Maya 15 months

Maya turned 15 months in July and I never posted anything about it!  Call it summer laziness!  She had a nice and healthy check-up.  She was 32" tall and 21 lbs 1 oz.  She's still high in the percentiles for height and low for weight.

                                 

Maya started walking in June and loves this newfound ability.  She loves to walk up the street in our neighborhood and wave at her friends' doors.

She now has 10 teeth and is working on her bottom molars!

Her favorite things are still her "dolly" and her Cabbage Patch Cutie- "Moo Baby" (a doll dressed up as a cow).  She also likes throwing balls that go with her toys through the baby gate down the stairs.  I figure she's experimenting with gravity right?... She also started LOVING her bath and the pool after returning from the shore (where she detested all things water related).  She tries to demand a bath a few times a day by saying and signing "bath" but she just gets one bath a day before bedtime.

One of our neighbors kindly gave Maya this stroller.  She got busy pushing "Dolly" & "Moo Baby" around right away!

                                   

She started eating really well- even her veggies- but I'm starting to see a bit of a regression in that.

The biggest change is that Maya started to transition into daycare.  I wish I could report that it's been an easy experience, but it hasn't been.  Maya has always been clingy and she knows as soon as we arrive that it means I'm leaving her there.  She cries and cries and clings to me like a tree frog pointing to me announcing to everyone that I am her "Momma."  It's really quite the scene.  Fortunately, last time I picked her up they said she did great and only cried a little bit.  She stayed the whole day that time so I think it gave her time to really settle in. She naps great at daycare but won't really eat yet for them.  It'll come- she won't starve herself!  She's made some neat crafts there and used a balance beam.  It seems like it's a lot of fun!

Her words:

• Momma
• Dadda
• Doggy
• Bath
• Up
• More
• Bird
• Cold (when she touches ice)
• Dolly
• Baby
• Gianna
• Keys
• Car
• Ball
• Pool
• Hot
• Banana
• Dexter
• Bubbles
• G.B. (for grandmom)
• Maya
• Blue ba (blueberries)
• Ka Boom (when she falls down)
• I think there's more but I'm drawing a blank

Sounds:

• moo
• baa
• quack
• ruff (sometimes)
• neigh (sometimes)
• hoot

Here she is wearing her silver medal from the "Olympics Week" at daycare.  Everyone won a 2nd place medal because aluminum foil is silver :-)  She also has pulled out the book that she consistently takes off the bookshelf when I ask her to pick out a book for naptime- Elements of Style.  Dave is ecstatic about this choice. 

Anniversary

Today is Dave and my 4 year wedding anniversary.  It seems like just yesterday we were at the altar saying our "I do's."  Our lives before that moment were very different.  During the weeks leading up to our wedding, I was finishing up my teaching job in Virginia, packing and moving my classroom and my room in my house with my roommates, and finishing the inevitable last minute wedding details.  In the meantime, Dave had moved from VA to PA and was actually living with my mom for the summer, while he studied for and took the bar exam.  In fact, he took the bar exam the week before our wedding.  Dave, was especially grateful for a long relaxing honeymoon.

Since the two of us became a family, after 8 years of dating, a lot has changed.  The greatest change have been in the size of our family.   First came Dexter the pug man, then Rose the feisty sweetheart pug mix, and most recently, Maya who is now almost 16 months old!

A recent pic!

Our Wedding Day

Honeymoon- St. Lucia

Shore 2012

I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures from our trip to the shore.  We went with "G.B." Aunt Eleni, Uncle Rich, Gianna, Baby Alex for a week to the shore.  The house we rented was newly renovated with a fenced in yard that backed a children's park.

I would like to say that Maya loved the beach, but I'd be lying.  Unfortunately, Maya (and I) both had colds.  Maya also was getting 2 molars and the teething and mucous from the cold lead to diarrhea which also led to a diaper rash.  Therefore, Maya wasn't in a great mood and basically just fussed on the beach.  Thank goodness the house had a nice deck that I could lounge on while Maya took her extra long naps.  She napped from 1:00-5:00 almost everyday.

We did go to the local zoo and she loved seeing the giraffes!  She likes them in her books and had never seen one in real life!

Cousins on the 4th of July!

This was how Maya was seen most of the week.  Gripping "Dolly," sucking her thumb, and walking around in circles!

Messy Eater Part 2

I really think Maya could win a contest for messy eating. This is the result of a lunch comprised of a tuna fish melt, zucchini bites, string beans with ranch dressing, & grapes.




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Children's Museum

Tonight we went to a nearby children's museum which opened its doors from 5:00-7:00 with a super discounted $2 admission. My neighbor told me about this and Maya and I had to go check it out!

She was a bit young for many of the exhibits, which I expected; but, she still enjoyed toddling around!








In this picture she's in a train car with her friend/neighbor.

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Maya the Messy Eater

Maya is by no means a neat eater. Especially when she decides to play " Peek a Boo" while eating when her hands are covered in food.



Or when she decides that the ranch dressing for her carrots tastes mighty fine on its own!



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Family Visits

At the end of June Dave's parents came up for a visit, sadly, due to a death in the family.  Despite the sad circumstances, I think they enjoyed seeing all of their grandkids!  Maya was spoiled with gifts and lots of attention!

Here are some pictures from their visit.