Parisian couture

My friend Rachel, who lives in Paris, knit this sweater for Maya before she was born (Maya, that is. Rachel was born much earlier). This year Maya is big enough to wear it and she LOVES it. It is, in fact, the only clothing that she plays with. She has found out she can see through it to her belly if she holds it just right.

 

 

Before school in the morning

 

When Daddy walks me to school.

Maya's 1st Halloween

 

 

Maya spent her 1st Halloween celebrating her best friend Alice's first birthday! There was black bean lasagna for dinner, followed by angel food cake, and lots of clapping.

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!