First, she realized that those hands that flutter around her face are her own, and even more she learned she can do things with them. Some examples are:
1. She is actually able to play with her toys now! Before, I would hold things in front of her and she wouldn't pay much attention, but over the weekend, she was able to really interact with a toy that Grandma bought for our trip to Maryland (more on that later). Check her out in this video:
2. She's starting to suck on her fingers! We kinda figured she would be a thumb-sucker when all the ultrasound pics showed her doing it in the womb, but she just recently learned how to do it outside of the belly. It's so fun to watch her stick each of her fingers into her mouth, but the best is when she gets the thumb in there. I haven't been able to get a picture of it yet, but here is one of her with a bunch of fingers in the mouth.
3. She's also using her hands more to play with her pacifier - sometimes she takes it out and turns it on the side to gnaw at it that way. I mentioned this to the teacher at our Baby Class who said it's a sign she's a good manipulator. Uh oh!!
Besides developing these skills, Maya has also really improved her gross motor this past week. She's now able to hold her head AND chest up during tummy time, which has led to a really funny new trick - turning over!
We had a great time in Maryland this past weekend, celebrating a bunch of birthdays (Marcus 8/29, Clara 9/21, Richard 10/3, Mike 10/18, Samantha 10/27) - in total we were celebrating 163 years of life. Luckily Mom decided not to put all those candles on the cake - she really would have started a fire this year!
Maya loved meeting her uncle, aunt and cousins. Here's a shot of all the granddaughters:
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| The next generation of Laich Girls! And none of them are blonde! |
We got to see Erin too, who got her the most appropriate gift!
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| Nope, doesn't fit me. I guess I'll give it to Maya! |
