watermelon

Last week we introduced watermelon.
Also a big hit.
The first time I gave it to her in the mesh feeder and she sucked out all of the juice until the piece was bone dry.
I then gave her a chunk in her hand. She tried to chew it and kind of started to choke so I quickly took it away and gave her more in the mesh feeder. Definitely candidate for mother of the year I know.
She is not quite ready for finger food yet, but I see it in her near future.

white peaches

A couple of weeks ago we introduced Maya to white peaches.
As you can see they were a HUGE hit.
So far this is the only food she has devoured 2 bowls of at one feeding.
It was also the first time she grabbed the bowl away from me and tried to drink it and slurp it up with her hands at the same time.
She just could not get enough of it.

peek a boo!

crawling

I have been so bad about updating, and now Im trying to catch up on everything Maya has accomplished.
This series made me UBER proud.
It was a while ago when she was not so mobile. She climbed up the padded stairs all by herself in our Wednesday mommy and me class.
I was all chocked up.

old mc donald

We had mommy and me today as we do every Thursday, and the topic was Nursery School.
I can't believe we have to start thinking about it before she is even a year old.
At the end of lecture, the teacher always sings songs, blows bubbles that the kids LOVE to chase, and we all dance.
But Maya's most favorite part is the old mc donald puppet show which is a new thing in the last couple of weeks.
She is just enamored by it, and here she is with the sheep and dog the teacher tossed to her. I can tell she is hoping she would toss the next farm animal to her also.

funny face

mi familia

Annapolis, Maryland

My mom, Maya and I travelled to Annapolis for my dear friend Jenna and Matt's wedding earlier this month.
Thats the gorgeous bride and I, (and her sweet mother in law in the background!) and Maya (with my cheetos, yes I LOVE them) on the plane.
She was nothing short of fantastic on the flights, and was a real trooper for the whole weekend.
Long story short: just to be safe, since I was in the wedding, and to reduce the shlepping my mom and I had to do, I had the brilliant idea to ship all of our luggage via UPS ahead of time.
Well guess what? My suitcase didn't make it.
Well guess what else? For some unexplainable reason I put my bridesmaid dress and all of Maya's diapers in my moms suitcase.
So instead of sight seeing or resting for 5 minutes, we spent our time running around the beautiful city on the water shopping for new clothes and shoes for the 2 of us. Could have been worse I guess.
All in all the wedding was like a fairy tale, and the weekend was wonderful in spite of the luggage mishap.

Oh and side bar: my sister Andrea was the BEST maid of honor ever.

new hairdo

the park

Maya now goes to the park to play and crawl around.
Im proud to say she was able to crawl thru the tube from Pedja to me! And looking surprised in the the green hippo rocking toy.

maya and mia

Maya and Mia met in mommy and me yoga a few months ago, and have been the best of friends ever since.
Mia also joined one of our mommy and me classes, so they get to see each other twice a week.
Maya started army crawling right before Mia did, and she would go over to her toys, grab a few, then crawl away and lick all of them. And Mia could do nothing about it, but still loves Maya all the same.
Mia is the best, most generous sharer, and the most mellow, kind baby ever.

I think the photo of the 2 of them looks like they are on a roller coaster.

9 months old

I can't believe my baby is 9 months old!
We celebrated by staying inside in this crazy heat :) and Maya enjoyed a lot of watermelon, her new food of the week.
She got 2 more teeth last week, both on top.
She crawls properly now, no more army crawl, and pulls herself up to standing on absolutely everything.
She babbles and talks a bunch and we are working on waving hi and bye.