a very busy day

Today Maya pulled herself up onto the couch all by herself.
She also discovered her nose today, so her fingers are spending a lot of time there.
Oh and she tried beets and seemed to like them.

yo gabba gabba

Yesterday I took Maya to her very first concert on the outside-YO GABBA GABBA!
I say on the outside, because when she was in utero I took her to hear INCUBUS with Luka-that was his first concert.
Since we live in LA, of course there were a few celebrity sightings-Jamie Priestly, Giles Marini, Carson Daly, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, and another actress that has twin boys but I can't remember her name.
The Agrolites played a ska song about bananas, and Biz Markie did his segment Biz's beat of the day live! That was my favorite part.
We had seats in the 5th row so we could see very well, and to my pleasant surprise, we were able to stay for the whole show on only a 40 minute nap all day.
All in all it was AWESOME!!!

11 months old

Today Maya is 11 months old.
I have been reflecting on how far she has come and what an incredible little human I get to hang out with all the time.
I can't believe she was a little blob that didn't do much less than a year ago, and now she is trying to talk, walk, plays at the park, loves her music class and tries to dance, eats solid food-kale every day! and my favorite, puts EVERYTHING she comes across in her mouth.
I was looking at her birthday pictures the other night when I couldn't sleep and I was smiling and crying all at the same time.
I am the luckiest mama in the world

giving thanks

This is Maya's first thanksgiving and it was the most special one for me having her here.
She was a great assistant in the kitchen with my mom and me making our bountiful lunch.
Brussel sprout gratin, chipotle yams, cranberry chutney, sourdough stuffing, and a salad with dates, persimmons, pepitas, goat cheese and arugula, and some 05 french red wine. Oh and dessert? pumpkin mousse and chocolate mousse with whipped cream.

The food was wonderful and so was the company.

A big nap was had by Maya and Pedja after lunch.

food update

This week Maya tried Parsnips, Cauliflower and Routabaga.
She was fine with all of them.
She is such an amazing eater now, still eating Kale for dinner every night, but I hear that can all change later on.

She also seems to be transitioning to 1 nap a day. I wasn't quite ready for that one!
And I think I see tooth 7 in her future.

and then there were 6

Today Maya's 6th tooth broke through.
She now has 4 across along the top of her mouth.
Hooray!

she just stood up!

She really did!!
My mom is a witness!
She was playing her musical instruments, an egg shaker in 1 hand and a maraca in the other, and all of a sudden she just stood up!
She stood for 1-2 seconds then sat down.

It was amazing!!!