Monday's

Oh man oh man, I just have to get these TPS Reports in by 3 O'Clock or it's back to the soup kitchens for me...

Baby Frida

On a cold and raining November day (sunny and 70 one day, raining and 40's the next) I give you a little brightness.

Baby Frida.




After Mommy wove her two braided buns out of felt and figured out how to make it stay (for photos only) on her head, we took her over to her Grandma Paula's for Halloween. We took a few pictures and then mommy forgot the battery with charger AT Grandma's so these are the only pictures we have from that night out! After Grandma's we went over to Brandon and Lori's for a little party. Eventually Maya changed into her pumpkin pajamas, which Mommy pointed out, "makes her a diva like Beyonce, she changes outfits at parties."




Maya's eye shadow unibrow didn't come off for a couple of days.
Mommy and Daddy are trying to be 60's German art student, and Bob Dylan...what you didn't see that? Oh, it's cause you can't see the whole outfit..yeah, that would totally make a difference...sort of.


This week she's kicking as usual (harder! ninja kicks, or soccer kicks), talking about politics (but that's winding down), enjoying her IKEA kitty that Brynna got while in Minneapolis (actually she just seems to, right now, enjoy the long white tags on it)and she learned that Maya controls the rattle. She used to just occasionally rattle her rattles, as if she thought, "Hmm, what an interesting sound, where's it coming from?" Now it's, "Yeah, I make the music, I'm in the band."

Except, Maya controls the rattle right into her face.

Let's Try, Putting it in My Mouth

Maya has taken to putting everything in her mouth. Her kitty, The birdie Cori made her and sent from Portland. It's her fave. She seems to enjoy it more than her pacie, but not more than her hand.


We took her to the park and showed her the geese and the pretty flowers. She's like her momma, she loves being outside. A big day equals a nap in the car seat, and a big bottle when she got home.

Even more of my favorite things

(This is a onesie that my friend Dena made for Maya. It's her "There Will Be Blood" onesie.

"I drink your milkshake" being the best line from the movie. This is her best Daniel Day Lewis face. She just needs a mustache and a hat to complete the look.)

Here are three more of my favorite things. These are my spots. I like to lay on the changing table and try and touch my spots. I can lay here for ten minutes. Mommy likes my spots because they help with my cognitive learning. (This is part of an ad that came with some free samples of Enfamil that the hospital makes you sign up for. So I keep getting formula that I don't need..but we do appreciate the high contrast spots because she gets so excited when we pull them out while changing her.)

My Grandma Jo got me this glow worm and I love him. He comes and plays songs for me and I just love to look at his glowing face. He's my buddy.

My bouncy chair has these animals that attach to it and I sometimes like to try and touch them. Although they aren't as bright and high contrast as my spots or my glow worm, they are still nice to try and grab...I keep trying to grab my toes, but I just can't reach them yet. So, maybe my animals will help me get there eventually.

I really look like mommy when she was a baby in this picture...

Lately I've been waking up in the morning and smiling at mommy for a long time. I love having my feet tickled and played with. This week I also successfully went in the car seat without crying! I even went out with mommy for a long time without becoming upset! Target has so many things to look at so I forgot I was in the car seat!!