New stuff all the time...

Maia lip trills! She actually does this quite a bit, and over the lasts week or two, she sort of does it as part of her "singing." When she sings, she really experiments with her range, and it sound really whistle-y as she sings higher and higher. Maia plays in the sprinkler (and doesn't like it much!) I really wanted to have her play in the pool that Grandma Effie bought... it was hot, and I thought it would be a perfect day... however, that is NOT a one person job to put that together. Think of it as a 1/8 version of the monster screen house we all have, but with water in it, intentionally! Poles, and poles, and more poles. And some PVC elbows. It's also quite sizable, so it might be better suited for when she's a little bigger. Oh yeah... and MAIA TAKES SOME STEPS!!!! She actually took her first ones like this a on Thursday night (6/25/09)... She did it two different times - about 3 steps into my arms. This is the first time we got it on video, and got a few more steps this time, too! We worked on it a lot this evening. On a side note, we went to the annual "Funk Invitational" Golf Outing and Picnic with Ray's co-workers. Maia very much enjoyed her day outside, and was extremely interested in chasing their cat as fast as she could crawl after it! The cat was tolerant at first, hoping for a nice belly rub from this very small human... but oddly, disappeared completely after she started chasing it.