Maya is 8 Months!

Since I missed celebrating Maya's 7th month mark, I thought I would give her extra love for 8 months. She continues to be such a joy for our family. Her continuous smiles and chatters are contagious! She lights up every time someone new comes into the room and she seems not to know a stranger. Maya LOVES to eat and eats more than Sam at every meal. We are all so thankful for our sweet girl!!

Maya has inherited several outfits from Sam. Here she is showing off her Red Raider gear for the Texas vs. Texas Tech game. Before the game:

After the game (poor Tech):

Like I said earlier, Maya loves to eat. Thus, she spends a lot of time in the high chair. Earlier this week she spent an entire meal holding a balloon. Don't worry, it didn't slow down her eating!

Last weekend I thought it would be funny to see her reaction to a pickle. Turns out, she loves pickles and she devoured the entire thing. Not too bad for a girl with no teeth!

I love the fall, and fall has finally come to Atlanta this year. Thanks to Grammy and Auntie Shelva, Maya has a great fall wardrobe. Here we are in our coordinating fall attire.

Sibling Love

Sam and Maya ended up in the toy box together the other day. After Sam stopped fussing about Maya sitting on his toys, he realized that it was kind of fun to play with her in the box. I even caught this sweet moment.

A Few New Pictures

Just a few new pictures to share this morning:

Sam is already into his third week of pre-school and having a great year so far. Here he is on the first day of school.

For the most part, Sam is potty trained. I'm thankful we had the summer to work on it. Sam does need a lot of time to take care of his business, so this is a common site in our house.

Grammy spoiled Maya with some new fall clothes...Here she is showing them off.

Maya has become an early riser as of late. While we are a bit sleepy, it is hard to resist this smile in the morning. She wakes up smiling, and when Maya smiles it over takes her entire body. Here is her smiling face at 6:30 this morning.

Maya is 6 months!

Our sweet girl is already six months old (actually 6 1/2 now). She definitely doesn't get as much blog attention as her brother did at this age, so I want to make sure she gets a little blog love. Maya is growing so fast! She is still so sweet and smiles at everyone she sees. She loves people and loves to eat - two traits she picked up from her mama! She is getting close to crawling. Sam better look out because I think Maya is going to give him a run for his money.

Here are two pictures of her from the weekend.

My Little Puzzler

Sam LOVES puzzles as of late. He's constantly doing puzzles, and he's quite good at them. We keep moving up in difficulty. He's just about mastered 24 piece puzzles (it only took a couple of days). This morning he came out of the closet with a 300 piece puzzle and NEEDED to do it. So, after his nap we took a stab at it. He did a really good job of helping me turn all of the pieces over, and he even got a few pieces together. Overall it was a bit frustrating for him, but he stuck with it. I love a puzzles also, so its been a fun way for us to spend time together.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

This Saturday we headed to the Braves' game to celebrate with our friends, the Slade's, as Brent recieved the Community Coach Award before the game. The game ended up being sold out, and we were only able to get standing room only tickets. We still got to see the awards ceremony, then Sam played in the kids area and "ran" the bases. We all gathered back out our house afterward the game for a fun party.

Photo Session

Our friend, April, took these pictures of the kids last month playing in their room. She has a real gift, and we love how they turned out. Jeff will post more on Shutterfly when he gets back in town - I can't seem to figure it out!!