Maya's First Smile!

Alright, these photos are honestly not of her EXACT first smile, but that did occur earlier in the week. Maya continues to amaze us with her responsiveness to our voices-particularly Jenna's. She clearly recognizes each of us. TOO CUTE!

Visits with grandparents!

Jenna and Maya are so fortunate! They have 3 living grandparents and nearly all of their great-grandmothers alive too! The girls are able to visit their Nana, Emmy and Sabba frequently. Nana is known for her singing, Emmy for her cookie baking lessons and yummy snacks, and Sabba--plays a "mean game" of baby and "Ohsie Dog!" Here are a few photos of the girls with Emmy, Sabba and Nana.

Jenna and her baby saying "CHEESE!"

Here are a few "snaps" of Jenna (and her baby) saying CHEESE! Note the enormous smile! Mommy tried to grab a few shots of Jenna without her baby, but she was not having it!

Maya's first bottle

On Sunday, November 8th, Maya without any real issue, sucked down 2 1/2 ounces of pumped milk from her daddy! I am not sure who enjoyed it more, Maya or Scott. (He had been yearning to spend time with her when she was awake and now was his chance!) Maya is either a "go with the flow" kind of girl, accepting the first and only type of bottle we offered or she was just so hungry, she didn't care.

Please note, that despite what the photos appear to show, Scott is not feeding her in the buff! She and the blanket are nearly covering his "outfit" entirely! Placement!

Candids

Who doesn't love photos? We sure take a lot of photographs--shocker I know! Here are an assortment of photos that we just couldn't pass up posting!

Jenna and mommy bake cookies!

Over the past few weeks, Jenna's language has been skyrocketing! Her vast vocabulary is blowing us away! She now says words like "Scuse me" for "Excuse me," "Sabba" instead of "Sa," and topping her list now is "COOKIES" instead of "Cook-cooks!" Jenna and mommy decided to test out our baking skills again and baked chocolate chip cookies. Jenna really enjoy the prep part, especially being able to sneak in a few chocolate chips at 8:30 in the morning---sound familiar auntie Sam? :)

Maya is 1 month old officially!

Maya turned 1 month old on Tuesday, November 3rd, however, mommy (and daddy) didn't realize the date until she was asleep for the night! (When you are home with two little ones each day blends together I guess! :) ) Daddy left for CT for the night, to mark our first overnight alone as just the girls. Just as mommy and auntie Sam used to do when they were little ladies, Maya woke up at 3 am and Jenna at 4:45 am for the day--guess they wanted to continue the celebration of Maya's first month!

Most people say these days that Maya looks like mommy and Jenna is daddy's female version! Her bright blue eyes are gazing into our faces nowadays for longer times and she is getting very strong at lifting her head up. Maya has been a wonderful baby-doing all she is supposed to and quite well. She has her 1 month check up tomorrow a.m. and gets to finally meet her pediatrician, Dr. Burba. Mommy and daddy are placing bets on Maya's weight. Somewhere in the 8-9 lb or more! Maya is a love!