Friday, June 7, 2013

Birthday month!!

Its June, Maya's birthday month! This year, we'll be skipping the big pig roast - instead there will be a series of more intimate parties with some of the people closest to Maya. The first one happened yesterday - it was Gloria's last day before spending some time with her family, so she threw Maya a party with some of her favorite nannies and friends. It was a beautiful day, and Maya had a great time being the Princess of the day!

Party Day!

Any excuse to wear my pink tutu...

Eating with my friends

Sophie, my twin!

Baby Anya and Marie

My other BFF Ella

Gloria created a beautiful table and made some amazing food!

Me and Mommy!


Bubble Time!!




Playing with my friends

Swing swing!!








1...2... and Go!

A mini-Maya doll!



Love this face!

And this one, after a happy party, a happy birthday girl!!

















Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Super Maya helping out in the yard!

Finally a nice day!  Able to do some yard work - Maya helped a lot too!




Monday, May 27, 2013

T minus 1 month

I haven't been paying much attention to the date lately - with baby Owen I just keep thinking in terms of number of weeks since may 6th. But yesterday I noticed it was may 26 and it hit me- my little girl will be 2 in only one short month. I can't believe how fast the past year has flown by. It was an amazing year of growth and discovery, fun and laughter and so much amazement and pride at the kind of little girl Maya is becoming. She cracks us up- she has such a great sense of humor and she really uses it to make people smile and laugh. Some of my favorite examples from the past year:
1. Part of her bedtime routine is pulling the chain on her bear that plays a lullabye. A few months ago - she started reaching for the chain, but would pull her hand away playfully and giggle, pulling our chain!

2. When she was starting to learn her numbers, she would count 1...2... 5! We couldn't tell if she was purposely messing up or if she just really thought 5 cane after 2, but she loved how much it made us laugh when she did it!

3. When her great uncle came to visit, he would make lots of funny faces for maya. Weeks after he left, she still loved making her 'funny uncle' face

Maya has also just gotten smarter and smarter in the past year. She can sing almost the whole alphabet song, and she can recite a lot of her favorite books. She also is super perceptive, and has great emotional intelligence. She is so caring, and loved taking care of her friend August when he was over. 

A lot of the last year was about preparing for owen's arrival. Maya was excited the whole time I was pregnant, kissing and hugging my belly, saying good morning to the baby and asking for the baby to talk to her. And even after he was born, she still adored him, giving him numerous hugs and kisses a day. He is one loved little boy!

I'm so excited to Celebrate Maya's second birthday in a month. I'll miss her as a baby, but can't wait to see how she'll continue to amaze us!


Wednesday, May 8, 2013

So excited to welcome my new li'l bro Owen Jameson Lee!

Wow - it's been a long 9 months (probably more for mommy than me!), but I'm so excited to welcome Baby Owen - I've been kissing & hugging mommy's belly for the past month - it was great to be able to do it to him in person.  Not sure why mommy & daddy keep saying "Careful" and "Gentle" though!




Owen's still in the hospital, but I can't wait to have him (and mommy & daddy) come home soon!  Can you tell how happy I am?



I wasn't there for the labor part, but I heard it was MUCH smoother than mine - maybe it was because of Dr. Mimi?  











Finally, for the requisite picture of proud Daddy!



Sunday, April 14, 2013

Big Girl Bed!

T-minus 3 weeks until baby #2 comes! Maya got some practice this morning when our friend came over with her little baby - Maya loved kissing him and playing peek a boo!

We also decided to transition Maya to her big girl bed a little early - we figured it would be easier to do it now than after the baby comes. Like most things, Maya transitioned like a champ. Its been more than a week and she loves her new bed, and never gets up in the middle of the night like I feared!

Here are some cute pics Gloria took of her in the bed.
Maya and all her babies!


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Missed Opportunity...

I was half-tempted to enroll Maya in a baby modeling company when she was first born - I've heard that they're really into the Half Asian these days, and thought we could make some extra money for all the things I wanted to buy her! But I never really did anything about it...

Well, after another amazing photo shoot with Gloria, I have to wonder if the world is missing out on Maya as a Baby Model. I mean, how much does she sell this look?




Monday, March 25, 2013

Fun Weekend and Baby #2 Update!

Well, its officially spring in Wellesley, but you would never know based on the snow covering the ground at 16 Paine Street. Here is a picture of Maya from last week in the backyard.
Help! I'm trapped in the backyard!
But we've been making the best of it, and the weather warmed up a bit this past weekend, so hopefully it will be gone in a few days.
Maya had a very social weekend, starting with the grand opening of Kidville in Wellesley, where she played with her BFFs Ella, August & Sophie. The place was too much of a zoo to take pictures, but here are some other pics of her with her BFFs in the past few weeks:
Future Fashion Models - Half Korean models are in vogue these days!

Kissing August, right on the lips!! In Mardis Gras glasses no less!
I don't have any pics of Sophie right now, but she basically looks just like Maya!

After the Kidville opening, we chaperoned Maya & August on their first date at Bertucci's. Both kids were amazingly well behaved, and Richard and I were able to catch up with August's parents, Brian & Corinne. Who knows, we might all be family some day!

On Sunday, Daddy had to go do a fantasy baseball draft all morning and then ran errands in the afternoon, so I got to spend the day with Maya Papaya. We had a great swim class in the morning, then went to Starbucks for our treats (latte for Mommy, Banana Walnut Bread for Maya). We went to an Easter Egg hunt at the Wellesley Rec center, but Maya got a little freaked out by the giant bunny. It looked something like this:

I can't say I blame her, it was a little freaky. But then we found this amazing playroom that was filled with mats and lots of different foam blocks, ramps, tunnels, etc. Maya LOVED it, she was the youngest one by far but she got right in there with the big kids and played on the "Pirate Ship", jumped off towers, and dove head first into the tunnel.

Then she STILL had energy to burn, so we played in the snow-covered playground for another 20 minutes, Maya is getting so confident now - she climbs all over the playground by herself and loves to do the slide solo.

We came home for lunch and nap, and then by the time she woke up, Daddy was home! Maya wanted "More Outside", so we walked to Whole Foods and played with some ducks in the field. She didn't want to come in, so she and Daddy went to another playground while Mommy came home and colored Easter Eggs and made Maya some chilled pea soup (super yummy).

After all this excitement, Maya slept great last night - no crying even though Mommy put her to bed - I guess that's the secret!

As for Baby #2., he is an active little guy!! He has been moving a lot lately, but my suspicion is that he is positioned sideways and not head down. Hopefully I'm wrong - we'll find out Thursday in my next appointment. His nursery is as good as it can get right now - we won't be moving the crib in there until after he's a few months old, I am not looking forward to transitioning Maya to a big girl bed! But his room looks really cute, and Daddy is thrilled we didn't have to repaint it! We're still finalizing names (not that we'll tell anyone until he's born!) - and I'm hoping that in these next few weeks it will start to sink in that we're going to have a newborn again! I am a little terrified of the sleep deprivation, but hopefully he will be a good eater and sleeper. Fingers crossed!

That's all for now!