Scoot Scoot!

Rasberries!

Another few photos!

Maya looks extremely long in this outfit - it is not an optical illusion. The cool vest is from Nanna & co. The other photo is from one of our get-together's with Katharine, Mike, James and Will. James knows exactly how to charm the ladies.

The Maya Sandwich!

Here are some random photos. First we have Keith and Maya in her favorite 'flying-explore the world' position. Then Maya is having her evening bath in front of the big mirror. Another photo of Maya (let's face it - this is the 'Peanut Blog') and the Bird Lady - one of Kelly's creations (click on the link to Kelly's blog on the right for more bird creations). Finally we have what we call 'The Maya Sandwich', which is usually followed by a good round of giggles - it doesn't get much better than that! The last photo is of Keith's Rugbrød (dark danish bread) sandwich. A little out of focus but once again yum yum!

More food please!

Maya has been eating solids for about 1.5 months now and she is loving it. I'm making the food myself and I'm using Annabel Karmel's "Top 100 Baby Purees", which has proven to be very helpful both when figuring out timing for certain foods and of course for inspiration. We started off with simple foods like carrot, pea, banana, sweet potato, pear, apple, papaya, avocado and broccoli. The last two didn't go down very well, but we have now started to mix foods so some stronger tastes can easily be disguised. Chicken with sweet potato and apple is a new favorite. Maya looooves sitting at the table in her Stokke chair, which was a gift from Mormor and Morfar. She lays both her hands on the table in front of her, kicking her legs in excitement and waits (not always patiently) for her food. She is so sweet and comical that you can't help but laugh a little. Don't remember if I mentioned that she got her first two bottom teeth during the time when Mormor was here. She was a little off for a day or two, but I thought it was because of a vaccination she just had, but suddenly she had teeth. Hmm, I hope the rest will bother her as little as those two did. It looks like Maya is getting ready to crawl. She kind of scoots around. Apparently, I never crawled - only jumped around on my butt, so I'm pleased to see that Maya is a little more... hmm - mobile! For the first week she would push herself backwards, which caused a lot of frustration. She would aim her eye on a toy - or better yet a glossy magazine - that she wanted her hands on - only to get further away from it. Since then she has been working on her technique. Sometimes she just stays on the blanket (easier to scoot around) and uses her upper body to drag herself forward. I'll post a video of Maya scooting later.