Place your bets...

Maiya at 9 months, Uncle Matt at 23...which one do you think will be walking first???

Maiya has been keeping herself quite busy since she turned 8 months old!

August started off with camping at "The Back Bay" in Wellington. Brett's grandparents have property there & camping there is a long-standing tradition. Grandpa Ron & Grandma Trish were happy to show Maiya off to their friends at this decades old camping tradition! Maiya was also excited to meet her Great Uncle Greg, Great Aunt Connie, and cousins Tara & Shawna. Tara kept Maiya quite entertained throughout the weekend! Maiya was also excited to have her first swim in the back bay as well & the weather was perfect for it.

August has brought lots of new changes too - tooth #2 is through on the bottom, & Cheerios are now the treat of preference. She has started eating pieces of banana & other soft fruit, although she finds peaches have quite a kick at the end, judging by her facial expression once the juice hits! She isn't saying any words yet, but "dadadadada" seems to apply to pretty much everything at this point.

Tummy time is old news. Maiya has decided sitting up & crawling is much more fun & keeps her parents on their toes. She had finally perfected her crawling technique - only to have a curve thrown at her when we moved into our new condo - with nice, slippery hardwood floors. After a few days of sliding backwards, she is now going strong & has discovered it's fun to get into the cords from daddy's electronics when we're not looking. This has meant a lot of "practice" with the word "NO" the last few days! Hopefully once we're fully unpacked some of that will be less tempting.

It's nice to finally have Maiya into her own room (instead of in the office!), with her own furniture. It's a small space, but does the trick. She's been adjusting to the change really well, although she is a bit more clingy as she tries to figure out what yet another new place is all about.

The other big news recently was the birth of Maiya's newest cousin, Gavin Daniel Neabel. She wasn't too interested in meeting him seeing as he didn't provide her with any entertainment at 2 days old, but I'm sure that will change in no time!

Just because she's soooo cute...

Swimming at Great Aunt Rhonda's house!