Maya Singing

It's been a while since anyone posted anything of Maya here, but here you go!
I think we need to teach her some Christmas Carols next. or at least the next line of the Birthday Song! Enjoy!

Bathtime with Bubba

Kitchen sinks are the perfect place for a bath for the under two set!

Noni's Favorite Photos from Thanksgiving

For those of you who requested individual shots from Aunt Emily's collage, here are my favorites (it sure was tough to narrow it down!)

Noni and Bubba still have some of my Papa's and aunt's and uncles' toys:














and then, anything can be a "toy"!












At the park: a little girl walking a BIG dog and slides are FUN!











My cousin, Isaac Firebaugh (second cousin once removed!), came to visit (Uncle Matthew moderated):










I am just so cute!














Granna (there have been a few grand-parental name changes and this one is out of date; note that Popi is now Bubba to Maya's delight!), anyway, Granna Hanna sent Noni some cute pictures from her visit to Tennessee and we hope to publish those soon!

Noni's UN-biased Opinion

I know you will not believe that I am unbiased, but Maya is really the cutest, smartest, sweetest baby in the WORLD. Just ask any of her Grandparents!! I was too busy enjoying her during my visit over Memorial Day to take time out and get very many photos, but here's a sampling.

 

Maya's papa thought he'd entertain her by blowing soap bubbles and it was an instant hit! She made valiant attempts to blow them herself, but doesn't have it quite yet. And she loves to play with big people's shoes; putting her feet in and out of them, arranging and re-arranging them.

She has an extensive sign vocabulary: butterfly, frog, dog, more (which she even uses when she's sees a picture of food!), all done, water, baby, flower, eat, brush teeth, down, up, dog, and I'm sure there are more! She picked up 'bird' while I was there, and possibly 'apple' (one she and I invented, anyway). I love how she cycles through them sometimes, running through her repertoire. And she is saying words now: baby and read are very obvious! She has her own way of describing things with wheels: a vroom vroom noise! And a sweet, high pitched and very accurate meow to "say" cat. Good thing their cats are so tolerant!!

I really could go on and on about all the amazing things she did or said! I'll do my best to get a few short video clips posted soon, but this will have to do you for now! Those of you who are lucky will soon see for yourselves what I mean!