recent photos

Maya and her pal Elise ("Ees") having snack at the zoo


Cheers Auntie Leah (Happy Bday!)


Happy #99 Grandma!


Daddy's Girl

time off

Thank goodness I work for a Jewish Organization. Not only is Labor Day this Monday, but Rosh Hashanah hits mid week. This means that I am taking 2 days of vacation and score 5 days off! The new school year just started at the preschool and thus, my work load has about quadrupled. I put in over 80 hours this pay period and I'm tired! Working over full time and getting to Maya and having the afternoons with her has been more than exhausting. Needless to say, I am ready for a week of down-time. I'll be getting up at a more reasonable Mommy-hour (about 7 thank goodness) We'll be hitting the zoo, seeing friends and also heading to OC to visit TlovesT and my Grandma who turns 99 this month!

Every day Maya is saying new words and we find ourselves thinking things like "When did you learn the word 'feather'?" My new favorite Maya phrase though is "Oh Boy!"- said in moments of excitement but also times when she has a big task at hand (lifting all the blocks or something of the sort). And appropriately, she told us in the car yesterday that it was foggy and said "Hi fog" a ton on the way to the zoo!

Here are a couple recent pics. Our little girl is rounding the corner here on 20 months- that's ALMOST 2!

Here she is trying out her friend Samantha's bike:
You can see Monkey and her other monkey she calls "Haircut" here: