured out how to do it, you gave the BIGGEST belly laugh. For the first 5-10 times you did you, you were just SO proud of yourself!

On the 21st you started crawling. This was the day before Thanksgiving. Luckily, it was a rather, slow, clumsy crawl at first, so you didn’t make it very far. Otherwise, I would have had some very big troubles getting dinner ready for everyone!

Another first you decided to have right around Thanksgiving was your very first tooth! It actually came through Thanksgiving night (the 22nd). It was amazing because you never cried or acted fussy at all. You are such a sweet girl.

You’ll have to view the full size picture, but circled is your little tooth poking through:

For Thanksgiving this year, we decided to have the entire family over to our home. It was wonderful being surrounded by so many friends and family. Mommy had aprons made for the grandparents that had a picture of you on them with the saying “What’s Cookin’, Good Lookin’” underneath your picture. It was a lot of fun. Of course, right before dinner Mommy had to make a little speech saying how thankful she was for you and Daddy. You are such a blessing, and your Daddy is the most amazing father and husband in the world. I am so grateful for you both.

On the 24th, you started pursing your lips together and blowing a stream of air. We couldn’t figure out what you were doing, that is, until the next day. On the 25th, you started whistling! It was so adorable. I never knew that a baby could whistle. I can barely whistle! I guess you were imitating your Daddy, because he always whistles when he holds you.

As was expected, you’ve been extremely cute! We were able to capture a few of those moments.

This is your in your funny hat. If you can get that hat off of your head, you like to bite the corners:

You like technology about as much as Daddy. You would love to slobber on a camera or computer. This is the look on your face right before the slobbering begins:

You’ve really been liking all of the different baby food you’ve been having. You haven’t quite mastered the art of getting all of the food in your mouth, and much of it drops to the high chair. Once it hits the high chair, you think it’s a toy and put your fingers in it.

You’ve also really began to help around the house. You always try to be a little vacuum cleaner, which means we have to vacuum every day to stop you from putting everything into your mouth. Your favorite chore is definitely the laundry.

Here is you playing with Meme the day before Thanksgiving:

Meme says that when you’re Daddy was your age, he would always roll onto his side and stick one leg out. Then you started doing it too!

Whenever you starts to feel like some exercise, you prefer push-ups. You can do about 1 push-up before you fall and start laughing.

Here you are playing with cousin Micah:

Every Saturday we have Daddy-Daughter day. Dad gets up with you and does as much as Mom will let him. Most of the time is spent on the ground tickling each other and playing with your toys.

I always have a good time playing with your hair. Unfortunately no matter what I do it always wants to stand up!

Here you are with Daddy, Grandma Nita, and Pa in the 4 generation picture:

All in all, it was a good month. You have really reminded Daddy and I of all we have to be thankful for.

We love you bunches and bunches baby girl! xoxoxoxo