Big Weekend

Well Maia had a very big weekend. On Friday Aleks and I left her with some friends and had a date! It was so nice to get out and reconnect. When we went to pick Maia up, they were all listening to reggae and Maia was on the shoulder of our friend Andy. Apparently, when Maia woke up, she totally freaked out that neither Aleks nor I were there and the only way she could be calmed was to dance around to reggae. Hey, whatever works.

Maia has developed a very keen sense of who I am. When we are with friends, she very rarely will let anyone else hold her before she starts crying and looking around for me. I wasn't expecting this to happen until she was 8 or 9 months. It's very sweet, but also kind of oppressive. We're going to keep exposing her to other people and hopefully it'll get better.

On Saturday Aleks witnessed Maia rolling over front to back AND back to front. When we would go get Maia after her naps, she'd be on her stomach after rolling over, but this was the first time either of us has actually seen her in the process.

Saturday night Maia slept 8 hours! We put her down at 11 and she didn't wake up until 7!!! We've yet to experience a repeat performance, but it was pretty cool.

Sunday morning, we heard Maia laugh for the first time. It sounds a lot like a cough with a smile. Ever since, we've been making funny faces, tickling, and blowing air in Maia's face to try to get more giggles. Maia probably just thinks we've finally lost our marbles. It's a lot of fun though.

I don't have any new pictures to post, but I'll try to take some soon. We're thinking about starting solid food soon, so I'll be sure to video our first attempts.