A Baby in a Basket

One of the many fun things we do in our house to kill some time is put Maya in the laundry basket and push her around and make car noises. Actually, I do this and DJ just sits there and looks at me like I'm crazy. Well, Maya loves it and loves even when she is stationary but can still be sitting in the laundry basket. Here are a few pictures from the other night,

Side Note: We are heading off to Vancouver this weekend to spend some time with my Dad's side of the family. Love you all and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I'll make sure to take lots of pictures and update on Monday.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Totally Mesmerized!

Since Maya was born she has never really watched t.v. She doesn't have a favorite show like Sesame Street or Little Einsteins or whatever. Its not that we restrict her from watching it she just has never really been interested on sitting and watching anything. She much rather play, talk and roll. Anyways, the other day we were sitting doing some laundry and I had the Ellen Show on. I love Ellen and since Monday was Presidents Day I was able to see it! It is one of the few daytime talk shows that I really enjoy. Anyways, as soon as I turned it on, Maya was glued to the t.v. She wouldn't even look my way. It cracked me up! So I decided to capture the moment. I think she is as entertained as I am with Ellen's dancing!

A Maya Moment

The Cousins
Sweet picture

The girls (my screen saver)

I think I'm a little blogger happy today! After coming home today, feeding Maya dinner and putting her to bed I felt like making another post. A Maya Moment that I hope I never forget is that time of the night when all is quiet in the house and all I can hear is the sweet sound of her breathing over the monitor. She is just like her Mama (always stuffed up) so its easy to hear her over the monitor. Sometimes when she is really stuffed up she sounds like her Daddy and snores a little. I wish I could record the sound so you all could hear what I am hearing right now, the sweet sound of my little angel fast asleep!

Taya gave me a cd awhile ago with some pictures on it from the day we had the Madagascar Party for Preston. Here is a picture of Nay Nay and Maya after the movie playing the piano. It is my screen saver at home so I thought I would share it with you guys.

Little Miss 'tude (attitude)

Maya has got a mind of her own and the other night she had no problem reminding us of that. Her normal bed time is between 6-7 depending on how she did with naps and her overall demeanour. On Sunday she took horrible naps partly because she has 3 teeth coming in. So we tried to put her down around 6:30 and she wasn't having it. Since Monday was Presidents Day we decided we would keep her up, wear her out, then try again. We sat her down by her toys and she instantly turned her back to us and didn't make a peep for 1 1/2 hours!!! It was hilarious. She sat with her back to us and played and could have cared less if we were in the room or not. This is very unlike her, she loves attention just like her Mama and Daddy. So here is how it went......

"If I just sit over here with my back turned maybe they'll just let me stay up and play all night long.....

...oh hey guys, forgot you were there....

(back to playing)

...seriously why don't they just leave me alone....

....hey, he he, you don't want to put me to bed I'm too cute.....

...ok, now I'm just annoyed! Why does she keep taking my picture?....

(back to playing)

...maybe if i huff, and puff, I'll blow her away....

...man, I'm funny....


....Mom, Dad, I love you so much! Thank you for letting me stay up way past my bedtime and letting me play. I love you! "

~ Maya

The Chicken

So since I was first exposed to the Miller Family there have been some really interesting family traditions I have participated in. Christmas Eve is one of them. All of the family gets together and the kids buy gift for each other and the adults play the infamous "White Elephant" game. I truly hate this game! I hate steeling from someone, I hate buying a gift for it just in case it is one of those gifts that gets that response like "ooo, too bad you got stuck with that one", etc. And most of all I get major anxiety over what DJ brings. Previous years he has brought outrageous items and this year was nothing less. He wrapped some enormous saw that was about 100 pounds and put it in the middle of his poor Aunts living room. It was larger than all of the other gifts combined and weighed as much as a small child. Anyways, of course here I am anxious over who is going to get stuck with this awful gift and DJ by my side snickering. By this time I just want to get my turn over and finish the game. DJ's Aunt Rose is so sweet and sitting next to me this last year. She goes to pick and chooses "The Chicken". This ugly chicken has been making a yearly appearance since I started attending Christmas Eve with the Millers. So what do I do..... I "steel" the chicken from her because I figure someone has got to put an end to this. Plus Maya will get some enjoyment out of it. At this point I am feeling good, my turn is over and Aunt Rose didn't get stuck with the chicken. Oh no, my friends, its far from over. Because I stole the chicken from Aunt Rose it is now her time to choose another gift. What do you think she goes for? Any guesses? That's right, the stupid hideous saw that DJ brought. Now I feel even more awful and wish that I would have just let her hold on to the chicken. We ended up giving her spare gift that was in the car and taking home not only big ole saw but the chicken as well.

Point to the story.....Maya loves the chicken. If you push the wing of the chicken it sings the chicken song and if you squeeze the neck of it the chicken's eyes pop out. Its hours of entertainment let me tell you!

Attempting to crawl

Maya and "the chicken"

trying to make the eyes pop out

I Heart Maya and DJ

I am not a believer in Valentines Day for many reason but the main reason is you should love the people in your life every day not just one day out of the year. In our house we give gifts a lot and for no reason other than because we were thinking of that person and wanted to make their day a little bit better than the day before. With that being said Friday night ( Feb 13th) we decided to exchange some gifts. Ms. Paula had given all of us a some Valentines Day presents so we opened those and then exchanged our own "Love" gifts. Maya had a ton of fun with the wrapping paper of course and DJ and I got her a card with a Hippo on it (fitting) ! Ha! Anyways, the whole weekend was full of family time and it was wonderful and much needed.

Cuddling with Daddy in the morning...nothing better than that!

Opening her card

Who needs presents when you have wrapping paper!

A Maya Moment

So those of you who really know me know that I have a HORRIBLE memory. It’s really something I can’t help. I am usually good with the long term memories but not very good with the short term. Either way, this blog is my attempt to not allow myself to forget any of the amazing, funny, special moments that we have had with Maya.

So every time I can (or remember to) I am going to post “A Maya Moment” so that you can all share and remember with me all of the sweet things she has done along the way and all of the unique, comical moments we have had. I’m sure most of them will be little things that only I as her mother find entertaining, but oh well! J

So here are a few Maya Moments that I never want to forget…..

~She loves to dance. When she dances she does this thing where she raises both of her hands almost like she raising the roof. It is adorable! She does this with any kind of music she hears. Even if you sing a little something to her or if there is a little snippet of music on a commercial on TV….she will raise the roof!

~If you blow in her face she tries to get you back. It’s so cute when she puckers up her lips and tries to blow back at you. So the other day I was bringing her in from the car and it was a little windy and she puckered up her lips and tried blowing back at the wind. She was laughing and trying to blow at the same time, it was one of those moments that was so sweet and I hope I never forget

~She hates sitting in a poopy diaper. It doesn’t matter if it just a little nugget or a big blowout, she hates having anything in her diaper and will let you know when she needs to be changed (she’s such a lady!)

~She is 11 months in a few days and still has not interest in crawling. DJ and I were talking the other night about how it would be if she never learned how to walk. We were joking around saying that he would have to build her a ramp everywhere so that she could roll out of the house, roll to work, etc. We really hope she starts crawling one of these days. J Its just another thing that makes her unique and different, right? Ha!

I’m such a proud Mama and I love her so much so I could probably go on and on and on but I won’t. Those are just a few things that I hope I never forget about her. She is so amazing and makes every day worth living to the fullest.

I hope you all have a happy Wednesday!