4-6 months!

Life has gotten so busy since school started that I didn't realize I hadn't updated this since she was 3 months old!  She has changed so much since the last post.
Month 3 July

We had just returned from our annual family trip to Morro Bay where Maia got to see the ocean and go for a hike for the first time.  She also got to spend time with the Stime side of the family :) 

 Josh and I sort of have a tradition of putting our initials in the sand over the years, and this year we added Maia to our heart :)

Month 4 August
August 1-Maia turned 4 months old!!!  She started to sit up with support around this time.

In August she went in for her check up, including more shots, but she was a trooper :)

In mid August, I returned to work for the new school year.  After being with her every day for the past 4 and 1/2 months, the first couple of days were kind of hard.   I was texting Josh like crazy, asking for updates all the time.   Since I am still breastfeeding, pumping at work has made me value the small amount of prep time that I actually have after pumping.  After I come home, I spend my time with her,not only because I haven't seen her all day and miss her, but also so Josh can work on other items that he wasn't able to get through during the day-cleaning, fixing dinner, etc.  In August she was starting to sleep through the night on a regular basis so this helped us be able to plan the day.   

August 30th- We went to Chevy's to celebrate my brother's birthday.  It was the first time, in a while, that we had been out anywhere other than work, so we got dolled up to go celebrate my brother :)

September: 

September 1: Obligatory monthly picture :) 

Her ability to stand with support has gotten better, and she can sit for short amounts of time by herself. 

Solid food :)  After her four month check up we started out with rice cereal and then a couple of weeks later moved to pureed food.  Josh wanted her first taste of food to be fresh and made by him, so below are some pictures of peas that he made from scratch :)  

This was rice cereal :) 

She has started tolerating tummy time more often and for longer periods of time.  She still will only roll to her side and can't roll all the way over without help, but she is trying and lifting her head and limbs.  

 She will also eat soft foods, like banana through her mesh feeder.  Josh has also put frozen banana in it as well to help with her teething, which she enjoys.  She LOVES banana!

 Although she loves her activity mat, she loves to jump when we help her stand, so we decided to get her an activity jumper.  It has the fun activities of a walker, but is still a jumper, like the ones people used to attach to a door frame.  She loves playing in this thing!  She will jump up and down and play with all the little things on it.   It gives us a couple of minutes to do a couple of other things, like run to the bathroom :) or do the dishes :)

September 8th, Grandparent's Day:  We had Maia, and her cousin Mikey take pictures for my parents :) 

Dressed up for Grandma Rosenblum's birthday :) 

 Teeth!
Her two bottom middle teeth have started to come in!

teeth beginning of September

Teeth in mid September

teeth today September 28, 2013

She seems to be finally catching up to the age on her clothing:)  She was in newborn size until she was 2.5 months old.   She was in 0-3 until she was about 5 months old.  She is finally in 3-6 or just 6 month labeled clothing.  This ladybug outfit is 6 months-she fits the onesie, the pants are too long and the hat is too small

:)

She isn't saying much recognizable, but she does like to talk to her self and to us :)   When she's hungry or upset, she'll cry "mamamamammama".
She'll be 6 months on October 1st and I can't wait to watch her grow even more!  We've got a cute Halloween costume in mind for her :)  Even mommy and daddy are dressing up!   I've seen more changes in Josh in the past 6 months-she really does bring out a cutesy side of him I've never seen :)    

Keep checking in, I'll try not to take three months to update next time :)