7.5 weeks old - alert and smiling

Dear Maya,

Here's my new favourite picture of you.
You are smiling so much, but we're so busy watching you and holding you that this is the only picture I have so far.  Most of the time you show your gums too.

Here you are in your jungle chair, and you have some fancy leg moves to control the lights.  You've actually started to look at the mobile, but you still like our faces.. and the fan.. and the blinds a lot more.

This past weekend was such nice weather, we spent as much of it outdoors as we could.  Some of it was here at home in our new outdoor space:

But we also got out to a playground/dog park, and made our first trip back to Jenni's Noodle House.

 Then the weather got coooold, but we made the best of it!
Here we are in our matching pajamas!  They didn't come with matching sleep cycles..
Right now you will sleep from about 9pm to 1am most nights... although last night you woke at 11:30 with a surprise poop.  Otherwise you're pretty much on an every 2-2.5 hour feeding cycle.  The upside of this is we get some good snuggle time on the couch together.

Here you are getting ready to head out for.. your passport!
It took us three visits to two different offices to get your passport setup, and so this was your longest afternoon out yet!  When we got to the real place, the lady at the front desk said "how cuuuute, how old is your baby?" (this is pretty much your standard greeting).  When I said 7 weeks old, she replied "and you let her out of the house?"... to which your mummy smartly replied "It's even worse.. we're here for her passport so we can leave the country!"