Little model in training

It's nice to have a child who will please her camera obsessed Mommy :). How do you like my new prop?

Maja @2 years old

I haven't done this about Maja yet so here it goes

* she loves to point out flies AKA mosquitos and have Babcia hunt them down. She has an amazing talent for spotting them out sitting on the walls

* lately I've been leaving her gate opened at night so she can come out in the morning instead of calling for me. She never wakes me up and just goes into Isla's room to play. Sometimes she gets just a tad creepy and comes into my room, takes things of my nightstand which I later find in random places.

* she has started working on her ABCs and can get up to D but will continue babbling in tune until the song is over :)

* she talks so much and I can understand almost everything she tries to say

* we've hit the naughty stage big time. She started hitting when she is told she can't do something, she takes things away from Isla and challenges me every time she can

* her bedtime routine has seen some changes too. Now I have to kiss each of her feet and leave the light on (dimmed)

Isla walking

She puts the baby in there herself and loves pushing the stroller around (sorry about the crappy cell phone pic)

Mickey in da house

A couple of weeks ago I started letting Maja watch some TV once a day. We browsed through different shows and as soon as Micky Mouse' clubhouse came on, she started dancing and singing to it. She LOVES it! and it's nice to have sometime to get the kitchen cleaned up or PJ's ready since she usually watches in the evening while taking her bottle before bedtime.


I have a video on my phone... I'll see if I can dig it out

Babies, babies and more babies

Remember our little Baby Boom playgroup?


Well, we had our last get together this months before Isla moves away and I took some pictures. All 8 babies made it and surprisingly we managed to snap a few without anyone falling over, crying or trying to crawl away

and then I took a fun shot of the Moms :)

And she is off...

Isla took 4 steps today!!!! unfortunately I couldn't catch it on video.

What's funny about it is that I had "just" spent about 30 mins trying to follow her with a camera in hand because I knew she was ready and I was trying to coax her with toys and snacks... she didn't fall for any of it! so I gave up, put away the camera and sat on the floor with her.
She was being all cute giggling at me, chewing on a toy and holding on to her bouncer and all of the sudden she let go and stood there on her own for a few seconds (which she has done before) and started waking towards me!!! took 4 whole steps before she thought she was close enough to me and just reached out and fell!!!

9.5 months!!!! crazy, isn't it?

and after that, I spent another 30 minutes trying to get her to repeat it for the camera but she had no interest at all. Watch, she will be like Maja who first roll from back to belly at 4 months and then didn't do it again for another 5 months.

All I know is her walking makes my life easier. She wants to be everywhere Maja goes and sometimes the floors of those places are just so gross and there's no way I want to let her crawl on them so this is going to be so much nicer. Now, if I could only find all of the small soft sole shoes we'd be golden... I think they are all packed away in storage and it will be a pain to find them in there :(

Isla @ 9 months

* we had her check up today and she is 21lbs and 12 oz and I forgot her height but I'll be back to update. Maja is only 25 lbs right now... Isla is def. going to catch up soon

* tooth #5 is in and #6 is peeking through

* she loves to dance... and wiggles her booty every time any kind of music plays. Sometimes she even throws in an "aaaaah" sound

* the other she tried dressing herself. I laid out clothes for them to wear and she grabbed her outfit and started trying to get her head through it

* she is still mostly breastfeeding. We do table foods every now and then when Maja and I happen to eat something that would for work for her but solids aren't my priority so some days she doesn't have any. She does great when she gets them though and we are way past the pureed stuff... she loves Mac/cheese shells, green beans, peas and this morning she really enjoyed banana chunks sprinkled with Rice Crispies cereal.

* she weaned herself from the paci in the last couple of weeks which kind of put her putting herself to sleep progress back to square one since now she wants to breast

* she is going through a fabulous (NOT) stage of "I hate being in my carseat/stroller/any-other-contraption-that-ties-me-down"... here's hoping she gets over it in time for our 2000 mile roadtrip to WA next month

* she is such a busy-body that I've had to switch her highchairs... she pretty much would dive out of the one we had (excuse the quality of the phone picture taken of facebook link)

Yumm!

Isla being a little monkey

She climbs everywhere and recently Maja's red chair has been her favorite jungle gym

And just a funny one

Playing with her gifts

Maja got tons of goodies for her bday and she is really excited about everything. I haven't gone through all the photos yet but here are a few from a couple of days ago

The tea set is definitely a favorite

Lining up her animals

So not happy with Isla stealing them

Isla milti-tasking... she always has a toy in her mouth, even when she crawls

Happy 2nd Birthday Maja!!!

It's been a really fun day. Maja started out by opening some of her presents and then we went out to get balloons and for a special milkshake treat at Sonics.
After nap it was time for her Little Gym party which was a huge hit... lots of little friends, yummy cake and more balloons :)

I haven't downloaded the pics yet but they will be up here soon.

Happy birthday my sweet, funny, smart, kind little girl! Mommy and Daddy love you lots!