July 31, 2008

July 2008

Maya passed the 6 month mark in July.  She marked the occasion with new tricks... crawling and pulling up.  She never tires of holding your hands to stand, walk, or dance.  Her second favorite thing is blowing raspberries on any patch of bare skin she lands her mouth on.... which is hilarious.


She didn't pull herself up in this photo (she pulls this contraption OVER onto herself), but as you can see, she can stand pretty well.  She does pull herself up on whoever is playing on the floor with her.  She crawls all over Mommy all day! 

Awww.... sharing at such a young age!  This month Maya had a playdate with cutie, Reagan.


"Cheeks of Concentration"
Maya has been trying crackers.... if she could just pick it up!  You can tell by her cheeks and tongue that she is really concentrating on the task.


Maya achieved forward motion mid-July and now goes straight for the blinds.  See her go go go, and squeal, squeal, squeal!


July 30, 2008

More July Pictures

The Secret to Our Sleep Success

The Nightcap! After ignoring this recommendation for months (who wants to wake a sleeping baby?!?!), we finally tried waking Maya for a 10:30 feeding and it instantly cured her of random night waking. Now she consistently sleeps until 6am. {and even goes back to sleep until 9am!}



Maya is finally learning to appreciate solid foods. This week she tried green beans from Great Grandma's garden


Our Sweetie
The Little Mermaid

July 19, 2008

Glistas, Goats & Gatsons

The Gatsons & Milsteads visited on July 13th

We showed them around the Glista farm and spent the afternoon at Lake Michigan
Everyone had a lot of fun!
Maya enjoyed the attention from Jaiden, Brody, Cali, and especially Cy.

We MUST THANK...
...Aunt Geri & Uncle Frank for hosting us for lunch.  Your "petting zoo" was the hit of the day!
...Grandma Glista for welcoming everyone to your garden.
...Larry & Larry for giving us the farm tour.
...Sarah and Beth for entertaining Maya on the farm & at the beach.
...Babcia Boyan for being our all-around "Glista Embassador" 
...and of course the Gatsons & Milsteads for coming all this way!  Can't wait to do it agian!