First Trick or Treating

Since Maya was only a month old last year, we did not get the chance to go trick or treating. This year, however, Lezlie was insistent that we dress her up. As you can see, she went as a little lamb. But, I did hear 1 or 2 people call her a bunny. Whatever.

Maya wasn't quite sure what was going on. She didn't smile much but she also didn't fuss at all. But, a smile did come out when she saw Julie. We only made it to a couple houses down the street. We didn't see the point on filling her pumpkin when she still can't eat any of it. And, we sure as heck don't need to eat all that candy. We have enough leftovers from ours. Actually, we didn't even hand any out so we still have about 5 lbs left.Here are some pictures from Jason and Susan's "day after" Halloween party. There sure are a lot of cute kids there. And, I think they wore Maya out and she was just watching them.

Keeping Up With the Big Kids

If you haven't heard, Maya has now officially transitioned out of the infant class. She began the transition last Monday by spending half of each day in the 1-2 yr old classroom. And on Friday, she made the full plunge. And boy, have things changed. On the first day, her teachers were not aware that she was still on the bottle. So, all she got was sippy cups. Fortunately, she did very well. So, we decided to do the same at home, at least during the day. She still gets a bottle in the morning and one at night. But honestly, I don't think it will be too hard to take those away. She is doing very well with her sippy cup. I think we just needed to find the right kind. I think we tried 4 or 5 different kinds but she figured it out on the cheapest one you could find at Wal-Mart.

I'm not sure if it was the change in class but we have noticed big changes in her eating skills. She no longer chokes on every big piece and she is starting to want to do it herself. The other night she ate an entire banana. We're still cutting everything up for her but the pieces don't have to be as small anymore.

And now the greatest change. She now sleeps the entire night. Well, she had one setback on Thursday (woke up at 4:30 hungry) but before that she had slept the whole night for over a week. Many times, Lezlie has to wake her up before going to work. Unfortunately, she also is getting tired much faster a night. This means less play time with Mommy and Daddy. It seems the only way to keep her awake is to keep feeding her. We usually have to feed her immediately upon coming home around 5-5:30. Then, once we fix supper for ourselves around 6:30, she wants some of it. Then, she's ready for yogurt around 7-7:30. Then, after bathtime comes the bottle. If you would see us, you would think we're running a factory.

We were both nervous about the change in classroom but her teachers seem really nice. I've also learned that Maya is a very determined child. So, I think she's trying her hardest to keep up with the rest of the kids in the class. That's progress.

Trip to Springfield

Long time, no blog...

This past weekend, we made a trip down to our college town. Lezlie and I hadn't been there for a real visit in who knows how long. Maybe a year and a half?? So, we had that itch. And, it just so happened that the weekend we all (us and Tommy/Julie) decided to go down, it was homecoming. Lezlie and I made the trip early Friday afternoon hoping to beat the traffic. Well, we did and we had plenty of time to spare so we stopped by the ol' SMSU campus. I'm sorry, Missouri State campus. It was much of the same. There were lot of kids walking about with no care in the world--probably debating on what party they were going to that night. If only I were ten years younger... We tried to make it into the gift shop but they were closing as we walked in. So instead we glanced in the Union and then took a stroll over to Cheek Hall. Let me just say, that felt really weird. I don't know how to describe it.

Anyway, the real reason we came to Springfield was to visit with everyone in Springfield. We feel bad because it seems they always come to visit St. Louis but we never seem to come down south. We will make an effort to change this bad habit.

Friday night was pretty laid back. We went to Mexican Villa. I just had to get a Sancho!!! I don't know why--especially after what happened to John (short but disgusting story). They sure do have some cheap food. The lady only charged me 2 cents for us to eat. I don't know why I said anything. I guess I'm just too honest.

Saturday, the guys and the girls split up. The guys spent all day watching football which sucked because all of our teams lost. The girls went to Jessica's parents to swim in their brand new pool. From the sounds of it, Jessica's mom latched on to Maya. I'm guessing she can't wait for Jaxson to come out. I think Lezlie spent most of her time making sure that Maya didn't get burnt because her back was burnt to a crisp. As you can see, Maya got pretty worn out.

Saturday night, we did BBQ at Mandy's new home. I'm not going to say anything about the Mizzou game. Erin and Chris came over with Rowan for a little playdate. It seems that Maya has lots of boyfriends. It was very interesting to see their differences. What amazed me the most is that Rowan was so quite. I just think Maya is the loudest child in the world...at least that's what they've said at daycare. I just wish Maya would eat as good as Rowan was. He sure was chowing down on those beans:)

After the long day, everyone called it quits pretty early. We just don't have it in us anymore, I guess. Well, it was good to see you all. We will have to do that more often. If only we could get Mr. Holmes back to visit with everyone...

The Concert

This past weekend, Lezlie and I were lucky to have Tommy and Julie babysit while we went to Riverport to watch Maroon 5, Counting Crows, and Augustana. All three bands were great. Augustana only played for 30-40 minutes, mainly because they're a new band. But, they were pretty good.

The Counting Crows were next. They were short band members because two of of the wives had just had babies. So, a couple of Augustana members played with them. Their lead singer was great--very personable with the crowd. Although, he did sweat a lot. I felt a little old singing Mr. Jones and Long December. It just seemed like the young teeny bopper crowd was wondering how I knew these songs.

The headliner was Maroon 5. Lezlie really wanted to see them. I originally wanted to go mainly to see the Counting Crows but have grown to love Maroon 5 also. It seems like we knew every song that they sang and they played for about an hour and a half. But, maybe that's because we've been listening to their record for the past 3 months. During their show, I started to feel young again since the teeny boppers were singing also. And hopefully Lezlie felt younger too. She needs it. The old lady is turning the big 3-0 in about a week!!!! Make sure you wish her a good one.

Maya has gotten better since the last post. She was only sick for the one day. She started coughing last night a little bit. I guess my tight ass is gonna have to turn on the heat:)

She's developed a little habit of hitting herself. Every so often she'll bump her head on something. Then, she'll stop and then do it a couple of more times. Who knows what's going on it that little head?

I'm still not too sure about this whole walking thing. The good thing is that you can put her down and she can entertain herself for a long time. The bad thing is that she often entertains herself with Vinnie's water dish, toilet paper, the basement stairs, and everything on Daddy's desk. But, it sure is cute when she runs into your arms.