Happy Birthday Miss Maya!

On Saturday you turned 1.5 yrs old! The day was FULL of adventures… We started by cleaning Genesee Valley Park with a bunch of UR people and Wilson School people.

After lunch and a nap, we all went swimming at the Y.

Finally, we topped off the fantastic day by watching Michigan stomp on Notre Dame, and you said your first GO BLUE!! It came out as “Bo Blue,” but that is definitely close enough! Made my heart smile!


You are doing many new things – developing much stronger opinions about things. It’s so fun to be a part of!!

You say more words: baby, up, bo blue, juice, doggie, duck
You climb up on everything!
You sit still and pay attention for longer periods of time
You can buckle your own car seat – And BOY were you determined to learn that!
You wash your hands, turning on and off the faucet
You still LOVE being outside
You like to swing in the baby swing by yourself now.
You pull yourself up above the kitchen island to see what’s going on.
You are still a fantastic eater
You have been sleeping on a cot at daycare since you moved to the Linden room a week and a half ago.
You go to sleep at about 7:30pm each night and sleep straight through the night almost every night
You love playing with your friend Marlie
You love collecting rocks and sticks!

Hey there Peanut –

Today was your first “change of classrooms.” You are no longer in the infant classroom at daycare. You have 2 new teachers and a new classroom full of new toys, but the same great friends! You and your friends have definitely become toddlers!!

Another big FIRST for you – you slept on a cot today just like the older kids in your class!! They said you did great – went right to sleep!

You were also quoted for the sign on the wall of the classroom because they are logging new words they hear you and your friends say. You have been singing “Row, row, row your boat” a lot lately. Your teachers heard you singing it and wrote, “Maya: Row, Row” on the sign on the wall. (You and I knew that was old news, but they were excited.)

Here are some pictures from the day:

Eating breakfast

Your new teachers

The Day

You are in the Linden Room now:
“Lindens are some of the best shade trees and are ideally suited to home situations. Small, yellowish summer flowers are not showy, but are highly fragrant. Small, round seeds hang on an interesting leafy bract and persist well into winter.”

The Linden Tree

The Linden Leaf

Daddy and I dropped you off and picked you up together. We are so proud to be your parents. We love you to pieces!