5/31/2011 174 days Old

On the 174th day in the life of the most beautiful girl in the history of the world the morning began peacefully. Maya woke up early enough this morning for Erin to get some cuddle time before she left for work. It was the begining of a trend for the day. Maya was quite the cuddle bug today. She just wanted to be held, and if I didn’t hold her she threatened me with a forceful removal of her cannula. At about 10:00 Grandma Patti showed up to take over on Maya cuddling duty. Later in the afternoon Grandpa Greg would join her for a little Maya time.

Maya has really changed a lot in the last few days. She is holding up her own head more and more. I can see her looking around, and she is getting better at focusing her eyes expecially on faces. This evening Grandma Chris was holding her and I was sitting across the room when I started to talk to Maya. She could hear my voice and I saw her looking around trying to find me. After a few minutes exploring the room her eyes came to rest on my face. She looked right at me for a long time. It is little things like this that I treasure in each day. Every day that Maya keeps up her fight she learns more and more. As long as she keeps fighting we will keep helping her learn all that she can.

This evening Grandpa Bob and Grandma Chris came by and brought us dinner. They got some time to cuddle with Maya as we watched Steve Martin play the banjo on Austin City Limits. I guess Maya likes blue grass, she even seemed to tap her feet to the music. She is lying in her boppie dozing now. I hope that she has as peaceful of a night as she has had a day.

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