It’s been a quick and busy summer and our little Maia has grown a great deal. She is playing in more and more developed and “sophisticated” ways. Throughout the summer, as she would do different new things, I would jot a note down of what she was doing in hopes of composing some new blogs. Well, that list got pretty long. So I’m going to do something I don’t normally like to do. I’m simply going to share a large grouping of things with you about the what Maia has started doing. I’d love to string them together in a poetic, winsome and creative manner, but time simply doesn’t permit.
Before you do check out the “list” below, I did want to share a couple of other things with you. Maia was baptized at our church last week. It was a great service. My parents, Kelli’s mom and Kelli’s sister and her husband (Lynn and Nate, Maia’s godparents) were able to come out here for the service. Maia fussed for a good portion of the time she was upfront. She stopped fussing, however, when our Pastor walked her down the aisle, inviting the congregation to support us in raising her and when Pastor Andrew did the actual baptism. That part caught her completely off guard. The most dynamic part of the service, however, was the thunder. Just one clap. The lightening struck right before I handed Maia over to Andrew to be baptized. Very strange.
One of Maia’s baptism gifts was “The Big Picture Story Bible” by David Helm. I cannot recommend it enough to those of you who have children. It’s a great children’s bible. I just spent 10 minutes leafing through it to examine its contents. It is thoroughly biblical, well illustrated and redemptive at the core. The ending words/pictures on Revelation brought tears to my eyes. It even ends with “Amen. Come Lord Jesus!” If you have children or are looking for a good gift for a child you know, go get it. It may be a bit pricey, but it’s worth it. I’ve never seen a better children’s bible.
Make sure to check out the 150+ pics on the photo part of the site. When you enter onto the main page, you’ll see a bunch of new pictures and a listing of pages 2-4 in the upper right hand corner. You’ll find pictures of our parents’ visit, our visit to the butterfly house, Maia’s baptism, our trip to OBX and many others.
With that said and without any further adieu, here’s what Maia’s been up to this summer:
Climbing on everything. Kitchen chairs, coffee tables, bikes, ladders, slides…
Running around with different boxes and blankets on her head, laughing when she runs into things.
Grabbing mommy and daddy’s hands to either guide us somewhere herself or to follow us somewhere
Laughing and giggling
Learning, more and more, to say “Please” (“peas”), “Thank you” (“dank do”), “Yes” (“yesch”) and “momy/daddy”
Pointing at EVERYTHING, saying, “this?”
Looking, with great delight, at the planes in the sky as they take off/land at Lambert International
Running, running, running everywhere
Goes to her room if her diaper is dirty and mommy or daddy says, "Maia, do we need to change your hiney?" Alternatively, she’ll try to look into her diaper when asked the same question. One day Kelli walked into Maia room to get her out of her crib only to find her de-diapered, holding the diaper in hand…
Laughing and giggling
Bends down to kiss her parents, cats, dogs and other kids (she’ll gently nudge her forehead against the appropriate object to give a “kiss”)
On command, points at head, hands, feet, belly, ears, nose and, yes, her “hiney”
Will give you “five” whey you ask her for it
Gives good hugs
Laughing and giggling
Holds our hands to pray
Loves to dance to her kids’ songs music
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