7 months!

Well, the 7th month started with a new tooth! Maya got her first tooth on Oct 11th (bottom middle) and her 2nd tooth 2 days later. No wonder the week prior had some pretty rough nights! As far as accomplishments, she is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking, eating 2 meals a day of solid food, saying "mama," "nana," and "baba" occasionally, but "dada is by far her favorite! We have always known that she likes music, but we have found 2 songs that she absolutely loves! "Meltdown" by Rob Thomas, and "Rock and Roll" by Eric Hutchinson. It never fails, if she is crying or unhappy, we can play either of these songs and immediately we go from tears to smiling and dancing! It is pretty amazing!

Mt. Pleasant

On Oct 1st the Egan 3, plus 2 dogs headed to Mt Pleasant to celebrate my Mom's birthday. We went to Pawley's Island and had lunch with Grand mama and Grandaddy O'Shields, Berny, Wendy, Becky, and Mike at a wonderful marina to from my Mom's birthday celebration. We ate outside, under a huge oak tree, looking out over the intercostal waterway; it was beautiful! We had a great time, including, checking out the new waterfront park in Mt Pleasant, going to the farmers market, kayaked on Shem creek and in the charleston harbor, had lunch at Groucho's on King street, and I was even about to visit with one of my college roommates, Ashely Gruber, who now lives on James Island.

Maya's Baptism

On 9/11/09 Maya turned 6 months old! This was a big weekend for us, because it was Maya's Baptism weekend. We had a house full of family and friends to celebrate! She was Baptized on Sept 13th at Myers Park UMC, it was such a beautiful service and celebration. My parents were able to baptize her and participate in the service along with Dr. Howell (the minister of MPUMC). After the service we had lunch at our house; it was a wonderful time with family and friends.

At 6 months, Maya is doing wonderful. She is such an awesome blessing to our family. She is able to sit up. She has perfected "Dada" which adds a couple more loops around Joey's already wrapped little finger! At her six month check up she weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz and I got another "Is she always like this?" from our pediatrician. Meaning, is she always this happy and LOUD! Again, yes, yes she is and we love it!