Friday, December 12, 2014

Maya - 2 Years Old!

My beautiful little girl is 2 years old. She has the most spunk of any little person I know. Sometimes it is a good and hilarious thing, other times it makes me want to pull my hair out. She brings so much love and joy into our home. She loves her sister, Mama, and Dada, and is fantastic at giving us hugs and kisses. She has some funny quirks, such as needing to be able to put her right hand up the sleeve of her left arm. If she is wearing a shirt that is too tight around the wrist (or short sleeved), she can't fall asleep. She isn't talking in sentences yet, and still signs a lot of words, but she's good at trying to say words when we ask her. She still uses a pacifier, but not as much. She is starting to show signs of being able to be potty trained. I admit I think she's more ready than I am. Every new experience as a mom is daunting at first! She weighs almost 21 lbs now. We will find out height at her 2 year appointment in January (she's going at the same time Brianna has her 6 month). She loves looking at books. She likes to shut herself in her room and just look at her books for a relatively long time. Her favorite breakfast is Snackimals Vanilla cereal; her favorite lunch is ramen, yogurt, Pringles, and fruit; her favorite dinner is soup, pasta, pizza, or pork. She enjoys pointing out large and small objects (calling them Dada! or Baby!). She is, all around, the best 2 year old a mom like me could ask for!

I will let the pictures tell the story of her birthday party. She had one on the 7th with family, and a small party on the 9th (her actual birthday) that included the Davis family. Ryan brought home 12 balloons for her, and she has enjoyed playing with them everyday. She had a Finding Nemo birthday cake - I'm not artist but it turned out cute.

Happy Birthday my sweet doll!!



























Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Thanksgiving

Here are a few things we did around Thanksgiving time:


We saw Big Hero 6. It was cute, but not cute enough to keep Maya's attention the whole time. She got bored about an hour in. Still fun though!


We made carrot cupcakes! Maya saw a picture of cupcakes and got so excited about them, we had to make them that evening. Ryan even took her to Wal-Mart to pick out liners and sprinkles. She was not disappointed!


Brianna had her first taste of solid food. She did really well - didn't gag at all! She now gets about 2 T of rice cereal for dinner every night. 




I made brioche and we had French toast on Thanksgiving morning. It was delicious and was hearty enough to keep us all satisfied until dinner at 4 PM. 

I didn't get any shots of actual Thanksgiving dinner because I was busy hosting, but the food was great. We had a fun time with Ryan's side of the family. 


We took family photos! This is just a preview. :)


And then Maya fell on her face. (At least it was AFTER we took pictures!) Pretty sad moment, but it's healing very nicely. 

We had a great Thanksgiving break! Now on to Christmas!