My Little Valentine

For Valentine's Day weekend Maya and I went to Grandma Jo's and Maya loved it. Since we got back everytime we leave the house its, "Okay, Goin' to Grandma's." She totally loves her Grandma's.

While in Ames we did some local shopping (Pumpkin Patch and Puddle Jumpers!) and the best part was getting to see Nika. Maya loved seeing her. She loved it so much she called her Maisie the whole time. That means she's star struck if she calls you Maisie. She also had fun playing with Poirot. Because of this she has a very loud, long squeal that she does whenever she sees kitties. Did I say squeal, cause I meant scream, like when you see Ringo Starr (circa 1965) Grandma Paula's kitty Peaches who is...a big girl kitty, did not like this. It was a lot of excercise for her to get away over and over. Maya loves the kitties like Tiger loves the ladies.

The Night of One Happy Kitty

Maya ready to go at Aunt B's house.Maya and "bucket" deciding where to go- and making it hard for mommy to talk good photos (she never stops moving!)
This is the only good one I got of her tail.
Maya and her lolly.




She had been wearing her kitty ears for weeks, carrying around bucket for weeks (still wears the ears, still carries the bucket), and so of course she was excited to walk up to strangers houses, knock on the door and give them candy! Yes, she gave them candy. But they always gave it back. Not knowing what candy is (except for the occasional m&m), Maya played with it (in and out of bucket, sorting, etc.) for days until...

A couple days later, daddy gave her part of a kit kat. The next morning she walks up to me holding two reese's cups and a kit kat and says, "Open..candy...open...chocolate?"

Another Birthday Party

Maya had a birthday party on her birthday at Grandma Paula and Grandpa Jeff's. She got to eat supper with Great Grandma and Grandpa Elsie and Jim and Grandma. She was too excited (and sleepy, she had had an early nap that day) to eat much.She got to play with her buddy Wylie who, as usual, let her torture him as the photo shows. She'd yell,"Kitty Cat!" and chase after him. And pull his hair enough to lift him off the ground. Did he freak out? No. He is the most baby proof cat ever. Then she sat on him. He ran away.


Once again, she wasn't interested in presents (except the clothes which she tried to put on..oh, and the shoes!!) and didn't try to open them. She did try a little cake and smiled really big when she ate it. What she was in to, was walking and walking and walking.


She is getting so big. Today she said, "Up." Tomorrow, brontosaurus.

This afternoon she goes and has to see the pokey ladies for her 12 month well baby check up. Wish her luck induring the dreaded pokey's.

kisses!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA!!

Today is Maya's birthday. One year ago today, the best thing in the world happened. A little girl came into my life, turned it upside down, and now makes my heart skip everytime she sticks her toes in my face for me to tickle. I fall to pieces when I see her up in the window pounding on the glass, smiling, and waving at me when I come home from work. It's one of my favorite parts of the day.
Here are a few pictures from her party in Ames. Grandma Jo, Auntie B and Uncle Jason, Uncle Jered, Aunt Shauna and cousin Max, Grandpa Greg, Cousin Nika, Great Grandpa Roy, The Pregitzer's, and other friends all stopped by to watch Maya try cakie for the first time.
She just wanted to eat her apple and was not interested in eating cakie.
This is as interested in cakie as she got.

Later she played in the pool for the first time! She loved it, and she loved having Max and Nika (and Lucy) there to enjoy the water with. She also loooovvveeddd Grandma Jo's kitties Pete and Poirot. She loves them kitties.
It was a great weekend, she played really hard and slept really hard!

Now, she misses her Grammy. I showed her pictures and she snuggled up to me and smiled.

Happy Birthday punkin'!! We love you!!

Max's 4th Birthday!!

Over the weekend we went to Ames for Max's 4th Birthday party which was at his Grandma and Grandpa Pregitzer's.
We watched Max open presents (yeah!!).


We watched Max blow out his candles (woohoo!!).

We watched Max zone out on frosting (so funny!).
And. we watched Jered blow a bigillion bubbles while Max took his bat to most of them (fabulous).
Grandpa Greg helped Maya pop a couple. Her first bubbles!!


It was a great day to celebrate a wonderful guy whom Maya absolutely adores.

We also spent time at Grandma Jo's and had fun playing with her kitchen set with Max, and going up and down Grandpa Greg's two little stairs at his house.

Maya played so much she slept the whole way home!

Maya recognizes the names "Pete" and "Max" and will try to say them when she sees them.

This morning she's trying "Ah Oh". It's like this "Ah, ah, ah."

Lately

Lately Maya is loving standing up, following momma around the house, eating blueberries, talking to the kitties in her books, copying Max's laugh when he came over to play, going to the park to swing and watch kids, helping momma fold laundry, and sleeping in her crib.


Maya decided that the ducks at the park didn't need bread.




She doesn't understand what the fuss is about slides. "This is dull Momma, take me back to where I can see kids."

8 Mumphs

Maya is 8 Mumphs old! It's crazy we've got this talkative little wiggle butt who was just a little peanut 8 whole mumphs ago. She's gotta be close to 20 pounds of pure wiggle now.

(Maya watching Barack on Inauguration Day)

Maya is in love with jumping. Either in her jumperoo or in our arms she enjoys bouncing and jumping. She has suddenly become a good sleeper and eater in the last week, six whole hours without waking up?? This behavior scares mommy who has to check Maya at least once in that six hours. But it's nice to not get up and make four bottles a night. I don't know maybe all that jumping wears her out and she sleeps soundly.

She says "kitty" but it's always this excited little whisper (she also squeals when she sees one in her books or if she goes to see Wylie), she says Dadda or Daddy when she sees her Daddy, and a few times she's said, "bahbah" and waved bye bye.

She is just the bees knees.

January

Maya at seven months old is a chatter box. She wakes up chipper and talkative, and goes to bed cranky and tired. So, we must be doing something right.

She's eating more and more which is good, I'm hoping that by her 9 month check up that she breaks the 6oth percentile this time. That way her gigantic length and gigantic head will match her big round tummy.

She sits up in the bubble now, cause she's really good at sitting up. She loves kitties and doggies and little kids.

Still only two teeth.
I sense crawling is coming soon.