I can stand up by myself

Those of you who aren't Facebook fans (you've got nothing to lose, may as well go ahead and "like" us) might not have seen this yet . . .

This morning Maya stood up---not pulled up, stood up without touching anything---for the first time ever! Once she had done it twice I grabbed my cell phone and got it on tape (turn down your volume, I'm screechy):



(If you just see a blank area with a play button, click play and the video will appear)

Standing up, for reals

Maya stood up today!!!!

(Some of you who are avid readers of this blog (I mean, who isn't?!) may be thinking . . . um, this was news circa Oct. 2009 . . . remember, the post titled "Things I do, 2 awesome updates"? But that phase of pulling up to stand only lasted a week. She would pull to standing and then cry hysterically because she was stuck . . . she locks her legs and couldn't bend to get down. And then she stopped pulling up.)

This morning after PT she crawled across the mat and stood right up next to her "table". I was so psyched and took a pic:


Carol (her therapist) and I watched and waited to see what would happen . . . and she managed to get down (she puts her hands down onto a little stool that was next to her, then bent her legs down). And over the course of the day she stood a bunch more times. Dave didn't get home until late, so we taped it so that he could see:



(Signing Times is a dvd series that teaches American Sign Language to kids . . . it's what Maya is learning, we usually watch a dvd once a day)

Things I do, 2 awesome updates

My life in pictures:

I'm a great eater of baby foods :) This is one week's worth of jars (M-Sun), plus I eat a lot of yogurt and mashed potatoes! I'm struggling to progress to thicker textures, but we're working on it.

I go to the park! At the park, we do physical therapy-ish exercises, crawl around, climb on stuff, and swing!
My pants get super dirty from crawling around. Everyone else at the playground can walk, so I look ridiculous in my constantly blackened pants. Mommy wonders if people think that she doesn't wash my clothes.I'm figuring out how to climb and chase the big kids!

A few times a week, I go swimming :)

And when I wake up from my nap, I like to turn on the mobile and gather my book, baby, and bunny all together:

I like to sit in my giant egg. Ok, just kidding, these are from a trip to Central Park Zoo that I took with Mom & Grandma. I love the penguins and the petting zoo!





And every day ends with a fun bath with my daddy. He's the best bath giver in the world. Then I get all wrapped up like a little flower.

And . . . . DRUMROLL, please . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 giant milestones this week! On Thursday, I babbled my first consonant babbles. I now say "Mamamamamamama" whenever I'm tired or agitated :) It's super cute and mom & dad are psyched that I'm making more noises.

AND this morning I stood up----all by myself!!! All of a sudden mom & dad looked over and saw this:

I'm getting big & strong :)

Fast food, and a table

Today's milestone: Maya's first meal outside of a high chair! Feeding her outside somehwere has been on my to-try list for a while, so when we decided to run errands today we brought along a jar of food. Here she is (in the shopping cart at Costco):



The re-designing of the play area continues, and today we brought in the table that I was creating the other day. It was a success, although I think I may need to add a mat or something to the top so that toys don't slip as easily.

Not interested yet:


Hey, what's this?

Perfect height for standing play: