some pics

Its hard to get a picture of Maya at the Little Gym but here she is this past week on the low beam:
Not a fab photo- but me with tired Maya and Niece/Cousin Romi

Rock & Roll Romi

19 months (today!)

In these last couple weeks, Maya's language is just so fun to hear - Its a little word explosion. She is repeating almost everything now and is putting multiple words together- SO fun! "Mo airpo" (more airport) "dow peas" (down please) "elp sit" (help sit). She is still adding more signs, too- this weeks favorite of mine is the sign for 'snail'. She is really into Elmo (no surprise), the "ouwweee" she has on her knee and playing with Josh's coaching cones. She's also really into drawing and often says "wow" after looking at her picture, jumping and playing with the magnetic letters on the fridge.

Here is a happy picture from our time this evening at the park (I could barely pull her away from spinning on that thing!) :

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.

17 months- pics

It's hot here this weekend. The kind of hot where I woke up at 5 AM to close all the windows-in hopes of keeping all the cool air in and the hot air out. Yesterday, Maya had a great time at a birthday party where she spent most of her time in a jumpy house and today we have hit the park and I think she might go swimming with J later this afternoon. Summer is here and I realized while we have 3 bottles of sunscreen in rotation- we'll be needing more!

World Cup is on and our DVR is working over time with all the games. Josh and I even got to hang together yesterday mid-day to watch the US tie England 1-1 (thanks Sarah for playing with Maya!)


One of my new favorites:

our anniversary and a crazy drive

We survived! It was a 10 hour drive to OC last Friday. It was quite a road trip for a couple days visit-but we did it. Josh and I spent one night at the hotel where we got married (love it there) while Maya stayed with her Oma and Papa (thanks guys!) They had a blast and we had a blast and then it was time to turn around and make the 7 hour trip home. Next year- we'll buy plane tickets way in advance and hopefully plan a few more days down there so we can also see other family and friends and so Maya can have more time there, too. 17 hours in a car with a toddler who doesn't sleep on the road was interesting, to say the least.

Happy 4 year year anniversary babe. XO

Maya is really talking a lot. This week she is saying words like "eyebrow," "elbow" and "bubbles." So fun!

Four Years!
At the park:

Pacifica: