Maya continues to be a rock star baby at daycare; all of the kids call her Baby Maya, and we often hear the older children referring to her as "my baby" (e.g., telling us at pick up, "My baby was talking today"). She has become more aware of other children and watches intently on their movements. Maya continues to enjoy spending time and learning from her big girl friends Clara and Lucie; second cousins Jenna and Brett were very excited to play with Maya and show off their singing and dancing skills.
Developmentally, Maya seems to learn new skills every day. She continues to explore making sounds with her tongue and lips, which Mommy finds very fascinating. On 6/3, Maya imitated a "raspberry sound" using her tongue. We often find her "practicing" moving her lips and tongue to perfect their coordination for speech. On 6/10, Maya began moving her hand/fist over her mouth to create new sounds and has been chatting away since! Maya has been communicating with us by shaking her head back and forth, especially when it is feeding time. She moves her head and body from side to side when we sing to her as well. Motorically, on 6/1, Maya began sitting in a tripod position when placed there; by 6/11, Maya sat unsupported for just under 5 minutes!
On 6/12 we went to the doctor's for a baby well visit. Maya weighed in at 16 pounds (50th percentile) and she measured 25 inches long (25th percentile). The good news is Maya got out of getting her vaccinations this visit...the bad news is that Maya had an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum in her right ear. Despite the amount of pain we could only imagine this causing, Maya has been a very happy baby continually enjoying the world around her.
Maya turned 6 months on 6/10! Happy 1/2 birthday Maya Boo!!!
George and my foot...what's there not to smile about?
Holding hands with George
Okay Mom, take the picture already...
My buddy George
Look Ma, no hands!
This is my tongue, and here are my toes
Rice cereal tasting
Carrot tasting
Carrot tasted
Carrots taste better when eaten by foot
Tasting pears (aka: my pirate face)
Happy Baby
Sitting up
Here's looking at you kid
This is the "daycare do"
Lucie gets to hold Maya on her lap
Clara, Maya, and Lucie...the pink ladies
With cousins Jenna and Brett
Petting the kitty
Sleepy eyes
Maya telling us how she really feels
If you're hungry and you know it bang your spoon...
