Clairvoyance

One of the things that happen after having a child is clairvoyance. Here is what happened this morning. After we got up and I was making coffee while Maya was sitting on the floor looking at me make noise with tea spoon and cups I made a little song. I guess I was replaying in my head one of the interviewers asking Sara Palin why she does not hunt moose and she said that Caribou are much easier and that she van bring her kids to the hunt. So the song that came out was (to the tune of "little bunny foo foo")
Maya-Maya-boo
Looks like Caribou
Does not look like Moose
Likes to set things loose
And a few minutes later she spilled a full cup of coffee all over the rug and herself :)

Maya styles her hair

 

Maya likes to eat pears.

 

She also likes to use them like crayons on her hair.

 

 

Just a little extra styling,

and it's perfect! Don't touch a thing.

the missing pictures

I apologize for the lack of posts and pics in the last month+. To rectify the situation, there are some pics below including "Maya about to make a funny sound", "Maya in a box", "Maya with various winter clothing". Thanks for checking this blog!

 

 

 

 

cruisin

In less than a week Maya has gone from wobbly monopod stand to a firm bipedal cruising strategy. She can now cruise the length of the couch and return via the coffee table. She has also added clapping to her repertoire and she's too busy processing all this at night to actually sleep. She recently explained to me that finger foods like cubed cooked carrots, cheerios, and peas, are the new black, whereas pureed food is passe. It's so hard to keep up!

 

 

Spoon ninja

Maya has started to practice the ninja art of spoon numchuks, but so far she is only a threat to pureed carrots.

 

Our tiny teether has traded her astonished expression for a more pensive one, with her tongue conveniently positioned to be able to feel her ever-changing gumscape.

 

Zubchik

Maya is almost 8 months old and this morning, like finding an Easter egg, I felt a tiny, pokey corner of one tiny, sharp tooth. Maya likes to feel it a lot with her finger,but doesn't like the pain it causes her at night.

 

Babushka and Dedushka

Maya has been learning Russian, learning how to make vareniki, and learning how to bounce on the couch. She has also taught her grandparents to sing songs over and over and over again.