Yesterday was another beautiful spring day in the Panhandle, so we headed back to the beach. This time Chris got in on the fun. He even went swimming, the water was "warm" to him at 65 degrees. YIKES! Maya and I stuck to dipping toes only. The Hyches are definitely taking advantage of this warm spring weather.
Maya and some of her friends had a play date at the beach today. I can't believe she actually wore those sun glasses. Don't they make her look oh so cool? She might even like them because she left them on her head and did not try to eat them. As you can see in pic #1...she is full on crawling since yesterday. She was on the move today - LOVING the sand and even dipped her toes in the water. Pic #3 is Maya and her pal Melia - they are totally posing pretty for the camera!!
Maya got a little quality time with her parallel cuz today. She was enthralled with him, and he even smiled at her a little bit. What cutie pies we have on our hands!
I thought this picture was really cute. She discovered her tongue this weekend when trying to eat dry cheerios. Thanks for the pictures, Poppy!
This weekend Memaw, Poppy & Mimi came down from Alabama to spend the weekend with us. Don't be fooled by Maya's face in the pic above, she had an awesome time. Memaw, Maya and I went and watched Chris' softball game on Saturday. She did lots of playing and "almost" crawling. When they left on Sunday, they headed back to SNOW in Tuscaloosa!! We miss them already.
Last week the King & Queen of Spain visited Pensacola in celebration of the City's 450th anniversary. Chris, Maya & I went to see them speak. We even saw someone waving an Andalucia flag. While we were there, we met up with Tia Abuela Clara. It was a fun afternoon in downtown Pensacola. Afterwards we hit up Surf Burger and Maya sat in a highchair! No burger for her yet...but she was eyeing mine.
So this is what you get when your baby's favorite food is prunes. Look at that face...FUN! We are making a mess and loving it. Needless to say our laundry load has been increased with Maya's progression into solids. So far she has been eating fruit, fruit, fruit (pears, apples, peaches, prunes). Chris and I set up the baby food factory last week and made all of her food (organic, too!). She loves prunes, hates pears. We have yet to try blueberries, but they are on the list. She's getting big so fast.
The first of many cousin pictures to come. We all got together on Sunday for Jesse's Birthday. (Happy Birthday Jesse!) I thought it would be a lot harder than it was to get them all together to take a pic, but actually they cooperated pretty well. I especially like the one where Sammy & Maya are gazing into each other's eyes and ignoring Baby Gabriel...hope that isn't a sign of things to come. Don't you just love cousins??
OK...so maybe not literally solid as a rock, but our newest milestone is that Maya has started eating solids (or mushy at least). We started her on rice cereal this week. She looks like such a big girl sitting in her new highchair! I wouldn't say she loves it, but she is definitely giving it a try. Look at that blond hair...that is Chris' daughter for sure. 
Only 4 days old and this little guy is already a celeb around here! Paparazzi everywhere. Looking at these pictures gives me a thought...what do the parallel cousins (Maya and Gabriel of course) have in common? Hmmmm...lets see...a passionate hate of car seats and love of baby papason swings!! Actually little Gabe was just putting it on for the camera, word is that he was very well behaved on his first car trip. Good luck, hope for his Mommy's sake he doesn't display Maya Car Seat Behavior!!!
On Sunday Maya was 5 months old! How did that happen so fast? She is getting so big already...sitting up, making all kinds of noise, learning to drink from a sippy cup....ahhhh. I just can't believe it, somedays it seems like she was just born yesterday. With Baby Gabriel's arrival just around the corner, I keep thinking about being pregnant and labor/delivery...this has been a FAST 5 months.
Trimming the tree with Maya! We had so much fun, look at all of those ornaments. Che even got in on the action. It is so much fun having my partner in crime when it comes to tree decorating - it isn't Sparky's favorite Christmas activity - he prefers the outdoor decs.
What would Christmas be without Its a Wonderful Life? Maya is trying it out, wonder how it tastes? Funny, I am just realizing as I type this that there is ALWAYS a dog (or two) in the background of my pictures!!
How did that happen so fast? Only 13 days left for holiday shopping...and that includes today (but not the 25th because in my opinion if you haven't completed your shopping by the 24th you are either out of luck or picking something up for your loved one at the Tom Thumb on the corner!). I am about half way there. Of course there are the few hold outs...you know...those people that are always so hard to pick something out for. Hopefully I'll get lucky, or they might just get some Red Hots and a 6 pack of Bud Light on X-Mas Day!!
Here she is spending some quality time with her Big Cousin Sammy...aren't they the cutest??
