4 Months

If you want a new outfit - not just any outfit... a brand new $35 pajama set - all you have to do is wait until the one time your mom doesn't pack an extra outfit when you go shopping and explode in your diaper. You'll get the best results if the nearest store is pretty expensive and only has one (admittedly adorable) option in your size.

$35 pajamas are great and all, but they aren't really my thing. I'd say Maya doesn't even care, but that's just what she wants me to think. As if she doesn't have enough clothes already. She does love watching me do my hair and makeup, so I might have a girly girl on my hands.

The past month has been ridiculously busy. We were out of town, then packed to move, then had a holiday, then moved, then moved and moved and, just when we thought we were done, we moved some more. Then we went out of town again, then had another holiday... And now here we are. Maya is 4 months old and I'm like whaaaaat? She rolls over, laughs, "talks", plays with/chews on toys, and watches TV. Compared to a newborn, she's basically a toddler and I don't know when this happened.

As it turns out, cherishing every moment doesn't make time go any slower.

Maya is coming out of the phase of being glued to me all the time, but she still likes to know where I am when others hold her (except daddy, unless she's hungry). She behaves amazingly in public, probably because she's so curious about everything. She still has no desire to be in the car, but I'm hoping that will pass when she can face forward maybepleaseihope? She doesn't fight sleep quite as hard as she used to, so that's made life a lot easier.

It won't be long before she starts weaning, and I've already starting thinking about how much I'll miss nursing her when it's over. BUT! Enough of that negative thinking. I am so thankful for every time I've fed her and had that one-on-one bonding. Maybe she'll be my best friend forever now.

Basically she's huge now and is practically an adult and I don't know what I'm doing anymore because this parenting thing is starting to get real. On the bright side, I feel like Justin and I are finally getting back to the old us, which is nice. Everything was crazy and our lives were changed forever, and now this is normal life. And it's good.