Happy Memorial Day!

We had another beautiful day, and headed out to Grand Haven State Park with Grandma & Papa Veenstra, Aunt Kathleen, Uncle Andrew, Emily, Adrian and Lydia. She really really enjoyed the sand. It kept her entertained for quite some time. Quite a contrast to grass (which she is NOT a fan of!) Maia's first experience with Lake Michigan... a chilly 50 degrees. Despite the cold of the lake, she had no fear crawling right back to the water's edge to explore some more. She later got a really good splash with a larger wave while crawling, and she finally let out a good whine. Of course, by this point in the day, she was pretty exhausted. But she did SOOO well!

9 Months

I can't believe she's nine months old already!! This weekend, we did took part in the Stomp Out Stigma charity walk (as we do every year). It was rather cold and rainy, but Maia was pretty tolerant until the end, when she got very tired. She's getting much faster and more adept with this walk-behind toy.

Cruisin'

Nine months old today... I can hardly believe it!! Last night she stood by herself for a good 2-3 seconds, at the end of which she just bent her knees and sat down. No falling... just sat down. Now that she's figured out that she can move one toy by walking behind it, she's applied that knowledge to others. Her "uh-uh!" is her consistent response to Ray or I saying "uh-oh!" I gotta get those noisy toys! "So Big" and waiving (often using her whole arm at this time) are also newer games. Waiving has been a few weeks now (although I couldn't get her to do it on camera), but "So Big" just started this week. This is a favorite evening game. She'll do this more if you're sitting on the floor with her, and she's winding down for the night. This is the same toy used to be a back/tummy time floor toy, but reworked. She LOVES to crawl through it, and then crawl under her exersaucer.