Callan wasn't sure about Maja
Eating her veggie nuggets
She loves her wagon
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Music on the Green
We had a picnic-dinner at Heritage Hill park Monday night and enjoyed some time with friends and music
Callan wasn't sure about Maja
Callan wasn't sure about Maja
Sunday, August 23, 2009
My Daughter Can Talk!!! (now time to get a job, freeloader!)
Maja and I have a bit of a game on the weekend. We try to get up at the butt crack of dawn and see who can keep the other awake. So far she is kicking my ass. Usually, I get up and let Aga sleep for a bit, she is sleeping for 2 now so we got to keep her strength up. I grabbed Maja and headed downstairs. Aga has started this new thing with her over the last week or so that has turned out to be so dang cute. I started out getting her morning bottle ready, told Maja to get her pillow. Her pillow happens to be one of those "C" shaped nursing pillows that somehow fits her perfectly when she lays down. So we walked over to the pillow, she plops down on it and looks up at me with her hand out, so I gave her the bottle and she snuggled in tight and had her morning pick me up.
Now, the funny thing is that over the course of my normal day, I drink WAY too much caffiene. If I wait too long I get a little.... out of sorts. By this point of my morning I was half a minute away from a full on, arms out, moaning "BRRRAAAIIINNNNNSSSSS" zombification. So I poured myself a mug and went to lay on the couch next to Maja. Both of us nursing, she on her bottle, me on the coffee.
After a while we both felt somewhat refreshed and decided to start poking around for breakfast. I love the fact that she's a walker now, it makes things so much easier. So if you know me, you know that (especially in the morning) I will stand in front of an open refrigerator and stare at it. I know I do it, maybe something deep down in me is hoping something will get tired of it and jump up to yell "Eat Me". Well I guess Maja decided to take pity on me, because after wandering between the pantry and the 'fridge a couple of times she took matters into her own hands and came out with a bag of pretzels.
Now I have never claimed to be father of the year, but I swear to you that to my zombied up brain this was not only ok, this was a good idea. I probably justified it by some weird, roundabout connection to cereal. Hell, I am pretty sure I thanked her, but at least some Daddy-like instinct was clawing its way to the front... "I need to cook something, THAT will make me a good father". Eggs? nope. bacon? uh-uh. My dumbass decided on these Potstickers that we had in the freezer. I even remember thinking of being proud because they are vegetarian potstickers. And hell, it even says "all natural" right on the bag, so they have got to be good, right? Aga should have thanked me....
I need to take a moment here to say that my daughter is learning sign language, I have always thought this to be at best a waste of time, and at its worst to be counter-productive to the whole communication thing.
So there we are, eating a fine meal of pretzel and potstickers. Mommy is sound asleep upstairs and quite unable to intervene. Maja decided pretty quickly that she doesn't like the pasta part of the 'stickers, so I was busy sawing them open so we could get at the stuff inside (and yes I would eat the pasta part, waste not want not and all). So I raise a forkful of stuff to Maja's lips. She must have realized what was going on and pulled back while giving me the signal for *all done*. Of course I have seen this kid put the better half of a can of corn down, there is no way she is full, so I tried again. Little sucker did it again! Pulled away and *all done*. Then she tries to confuse me further, *more*, *please*, *food*, *more*. Uh oh, she must be confused. I went back in with the 'sticker guts. Same result- *all done*. We went back and forth like this 3-4 times, when finally she gives out this loud sigh, *food* *please*, pushes the fork out of the way and reaches for the bag of (highly nutritious I swear) pretzels!
This is HUGE for me. Usually my feeding sessions consist of feeding her one thing until she gets tired of it, then switching to then next item and so on. I know it isn't the most exciting way to eat, but it's the way I have eaten for almost 30 years. Fortunately my Daughter is somewhat normal and so doesn't like this method of eating. So dinner is a lot of grunts and sometimes crying, Maja can get worked up as well. So for her to remain completely calm in the face of my early morning idiocy and actually be able to communicate what the heck she wants is simply awesome. As soon as I gave her a couple of the pretzel sticks, she awarded me her most beautiful smile followed up by a wonderful babbling of Daddydaddaddy...
God I love this girl.
Now, the funny thing is that over the course of my normal day, I drink WAY too much caffiene. If I wait too long I get a little.... out of sorts. By this point of my morning I was half a minute away from a full on, arms out, moaning "BRRRAAAIIINNNNNSSSSS" zombification. So I poured myself a mug and went to lay on the couch next to Maja. Both of us nursing, she on her bottle, me on the coffee.
After a while we both felt somewhat refreshed and decided to start poking around for breakfast. I love the fact that she's a walker now, it makes things so much easier. So if you know me, you know that (especially in the morning) I will stand in front of an open refrigerator and stare at it. I know I do it, maybe something deep down in me is hoping something will get tired of it and jump up to yell "Eat Me". Well I guess Maja decided to take pity on me, because after wandering between the pantry and the 'fridge a couple of times she took matters into her own hands and came out with a bag of pretzels.
Now I have never claimed to be father of the year, but I swear to you that to my zombied up brain this was not only ok, this was a good idea. I probably justified it by some weird, roundabout connection to cereal. Hell, I am pretty sure I thanked her, but at least some Daddy-like instinct was clawing its way to the front... "I need to cook something, THAT will make me a good father". Eggs? nope. bacon? uh-uh. My dumbass decided on these Potstickers that we had in the freezer. I even remember thinking of being proud because they are vegetarian potstickers. And hell, it even says "all natural" right on the bag, so they have got to be good, right? Aga should have thanked me....
I need to take a moment here to say that my daughter is learning sign language, I have always thought this to be at best a waste of time, and at its worst to be counter-productive to the whole communication thing.
So there we are, eating a fine meal of pretzel and potstickers. Mommy is sound asleep upstairs and quite unable to intervene. Maja decided pretty quickly that she doesn't like the pasta part of the 'stickers, so I was busy sawing them open so we could get at the stuff inside (and yes I would eat the pasta part, waste not want not and all). So I raise a forkful of stuff to Maja's lips. She must have realized what was going on and pulled back while giving me the signal for *all done*. Of course I have seen this kid put the better half of a can of corn down, there is no way she is full, so I tried again. Little sucker did it again! Pulled away and *all done*. Then she tries to confuse me further, *more*, *please*, *food*, *more*. Uh oh, she must be confused. I went back in with the 'sticker guts. Same result- *all done*. We went back and forth like this 3-4 times, when finally she gives out this loud sigh, *food* *please*, pushes the fork out of the way and reaches for the bag of (highly nutritious I swear) pretzels!
This is HUGE for me. Usually my feeding sessions consist of feeding her one thing until she gets tired of it, then switching to then next item and so on. I know it isn't the most exciting way to eat, but it's the way I have eaten for almost 30 years. Fortunately my Daughter is somewhat normal and so doesn't like this method of eating. So dinner is a lot of grunts and sometimes crying, Maja can get worked up as well. So for her to remain completely calm in the face of my early morning idiocy and actually be able to communicate what the heck she wants is simply awesome. As soon as I gave her a couple of the pretzel sticks, she awarded me her most beautiful smile followed up by a wonderful babbling of Daddydaddaddy...
God I love this girl.
No more formula
Up until last week Maja was still taking at least one (most of the time 2) formula bottles per day. We weren't in much hurry to stop since she did have a bit of a hard time with not breastfeeding anymore plus she just went through a short "I don't want to eat much" stage.
Anyway, she has been taking cow's milk with HoneyNut Cheerios in the mornings and she likes it warm like me but I always thought it was mostly because the cheerios make it really sweet because when we gave her some in a cup she wouldn't drink much. I knew she doesn't like things cold but I never thought she'd like plain warm milk.
Well the other day she was kind of fussy and I realized I forgot to go to the store and only had enough formula for the bedtime bottle so we decided to warm up some cow's milk and what do you know she drank the WHOLE thing... 5 oz!! we did it again at bedtime that evening and ever since she has been drinking a ton of it and loves it!
We will eventually drop the bottles and try it in a sippy but she is doing so well with it now that it doesn't bother us.
Anyway, she has been taking cow's milk with HoneyNut Cheerios in the mornings and she likes it warm like me but I always thought it was mostly because the cheerios make it really sweet because when we gave her some in a cup she wouldn't drink much. I knew she doesn't like things cold but I never thought she'd like plain warm milk.
Well the other day she was kind of fussy and I realized I forgot to go to the store and only had enough formula for the bedtime bottle so we decided to warm up some cow's milk and what do you know she drank the WHOLE thing... 5 oz!! we did it again at bedtime that evening and ever since she has been drinking a ton of it and loves it!
We will eventually drop the bottles and try it in a sippy but she is doing so well with it now that it doesn't bother us.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Pinto update
We passed the 29 weeks mark and Pinto is as active as always. Nothing major to report though.
We did buy a double stroller this week and here's a pic of Maja testing it out... I think she likes it. I know I do :)
We did buy a double stroller this week and here's a pic of Maja testing it out... I think she likes it. I know I do :)
Is she trying to tell me something??
Maja went into the bathroom this morning and came out with a poopy diaper. I know, coincidence but still...
Monday, August 17, 2009
What's new with miss Maja???
Well, let's see...
- Tooth #8 came in and she is getting two more on the back that may be her molars... I'm pretty sure one of them broke through but she won't give me enough time to check
- she can sign "please" and we are really impressed with how quickly it all "sticks". She is beginning to combine signs (more please) and she also does them without being prompted. She is working on "shoes" but is getting it confused with "more" since they are so similar but I still love watching her try
- if I didn't see her being born I would think she is not my kid... she does NOT like sweets and prefers veggies and meat over anything like cake and such. She LOVES her veggies too... just tonight she was getting frustrated because I wasn't keeping up with the zucchini fast enough... not fish sticks, not pasta... zucchini! and she pretty much can go through an entire can of corn all by herself
- Tooth #8 came in and she is getting two more on the back that may be her molars... I'm pretty sure one of them broke through but she won't give me enough time to check
- she can sign "please" and we are really impressed with how quickly it all "sticks". She is beginning to combine signs (more please) and she also does them without being prompted. She is working on "shoes" but is getting it confused with "more" since they are so similar but I still love watching her try
- if I didn't see her being born I would think she is not my kid... she does NOT like sweets and prefers veggies and meat over anything like cake and such. She LOVES her veggies too... just tonight she was getting frustrated because I wasn't keeping up with the zucchini fast enough... not fish sticks, not pasta... zucchini! and she pretty much can go through an entire can of corn all by herself
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
"Hands down, touch the ground..."
Maja's new trick.... she loves doing that and several times almost rolled all the way over :)
Another new thing she has been up to lately is beginning to show interest in dressing herself. She grabs a piece of clothing and tries to pull it over her head. I think it's time to start teaching her that pants go on her legs :). After she gets tired of it, she will put it in her mouth and walk around with it... it's hilarious to watch. She also has a slight obsession with her shoe basket.
Maja's 12 months stats
Height 30 3/4 inches
Weight 21 lbs 3 oz
She has finally slowed down and her age is catching up with her size :).
Weight 21 lbs 3 oz
She has finally slowed down and her age is catching up with her size :).
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Wow... how did this happen??
I didn't even realize we are less then 100 days from meeting Pinto!! and nothing is ready... I don't think we will do much until after we come back from Spain mid-september so here's hoping we get it all done in time :)
Monday, August 3, 2009
12 things about Maja at 12 months
1. She learned how to blow kisses! well, she doesn't actually blow them but she will put her hand to her mouth when you ask her for a kiss
2. In addition to signing "more", "all done" and "water, she can do "eat"
3. In just a week she went from taking her first steps to being all over the place. There's no stopping her and the "drunken sailor" walk is just too cute
4. "The Itsy Bitsy spider" is her new favorite song. She even tries to do the hand motions.
5. Her favorite things are fridge magnets, balls, bubbles and any toy she can push around
6. Her favorite food are hot dogs, corn and just about any fruit
7. She loves to be chased and giggles so hard she ends up loosing her balance and falling over
8. Now that she walks, she loves pushing her stroller
9. She has this comfort thing she does where she plays with your skin and at times pinches but not maliciously, just needs to be doing something like that while going to sleep. She needs the skin to skin contact and will wiggle her way under any sleeve or blanket you attempt to cover yourself with.
10. She has discovered that sharing food with Kosmo is fun. I was making dinner once and she was eating crackers in the living room. I couldn't figure out how she was going through them so fast until I caught her walking over to Kosmo and letting him have them. Luckily she doesn't know yet that he is the one who gets all the stuff she throws on the floor at meals. I have a feeling much more will find its way down there when she does.
11. She is still waking up really early (5:30-6am) but at least sleeps through the night so I can't complain. Lately though she has been falling back to sleep in our bed after I bring her in so I can get some extra snoozing. I think she really enjoys being with us and so do we.
12. Lately she has been getting a bad case of "stranger-danger" which I guess isn't so bad. On the other hand, she also recognizes her little friends and gets all giggly and cute when she sees them.
2. In addition to signing "more", "all done" and "water, she can do "eat"
3. In just a week she went from taking her first steps to being all over the place. There's no stopping her and the "drunken sailor" walk is just too cute
4. "The Itsy Bitsy spider" is her new favorite song. She even tries to do the hand motions.
5. Her favorite things are fridge magnets, balls, bubbles and any toy she can push around
6. Her favorite food are hot dogs, corn and just about any fruit
7. She loves to be chased and giggles so hard she ends up loosing her balance and falling over
8. Now that she walks, she loves pushing her stroller
9. She has this comfort thing she does where she plays with your skin and at times pinches but not maliciously, just needs to be doing something like that while going to sleep. She needs the skin to skin contact and will wiggle her way under any sleeve or blanket you attempt to cover yourself with.
10. She has discovered that sharing food with Kosmo is fun. I was making dinner once and she was eating crackers in the living room. I couldn't figure out how she was going through them so fast until I caught her walking over to Kosmo and letting him have them. Luckily she doesn't know yet that he is the one who gets all the stuff she throws on the floor at meals. I have a feeling much more will find its way down there when she does.
11. She is still waking up really early (5:30-6am) but at least sleeps through the night so I can't complain. Lately though she has been falling back to sleep in our bed after I bring her in so I can get some extra snoozing. I think she really enjoys being with us and so do we.
12. Lately she has been getting a bad case of "stranger-danger" which I guess isn't so bad. On the other hand, she also recognizes her little friends and gets all giggly and cute when she sees them.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Picture People
I had coupons for a few free prints from them so I took Maja this morning. She wasn't in the best mood but some turned out cute:
Happy Birthday sweet girl!
Maja turns one today! We had a little party to celebrate it and she really enjoyed herself. She wasn't fond of the cake though... not sure that she is much into sweets but she LOVED the balloons.
Here are a few pics... I'll add more later
Here are a few pics... I'll add more later
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