Effect: There haven't been pictures put up here in a while.
Cause: Dave and I lost our camera (oops). We got a new one, which has a million pics on it already--but I don't have the software for it on my computer yet---so no new pics.
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Effect: Now there are new pics.
Cause: My mom was fed up with my lack of updates and emailed me a bunch of pictures from August.
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Effect: Now I have to keep her hands clean.
Cause: Maya has figured out how to get her hands in her mouth (very cute) and suck on her fist.
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Effect: We are bouncing her, rocking her, making funny noises, and behaving like idiots.
Cause: Maya has starting smiling at things (finally---after acting like a potato for the first several weeks of life).
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Getting ready for a stroll . . .
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With cousin Emerson in NJ . . .
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Maya's favorite position, semi-sitting up . . .
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Maya & I with Collin, Lisa & Emerson (Maya looks so little!):
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All tuckered out:
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Notice the hairdo in this one. She has one big curl on the top of her head. All of her hair is falling out along the sides, so she has a fauxhawk. Also, her hair is long in the back---so it's a fauxhawk mullet. And now the top is getting curly. Very stylish :) Here she is laughing at my mom . . .
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Going out to hunt down dinner:
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With mom & dad:
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"Have you seen my tongue recently? Here it is :)"
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Layla has no interest in Maya (she is too noisy and unpredictable). And since Maya doesn't even know that she has hands yet, she's unaware that we have a cat. But my mom managed to get this quick interaction on film before Layla quickly sauntered away.
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Pictures are so fun. They make me giggle :)