Amari is confident doing downward dog pose and is ready to teach yoga to the college kids in Northampton.

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Cousin Kale is facinated by Amari's ability to grab and chew on the towel tag.

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While Kale is still focused on the tag Amari contemplates what he can grab next.

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Asher and Amari enjoying chewing on corn on the cob during dinner at Stepping Stone Farm.

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Amari was excited to be able to touch cousin Calliope after being around other baby cousins he can't be so hands on with.

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My cousins Hubie and Corrina enjoy brunch with Amari.

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Rene was enjoying swinging in the summer breeze until Amari warned her of the immanent peril approaching from above.

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While posing with our good friend Pat at pizza night Amari was looking more like a little boy than a baby.

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Nadine took a break from her VT dirt divas to visit us.

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Nadine has an impressive record for visiting Amari because she made it to see him when he was 2 week old, 3 months and 6 months old.

Amari with a fraction of the Sankofa and NH crew.

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Kyle and Amari did some dancing and singing together.

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When trying to play with Ginger sometimes Amari calls out and heads straight towards her.

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Amari isn't really crawling yet but he can cover ground through a combination of lurching ,wiggling, reaching, and rolling. He was sad to miss a few days of crawling practice because he was sick and did not have the energy for a lot of moving. Both Amari and I were sick last week which is my excuse for the lack of blogging posts. We are both feeling better but you can see his stuffy nose in a few of the photos.

sometimes he takes a more subtle sideways approach.

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Auntie Dove trys out the double Ergo baby carrying technique.

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On the swing with Auntie Dove

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I was complaining to Noah that I did not have any photos of him with Amari for the blog so he had to endure a photo shoot while trying to have a snack

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Uncle Noah may be looking perplexed by something Greta said but Amari is just happy to be having snacks with everyone.

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The onesie from Aunt Lynnise is now accurate.

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