Maya was a very good girl for Grandma, no tears or anything.

Here’s baby girl in her ISU cheerleading outfit from Aunt Niki.

Sometimes when we ask her to smile for a picture lately she opens her mouth real wide.  I’m not sure if she’s showing off those new molars (sp?) or if she thinks she’s smiling.

Maya & I hung out at Chris & Dawndy’s house on Thursday night.  We intended to take the girls to story time like we usually do, but ended up just letting the girls play.  Maya had so much fun sitting in this massage chair and reading books.

Here’s Lilli, Maya’s 2 yr. old friend.

Silly monkey.

Aunt Barb had lots of beanies for her to play with.

Below is a shot of Maya’s 1st step!  She took one full step for the 1st time and it was fun that so many people were there to see it!  It seems that she’ll take off any day, but nothing more than 1 step quite yet.

Getting a hotel room with a loft sounded like a good idea, until I saw the stairs.

While I did my visit in Lincoln Dustin & Maya went to the mall.  I joined them after for lunch and then we got to ride on the carousel.

We went to a local nursing home to show off the babies in their costumes.  The group included Noelle & Eva, Tamara & Keira, Noelle’s friend Ashley and her daughter.  We had a lot of fun, the residents were so happy to see us. After that we had a little Halloween party at our house and had a good time.

Maya was a lady bug, Keira was a duck and Eva was a unicorn.  Liam below was an military guy. All they wanted to do was crawl up and down the stairs all night.

Maya’s cousin’s came by after all the Halloween festivities to hang out for a bit.  Griffin was an Indian and Kate was Dorthy from The Wizard of Oz.

All bundled up as the sun starts to set.

We headed back home on Sunday in time to make an appearance at the Wilshire Place Halloween party.   It was very windy and cold so we didn’t stay long.  Maya enjoyed looking at all the kids in their costumes and will have a good time on Friday I am sure.

Going down the slide at the play place.

She will not let go of those babies!  She gets so excited when she see’s them every day.  She likes to chew on their heads and carry at least one around with her a good portion of the day.

Height:  30 1/2 inches (85%)

Weight:  23lbs 6 oz. (75%)

Head:  17 3/4 (45%)

Save me Mama!

Auntie Kaitlin and Maya got some good bonding time in.  Uncle Lee spent all afternoon helping us get ready for the party and he was the grill master as well.

She’s getting the hang of this gift thing!

Maya loves her new brown baby from Lee & Kait.

In ducky pj’s before bed, taking the new trike from the Amberson’s for a joy ride.

We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend for our baby girl’s parties.  Everyone was so generous and helpful.  She got to spend a lot of time with her Grandma Jacobsen and her cousins and friends. She has so many new toys to keep her occupied, she just wakes up happy looking forward to rediscovering all the cool things people gave her for her birthday.  Thanks to everyone who showed up, helped out and spent time celebrating with us, we love and appreciate you all very much!

Maya wasn’t real sure what to think at first…

She quickly figured it out and demolished her little cake.  The sugar gave her such a shock she was up half the night!

Her cake was super cute and very yummy!

Maya and Sylvie love climbing the stairs together.

Monkey pj’s and a Curious George to end the day.

She wasn’t sure what to think, but soon figured out there were lots of fun things to be discovered inside the pretty packaging.  The tiny baby dolls were her favorite, they’re the first things she looks for when she wakes up in the morning and gets ready to play.

Maya decided to crash a card game after opening her gifts.