This has been a month of reflecting on what we are grateful for. Always at the top of our list is little Maya and the joy and wonder she has brought into our lives.
I have been thinking about other characteristics besides the normal items.
- Maya has sparkling bright brown eyes, especially when she smiles
- Both thumbs are double jointed
- Her hair is dark and strait. The hairs in the back stand strait up, I must use hair gel or water to keep it down. It is now long enough to put a small rubber band to create a “Pebbles” Flinstone hairdo.
- She has a cute birthmark on her left elbow. It looks like a small lima bean
- Her fingers are long, and the nails grow super fast. Its hard to keep them short so she doesn't scratch herself and us.
Things she is learning and developing
- Maya is a momma's girl. When I am at home she wants to be with me.
- She has started rolling font to back both ways right and left, and I think she is learning the value of it. (Getting toys or other things.
- Maya loves electronics. Her favorite things to play with are the cell phones, remotes and cables. If we are using them, she wants to too.
- We play patty cake and she doesn't want to stop. She can almost clap her hands together herself.
- She has started pulling herself up onto things (just yesterday, and learned the hard way to sit back down (bump on head.)
- Maya loves to kick. When excited, happy, sad, crying, tired... We took her to a hot springs, put her in a life jacket and she kicked all the way around it. She's going to be a great soccer player and probably a great swimmer!!
- She loves baths, we gave her the first “Big Girl” bath without the baby tub. She is in heaven when she is in the water.
- She can drink from a sippy cup. We had to try a few to find one that she liked, but success!!
- She loves to smile. Any excuse she gets, she smiles, laughs or giggles.
- I believe she is a thinker. She concentrates so hard on certain things.
- I think she is learning about her tongue. She clicks it and sticks it in and out.
- When she is drinking her bottle at night, she likes to hold my fingers. She especially likes to pinch the tops.
- She loves her jumper. She has learned how to play with the various activities around it. She can now twist and turn to get to them. Instead of jumping up and down, she likes to jump side to side.
- She can now play on her own. She will find a toy and distract herself for 20-30 minutes at a time.
- My favorite this month is that she has learned how to kiss. When we make the kissy noises, she will pucker her lips (sometimes tongue out) and lean in for the kiss. Super cute!
- We can always tell that Maya is done eating, or doesn't want more milk because she will press her lips tightly together, or pucker them, and turn her head away.
- When putting her to bed, we know she is ready to stay asleep when she rolls to her side.
- This month we took her bowling twice, Maya seemed to enjoy herself
- She is such a dare devil. She loves to be upside down, thrown up in the air, and her new trick is that she loves to roll off the couch (I am there to catch her)
- Maya is SOOO ticklish. Belly, back and especially under the chin.
- She has found her lips with her fingers and likes to strum them like a guitar to make noises.
- She is still a talker, sometimes she really really wants to be the loudest person in the room.
- She puts everything into her mouth, I mean EVERYTHING
- Maya loves to scratch fabric, and various surfaces, she likes to hear the noises, and feel the textures.
New Jacket
Thanksgiving 2010
Mom's new hair...
Super cute Hair bow...
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