exhausted

Today was a busy day. First we played at home, which consisted of reading half-way through about three books; watched some Sesame Street; and ate food. Then we went to the bank to do bank stuff, got ga$$$$, and then went to Seattle to surprise mommy at work. By now, Mak had fallen asleep in the car. When we went into mommy's office Mak woke up. So at this point, she has only had a one hour nap, and at no point later in the day does she have any other nap. Long story short, we do a bunch of other things and this is how we end the day:


Initially, Heidi was hoping that Mak would wake up after carrying her out of her car seat, since she needed a bath after going everywhere (walking, touching, eating) today. But she didn't wake up. She needed at least a diaper and clothes change, and she stayed asleep through that. When putting her PJs on, Mak rolled onto her stomach, still sound asleep. You can see that only one leg is clothed in the pic. So we just left her there like that...just for a couple minutes so I could take some pics. Short story long, we got her PJs on and she stayed asleep through it all. The last time something like this happened was the day of her one-month-old party where she slept through a bath and the whole party. That one tops this time for sure.

walka walka

This was from last week when the weather was nice, so we (Mak, Dad, and Uncle Jeremy) took a walk around the condo development...


When we got to some stairs, Mak just had to walk up them like a grown up, but with a little help. We did this about 3 times, up and down, until I was too tired to continue. Then we went home and had a yummy strawberry snack...


PS. I'm sure you notice the rice spatula. For some reason she really wanted to keep holding that when we went outside. If we tried to take it away, she would give us an earful.

meeting a new friend

Makayla had her first playdate (at home) today and met a new friend named Zoi!

We first enjoyed a little healthy snack of bananas, grapes, Japanese rice crackers and Zoi introduced Mak to raisins! (it was harder than anything she's had before so Mak didn't like it as much...yeah, hard to believe that there's actually something she doesn't like to eat) Then we headed over to the living room to play. It took a little while for the girls to warm up to each other...they didn't even have eye contact until 15 min after they first met. Well, the next hour or two consisted of the two girls playing in the same place, occasionally with the same toys but not really playing with each other...until a few minutes before Zoi was about to leave...

Susan (Zoi's mom) and I (Heidi) decided to take some photos of them. It was nearly impossible to keep them close enough to fit in the frame, facing the same direction, smiling (or at least not crying). Finally, we put them behind the keyboard...and the two seemed to have finally found a common interest to share.

Mak & Zoi had a good time making music and dancing together! Thanks for coming over and playing with us, Zoi and Susan! Can't wait to play with you again soon!

taking a stroll

First time walking on pavement with shoes!

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.