The life of new parents

mmmmm, carrots!

When you can’t decide which photo is the cutest, post them all.

Maya had her 6 month check-up today with Dr. Wichman. He’s such a sweet doctor. She checked out right on target! Here’s the stats:

Height: 27 3/4 in. (95%)

Weight: 20.9lbs (95%)

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Nanny Katie often keeps Maya happy in the laundry basket. She likes it because she can sit up with enough support not to fall over. (She told me.)

Maya turned 6 months old on Saturday and we had a little family party to celebrate. Grandma J. came in from Tipton and we had a great weekend.

The Amberson’s had us over for a nice brunch Sunday morning and afterward M & Uncle Dennis needed some rest.

M has her thumb through Den’s belt loop. Cutie.

We had such a fun night tonight. We met up with Daddy on the Plaza for dinner and sat outside to enjoy the nice weather. Then we walked around and did some shopping and then went to Jean’s house and hung out on her porch for a bit.

Getting ready for bed.

Maya loves to roll around and play with her feet.

So, here we are on the way to see the Royals vs. the Yankees. Pretty exciting. Except that the only person who got to see any of the game was Dustin. It started raining on our way to the game and it was pretty chilly outside. We drove around hoping for the rain to stop and Dustin ran into Wal-Mart to get some rain gear and we finally arrive at the game and its time for M to eat. M won’t eat in the car. She wants to look out the window at all the people walking by in the pouring rain looking in our car to see why a baby is in the front seat. We put her back in her seat and she cries because she’s hungry. We drop daddy off and then run to Grandma’s to see if baby will eat there. I get lost on the way, its pouring, dark, baby is screaming in the backseat and I’m lost! She ate a little when we got to Grandma’s and was starting to calm down when we got a text that daddy was cold and we should go pick him up. More crying, more driving, more being lost, I’ll save you the rest. By the time our family outing to the Royals was over I had spent over 3 hrs driving around in the rain. Not a fun night…but Nanny Katie will get us more tickets in the future and baby will actually get to get out of the car next time.

Hanging out with Cousin Griffin on Saturday. Trying to roll away from him!

Happy girl in a pretty Sunday dress. We had brunch with Uncle Lee & Kaitlin today after church and later came back to our house to hang out. Maya loved the attention and was a very good girl.

Maya’s 2nd bottom front tooth popped through yesterday and she’s pretty happy about it. Here she is wearing a cute outfit from Great Aunt Kathy in Michigan. Happy Birthday a couple days ago Great Aunt Kathy! Come see us this summer if you can!

Bedhead….this is her “Good morning Mommy!” face. Precious.

Maya’s been playing with her toes whenever possible. She just holds onto both feet and rolls all around, its super cute (of course).

If you’ve eaten a meal in front of Maya lately you know she’s showing all of the signs of being ready for baby food. She’ll reach for your food and drink and make you feel super guilty for not sharing. So tonight, we decided to try some yummy organic brown rice cereal. She wasn’t sure what to think at first but ended up doing pretty well and even managing to swallow some. I think she likes it! She’d rather grab the spoon and bowl and feed herself but she did let mommy do it some too.

Maya had her 1st piano lesson yesterday, and I must say it appears she’s a natural!  But how could she not be?  Its in her gene’s.  Mommy plays piano, Great-Grandma Lavona & Great-Grandma Jacobsen played the piano beautifully, Aunt Niki, Aunt Brie, and now Kate.

Its a family affair.

Look Mom!