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December 31, 2008

19 Months

Maya turned 19 months old yesterday and everyday she becomes more and more a toddler and less and less a baby.

Her sleeping is still going great with her sleeping comfortably through the night almost every night.

Her language is steadily improving, she now uses a few pivot words most notably bye-bye, every time we leave anywhere its now "bye-bye lights", "bye-bye seat", "bye-bye train". She is also becoming much more understandable and using language much more appropriately. When in her high chair, she'll say "up" when she wants up and if we don't get her out she'll say "down?". She also says things like "all done" when she doesn't want any more food.

Maya - 19 Months

She really likes her puzzles and will sit for a long time taking them out and putting them back in. She is really quick at figuring out how to get the pieces to fit.

Maya - 19 Months

She loves being with me in the kitchen and usually wants to sit on the counter or have me hold her while I make dinner or desserts. She's good at grabbing handfuls of flour and throwing them into a bowl. I've almost got her to where she will use a measuring spoon and get close to the right amount of something.

Maya - 19 Months

We're starting to see a few more tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants and she will even through herself down and kick her feet which is pretty funny to see. I have a feeling it will get worse before it gets better, but overall she's still a pleasure to be around.

Maya - 19 Months

Maya - 19 Months

December 25, 2008

Christmas 2008

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas...

We awoke early (as we do everyday thanks to Maya) and luckily Santa had delivered our presents. Maya did a good job unwrapping her gifts...

Christmas 2008

...but after a gift or two she got busy playing with her new toys and didn't want to open any more so we had to pitch in and help her out. We had a very Elmo Christmas, she got a few small Sesame toys...

Christmas 2008

... and a few puzzles....

Christmas 2008

...and in a move I am sure I will regret, she got a recorder....

Christmas 2008

.. for her big presents she got a little couch to lounge on and also a little people farm...

Christmas 2008

... after a leisurely breakfast we went for a walk downtown (which just happened to have the only open Starbucks around) .

Christmas 2008

For dinner we had lamb chops which Maya ate Flintstone style.

Christmas 2008


December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas (Eve)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve 2008

We are getting ready for Christmas by finishing the tree....

Christmas Eve 2008

... and lounging around, waiting for Santa.

Christmas Eve 2008

Academy of Sciences - 12/19/08

Last Friday we took advantage of some time off from work to visit the newly re-modeled Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.

The building is impressive but in costs a wallet numbing $25.00 a person to get in, luckily Maya was free but $50.00 bucks for a few hours of entertainment is pretty steep.

A large part of it is an aquarium that Maya liked for the most part.

Academy of Sciences

There's a section about the different rain forests of the world, Maya didn't care too much about the displays mostly because there were so many people, we couldn't see much. Maya did stop to smell the flowers though.

Academy of Sciences

There's a section for kids under 5 that was fun, somewhat similar to the children's museum. Maya enjoyed the puzzles and books.

Academy of Sciences

Academy of Sciences

December 17, 2008

Birthday Party

Last weekend Maya was invited to a birthday party. Her friends Jada and Acacia were born almost exactly a year apart, Jada turned one and Acacia turned two which is perfect because Maya falls exactly between the two.

The theme of the party was Elmo, which made Maya very happy.

Maya - 12/14/08

Maya was helpful when it came to opening the presents

Maya - 12/14/08

She was also helpful in testing them out

Maya - 12/14/08

Other than that we haven't been doing too much, here's a few recent pics just for fun

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Maya - 12/14/08

Maya - 12/14/08

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December 2, 2008

18 Months

Maya turned 18 months old on Sunday. She continues to grow unabated. She is notably taller and is actually above normal in height (just a bit) which is quite surprising given her parents genes.

The biggest change is that we've finally got her on a normal schedule where she naps for two hours about noon and goes to bed by 10:00pm and then sleeps through the night.

Maya - 18 Months

Her vocabulary grows daily and she can now sing along with her CDs (her current favorite song is wheels on the bus). We've given in and let her watch one episode of Sesame Street every day. She actually sings along with the opening song now as well as Elmo's world.

San Fancisco 11/29/08

Her eating is still a little hit and miss, she will go through days where she can't get enough and then go for days where she refuses everything. Her current favorite food is grapes, she's also big on oranges. Veggies are still a struggle. She loves all breads (I think she gets that from me) and especially is into gingerbread nowadays.

For her 18 month birthday we got a red velvet cupcake from Sprinkles. Her mom put on 1 1/2 candles.

Maya - 18 Months

It didn't take long for us to devour it!

Maya - 18 Months