Maya: 12 Months

Ms. Ruby

Two days before vacation we had to say goodbye to our sweet Ms. Ruby.
She was larger than life, quirky as heck, and left a hound-shaped hole in our hearts.

Mexico

A couple of weeks ago we took a somewhat last minute trip to Mexico with Mommers. We all had a wonderful time swimming, playing in the sand, napping, and swimming some more. 

Logan made a new friend on the first day, and the two of them spent all day every day in the pool. Maya somehow knew she was on vacation and napped 4-5 hours a day. Mommy finally finished a few books, and Daddy got to hit Cerritos for some surfing. Good, good stuff.

Leavin' on a jet plane

Sharing some orange juice

Sleeping on the plane with Daddy

The terrible view from our room

Logan and Sebastian entranced by the "biggest. bird cage. ever."

Quiet time

Sleeping at the beach with Mommy

So thankful our kids are able to make anything into a "toy".

"Daddy, can Maya sit next to me?" Such a good brother.

Daddy and Logan are the first ones in the pool (center of picture).

Logan loved the golf carts that zoomed you around the resort.
He called them "fancy cars" and he DID NOT want to get off.

Maya and Mommers are little fishies that LOVE the water.

Sleeping on another beach with Mommy

Pool time

Sleeping at the pool with Daddy

Maya: 11 Months

After two months of unsuccessful otter photos - she thinks it's a game now to crawl away as fast as she can - I decided to sit her in the chair where she can't get away so easily. Worked like a charm.

Little Miss finally sprouted her first two teeth when we were on vacation and has a third tooth nearly through (did I mention no one is sleeping at our house).
She's just shy of 20 pounds and is 31 inches tall.

Maya: 10 Months

Seriously, people. This is the best I can do after about 30 tries - even with the rapid fire setting. Stay tuned...I'll try again soon.

San Luis Obispo

Last weekend I (Mom) was supposed to run a half marathon for my birthday. Unfortunately I pulled a calf muscle a month ago and was unable to race. We'd already gotten a hotel and had friends going so we went anyway and made a weekend of it. There was a "kiddie race" as part of the festivities and Logan ran his first race.

NOT super excited. "I don't wanna do it by myself!" 

Mom gets to run, too! Maybe it'll work out...

We were the last to cross the finish line, but he was so happy and proud.

"Look, Maya! I got a medal!"

"More, Please"

This is all she's got so far, but Maya started signing a couple of weeks ago.