gotta start them young

Last Wednesday was grandma's birthday so we all celebrated at Olive Garden (more pics on another post). Afterwards, we visited grandpa's Kumon Math & Reading Center. Mak loved playing with the number board (in her own way). She loved taking out all the pieces and putting them back in the box...over and over... Then she moved onto reading...guess it's never too early to start!

shopping

It's been a while since I've (Abe) written on the blog. So here are a couple pics and a video to go along with it.

Mak is now walking a lot more. We were at Fred Meyer after dinner on a Friday night, and this was the longest she had walked while wearing shoes (or boots wit da fur). Normally she's indoors walking barefoot. Whenever she has shoes on, Mak usually has a harder time walking. But not this time!

Mommy: "Oh how cute!"

Mak: "Eat my dust, old lady!"

The video:

dancing with maracas

What do maracas, a leather couch and Bible songs have in common? Mak likes to shake/beat/dance to all of the above all at the same time.

play eating...nom nom nom

We've already shared that Makayla's favorite activity is eating. Well, her 2nd favorite could very well be pretend eating. No matter what toy she has in her hands, any object that takes the shape of a bowl, plate, or a cup could potentially contain pretend food. How can we tell? Mak pretends to pick it up and put it in her mouth as seen in this video (00:17). And just like real food, she's always good about sharing. Here she shares her imaginary snacks with gung gung (grandpa) and tai po (great grandma). Mak loves watching other people devour her pretend food.

mak walks...at last!

Can't believe our little munchkin went from this (at 7 months)...



to this (at 13.5 months)...



...first time walking captured on camera at yeye/mama(paternal grandparents)'s place. Video footage courtesy of Uncle Jeremy.

DJ Mak's first single

It's past midnight. Makayla didn't want to sleep. Instead, she hopped onto the couch and started composing with the keyboard and some beats. At 13.5 months, here's DJ Mak's first single complete with dance moves. Enjoy!

Mak: Let's get this party started!!!
Mom&Dad: oh no! how did our little angel turn into a party animal!

going downstairs (butt first)

Finally! Mak learned how to go downstairs (not head first)...and of course what motivated her to go downstairs...milk!

About half way down, she didn't know what to do and started banging her head on the wall.