The last few days we’ve been watching a bunch of home movies we made of Maya.  Maya has a bit of an obsession with watching videos of herself.  It could quite possibly one of her favorite things to do  Watching the older movies, when she was so little, so different made me just marvel at how much she has changed.  I love looking back on old pictures and videos of her and seeing how much she has grown, how different she is in what feels like a very short amount of time.

It is truly amazing how different she is today than she was 2 year ago, or even a year ago.  She has gone from this tiny little baby who was completely dependent on us for everything to little Miss Independent who wants to do everything for herself.  Her favorite phrase as of late is “No, by self.”

2 years ago Maya was a mere 2 and a half months old.  She was still getting up at night to breastfeed, she was still napping several times a day.  She was starting to smile at us regularly and let out her first little giggles.

2 years ago today

A year ago Maya was just over a year old and walking all over the place.  She was starting to talk and using her sign language a lot to communicate with us.  She was beginning that little helper stage.  For Christmas her Aunt Cassie and Uncle Stu bought her one of those little popper toys.  It was her favorite thing and she always busted it out when I was vacuuming (she still does!!).

1 year ago today

Today, Maya is, as I said, our little Miss Independent.  She wants to try to do everything for herself.  So many things bring her joy like coloring a picture, watching Elmo, reading books, playing pretend with her doctor set or her little doll house.  It is amazing how in just 2 short years she has changed so much.

Today

I wonder what she’ll be like this time next year?