Mother's Day

For my first (official) Mother's Day, Ray made me a fantastic meal of meatballs and sauce. YUM! We had my parents, and my sister's family over for dessert and coffee in the late afternoon. Maia is not fully into a phase of stranger anxiety, but she gets mildly clingy when people appear whom she has not seen for a while. Fortunately, she warms up quickly. The kids, however, never fail to get her happy, excited, and quickly heading toward overstimulated! Are they coming? Maia and her cousins: Lydia, Maia, Emily, Adrian Maia and My Mother Me, My Mother, My Sister

Working on her skill set

Where did my baby go? Temper? Who has a temper? I'm not happy because I ran out of room!

Swinging into May

Maia got a swing from Aunt Tara for Christmas, and while Maia and I shopped for some things for the house, Ray hung the swing. We were quite fortunate that two large hooks had already been drilled into a sturdy branch of our large maple in the back yard. It was a lovely afternoon to try it out! As you can imagine our Girl-On-the-Go just LOVED it! She also learned out to open cabinet doors this week, and just realized here that there was something inside. Wasn't sure what to do about the stuff inside, though...