maya's 4 months

{11.22.11} woops. usually i skip order to post this sort of thing... but here's maya's 4 month session.

nana gave her this christmas outfit!

i bought this outfit for maya for my cousin's wedding! she was adorable in it. i sold it to a friend & was so glad to see it passed onto another sweet little girl.
i've really gotten into making her headbands. we don't wear em much but she has a ton of em!

sweet bay-bay.


cute toesies.
my lil protege' he was taking pictures with me.
:) i'm getting there guys, promise!

our joyful lil girl is 6 months old

i've never met a happier baby & i've met a lot of babies. i'm the mama so i know you're thinking i'm biased. and maybe i am. i've still never met a happier baby!!

our sweet girl is nothing but a bundle of joy.

maya leigh turned 6 months old on sunday. i didn't get a chance to do her birthday shoot until today, while finn was supposed to be napping. instead he was reading books in bed. my friend bonnie was visiting with us & maya couldn't stop smiling & laughing at her. so thanks for your help bonnie!

here are a few of my favorites. more to come with a couple more outfits!

my grandmother once told me my eyes smiled. i thought that was the most unique compliment i'd ever gotten. it made me feel special. i think i understand it completely now- maya's eyes smile. almost always. this might be my favorite from our session today. that sweet gummy mouth!

we had our 6 month check up today:

above 95% for height!
around 80% for weight!
65th-ish for head circumference!

he kept saying what a sweet baby while he rolled her over & stretched out her legs, poked her belly & looked in her ears. she'd do her goofy lil laugh & her eyes would sparkle.

we started our first round of vaccines :( i hate them! hate them!!! i know they're necessary & that they've saved a lot of lives. and that they don't work unless the majority of the pack has them. bryan's for them. i think i'd rather move to a secluded part of the woods & avoid them! the doctor & bryan grant me a delayed schedule. with finn we didn't start until 9 months because he was sick at 6 months. i was tempted to wait until then with maya as well, but since finn is around other children quite a bit, she's more at risk.

back to why i hate them: i've worked with several children that "changed" after their vaccines. their parents strongly believe that the chemicals altered something that may have already been present in their child- but it altered it or triggered it or somehow interfered with things. and that scares the shit out of me. she cried. i barely held it together. the nurse was in & out in less than 2 minutes. she said as she walked out the door "take your time" & that's just what we did. as i was holding/ shushing/ rocking her finn disappeared under the exam table. "whatcha doing?" "i hiding. go away." which translates to i'm pooping. it takes him about 10 minutes to be done. so i nurse her & comfort her. 20 minutes later they get their exam room back to torture another sweet babe :(
back to the shoot!
man, seeing these make me want to go wake her up & shower her with kisses!
girlfriend won't keep a sock on to save her life. she wants those toes!
still can't tell for sure what color her hair is going to be... it was beyond obvious that finn was a redhead at this point & maya in the sunlight is fairly red. maybe she'll be strawberry blonde like me? we will have to wait & see.

tehee.
hiya bonnie!

happy 6 months my lil sweetness.

mass post, attempt to catch up!

in no particular order (mainly because they upload out of order) these were taken 9.24.11 thru 10.28.11.

maya & i attended our first bris for baby micah.

love this lion king moment.
beautiful family of four.
we had the aspinall's over for some dinner. tickle monster!!! (he loves this book aunt khaki!)
playing trains...
twirly whirly.
finn & owen feed off of each other & they are funny & rambunctious!
sophie talking with maya.
we had an intense game of hide & seek.
finn & sophie. "you okay, sophie?"


i hosted an art social & it was a lot of fun. maya helped me while finn napped.
& then chelsea came over & took both kids on a walk so i could finish cleaning! life saver :)
we decided to test out both kids in the bath. maya loved it the first time. since- she's become terrified. i think she saying she'll stay in her hammock bath awhile longer.
i bought a mullet wig for our halloween contest at frisbee. i was a redneck. thought i'd put my baby fat belly to good use ;) i claimed i was from tennessee!!
we went for a nice long walk. finn always stops to talk with "those men".

tons of energy to burn! he goes so fast!
& then this bike ride lasted a little too long. someone was tired.
our good friends brian & heather had us over to visit with heather's family.
they're baby people -so they don't put our babes down when we come over.


he was all worn out from playing with their lego's. :)

we went to the children's museum which we LOVE!


some of us wake up bright and early.
we painted pumpkins with chalkboard paint & then we wrote the letters b-o-o on them!

i'd purchased a couple chairs at goodwill. well, one was broken. woops! so we finally repaired it with the help of our landlord- he cut some new pieces for me! next up: painting them. let's see how long that takes us.
we got a new dining room table. it's fabulous. finn & bryan decorated the box before we recycled it.
finn & bryan went for a bike ride... the weather is starting to be perfect for it & maya is almost big enough to go with us!!!!
an especially good hair day :)~
kylie being so kind to act as our tunnel.


i loved this lil outfit with his dark jeans... so i wanted to take a picture & he gave me attitude!

laundry must be put on pause for family cuddling.movie watching stuff. can you find maya!?
our sweet bay-bay.


too cute. we promised he could finish the movie if he put his pajama's on & they resumed the cuddlin.

okay... we're getting there!