First weekend away from me...

Hi Maya Love,

I left you for the whole weekend for the first time this last weekend. I had a baby shower in Chicago for Amber! I was excited for the baby shower but sad to be away from you for over 2 days! Your dad took you up to Little Falls for the weekend, so you got to spend time with Grandma Helen and lots of Aunts and Uncles. You did great!!! You ate really well for you dad, including real food. You love your sweet potatoes!!! You are eating real food like a champ lately. You still make a big mess though!!! I did miss you....I had fun...but I just felt like something wasn't quite right...I will admit it was nice to sleep hard for two nights with out having to worry about you waking up! You, Lucy and your dad picked me up at the airport and you gave me a big smile!!! I was of course really excited to see you. Overall I think the weekend was a success. Now I know I can be away from you and that I will be okay.

You got your first major cold last week. I felt so bad for you, but I think it was harder on me than you! You had a cough and a really runny nose. Your eyes were all glassy. You were more tired than usual but still were able to eat well, which was important. You are feeling a lot better this week but still have a really runny nose. You pretty much are always blowing snot bubbles out of your nose. And then of course you hate it when we wipe your nose, you little stinker.

I don't want to jinx things, but you slept from 8pm to 6:30 am!!! Through the night!! Yeah. I knew you had it in you. Lets see if we can keep it going.

I think you are growing taller and leaning out a little. You just don't seem as dense. I can't believe how fast you change. Even over the weekend you changed!!!

I have been trying to put you to bed with out your pacifier. It takes you longer to fall asleep but you eventually do. I just don't want you to be dependent on you.

You love to play with your blocks that your "Auntie Amber" got you. Your Grandpa thinks you are very thoughtful and cautious with things. I think he is right. If there is a block in front of you that you quite can't reach you will lean really far forward to get it but not to the point where you fall over. You still don't like to roll from you back to your stomach but can easily roll from you stomach to your back!


Love you Mayabird!!!