She's WALKING!!!!

TOO CUTE! TOO CUTE! Wayne is sitting on the couch and Maya is in the jumperoo and they're throwing kisses! Maya just learned to make a real kissing noise (previously just a drool kind of thing). TOO CUTE! TOO CUTE!

Speaking of learning, SHE STARTED TO WALK YESTERDAY!!!! Only a few steps, but is was clearly deliberate walking!!! Our baby's growing up.......

And more new things!!!! We have tooth number 4 poking out!!! Wow, new things everywhere!

AND, I almost forgot, Maya is walking and her nose is running! Oh, I crack myself up...sorry. Poor little one has her first cold. And it's a BIG one...such a little nose and so much ummmm, "stuff". Bordering on too much information.....

She said MOMMY

"stand still, stand still" .......Wayne trying to put on Maya's socks. LOL.

Maya does NOT stand still very long. In addition to a new tooth, Maya said "mommy" today!!! Wooooooo-hooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When we left the hotel, the staff gave Maya a doll (orange-baby). Maya is a "charma" - that's for sure!

Planning a Birthday Party

I'm starting to plan Maya's birthday party. It's not very far away and the way time flies. Wow. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

Tooth number 3!

Tooth number 3! Maya's third tooth has broken through. Awwwwww!

We're in Indianapolis, I have some CPE classes. Maya is having BIG fun - as usual. She's started stretching out her arms and then "flopping" on top of us or on any soft surface. Last night she did it on our bed, just over and over, giggling away. Happily, she's learned to stay away from the edges of the bed. It's much less harrowing for us!

We stopped by Connor's Prairie, yesterday. I think that will be more meaningful for her when she's older and in the summer. It's quite cold right now. Yesterday morning there was frost on the car! Brrrrrr!

We think Maya is saying words now, but it's one of those things where we say to each other, "did she say (blank) or are we imagining it?" Yesterday, I was sure she said "bambi". There's some "mmmmmm and noises" that I think is closing on on "mommy" too.

Maya is pretty used to the carseat now. If we don't play music though, or if there are extended commercials, she's not a happy camper. Long stoplights aren't very popular either!

I know I've said it before, but we are SO BLESSED. What an amazing gift God has given us.

Camping

We went camping from Oct 1st until yesterday. Maya had BIG fun! She's a happy camper, for sure.

The weather was nice - even a little warm. When we left Thursday morning (yesterday), ti was chilly, but the rest of the time it was beautiful.

We were at Spring Mill, except for the weekend (we made our reservations at the last minute and the campground was full for the weekend) when we went to Hardy Lake.

Maya LOVED the RV, she could hold onto things and walk around almost everything. Negotiated the steps pretty well, too. She could see us almost all the time which was our favorite part!

Baby girl enjoyed the campfires and even ate outside a few times. I was worried about the bees, so many in the fall, so mostly in the evenings.

We didn't see any skunks (we did smell a few though), but a racoon did make a visit. We hung a birdseed bell outside the rv window, hoping to provide Maya with some "birdie tv" but it didn't entice them.

There were times when it was more like survivor than a vacation - we didn't have water in the beginning - but it all worked out. Camping is an adventure!

One of the most fun days, we met Jeanne and Rupert!!! Up until then, we'd only written ont he internet. After irritating a waiter at Cracker Barrel by staying sooooooo long, we had to break away. Hope to see you again soon!