January 2011

January is over, time fly's so fast. Little Maya is now 10 months old. She is learning in leaps and bounds. 

Fun things Maya does:

• She is crawling all around, everyday she gets faster and faster, as much as I love to see her crawling, I miss the scoot and sit that she became so good at. 

• She follows us from room to room, we say “Maya come here” and she follows
• When I say “Yeah Maya”, She will clap her hands, without prompting
• She waves her arm, when we say “Bye, Bye”.
• She is starting to get used to routines, going to bed, or eating routines.
• She will lift her arms when she wants to be held. (she has been doing this for a while, but now is a champ)
• I took her to a swimming pool for the first time with aunts and cousins, she has so much fun, and fell right to sleep when we got back in the car

• She had her first cold this month. She hasn't been sick before, and is still fighting the runny nose.
• She recognizes the different tones of voices. When I say no, or am happy, or sad.
• We have been trying to teach her some sign language, and I think she can now say “all done” with her hands.
• Dan taught Maya when she pinches his nose he would make a “honk” noise, now out of the blue she will pinch one of our noses, and waits for the “honk”.
• Maya raises her hands way above her head, and loves to be tickled
• She loves to have her head rubbed and hair played with
• Her hair is getting so long that I can put piggy tails in it. I will do either 1 in the middle, or two, one on each side. It is also starting to have some curls.
• When either Dan or I are lying on the ground, Maya can't help herself, and needs to be crawling all over us. She laughs and laughs.
• She still has only 8 teeth, but they are coming in fast. She loves to have me brush her teeth every night.
• Last night I hid something behind my back, and she looked for it, she hasn’t done this before.

We can’t believe that life could bring so many blessings and joy in such a short amount of time. We truly are humbled to have Maya and you in our lives.