4/18
Maia is four months old today! She is such a sweet baby. She just loves people and smiles so adorably whenever someone talks to her. The other moms at dance class just love on her the whole time we're watching the girls in class. And Maia loves the attention, smiling and gurgling up a storm. =) They say, "she just doesn't ever cry!" And it's true. She almost never does. She just makes enough sound normally to let me know she's hungry and tired, and that's all there is to it. On the few occasions she has been truly upset... it's more of an indignant shriek than a true cry. I don't remember hearing that particular cry before, I think it's all hers and I wonder sometimes how that will translate to later communication efforts. =) But for now I just revel in her sweet smiles and the occasional giggle.
She's moving a lot more than she used to, of course. She loves standing up in my lap, over and over again. And she prefers to be held sitting up instead of lying down when she's awake. Almost any time I put her in tummy time these days she rolls right back over. And when I lay her down in the exercise mat to go do something, like get a drink for one of the other kids, she's not ever in the same position I left her in. She wiggles her way right around 90 degrees from where she started.
She loves the toys in the gym now, especially the butterfly. She grabs that one and pulls it down almost immediately, and then she plays with the kitty that she can't pull loose. Her favorite toys are still her hands though. She often chews on both hands at the same time. Although, if she can get ahold of your hands she does her best to chew on those too. She adores watching her siblings. They get the biggest smiles, and the love helping with her. Donovan brings her soft toys to the point that I have to tell him to replace toys instead of continuing to pile them on her. Serenity has made her giggle the most by doing absolutely crazy silly things. She is a big help, and I trust that she will come and get me if Maia needs me or gets fussy if I need her help. She picks Maia up on occasion, but she's always very careful, and doesn't try to lift her or move her far from where I've put her. So far at least. And Maia is just as thrilled as Serenity is when they are together.
Maia had her doctor appointment! She's 16lbs 8oz, so she has more than doubled in size since birth!!! She's 25.25 inches. Yay Maia!
