February!

I've been meaning to post February pictures for a while, but with the house stuff we've been a little crazy! But it was a great month, with lots of important celebrations (like Mommy and Grandma's birthdays!) and an extra day too (happy leap year)!

Here are some of the best pics of the month.

The best birthday present a mommy can get

Grandma's visit!

perfect post-bath hair

Umm, grandma, aren't I a little too young for beer?

Seriously, what is it with the Laichs and beer!?!

I don't know who looks more scared in this picture

Happy Valentine's Day!

Showing off my tutu

8 months already!?!

Big Girl

Maya is acting more and more like a big girl, and not a baby anymore! It's so fun watching her try new things, but I'm sad that she's growing up so fast! She loves standing up and will pull herself up on almost anything! And she's starting to walk while holding on to something - she skipped right over the whole crawling thing!

She's also really started to interact with other babies/kids. She's super popular around the South End - I think she knows more of our neighbors than we do! Here are some pictures that Glori has taken over the past few months. We all love Gloria - she's been amazing to Maya, and to Mommy! I love it when she sends us funny pictures of Maya during the day - they always make me laugh! We're so lucky we found her!

Cool Effects!

Maya meets lots of babies at Barnes & Noble

And she loves to read!

A horizontal play date

Maya and her friends at home

With her friend Destiny at the Library

And her canine friend at home

Destiny loves to read to her

Look at that face!

More friends at the library. They love her there!

And that face again!

She loves that snowsuit!

Love this hat!

Which one is not like the other?

Maya looks huge next to this baby, but they're the same age!

Playing at music class

Playing the bongo

Time for the wash!

Playing in the snow

That face AGAIN

The toy chest at Barnes & Noble

Another day with Destiny

So Popular!

 

After lunch face

A crawling playdate

Sweet Maya!

Swinging in Missonni!

M-I_C_K_E_Y

M-O-U-S-E

Her favorite toy at Barnes & Noble

Maya Loves Gloria!

Spraying Mommy

This was just too funny...

Playdate!

Maya had a friend over today, and since I was home a little bit in the morning I got to see them play together. Look at how cute they are!

7 months old!

Look at our little girl - she's growing up so fast!! And so are those cheeks! But the owls haven't changed a bit...

Maya progressing by leaps and bounds!

Maya is growing like a weed - we can hardly keep up with her! She's starting to do so many things, so it's probably a good thing that we're moving out to the 'burbs, as we're going to need all the extra space we can get! Here's Maya finally learning to blow raspberries (she's babbling a lot, but sadly no mama or dada yet!):



Check out Maya riding her car:



Here's Maya learning to creep (basically crawling on her stomach):



And now one of Maya learning to walk (she may do this before crawling!):



BTW, if you're interested in seeing what we're thinking about decorating for our new house - follow us on Pinterest (Lisa and Richard) - basically, it's like clipping pages from magazines - except you get to share them a bit easier thanks to the Information Superhighway.