The Very Hungry Caterpiller...er...Maia

...And she was still hungry. Today we fed Maia some fabulous rice cereal mixed with a splash of pear juice and water. Mmmm... Maia was definitely a fan. After her cereal, we fed her a bottle (not quite as full as she normally gets), and then she went to bed. A few hours later she woke up and downed another 6 oz. bottle. She's growing fast.

Maia Papaya

Maia turned 4 months yesterday. This is the only pic we got. She loves having something on or next to her face when she goes to bed. Yesterday she chose the dress over the blanket.

Turn Abouts Fair Play

As the world turns, Maia does too. We have been putting Maia to bed in her normal position and we laugh when we find her in a completely different position when she wakes up. Last week I put her in her crib and within a couple minutes (literally) she had done a complete 180. I was lucky to catch it with the camera.

Little Drummer Girl

Joe loves to play the drums with "Beat Master Maia" in the mornings. Maia loves every minute of it. Here's a sample of her skills. This is how Joe got Maia to laugh for him for the first time at the beginning of this month (Sept. 6th). Maia is about 3 1/2 months or so in this video.

Baby Teeth

Joe kept telling me that he thought Maia was teething because she's been chewing on things, has been a little cranky lately (which, to me, I can't tell the difference because she's always cranky...her nickname is MJ Cranky Pants according to cousin Autumn), and she's been so drooly (which, again, she's always drooly to me). Well, today, I was feeding Maia and I thought I saw white on her gums, but I thought it was just milk in her mouth. Lo and behold I run my finger over her bottom gums and there's a tiny sharp spot right in front that has broken through. I couldn't believe it. It shocked me because to me she's not supposed to get teeth until she's 6 months or so. I now wonder how long it will take to grow in and when the second tooth will poke through.

As a side note, Maia's hair is also thinning out and I am afraid it's going to come in blonde. I love her dark hair. I think it is so cute with her bright blue eyes.

McGrabber

This is a tiny clip (kinda boring) of Maia grabbing her teething ring. It's a small motor skill that she's developing but we think it's cool. She's getting quite good at it now. She'll grab your face, her clothes, her pacifier, whatever she can get her hands on.

Popcorn Popping

Maia loves singing with her dad. She always has a great time, especially if she is playing the drums or doing some kind of hand motions.

Say Cheese

Maia is a girl of so many expressions. Here are just a few of her faces. Her expressions differ depending on what her eyebrows are doing.

The last pictures isn't a picture that shows her expressions but I couldn't delete it. (Really, I didn't know how.) She just loves her giraffe/horse/cow (we don't know what it is) stuffed animal.