LATELY
Lately, you have been clapping and waving a lot. You laugh all the time, and we get to see your huge four top teeth and two bottom ones as you babble and giggle throughout the day. Your favorite thing to do lately is stand up. You continue to talk to me all day long. You are the best girl and I can't imagine my days without you by my side!
This week has been different. Grandpa was sick and so was I, and daddy had a shoot out of town in the middle of the week, so our schedule was unusual. The silver lining? You got to spend a lot of quality time with both sets of your grandparents. You spent one day with grams and grandpa. I knew that you had a great time by your disposition when I picked you up. And it's just so sweet seeing you on your grams' hip. You and I spent the night last night with grandma and grandpa, too, which was fun and novel. You got to watch Reading Rainbow on the giant projector screen, and I know grandma and grandpa enjoyed spending so much time with you! I overheard grandma telling you, right before we left, that she already missed you.
Lately you've become very vocal about your wants and needs and it's so fun to watch. You say "eee-get" a lot, your dad and I noticed. We think it's your way of saying "I got it." And when you are excited or frustrated, there's no denying it as you let us know. Sometimes very loudly. Ha. You are so expressive. It's just fascinating to watch you develop and come into your own! You're the best, little girl, and we love you so!
HOLIDAY BREAK!
What a fun holiday break that was! It was full of museum-hopping, looooong walks, and most importantly, lots of quality time with friends and family. Especially daddy! We were so sad to see him go back to work Monday.
YOUR FIRST CHRISTMAS!
Here are some photos from your very first Christmas day/night! Of course you loved opening presents and listening to Christmas music but more importantly, you loved spending time with both sets of grandparents. We spent the day at grandma and grandpa's house. It was so fun and festive! Then we had the most peaceful and relaxing dinner with grams and grandpa and it was perfect! Before we left, you fell asleep on the porch swing. What a big day for our best girl! I'm so thankful for everyone who made your first Christmas so special!
MAEVEY THESE DAYS
I still have tons of photos to post from Christmas and New Year's but you are changing and growing so much lately that I felt compelled to quickly jot down some of your milestones and isms, in no particular order...
- you wave and you clap, and we can't get enough of it
- you have five big beautiful teeth and we think another one is coming soon
- yep, you got your two front teeth!
- you talk constantly
- you have started trying to kiss us...sometimes you don't get it quite "right" and lick us instead
- your new favorite thing is looking at photos of friends and family
- you have no interest in crawling but can pretty much stand on your own
- your hair is getting so long
- you are still so observant
- topping the things-that-always-make-Maeve-smile list as of late: your daddy's arrival home from work, Lilly running inside after a bathroom break, Louis doing anything, spotting another baby or children, looking at photos of yourself, grandma making piggy noises (and so many other things - you're the happiest baby)!
- you just started pointing, ever so delicately, at things like the flowers on the back cover of A Chair for My Mother
And you are the sweetest girl and my very best friend!
Oh, and you have the cutest cowlick when you wake up in the morning these days. Be still my heart!
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