My grandniece, Maya Stevens is a very active little girl. In fact, her daddy, my nephew Garrett calls her an “energizer bunny.” Maya is always on the go, and hard to keep up with most of the time…unless she is sleeping, hahaha!! The reality is that Maya just wants to be in the middle of the action. She wants to experience everything, and she doesn’t want to miss out on anything. For Maya, life is just the coolest thing, and she loves every minute of it. She has a great imagination, and she is curious about everything, so each day becomes an adventure.
Besides her parents, Garrett and his wife Kayla, Maya’s favorite person is her sister, Elliott. Maya thinks she should be able to participate in everything Elliott is doing. That is fun for Elliott…most of the time, but as anyone who has had a younger sibling knows, that whole “kid” sister thing can be a pain sometimes, and sometimes Elliott just doesn’t like it. Nevertheless, Elliott tries to be understanding, and so the girls often play “mom and baby” where Elliott is the mom and Maya is the baby. That is one of Maya’s favorite, because as we all know, the baby has the full attention of the mommy. The girls pretend to run errands and drop Maya off at daycare and such…all fun parts of Maya’s day. Elliott has great motherly instincts because of Kayla and both grandmothers, Alena Stevens and 
Lynette Smiley. Maya does too, and she is quickly becoming a motherly type too, although mostly to her dolls. She loves to push her babies around in strollers and bathe them and feed them. Her imagination is endless.
Maya loves her daycare, and she has made many friends there. A few of them came over for her birthday party on Saturday. It was a great party. The kids all swam and had a great time. That is the cool thing about summer birthdays…the outdoor parties, swimming and running around the yard. So much fun. Maya is an explorer and loves to climb anything she can. I can see it now…watch that girl when she gets around trees!! She also loves riding anything with wheels…especially her daddy’s 4-wheeler. She is also starting to learn how to ride her little bike…a little bit but not great yet. That will come with practice. The family recently went to Disney World, and Maya had a blast on the rides there too. While Maya may have a bit of a “tom-boy” side, she is very much a girly girl. She loves playing dress 
up and putting on makeup and nail polish. She definitely got the “sparkly” gene from her daddy’s mom…her grandma Alena Stevens, who went to Heaven on April 23, 2025. I know that her family will work very hard to keep Alena’s memory alive for Maya and her sister, Elliott. Maya also loves her cousins, Brooklyn and Jaxon Killinger, the bonus children of her Aunt Lacey…who recently gave Maya her first haircut, helping to bring out the “sparkly” gene. Maya is such a bubbly, smiley girl. She’s a joy to be around. Today is Maya’s 3rd birthday. Happy birthday Maya! Have a great day! We love you!
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