New tricks...

Maya is 3 months old today!  How did we get to 3 months already??  It's been quite a whirlwind to say the least, but all her cooing, squealing and that sweet smile make it all worth it!  Seems like everyday I notice her growing and changing.  There's a lot going on in the picture below...can you guess what's new??

1- Maya has been discovering her hands over the past couple weeks.  At first she would just bring her fists up towards her face like she was angry.  Eventually, she got them to her mouth, but they just kind of rested on her lips.  The past week, she's been sucking on them a ton; during play time, when she's getting burped, in her swing.  Whenever her beloved nukie isn't in the way, the hands find their way to her mouth.  And when she gets going, you can hear her sucking from down the hall!

2- She's half way to rolling over!  Now, I'm sure this isn't an official milestone and it may not even be that impressive, but it is to me!  I had her laying on her back for a diaper change and ran into the other room to grab her lotion.  When I returned she was laying like this!  She was probably trying to see the TV, which was off, but it's been her new obsession.  Whenever we have the TV on, Maya will crane her neck in unnatural ways to get a look.  I guess we need to be careful...we don't want to foster couch potato habits!

3- Notice her cute diapee??  I've finally begun the transition to cloth.  I fully intended to start earlier, but the first couple months were way more than I expected and dealing with laundering diapers just didn't sound like a fun idea.  Now that we're settling in more, I decided to take the plunge.  I'm trying to slowly transition away from disposables, though we'll continue to use them on occasion and for outings.
I'm loving the BumGenius 4.0.   They make cloth diapering super easy!  I haven't been a big fan of the flats and prefolds with covers, but maybe I'll warm up to them eventually.  I know this won't make my cloth diaper mommies happy...have no fear, I haven't given up on them completely, but BG is just so much easier!
The BumGenius are one size and adjust with snaps, so she'll be able to wear these until she's potty trained (in theory).  For now, they look a little poofy...

"my body's too bootylicious for ya babe!"

Though there are lots of good reasons to go with cloth including cost and environmental factors, I must admit, one of the biggest draws for me was that they were just so darn cute!

Other fun things...
*Maya's loves to talk and squeal.  She talks to mom and dad and to her play mat friends; monkey, elephant and parrot, or Mookie, Albert and Petey (as dad has named them)
*She still hates tummy time, and it often causes her to spit up :(, but we're getting better.
*She's starting to mimic.  After watching mom do it for a while, Maya can now make a raspberry sound...when you stick your tongue out and blow air.  It's cute now, but hopefully this one doesn't backfire.
*She's getting closer to be able to sit in her bumbo.  Her head is getting steadier and steadier each day.
*She is now sleeping sans swaddle!  Her arms are free and she couldn't be happier.  After a couple weeks of kicking and screaming (literally) when being swaddled, we finally decided to let her have her way and put her to sleep with her arms free.  She's still adjusting to it and sometimes wakes herself up, but she's getting better.
*Bath time is officially a positive experience!  Maya has realized how fun it is to kick her legs around in the water.  Crying during bath is a thing of the past- woo hoo!

We head to the doctor tomorrow for our second round of shots.  No one is looking forward to it :(  Prayers for a quick recovery please!  I'll also post some height/weight statistics from the first 3 months so you can see how she's grown!  She is quite a big girl these days ;)