Day 137

Dear Daddy,

Here are today's pictures. Sorry there aren't a lot of them... I was into everything all day, and that is kind of hard to take pictures of!

This is what I wore to church today...

Mommy was putting her lunch into the microwave, heard something rattling, ran into the livingroom and this is what she found...

Then she moved me, went to push start on the microwave, and THIS is what she came back seconds later to find...

Today I was giving myself a bottle and decided to play music with my feet at the same time. I'm so talented!

These are my other pair of new jammies...

Look what I found! Another pacifier!

So I'll put it in my mouth...

Wait, I already have one in there!

I just can't figure it out!

I love you, daddy, and I can't wait to see you.
Love, Maya

Day 136

Dear Daddy,

Hopefully tonight was the last of the rough nights... mommy and I both hope so. This is how I was sleeping when mommy got up this morning:

Here I am waving at something, as usual...

Then we went to the beach! This was my first real trip of course-the times before we just went to see the water, and I just got my feet wet. First thing I had to do was investigate the sand... I loved it! Surprisingly, I never tried to put a handful in my mouth, either!

This is as close as I could get to the water before I freaked out. By the time the waves were washing up on me, I was very scared and didn't like it at all...Mommy kept trying, but it was no good. So she held me, and I was content to just hold on to her and watch. We will keep trying, because I think mommy is determined for me to love the ocean just as much as she does!

Right after all of those pictures were taken, we got rained on. BIG drops started to come down, and so we all hurried to the cars... but didn't quite make it. It was a big, sandy, baby powder covered mess trying to get Emily and I cleaned off and out of our swimsuits (and of course I poopood in my water diaper) but we somehow managed to get into our vehicles before the big pouring rain REALLY hit. We went to Panera, since we were close, and boy were we a wreck!

Mommy and I got an interesting nap in (she will tell you about that), and after we got home and showered and I had a bath we felt so much better. We just hung out all night-I was tired and my mouth hurts, so all I wanted to do was play and cuddle... it didn't take too awfully much to get me to go to sleep tonight. Here I am in my new jammies... they are a little big on me (you can't tell... but they are really long) but I will grow into them!

Mommy realized WHY the prayer shawl Miss Brenda knitted for me had been pulled on by me the last few nights... mommy thinks I am trying to get to my bear in the morning when I am in playing! Usually the bear sits on top of it... but mommy moved the shawl over a little bit so my little fingers couldn't grab it tomorrow morning.

I love you, daddy, and I can't wait to see you.
Love, Maya

Day 135

Dear Daddy,

This morning mommy and I slept in.. since I was up all night for the third night in a row. Mommy sure does know how to manipulate me and make me sleep a little more... oh well, we both needed it.

When I got up, I was cheerful as can be!

New adventures...

I love hitting my hands on the linoleum because it makes a funny sound.

Mommy got me these shoes a long time ago and tucked them away, and got them out today for me to put on. Aren't they cute? She forgot to take a picture of the tops... she will soon.

Another thing I got today was a new toy! I have a fascination with the red and blue balls that came with my kitchen set, so mommy saw these when we were running errands today and grabbed them. They each do different things-spin and move in different directions and in different ways. I am so fascinated and love them!

Another thing I love is the box my gate is in! What another cool toy for Mommy to get for me-a box! Mommy was smart and went ahead and put it on the floor, because she knew I would just pull it down.

I love you, daddy, and I can't wait to see you.
Love, Maya

Day 134

Dear Daddy,

Well. Last night, for the second night in a row, I didn't sleep well at all. It wasn't my fault-mommy swears all of my teeth are coming in at the same time. Actually, the night before last, right before she woke up, she had a dream that she had a baby (it wasn't me) that woke up and had sprouted every one of his teeth. Wouldn't it be nice if I just did that? Mommy sure thinks so.

Mommy had to get up early this morning to finish getting ready for her party, so I thought I'd join her, even though she was banking on this time to get things speedily done. I am so silly. I was such a good girl at the party, except for the part where I was in my jumperoo and mommy is pretty sure I ate a button off my shirt. I won't tell her if I did or not-she just knows that it's not on my shirt anymore and she can't find it anywhere. I am going to make her look in my poopoo for a couple of days and then she can figure out if I ate it or not.

After the party, mommy caught me-for the second time-doing this:

This is the aftermath of our party.

I was so glad for you to read to me today...

I even had to wave hi.

Mommy thought this would be a fun game to play-the "Where's Maya" game on a much larger scale. I sat there for a minute while she asked the big question over and over again, and then let out a huge wail...

I love you, daddy, and I can't wait to see you.
Love, Maya