Go Fetch

The new skill that Maiya is teaching Mom and Dad...

Valentines

Here is my goofy girl (with her puppy Jaeger) and her goofy smile... this is her newest thing, she loves to scrunch up her nose and give me a huge grin, makes me laugh every time!

Grandma came and babysat while Tim and I went out on a date on Tuesday (YAY) and brought a valentines gift for Maiya.  Both the card and especially the tissue paper were huge hits!

She also got to hang with one of her 'valentines' on Sunday... I think she really liked this new interactive 'toy'.  Thanks Alexander for putting up with her :)

And because my girls best skill is still eating, here is an eating photo... mmm asparagus!!

Standing!

Maiya has developed a love (or an obsession) with standing lately.  She wants to stand all the time!  She has even been pulling herself up to standing if she has someones hands to hold onto.  She hasn't figured out that she can use furniture for this yet, but I figure she isn't far off.

Here she is standing and showing off the Rider shirt that Grandma and Grandpa Toffelmire gave her.  Guess what color she'll be wearing for the Superbowl?  You got it, green! (I don't even know if either of the teams are green LOL).

She hasn't pulled up to standing in her crib yet, but has sure been close!  We lowered her mattress a couple weeks ago just in case.  She's also sporting a new pair of longies (knitted pants) that I made for her here.  I think they came out pretty nice!

More standing...

Mom finally gave her her first haircut today!  Her hair had been hanging in her eyes for far too long, and I was getting sick of washing food out of it at every meal!  I think it looks pretty good.  The bag that she's holding has the couple of locks in it that I snipped.

Christmas!

I hope that everyone had a very happy holiday season.  We had a great time during Maiya's first Christmas.  My parents were here in Calgary for the week, and it was great having them around to play with and hang out with Maiya (plus it was really nice to have babysitters available so I could get a few outdoor runs in!).

Christmas morning was as fun and chaotic as Christmas with a 9mo old should be.  She had a great morning, and actually did play with her toys.  That is after she enjoyed the wrapping paper and labels!

Thanks to everyone for the excellent gifts, Maiya loved all of hers!  She is blessed to have the best aunts, uncles, grandma's, grandpa, along with lots of great aunts, uncles and cousins!  Thanks guys :)

Christmas dinner was a lot of fun, my Grandma T was able to join us also!  Maiya dug right into turkey and all the fixings!

It was great for her to get to spend so much time with my parents, and especially great to see her warm up to my dad (when we saw them in November, just the sight of my dad brought tears!).

She also developed a new skill - which I think was fostered by all the attention she was getting - peek-a-boo!   She had a great time making everyone at the table laugh and cheer her on.

We did Harder Christmas on New Years day.  Thanks guys for all the fantastic gifts!!

 Here are a couple video's...

Skiing!!

 Maiya and I went out to kananaskis today with my friend Theresa to go x-country skiing.  It was a lot of fun, but also a LOT of work (more for me than her...).  Here we are ...

Tim also put her up on his shoulders for the first time this past week, which she loved....

And she started repeating her first sign (we're teaching her a few signs so that she can tell us what she wants, hopefully instead of crying, or throwing her food on the floor)... here she is signing "All Done!".  I'll get a video sometime soon to post.  Also notice the lemon on her tray... we were having salmon, and she wanted the lemon wedge I was using to squeeze juice onto my fish, so I gave it to her and she sucked it dry!!

Let them eat cake!

We went to Liam's (my friend Lori's son) first birthday party on Sunday afternoon.  We both had a blast, but Maiya especially LOVED it when she got to try a bit of the birthday cake.

 Then last night I made spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner, which she also got to try.  She was all stripped down for this meal, and it's a good thing!!

After dinner, it was directly into the bath with her!  I love this picture, all covered in tomato sauce with a big grin on her face!

One more picture with Jaeger.  Jaeger has been warming up to her lately, and goes and sits on the edge of her blanket while she plays.

Here are a few video's from the last little while.

Saskatoon

Last week we went home to Saskatoon for Deanna's wedding (sister of my sister in law - but really like family) and for my mom's retirement party.  It was awesome to get to see Colin, Jinny, Liam and Ainsley again, but sad that this means I probably won't see them for a while now (MOVE BACK WEST!!!!).  

Maiya loved hanging out with Sharlane!

Don't they look nice and dressed up!!

Finally a family photo!!

Maiya and Ainsley had a lot of fun playing together, I so wish they could grow up close together, but at least they'll have a cousin to play with when we do get together.

My friend Lori had cleaned out her basement and found a box of clothes from when she was a baby, she very generously loaned a bunch of super cute outfits to Maiya, I think her mom knit this for her, so cute!!

Maiya was a little nervous around my dad to start, but by the end of the weekend she was starting to warm up to him, and finally sat on his lap for a while.  

And a couple fun pics at home recently...

And if you look very closely on this one you can see her bottom right tooth has broken through!!