Halloween part 1

The kids were SO cute today.
Luce was a Kangaroo, Dylan was a Devil, Ella 1 was a bee, Ella 2 was a cowgirl, Andrew was a Lion, Lyra was Minnie Mouse, Diya was a bunny, London was a princess, and yes the best for last, Maya and her best friend Mia were Run DMC!

movin' on up

Today was the Halloween party at our Thursday mommy and me class.
The kids were beyond adorable. I will post the pics next.
But more importantly, I turned my back to get my video camera and when I looked at Maya, she had climbed up 4 stairs and was sitting in the castle!
I was tearing up with pride and joy and surprise!
Amazing!
Oh and today she is 10 months!

10 seconds

Maya is pulling herself up to standing on everyone and everything these days, and tonight she let go and stood up solo for 10 seconds! This is the longest to date! Im so proud of her.

300

Today Maya is 300 days young! Hooray!
To celebrate she tried broccoli and it was a huge hit! Another Hooray!
Her latest and super cute accomplishment is clapping. She now claps after almost everything that happens, its so awesome.
I enjoy every second with her.

9 month check up

Today Maya is 41 weeks old, and we went for her 9 month check up with a new doctor that I really liked.
Her name is Dr. Rena and she is Russian and so mellow, I am much happier.
Sooo her are her stats: 19 lbs 3 oz, 28 inches long, and her head is 17 3/4 inches.
Dr. Rena said she was healthy and right on track.
No shots this visit was an added bonus.

big brother Luka

Luka loves fishing.
I mean he LOVES it. It's his life.
He sent us this picture of his biggest catch to date.
We are so proud of him!

give peas a chance

In honor of John Lennon's birthday we are giving peas a chance.
Maya is not a fan at all.
We tried them plain, no good.
I added rice cereal, still no good.
I mixed them with apples, a little better.

carrots

We had a play date with Dawson this week over at our house.
It had been a while since we had seen him and he has grown up so much.
The 2 of them were squealing, crawling, and playing with toys for quite a while.
It happened to be the same day we introduced Maya to carrots, so Dawson joined the fun, he had never had them either.
It looks like Maya likes them, and she did on day 1, but the next few days she just spit them back out at me and turned her head away from the spoon.
Dawson enjoyed them and is such a neat eater! No bib, no mess! And all on his beautiful mama's lap!
Sorry for the sideways photo, I cant get it turned around for some reason.

And then there were 5

Last night I discovered Maya's 5th tooth!
It has just broken through the skin.
This one is on top, in the middle on the left.
Hooray!

bubbles

Tonight in the bath Maya put her face in the water and started blowing bubbles!
We have no idea where it came from but we were so excited!
She is somehow teaching herself how to swim I think.

veggie power!

Yesterday we introduced Maya to Kale.
Here are the results.
Im SO proud!