The Fabulous Life of Miss Maya: January 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Island Sweetie

Need I say more....except that we can't believe how long her fingers are. She takes after her Uncle Tim.

For those of you who don't rememlber or didn't see the movie Old School (Rodney Dangerfield movie and yes I saw it), there's a quote about saying "Earmuffs" when you say a bad word in front of little kids so it protects them. (I'm not going to put the quote from the movie here because it is way more obscene then I remember it being, I just always remembered the Earmuffs part).
Anyway, here's Maya with her Earmuffs (I need to say it a lot because of Guillermo), they are actually the Hippos from her Pak N Play, but hopefully they'll do the trick.

Tummy Time

Tummy Time, a chance for Maya to build up strengh in her core. She tolerates it for about 5 minutes at a time or so. The mirror has definitely made it more fun for her.

A close up in the mirror.

To catch a smile

Maya has been smiling for sometime now, but we haven't been very successful at capturing it. Here's the latest attempt.

she was smiling and then turned on the tears...

almost there

success!

2 months old-January 15th

We got this great picture frame with a space for each of the first 12 months. So we try and take a picture on her month "birthday" Here's what we got for January.

Update

It's been a while since I've had a minute to give the Maya update... so here it goes. She was two months old on January 15th. We took our first trip up to Arcata to visit Grandma and Grandpa Elfers a couple of weeks ago. Maya did great in the car for the 5 hours each way it took to drive.
She went to her first crab feed at the Humboldt Yacht Club, but slept through it all.

Tuesday January 20th she was awake for the inauguration of Barak Obama. My mom had a little get together at the house and it was fun to share the historic event. I think it is wonderful that my daughter gets to grow up knowing what IS truly possible. And hopefully we'll see a woman as president in the coming years. It's only a matter of time...

The biggest change in our lives is that I have started back to work, part-time for now but will be back full time by mid-February. I'm sure it is much harder on me. And at least Maya is at home with her Dad during the day, so it makes leaving a little easier, but not much. I did my first full day yesterday and was crying (again) at having to leave her. I hope it gets easiser.

Ok, enough of writing, photos are coming....

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Rattle

Maya in her high chair. We gave her the rattle and she held it on her own!

4 Generations

Grandma Maggie, Great Grandma Concha (Maggie's Mom), Maya and Gwendolyn

This one with Dad!

Just hanging around

This is Maya's preferred way to be held. Up on the shoulder so she can see what's goining on around her.

Hats from Grandma Maggie

Here are the two hats Grandma Maggie made Maya.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Saturday morning shoot

I tried my best to capture this moment this morning. She just looked so perfect.

She pushed herself up onto her arms all by herself.

A Pink Maya Bear

Here's Maya sporting one of her Christmas gifts. It's great for our walks in chilly San Francisco.

A visit with Uncle Joel

Guillermo's good friend and mentor, Joel was visiting from Hawaii last week. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he will be moving back state side soon.

Bath time

I just love this sequence of photos. She actually seemed to be enjoying herself this time, though the pictures might not tell the same story.

She was happy to be done. That's for sure.

Grandma Maggie

Maya and Grandma Maggie (Guillermo's mom).

First Bottle

Before our trip to Southern California, Maya took her first bottle from her dad. She took to it well and we were able to feed her a bottle during the long car ride. I guess this means I can go back to work :(