Maya's increasingly old-balding-man-donut hair.
Maya getting into things.
Fall walks.
Christmas.
New inspirations from Conference.
My baby is 9 months old tomorrow.
Maya woke up with messy hair the other day, for the first time ever! See that little wing of hair on the left? So her hair is continually growing on the sides and back, still nothing right on top. Ha!
Do we see the pride in her eyes? Maya has finally gotten her hands on those colorful dvds she's been eyeing for a few months. I love it. I love to watch her move, keeping up with Amelia.
After a few bang ups from pulling herself up and falling when she wanted to move on, she now just stays put and calls for me to come help her down when she wants to crawl on to the next thing. It's kind of useful when I need her to stay in one place for a bit.
We had a couple of cooler days.
So I got to pull out these cute matching hoodies I got on sale for $3 last spring.
Swing pictures, love them.
The weather is back up to mid-80s and Amelia is still insisting on her jacket, hood and all.
These girls are just the cutest together.
I put up a few Halloween decorations, one of them being this glowing pumpkin. Every evening Amelia moves it down by her toys and they both play by pumpkin light. The negotiations have begun with Juan to let me set up for Christmas on November 1. Our previous agreement is November 15 (Juan already compromising, he thinks I don't honor the pilgrims). But these girls, they are too cute, and I am too excited to celebrate the holidays with them!
We enjoyed General Conference this weekend. I've been really happy lately, just genuinely enjoying my simple, day-to-day life. I love being a mom. I was made to be a mom. I could watch my kids all day, I am just in love with them. And I was reminded during all the talks that all my blessings in life come from God. And I am renewed and determined to show my gratitude and to just be more thankful. I want my girls to be raised with the same truths I knew from a young age. That Jesus is their Savior and friend/confidant. That they are loved unconditionally by Heavenly Father. They have individual worth, they are beautiful and important and it doesn't matter if anyone tells them otherwise because no one can change that they are daughters of God, no one can take away that divine love. I am so happy that my parents raised me to know these truths, and frankly I have a long way to go before I am up to par with my parents, so I better get to work on being a better person, example, and teacher for my children.
This girl is 9 months old tomorrow!
See her in action:
3 comments:
Love the swing pictures-- what beautiful, happy girls! And I love General Conference too. It sure helps give a fresh perspective sometimes when life starts to feel stale. It also helps me re-set my priorities... which I really do seem to need about every six months or so, if not sooner.
Maya is 9 months!!! Oh my! What a sweet post. Those girls are so lucky to have such wonderful example and loving mother. Love you all.
I love this simple but great post. I love your girls, Maya is on a roll, she's getting so big. I love those jackets and the price makes them that much better. You are an amazing mother, you have lots of years to catch up to your parents so don't even compare. I am more than excited for Christmas this year and can't wait to set up my tree, too!
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