Friday, April 30, 2010

Cute things Maya does...

Each month we get to write a letter to our birth mom.  These are some of the cute things Maya does that were included in the letter:
  • Maya is a sneezer, but when she sneezes, it is always twice, and only like once a day.
  • She makes the cutest sounds. Sounds like a sheep sometimes, and squeals like a piglet.
  • She is learning to use her legs, I used to call this her diaper dance, where she would kick her legs as I was changing her diapers. Now she kicks her legs whenever she is laying flat on her back. She also moves her hands with it.
  • She still sleeps most of the day. And wakes every 2-3 hours at night.
  • She will only take a binkey sometimes, but doesn't seem to need it.
  • When she is sound asleep she sometimes cries out, and then goes right back to sleep.
  • She has bright big eyes (kind of like Brianna), and is starting to focus on things around her.
  • She is a gassy baby, which makes her smile ALL the time. She sometimes also laughs.
  • She LOVES the water. Wether we are soaking her feet, taking a bath, or a shower. She actually cries when she has to leave the water or if she hears the shower and doesn't get into the water.
  • She likes to hold her hands, closed tight, with her thumb under her forefinger (like “got your nose”)
  • She holds her head up, her neck is really strong.
  • She gets Hiccups almost every time she eats.
  • At her 2 week checkup she weighed 7 pounds 1 once and was 20 inches and was perfectly healthy
  • Her favorite place to sleep is on my or Dan's chest (especially at 5:00 AM)


Wednesday, April 28, 2010

More pics

Baby Showers

The last few weeks have been full of bab showers.  So far Dan's family had one (From Ana, Tia Leni, and Heidi), Tara through one for my firends in the ward, and My mom and sisters gave me one for the old neighberhood, and friends.

Thank you to everyone for your suport and excitement.

Here are some pics.
cousins born on same day






Doreen and Maya
Jack and Maya
Martha and Quinn, Patty and Maya
Grammy and Bennett




Common...


Becky and Devyn
Kristy and Dave
Chris and Parker


Dan, Maya, Dave and Parker
Maya and Mia, cousions

Maya's Room

It's almost done!  This is the main wall where her cradle goes.  A good friend Missy helped by cutting out the dots, and the words are cut from a clear tablecloth plastic.  We wanted to have "discrete" words on the wall.

The words include, love, create, muse, excite, love and my favorite word Giggle. 



This is the wall with the cradle that my dad made in front of it, and our new rocking chair!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Pics from CA

We just received these pics from my aunt and uncle in the mail.  These were taken Maya's first week, In CA. Obviously, I'm not a writer, but just love to show pics. :) 

We put socks on her hands, so she wouldn't scratch her face.



2 days old, on the boat March 27, 2010. 


Santa Barbara Beach, 4 days old - March 29, 2010


On the pier

First restaurant. 


Getting ready to leave CA.  March 30, 2010.



Maya's fav Great Aunt and Uncle (sorry to everyone else, she hasn't met you yet :)  Thank you for letting us stay with you!  We couldn't have asked for better hosts!