Happy Halloween

More Milestones

Before I forget, Maya started sitting up from crawling last Friday. Yesterday she started cruising on the furniture a bit. Not too fast or far but she's getting the idea. Sometimes she thinks she can stand without holding on to anything but she promptly falls over. The first few times she had a really shocked look. Today she thought it was a good idea to pull up on the high chair. It, however, was not. She bumped her chin on the chair then crashed her head on the floor. It was a horrible noise. It didn't really seem to bother her much. She stopped crying after a little snuggling. I think I took longer to recover than she did. In some ways, I'll be happy when she is more stable on her feet. But then she'll probably start running around and climbing on things. I'm not ready for that.

On the food front, Maya is making progress. She has been begging for our food the last few days. Last night I gave her a green bean. She took several nibbles without gagging. Today we went to a halloween party at Derek's work and Maya had some pieces of banana. She also had a few sips of an apple juice box. She wasn't sure what to do with it at first. She preferred my water to juice. I think because it was in a familiar container. Tonight was day 1 of prunes. Hoping they will help with any future tummy troubles.

First Word?

We think Maya says yay when she claps. It's the only time she says it. Usually she says da, ba, or her new thing is sort of a kk sound. Her other new thing is swinging arms and legs around like crazy when we are trying to get her dressed after her bath. You can witness all three new tricks.

New Foods

Maya had peas last week. She seemed to like them. We tried giving her puffs last Tuesday. They didn't go over as well. She wouldn't chew them and so then would hit her tongue in large solid pieces it would make her gag. She had chicken for the first time on Saturday. This is the first meat she's tried. I pureed it myself and it looked gross because of the texture. We mixed it with squash which is about her favorite. She seemed to like it. It seemed to have cause some tummy issues for her though. She was up crying from 1:30 to 3:00 on Sunday night which is very unusual. Usually she just wakes up to eat and then is out again.

Maya's teeth are really starting to show. She's been a drooling mess. Last week she bit me at least once a day. She seems to be getting the hang of her teeth though and it's happened less in the last few days. On Sunday she started chewing her food. It's hilariously over exaggerated. She chews pretty much anything purees, water, a napkin. The napkin still makes me laugh. Usually she doesn't put them in her mouth. She got two bites before I was able to get it away from her. But at least she chewed it.

Yuck face over puffs.

Gagging over puffs.

If you look close you can see her two teeth.

8 Months

Where has the time gone? And who shrank her bear?

3/8/2011

10/22/2011

Milestone after Milestone

Maya now crawls on her hand and knees the majority of the time instead of creeping on her belly. This means she is faster and can get over obstacles. As of Thursday, she has had more success pulling up. And as of Friday, she has what looks to be two teeth poking through. Someone tell her to slow down. She didn't listen to me.

Thursday, I sat Maya in the floor and turned around briefly to grab a shirt for her.  When I turned back around, this is what I found:

Here is one from today. I tried to get one of her teeth but she wasn't having it. So instead I show you her first fast food water. This kept her entertained for a long time. She dumped the water in her lap and cried when I finally took the empty cup away.

Goodbye to my papa

Early Friday morning my family lost a great man. My grandfather passed away at the age of 91.

Papa was an honest, hard working,  Christian man. He was dedicated to his family. He was often in song. He enjoyed his garden. He had a tickly mustache stubble that made Maya laugh when he kissed her. He had a kind heart and a great sense of humor. I was always amazed at his wit and spryness.

We didn't make it back home for the funeral, but I am thankful that Maya and I were able to visit him last month. At the time, he had recently been diagnosed with cancer but was doing fairly well still. The visit was bittersweet. He said that we may never see him again. I told him that we loved him.

We will always remember him.

4/12/2011