Gosh, its already the middle of December. I can't believe how fast time flies when you have a newborn. Maya is 7wks now and is such a blast! She is smiling and cooing, which just melts our hearts. Yesterday she grabbed a rag with both hands and started sucking on it (it may have just been a fluke accident?), but we were very excited new parents! Her favorite toy right now is the ponytail on the top of my head. I have never bounced my hair around so much, but she smiles and moves her arms and legs with excitment every time. We enjoy playtime together where we dance and listen to Christmas music, occasionally start to read a book, ( we never get quite through it because she likes to be bounced all the time!!), and play with her rattles. Our night life isn't too bad. Maya sleeps anywhere from 5-7 hours, which I will take any day!!!!! She is your typical newborn, cries when she is tired, hungry, needs to be changed, or wants to be bounced. I feel like we are pretty lucky!
October and November are all kind of a blur. We worked really hard at breastfeeding which I will say did not come easy to us. We finally got it down though and things are going really well! I didn't dress Maya up for Halloween, and we spent Thanksgiving here with Matt's parents and Stacey, Doug and Isabella. Now we are anxiously awaiting Christmas. We can hardly wait for Uncles and Auntie to get here!! So for now we will just enjoy her developments and look forward for more!!
