I was enthralled with the puppy dogs down in TN. My aunt Chrisy has a lab mix named Gracie and lab named Lilly. Gracie and I were instant friends! I loved her and she was so sweet to me.
Gracie loved me to pat her on her head.
I also loved Papaw's puppy dog, Rusty! I wanted to get in the cage with him!
Mommy can I PLEASE have a dog???
My new friends Ashley and Hayley, and their parents Nikki, and Greg. My daddy and their parents go way back. I loved talking to the girls at lunch at Sticky Fingers!
Me and my buddy Michael. He is almost exactly one year older than me!
The Paynes and Vannostrans...I went to visit Michael up in Cleveland while my mommy and daddy got to visit with his parents, Traci and Richie. We got to see the end of the TN game that went into 4 overtimes. WHOOOHOOO!!! TN won and is going to the SEC championship....my daddy sure was happy!
This is how my mommy and daddy find me most mornings! I don't know how I do it, but I love to get into this position to sleep. Even though I am on my tummy, my doctor says not to worry. She said that if I can roll from side to side then if I put myself on my tummy then it is ok to leave me that way. I must be sleeping well...check out the drool stain next to my mouth :) Maybe I am so excited about crawling that I am doing it in my sleep?!?!
Thankgiving lunch at Aunt Aylssa's and Uncle Eddie's.
My cousin, Jared, and my daddy acting crazy! Yum, the turkey looks great. I can't wait to have some next year. I will have to stick to my rice cereal, oatmeal and peas for now.
I love my cousins, Madison and Jared!
Family party pic on Thanksgiving Day!
A Payne familly tradition: game night after turkey day. We play all kinds of games, but it all comes down to who will win Scrabble! This year my daddy won the final game with a bingo of the word "Crimson!"Much to my mommy and daddy's mixed emotions, I am ON THE GO! I know they are happy that I have reached this milestone, but I think they were hoping that I would stay immobile for a little while longer. Oh well! My favorite thing to crawl to is the remote and my diaper bag. Ready or not, here I come!
I love Christmas already! I am mesmerized by the tree lights and ornaments. I loved hearing all of the stories behind every ornament on our tree. My mommy and daddy collect an ornament every place they have been, so there are some from AL to TN to Brazil to France to Ireland, etc. The newest ornament was from our trip to Philly. 
I loved watching mommy put up the tree light.
There is Daddy putting the finishing touch on the tree!
I am on the verge of crawling. I am getting so good at getting up on all fours and rocking. I can even bring one knee up, but I haven't quite gotten the hang of moving my hands and knees at the same time. Watch me in action.......
