Miss Independent Maya

Maya is 7 1/2 months old and in need of an update. Maya is known by many names around here: My Guy, which then forced the nickname My Girl because I found it more appropriate, The My, My-ster, My My. 

Miss Maya likes her time alone. Each morning she takes a morning nap, and after thinking she should be up by now, I'll go look at the video monitor and see that she is just playing with her toys, popping her binky in and out of her mouth, just chillin.

She is clapping now:

She is a champ at the sippy, she even tilts it to get a drink of water when she is sitting up. No joke, Amelia just figured that out maybe by 2 years of age. Maya also drinks through a straw like a pro.

She is up on her hands and knees, rocking back and forth, ready to crawl.

She loves to play with Amelia. And from Amelia's perspective, Maya loves to destroy anything Amelia is playing with. Amelia builds a tower, Maya beelines for it and swats it down. Amelia is playing and sets up little people on the roof of the toy house, Maya has to grab at those people. It is pretty funny to watch, and I told Amelia just to play along and pretend like Maya is the giant monster coming to slobber all over the people. It's working for now, but I just hope I didn't dub Maya as playing the monster from now on in life.

Her favorite sound right now is Mamamamama. And it really feels like she is saying Mama because it is the sound she makes when she is hungry or wants to be held or is getting tired. So of course she's asking for me to help her with all those things, right?