Happy Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful day filled with love, family and super yummy food.. My mom still is the best cook in the world! I feel so lucky!

Wish List

Everyone has been asking for Maya's christmas and birthday list... so, I've put it on the blog for all you family members.

http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/27I4TUPUSJSNM/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go

Catch Up

Man, keeping up with this blog is harder than I thought! I promise to make a solid effort for keep it more up to date...

Since the last couple of entries Maya had changed into a little person... She is officially no longer a baby. (tear :( ) In a few short weeks she changed completely...

Maya now eats most food we eat... She seems to favor Italian food, wanting extra parmesan cheese, goat cheese, pasta, avocado, smoothies, but will eat anything from Jimmy's restaurant as well, minus the raw stuff, give her a few more months for that! She also lets you know when she's ready to eat more, saying "Yum Yum"...

Maya seems to understand everything you tell her, and is saying more words everyday. Words she says all the time are - Mama, Dada, Yum Yum, Night Night, Doggie (which sounds like dou dou), up, Santa, light, and a couple more... Things she says here and there Om (for Omi) Amps (for Gramps), rain,(ain) kitty cat(itty at) woof, bird, balloon, book, ball, bye bye, hi, and a few others I'm forgetting. If she can't say what she wants with words, she finds other ways... she points at everything she wants, or things she just wants you to talk about with her. She lets you know which books she's into and which she's not. Reading books can keep her busy for hours, and sometimes she's quite pushy about making you read to her. She has an incredibly sweet disposition though. She rarely cries, and even responds to "No No" and "Danger" without much fuss. She gives hugs and kisses when you ask for them, if she feels like it, and it seems like she's already learning the art of manipulation. She gives herself endless kisses in the mirror, and also gives favorite toys kisses, especially her baby dolls. Lately, she's also been trying to sit in her baby's bed, and it's super funny to see. She has also started walking. She can stand on her own for quite a long time and can walk with the aid of just one hand all through the house, and has taken around 10 steps or so balanced by herself. She is still nervous to walk around alone, although she had a few bumps and bruises to prove that she will occasionally just take off without anyone. Sometimes she's just too quick, and it's giving us all near heart attacks, since the house is virtually all wooden floors. Maya is still going on her potty everyday many times. She goes number one everything you set her on the thing, and starts giggling at the sound, number two has only come a few times, and we're trying to work on that timing a bit more. She has four teeth, and I think more are on the way. She still wakes up all during the night, but we decided to get over it and deal with it... It won't last forever right?

Happy Halloween!