Tahoe

We had a great time with old pals in Tahoe this past weekend. The weather was warm and sunny, the ladies had some time to ourselves, the kids were so cute together, the house was amazing and...it truly felt like summer. We even got to make some seriously good smores. If only the trip could have been longer. I'm waiting for shared photos to post (I know other peeps took good shots) but for now here are a couple (above- Maya and Parker- Pals!):

On the tram to the top of Squaw for pool-side fun:

Love this one of Parker playing in the yard:


Maya is totally exploding with some cool language development right now- she's repeating a ton of what we are saying. Two of my favorite new words of hers are "ankle" and when she answers a question with "ya" (so simple but so cute)

18 month cuteness

Maya giving me a funny little smile while at the park:


Tired little M (after Little Gym)


A little video:

It's July?

I know I have said this a ton since Maya was born and I will be saying it forever now- but honestly, time is flying! What happened to May and June? I can hardly believe it's July and Maya is rounding the corner on 18 months- that's a year and a half! Sometimes its hard to summarize life- so for now a list of some things:

• I've stopped telling people how old Maya is in months. The answer is now simply " a year and a half." This is a new phase, for sure- she is truly a toddler- bye bye baby Maya.
  
• She loves loves loves strawberries and I had to cut her off today from them- if I would have let her- she would have eaten every single one I bought. AND she is saying "strawberry" in her own cute way.
  
• She is really talking a lot more and it's becoming clear that she is wanting more language. It's incredible to see- one of our new "games" is "name the things in the dishwasher." As I unload the dishwasher- she looks at each item and waits to hear what it's called. For now- she is calling everything a bowl.
  
• I can start to see her playing with other kids- not just around them.
• She likes the "big kid swing."
  
• She's getting more hair, more teeth, is now growing out of her clothes super fast, loves singing, dancing, her stuffed animals (watch out anyone who takes Monkey from her!) and digs her time at Little Gym and around other people- lucky girl has a lot of family around her, too. So sweet.
  

This week she got to see Oma and Papa again and spent time with Romi a couple times too- it's amazing to see them together.