Mya Gonzalez

Mya is 8-months old already! It is almost time to start thinking about a first birthday party… Time has flown by.

Length: 25 inches

Weight: 15.5 lbs.

Today Mya has begun to eat real food. Her parents decided that since Mya is doing well eating chunks of food, that she could eat more table food. There are some foods that will be left out of her diet for a little while, such as nuts, honey, seafood, junk food, soda and juices, but she was eating cheese and Nutri-grain bars today.

Also, Mya is babbling up quite a storm recently. Most of the words have not become anything definite yet thoughh.

Today Mya got to try pinwheel noodles and kiwi. She really seemed to enjoy the kiwi and has officially moved onto lumpier foods (although she has been experimenting with lumpier foods for a few weeks.)

This morning Mya pulled up on the couch all by herself. She was so proud of herself that she did it quite a few times. (Maybe this is why she has been waking up during the night… to stand.)

She enjoyed lunch with Uncle Adam and Aunt Erin and then took them out to play with Daddy’s RC car. Mya seemed to be a little scared of the noise from the RC car, but played in the grass further away before having to say goodbyes to the family.

New food of the day: eggs. (yolks, since whites aren’t “supposed” to be introduced until age 1.)

Uncle Adam and Aunt Erin came down from New York for a visit this weekend. Although pumpkinpalooza turned out to be a bust, everyone enjoyed lunch together and then headed to the park to play.

Today Mya also took her first steps alone with her walker. Ever since Mya has learned to crawl and started pulling up (with assistance), she has been wanting to stand and walk, so she is normally found trying to stand on the person sitting on the floor so they will help her.

New food of the day: hush puppy.

Today Mya attempted day #2 of getting her picture taken (yesterday resulted in few good pictures). Later, she went for a walk with Zoe, although they both slept the entire time.

Once her dad arrived home, Mya headed out to the local mall for trick-or-treat night. Although Mya is still a little too young to collect candy, she got to watch the other kids walk around in their costumes.

Mya met up with her new friend, Zoe, at the park today. They enjoyed the swings and a nice walk together. This will probably become a more regular event, considering the two also play together at library storytime.

Today after Gymboree, Mya was introduced to peas. She enjoyed the initial bite and then had to have the taste masked by other food.

Today at the library storytime, Mya decided to crawl away and join her peers playing with toys. Although her mom was excited that Mya is not scared to become independent and social, she was also saddened to realize that her little baby is quickly growing up and becoming her own person.

Mya hung out with her parents today and ran some errands. She attended her first presidential election site, where her parents voted for the new president. It was almost believed that Mya wanted something to say about the next president, as she grabbed for the election ballot quite demandingly.