New Kicks...

Happy New year everyone!!  There's lots to catch up on...Maya had a great first Christmas and our trip to Washington to visit family was SO FUN!  I'll be sure to post about it soon!

For now, here's a little tidbit...Maya got her first pair of shoes!  She's been standing and walking along furniture a ton these days, so figured it was about time to get some shoes.  Plus, she loves to pull her socks off and since the weather is a bit chilly these days, I thought shoes might help keep those little piggies warm!

Such a big girl!

Lol...

Maya decided to practice her laugh today...funny girl!

Going for a stroll...

10 months...

Pretty stinkin' cute if I do say so myself...

Maya continues to grow and learn so much everyday!  Here are some highlights from the last month...

*Sitting is boring!  Maya loves to stand and pulls up on everything to practice her new trick.  Gone are the days I leave her alone to play for a few minutes.  I have to watch this girl like a hawk!

*She's starting to take some steps as she pushes her toy stroller.  Up until today, this only happened as we helped support her.  Today, however, she did it by herself!!  I think we're going to have a walker sooner than we expected!

*Though army crawling is her preferred mode of transportation, we have seen her actually "crawl" on her knees a few times.

*Maya has expanded her bag of tricks to include pointing, blowing kisses, giving kisses and blowing on her food.

*She's starting to understand words and has specific responses when she hears certain words.  She'll look and point in the sky whenever we ask where is the moon or where are the birds.  During the day, when I ask her where dad is, she looks outside and points to the office!  We think she's pretty smart :)

*Sleep is still great and we might be transitioning to one nap...it's a little early, but she doesn't seem to care about following the rules.

Here's a few pics from the last month...

  

Santa Baby...

Maya met Santa for the first time (minus our Halloween at Gymboree experience).  Unfortunately it didn't go over so well :(  

 And my favorite...

In her defense, this Santa wasn't the friendliest looking guy...I think he's scowling in the picture above.  Plus, the whole event took place behind closed doors in a back room at Tiny Tots...sketchy Santa.

Fortunately, we did get a decent family pic once we rescued her from the scary man's lap.  

Hopefully next year will be better!

Snip snip...

As everyone knows, Maya B has no shortage of hair.  I realized over the last few weeks that her bangs were simply getting out of control!  

They're constantly in her eyes and driving her (me) nuts.

I was also worried she was starting to look a little bit like this kid...

So today we finally did something about it!  Maya had her first haircut!  It was really just a bang trim, but a monumental moment none the less.  The honor went to Papa Frank who quickly and quite efficiently cleaned up her bangs.  Maya did really well and didn't squirm nearly as much as I had anticipated.

Before, Maya Bieber

After, much better!!

Uh oh, here we go!...

Look what little missy figured out today.  She's been working on this in the tub and on us for a few weeks, but hasn't been quite as successful like she was today.  I guess it was only a matter of time...