Swimming!!!

Maya started swimming class at the Y last week! It's really just an "adjustment to water" class, but she had a good time splashing around in the pool and singing songs and stuff! Daddy came along to the first class to get some pictures....here we are:

Maya Maya Bathy Time!!!

Maya loves her bathtime now!! We couldn't help but snap a few shots after her bath a couple days ago....just too cute for words :)

"Who me?? I didn't take the Desitin!!"

"OK, you got me....want to share???"

"Oh Daddy....you are TOO funny!!!!"

....and did you notice in these pictures that she is sitting up...unsupported by anything?? We were, of course, close by, just in case, but she is getting very strong and sits up by herself for quite some time now! I will actually leave her now with the Boppy or some pillows around her...she loves to play sitting up, only, occasionally, she also decides she'd like to lie down, and she's not real graceful at that yet :)!

On a side note, our little baby is 6 months old today...little tear...how the time has flown!!

Maya's weekend with Nana & Grandpa!

This past weekend while Kevin and I were in Vegas, Nana and Grandpa came from Ohio to watch Maya! They had a blast...here are a few pics I stole from my mom's camera.....

"I can eat my own toes now!!!"

Maya and Nana enjoying some outside time...

She was a good eater while we were gone!

She helped Grandpa read the paper in the morning...

She likes to play peek-a-boo....even by herself! "I wonder if anyone will try to find me!!!"

"Nana brought a cool new toy for me to eat...I mean play with!"

Nana and Grandpa were fun, but I'm glad to have Mommy and Daddy home again :)

Thank you Nana and Grandpa for taking care of Maya while Mommy and Daddy were re-living their pre-Maya days in Vegas!! Thank God we didn't lose her college fund!!! :)

For Beth...

Ask and ye shall receive, Beth! Here is a quick update of what Maya's been up to recently! (in backwards time order, because that's how the pictures upload, and I don't know how to fix it, and I'm not in the mood to move them all....)

First, what we've been doing a lot of....walking! Usually one walk in the stoller, then an evening walk in the Baby Bjorn so she doesn't fall asleep close to her bedtime, which is bound to happen in the stroller!)

Next, Daddy's new football.....

...just hangin' out being cute :)

...at Ali's birthday dinner - we were there past Maya's bedtime, so she slept on Grandpa :)

Maya's new favorite activity - the jumperoo!!! The picture doesn't capture the pure joy on her face as she bounces...and the squeals of laughter that can be heard outside!!

...and finally a mother/daughter shot from Mother's Day (I think we are singing Maya's new favorite song -- "it's...peanut butter jelly time!! ...ask Uncle Keith what the song is, if you have no idea what I'm talking about :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALI!!!

Today is Maya's cousin, Ali's, 2nd birthday!!!! I can't believe she is 2 already!! It seems like just yesterday we were visiting her in the hospital when she was born...and now she's running around talking and playing catch and doing "big girl" things!! Crazy!! She can even say my name now!!! Well...by name, I mean "Ee-ka" but I know that it's me! :) So - Happy Birthday to our first born niece, Maya first cousin, and soon to be leader of the pack of new baby girls!!! :)

Maya has a new cousin!

Madeleine Marie Knudtson was born yesterday, May 8, 2009 at 10:14pm! She weighed in at 7 lbs 11 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Maya is now the "middle" cousin on Kevin's side of the family! Mom and baby are doing great...even after 25 hours of labor...and Jenn is still recommending the VBAC for our next one - that's how much better the recovery is going! :) We shall see... in the meantime we are enjoying our newest niece -- weekends at the lakehouse are going to be crazy from here on out with 3 little girls running around! I can't wait! Maya has not met her yet, since we couldn't bring her to the hospital, but they are coming home tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll get more pictures then!!

Uncle Keith visits

Uncle Keith came to visit last weekend from Florida!! He's been here 3 times now since Maya was born -- way more than we used to see him, so we're glad that he now has someone to come and visit ;) Mommy and Daddy and the grown-ups went to Beer Fest last Saturday while Maya had her first sleepover at Abuelita and Grandpa's house!! She did great! She even slept an hour longer than she normally does at home...until almost 7:00! :) (I think Abuelita must have worn her out!! :) They say she was very good, so maybe there will be more sleepovers in the near future!! ;)
I don't have much else to report -- Maya has just been busy perfecting her rice cereal eating (she is a pro!), learning to eat her toes and discovering that she has a voice! All day long, she just loves to make noise come out of her mouth...and she really only has one volume - LOUD! :) Here's one more shot of her enjoying her jumperoo -- she has figured out the jumping part and loves to bounce around in it and play with the many toys!!!